Hi everyone,

Up until fairly recently I’ve always closed one eye when looking through the camera viewfinder. I then switched over to keeping both my eyes open which at first felt really strange but it now feels quite natural. I don’t usually find it a distraction and I find it quite useful. It aids situational awareness and what is going on around me and I find it particularly useful as someone who generally likes to avoid getting people in my shots wherever practical, it helps me to spot folks about to wander into my composition but of course it would work equally well if one was waiting for someone or something to move into the shot. Closing one eye now feels a bit like having tunnel vision. I’d be interested to know if you’ve tried keeping both eyes open? and, if so, how you find it?. The nice thing about the PEN-F rangefinder style camera is that the viewfinder is on the left so, being right-handed, I can put the camera to my right eye and it doesn’t in any way obstruct the vison in my left eye Of course if things become too distracting one can always close the other eye 😉. I think that this works very well for me with landscapes and street photography in particular, probably not so well suited to other photographic genres such as portraiture, sport and possibly wildlife? although I can see the possible advantages in wildlife photography and, although I rarely use them, long lenses.

Best wishes,

Leigh