No left handed cameras? Non serious topic.

Why aren't there any left handed cameras?

Lefties matter.

Left-Handed Camera

Back in the pre-autofocus days I think the more critical function was focusing rather than pushing a button and winding a lever, so in that respect all cameras were lefthanded. BTW, I'm lefthanded and can't imagine the functions being reversed.

Left handed people are highly intelligent and have usually adapted to a right handed world by the first grade.

Think how Jimi Hendrix felt?

 

Even zipper flies on pants are made for easier access by righties, as getting past the flap can only be done from the right. Makes it especially difficult for lefty guys to sext! :cool:

Think how Jimi Hendrix felt?

 

Even zipper flies on pants are made for easier access by righties, as getting past the flap can only be done from the right. Makes it especially difficult for lefty guys to sext! :cool:

I heard Hendrix had a few left-handed guitars. He said he didn't feel right playing them.

I once described the Exakta as a left handed camera.

 

LINK - The Exacta VX100 - a Bit of an Oddity

It's all about the Benjamins. If 90% of the world is a rightie, where does one think production of anything will go ? Only England and a few other right hand drive countries keep the Lefties happy.

When I was at school, kids who were left-handed were physically punished for being 'wrong' - some of the teachers actually referred to them as Devil children.

What years Tony?

What years Tony?

Given the current state of (non)rational thought throughout too much of the U.S., I wouldn’t be surprised if it was yesterday! :(

I'm left-handed and have no problem operating any camera. I suppose that makes my cameras left-handed too.

I'm of the opinion that cameras, certainly in the pre-autofocus era, were two-handed tools. Most 35mm format cameras place the shutter dial and release on the right because they copied the mechanics of the Leica, focus and aperture on the left and you really need to hold it with both hands.

 

The Exakta developed more or less at the same time as the Leica, so they solved things their own way.

 

Zeiss tried to make the Contax shootable with one (right) hand, but I always felt that Contax ergonomics were a case of 'the user must conform to the (perfect) machine'.

 

You still need both hands for a steady shot. It's only since autofocus that the left hand has been relegated to a supporting role.

What years Tony?

 

1956-62 - Grammar School was far more accomodating to individual quirks, but my Junior School was attached to a church, which may have coloured their attitude somewhat.

Given the current state of (non)rational thought throughout too much of the U.S., I wouldn’t be surprised if it was yesterday! :(

 

Sorry, Sam - UK born and bred (see above).

I'm left-handed and have no problem operating any camera. I suppose that makes my cameras left-handed too.

 

I have been described as 'ambi-sinister' - clumsy with both hands !

I think being left-eyed like me is as much of an issue as being left handed.

I am left eyed and right handed, and that has definitely influenced my choice of cameras over the years. When I bought my first serious camera in the late 1970's, I didn't buy a Nikon because the ones that I tried used the winding lever as the meter switch and that poked my right eye.

The Canonet (f/1.9, non QL) has a lefthand leverwind advance that can only be operated with the left thumb, and an eyepiece offset to the extreme left side of its body.

I think being left-eyed like me is as much of an issue as being left handed.

Agreed :(

But Imagine a right eyed person with a Technika & Graflock roll holder

But Imagine a right eyed person with a Technika & Graflock roll holder

Easy. That would be Popeye, after several tins of spinach.

https://www.35mmc.com/14/01/2014/fuji-zoom-date-2-8-silvi-review/

My Fuji Silvi has shutter release buttons on both sides and can be used left handed.

But actually the intention of the L/H button is to enable right handed users to take selfies.

It's for people who are very good looking rather than left handed.

https://www.35mmc.com/14/01/2014/fuji-zoom-date-2-8-silvi-review/

My Fuji Silvi has shutter release buttons on both sides and can be used left handed.

But actually the intention of the L/H button is to enable right handed users to take selfies.

It's for people who are very good looking rather than left handed.

 

Would that it were only good-looking people that took selfies (sigh) ... :(

I heard Hendrix had a few left-handed guitars. He said he didn't feel right playing them.

 

I heard he mostly chose to play right-handed guitars because the bridge pickup of the Stratocaster (his guitar model of choice) is tilted so that it is closer to the neck under the thicker strings when the strings are attached in their intended positions. The left-handed version of the Stratocaster has the tilt reversed, since the strings are meant to be "upside down" for left-handed playing, but he preferred the tone when the strings were reversed on the right-handed guitar. I highly doubt most people could tell the difference, but most people are not Jimi Hendrix.

 

One infamous photo blogger who shall not be named claims to have had a left-handed custom Nikon F100. There's even a picture of him using it on his home page. He was probably just bored and made it all up for the heck of it.

 

In airplanes, the thrust levers are between the two seats, so the pilot on the left has to operate the flight controls with their left hand, while the one on the right has to use the right hand when they are flying. It takes a few hours of getting used to when switching seats for the first time, after that both feel equally comfortable.

Rather than left handed camera it should be left eyed camera. Any controls with either left or right hand are OK. I don't have problem with that. But if you use the left eye to look into the viewfinder most cameras will cause you problem.