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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 00:35:02 EST
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- From: Tony Harminc <EL406045@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU>
- Subject: Re: glasses and eyes
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- Posted on 27 Dec 1992 at 19:35:47 by Ruth M. Hanschka
-
- >In a word, YIPE! And I thought I was bad! That sounds like when I try to
- >shoot an air rifle [squirrel scaring]. THe guns are calibrated to right-eyed
- >people, and I'm a southpaw all the way down.[brains to toes]
-
- The world seems to have recognized that left handed people exist and have
- uh, rights, but the same is not true for the left eyed. I am right handed
- but left eyed, and it's a problem. Using an ordinary 35mm SLR camera
- is a pain, particularly as I am blessed with a good sized nose which
- gets in the way if I try to apply my left eye to the viewfinder. Using
- a camcorder is in some cases quite impossible. Others allow the
- viewfinder to tilt up, but then the angle leads to disorientation as
- I try to pan. No one seems to treat this seriously :-(
-
- Tony H.
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