Are you a leftie? - DPChallenge Forums

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM II

03/06/2005 10:33:55 PM · #1

I have heard that left handed people are creative. I was wondering how many people on here are left handed. I am left handed but i am waiting for the creativity to creep in. :o)

colyla

Canon EOS-50D

03/06/2005 10:37:26 PM · #2

I write with my right hand...but have always done everything else with my left... (sports, games, drinking,shooting, etc)

I heard the same thing you did...that left handed people are creative. ....

ElGordo

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Canon

03/06/2005 10:38:57 PM · #3

I am left handed for some activities, such as writing, but throwing or catching a ball must use my right hand...mixed dominance.

puma

Canon EOS-10D

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

03/06/2005 10:39:51 PM · #4

It is also true that left hand people do not live as long, how's your heath.
I was left handed but my folks thought that was some kind of handycap so they insistent that I do everything right handed. Now I am still creative but instead of it coming out good it comes out bad.

Gordon

RIM BlackBerry Curve

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

03/06/2005 10:41:11 PM · #5

lefty for everything except golf. Still have a decent handicap though...

zagman

Canon EOS-1D Mark II

Tokina AF 12-24mm f/4.0 AT-X Pro DX

03/06/2005 10:41:41 PM · #6

Well sorry "Southpaws" its seems that the camera industry only makes camera's for "Righthanders. Have you ever seen the shutter release on the left side? This is particularly true of Nikon camera's. What do you think. Oh yeah, I am right handed and left brained...

dahkota

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

03/06/2005 10:42:25 PM · #7

I am so left handed that, whenever possible, I use a remote for my shutter. Can't even trust my right hand to do that right.

Dahkota

Tokina AF 12-24mm f/4.0 AT-X Pro DX

03/06/2005 10:43:42 PM · #8

my mum was left handed and she used to get belted across the knuckles for trying to write left handed. My hubby is also left handed.

My health is ok. I have heard we usually live 7 yrs less than everyone else on average. :o(

zagman

Canon EOS-1D Mark II

03/06/2005 10:43:42 PM · #9

Originally posted by dahkota:

I am so left handed that, whenever possible, I use a remote for my shutter. Can't even trust my right hand to do that right.

Dahkota

Oh yeah, some remotes are for right thumb prints only...LOL

stormy

Canon EOS-50D

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

03/06/2005 10:44:00 PM · #10

I am left for writing and some things, but use scissors and do other things like throw a ball in my right hand, so I'm a bit of both.

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM II

03/06/2005 10:45:19 PM · #11

lefties use the right side of their brain, that is the creative/intuitive side.

I also read that this is good for sensing things (EG: 6th sense)

colyla

Canon EOS-50D

03/06/2005 10:47:05 PM · #12

A left handed camera....there you go! Actually that wouldn't be such a bad idea...they do it with fishing poles...and I fish left handed! I hold my camera 'different'....I just had a gentleman this weekend show me how to hold it (which I had seen in books) but it doesn't 'fit right'. Now if the shutter was on the left and I held the lens with my right hand under..that doesn't feel awkward....strange how the body responds to stuff like that....

puma

Canon EOS-10D

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

03/06/2005 10:47:29 PM · #13

The camera in the mirror has the shutter on the left side

nsbca7

Mattel Barbie Photo Designer Digital Camera

03/06/2005 10:48:51 PM · #14

Originally posted by lentil:

My father got beat on the knuckles at school when he was a kid for using his left hand. He lived to be 84. Every child in my family except me is left handed. We're all creative.

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

03/06/2005 10:49:19 PM · #15

Originally posted by puma:

The camera in the mirror has the shutter on the left side

haha!! its funny that both my husband and myself are lefties but our 2 kids arent

awpollard

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

03/06/2005 10:49:47 PM · #16

Originally posted by lentil:

lefties use the right side of their brain, that is the creative/intuitive side.

I also read that this is good for sensing things (EG: 6th sense)

Add being a Virgo on top of being left handed and you got a mess like me. Super critical and analytical to boot.

Neil

Fujifilm X-T30

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

03/06/2005 10:49:48 PM · #17

I'm a lefty. But as many lefties, I can be somewhat ambidexterous. For example, around 1981-2, when the IBM PCs and microsoft mice were first introduced, I shared a PC (and a Lisa) with someone who was right handed, so rather than always move the mouse, I learned to mouse right handed. Now I can only mouse right handed. But I do most everything else lefty. I am now trying to learn to play ping pong right handed (gives my kids a handicap).

My son is also lefty, but he's learned to do more things righty, like bat.

jbsmithana

Nikon D300

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 12-24mm f/4.0G IF-ED

03/06/2005 10:50:07 PM · #18

Iâ��m a bit ambidextrous, mostly right and a little left, which leaves little talent on the right but just enough to mess up the talent on the left side of my brain. Cursed!

LOL

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

03/06/2005 10:51:00 PM · #19

Originally posted by nsbca7:

Originally posted by lentil:
my mum was left handed and she used to get belted across the knuckles for trying to write left handed. My hubby is also left handed.

My health is ok. I have heard we usually live 7 yrs less than everyone else on average. :o(

My father got beat on the knuckles at school when he was a kid for using his left hand. He lived to be 84. Every child in my family except me is left handed. We're all creative.

i remember my mum telling me that the school thought she was evil and that is why they hit her. Being left handed does have its down falls. I have to make sure i have a fine point pen otherwise i smudge, scissors are a pain too. I could go on. :o)

awpollard

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

03/06/2005 10:53:34 PM · #20

Originally posted by nshapiro:

I'm a lefty... ... I am now trying to learn to play ping pong right handed (gives my kids a handicap).

My son is also lefty, but he's learned to do more things righty, like bat.

That's funny, I tried pulling that one on my wife while playing darts...problem is I can throw darts either hand. Still whoop her.

You want to have a lot a fun with your kids, switch hands with the ping pong paddles while playing...messes with their heads...

Andy

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

03/06/2005 10:55:15 PM · #21

when the kids and i play catch, i make them catch it with their left hands and i catch with my right. It makes a hilarious game all round. LOL

scalvert

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

03/06/2005 11:01:42 PM · #22

I'm a lefty- the only one in my family, as far as I know.