On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 12:09:55PM -0600, Tom C wrote: > I use my left eye. I find my shots are hit and miss if I try to look > through and outside of the viewfinder at the same time. If I need to get a > reference point, say on a moving object, I look at it normally and wait > until it's closer to entering the frame. Then I look through the > viewfinder. > > Seeing past the viewfinder was more important to me when videotaping and > walking at the same time. > > Tom C.
It's a useful survival skill when photographing motorsports with a long lens, too - you want to be aware of what's going in in your immediate vicinity, as well as what is happening in the viewfinder.
