How do you turn a camera?

So I was thinking about this over the summer when I was importing photos from a friend’s camera to my computer and for whatever reason, it didn’t auto rotate them, so I had to go through and rotate them clockwise or counter-clockwise. I noticed that he varied back and forth between clockwise and counter-clockwise, and realized that I almost always will turn my camera the same way–clockwise 90 degrees–if I want to take a vertical shot. Do you guys turn it the same way every time or vary? Do you think this indicates anything about the way our brains think?

kg at 11:35 am on Friday, December 7, 2007

10 Comments

Comment by Jeff

December 7, 2007 @ 2:03 pm

i always turned my camera depending on how comfortable it was to pretty the trigger button to fire off a shot, so i guess it was situation dependant, mostly i turned it counterclockwise but ive noticed its gone both ways

Comment by Boughter

December 7, 2007 @ 2:13 pm

haha, I noticed the same thing when I got back from Japan! I always turn mine counter-clockwise 90°, shutter button on top.

Comment by Jeff

December 7, 2007 @ 2:32 pm

maybe we picked up skillz from the aznzs

Comment by Dylan

December 8, 2007 @ 1:22 pm

I turn camera’s clockwise for the most part. I think its because I can hold my right hand the steadiest and it makes sense to me that it should be the support for the camera while my left hand makes adjustments. Plus if I wanted to take it with one hand I’d feel safer holding it from the bottom rather than from the top. How2overanalyze.

Comment by Dylan

December 8, 2007 @ 1:23 pm

also I would love an email of my username and password

Comment by Boughter

December 9, 2007 @ 12:16 am

how2suck@holdingacamera more like it.

Comment by Jeff

December 9, 2007 @ 1:52 pm

i hold my camera like a badass. plain and simple

Comment by Boughter

December 9, 2007 @ 3:03 pm

lol at auto mailto

Comment by Boughter

December 9, 2007 @ 8:01 pm

I just now found the RSS for comments… One word: Yes.

Comment by joe

December 10, 2007 @ 1:54 pm

Pretty much counterclockwise.

Cano I am going to spam you with your password situation like twenty times.

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