bronaldo
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Silly question - One eye closed or both eyes open?
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Both eyes open. To me it’s lower strain and I can see a bit with the other eye and sometimes pick up on activity that’s not yet in the viewfinder.
No matter how hard I try, I cannot shoot with both eyes open. I think that is instilled in me through years of shooting rifles and shotguns lol. I can’t tell that it has ever hindered me whatsoever in tracking a subject.
Both eyes open.
Whatever works.
Both when tracking fast moving subject when I need to be aware of more than what is just in the VF. BUT for everything else one eye only.
fcotterill
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Not at all silly to ask this.
Both eyes enables the depth of your vision to find and track the subject.
www.shootinguk.co.uk
Both eyes enables the depth of your vision to find and track the subject.
Issues with eye dominance - how to deal with them
Got issues with eye dominance? Is it holding back your shooting? Wondering which is your dominant eye? Should you shoot with both eyes open?
www.shootinguk.co.uk
bronaldo
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Not at all silly to ask this.
Both eyes enables the depth of your vision to find and track the subject.
Issues with eye dominance - how to deal with them
Got issues with eye dominance? Is it holding back your shooting? Wondering which is your dominant eye? Should you shoot with both eyes open?
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It brings home the magnification of the viewfinder. The 'world' is a little bigger if the magnification is less than one.
I think I look over the top of the lens hood with one eye to 'spot' then try to force the other eye open when viewfinding, mostly unsuccessful.
I think I look over the top of the lens hood with one eye to 'spot' then try to force the other eye open when viewfinding, mostly unsuccessful.
John Navitsky
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+1. i'd like to as i think it would help with action, but it just doesn't work for me.
Lol I don’t think I’ve ever felt anything so awkward. I just cannot do it for some reason.+1. i'd like to as i think it would help with action, but it just doesn't work for me.
John Navitsky
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i think part of the issue is the magnification difference. i can do pistol both eyed, but i think when you have 200-400mm in one eye and 1:1 on the other it gets a bit problematic. i'm also left eyed dominant which probably doesn't help.
fcotterill
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This is other article I was looking for, and in fact it applies to accurate shooting with a rifle as well as shotgun, especially instinctive shooting.
There's a similar tactic that works well with framing a small bird in binoculars. This is to fix both eyes on the bird, and then simply raise the binos to your eyes. With a little practice, this works with a Telephoto to frame camouflaged subjects
How to be a better shot - Country Life
Many people in the shooting field will close one eye as they take aim. This is madness. Join the revolution and discover how to be a better shot.
www.countrylife.co.uk
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Palouse
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I'm left eye dominant, so keeping the right one open does nothing to help me!
Same here. I keep my right eye closed to stop myself poking me in the eye
just like shooting a rifle, both eyes open
I forgot how to test for my dominant eye, I tried a couple times using both eyes, I get distracted. I’m a super detailed brain, and my eyes seeing too much is a distraction, I can’t focus on the EVF. I would rather spin the focus ring
Make an "O" with forefinger and thumb, hold it at arms length, and then while looking threw it at an object, slowly bring it to your face. It will come to the dominant eye,
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Both eyes open, pick an object in the distance then raise a finger to it. You’ll see two finders but the one that you put on the image will be the one you see with your dominant eye.
Usually both eyes opened.
Ad Astra
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Both eyes closed, I think I have found the reason for my missed focus photos. 
NWGuy
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Janine from Pangolin put out a short vid on this topic, it might help, at least aimed at photos not shooting:
Robert S
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I tried sticking a match stick on the set up, on the lens hood, my 'back sight' was where the flash fits. Might try it again. I shoot a rifle using my right eye, but normally look through the viewfinder with my left. I'm in the process of teaching my right eye to look through the viewfinder. Next opportunity I will try photographing BiF with both eyes open.
I'm slowing down these days so the chances of me changing camera settings in the length of time it takes to photograph a bird in flight is non existent.
I'm slowing down these days so the chances of me changing camera settings in the length of time it takes to photograph a bird in flight is non existent.
raptor photo
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Both eyes open easily. Helps me be able to track, catch other activity in the area, reduces strain, and back when I shot with one eye, one eyelid drooped down below the other for a period of time.
Left eye viewfinder, usually right eye closed - open does not help anything. I have used the right eye to the viewfinder, but prefer the left.