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carguy

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When you take a vertical shot, do you hold the camera with the shutter release near the top or bottom?


I've always shot with the shutter release near the top (right hand over the left hand).


Today I printed my first image straight form the X100T to the Instax printer, it was a vertical image SOOC and came out 'upside down' on the Instax print (wider border on top rather than on bottom).


Leads me to believe that Fuji believes we should shoot left hand over right hand?
 
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Don Kuykendall_RIP

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carguy said:
When you take a vertical shot, do you hold the camera with the shutter release near the top or bottom?


I've always shot with the shutter release near the top (right hand over the left hand).


Today I printed my first image straight form the X100T to the Instax printer, it was a vertical image SOOC and came out 'upside down' on the Instax print (wider border on top rather than on bottom).


Leads me to believe that Fuji believes we should shoot left hand over right hand?
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Well Fuji is wrong


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hark

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When I hand hold a body, I tilt mine to the right so the shutter release button is on the lower right. Then I put my left hand underneath the lens for support. I choose to do it that way to keep my arms closer to my body for stability. When the shutter button is on the top right, it makes my right arm be too far from my body--and also more stress on my right shoulder with my arm up in the air. With the way I do it, my hands tend to be almost on the same plane.

And maybe it's just me...even though I am right handed, I carry my cameras on the left side of my body.
 
Horoscope Fish

Horoscope Fish

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Don Kuykendall said:
Well Fuji is wrong.
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I would have to agree. It would never occur to me to shoot in that fashion.

On an equally bizarre, yet tangentially related note, I recently saw someone who attached their speed-light to the tripod socket.

Made me wonder if I was missing something...
 
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RocketCowboy

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If using the Nikon grips, the original shutter release would still be at the left top (with the grip's shutter release at the top right ... just like the D5. The same layout seems to be the situation with Canon, so maybe Fuji is just odd. :)
 
Woodyg3

Woodyg3

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I always shoot vertical shots with the shutter release on the bottom. The reason? That's what I've been doing since I was a lad with my Kodak Brownie. In other words, no reason, it's just the way that felt right to me and I stayed with it. :) Meanwhile, my Nikons know which way I have the camera turned and rotate the images correctly regardless of camera orientation. Nikons must have a bigger brain than Fujis. :)
 
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lokatz

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I'm in the shutter-on-the-bottom camp, too. Same argument as the one Hark already made: I feel this gives the camera more stability.
 
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Gobae

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When I'm shooting vertical without a grip I rotate the camera so the shutter is down. This keeps my elbow down and in towards my centerline for more stability.
 
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