In article <5cj9kn$dc3@enterprise.netserv.chula.ac.th>, u3618352@student.chula.edu says...
>I wonder if anyone can tell me the essential things to do when using the
>camera that's off-eye . Sometime I must lift camera over head and shoot.
>I'm not sure most of them will be good , depend on experience I think .
Yes - most pro location-photographers are familiar with the "Hail-Mary"
camera position... (a super-wide lens helps...;-).
>do u think some great-compo pictures come from no-seeing-in-viewfinder
>shooting 'cos of the position of shooting ?
Possibly....;-)
>Is there any accessories help seeing in off-eye position ? small LCD
>monitor ,possible ?
There are three that I am familiar with: the waist-level finder (some
top-end cameras have removeable finders, allowing you to view straight
down [or up, if inverted overhead] into the camera [the WL finder is
just a set of folding leaves to cut out stray light, with a flip-up
magnifier for focus]) - OK for H, but not V orientations of the
camera (image is backwards for H, but upside-down for V...;-); the
right-angle finder attachment (fits on the SLR eyepiece to allow
down or up viewing with the camera V or H, but your eye must be close
to it to see the image); the "sports/action" finder (allows several
inches of eye-relief [much more, if not viewing the whole screen
at once], so focus and framing can be done with the camera away from
your eye [this is very useful when shooting bugs, since the camera
can be moved toward the small subject even when the photographer
cannot be close enough to view with normal finders]).
Hope This Helps