Eyecup for 1DX???

[Loi Nguyen]

Hi, I'm wearing glasses and after a couple of hours of shooting, the force of pressing my forehead against the eyecup of the Canon 1DX + 500f4 lens often makes a dent on my face near the eyebrow. It actually hurts! Does anyone use an eye cup? If so, please recommend what works. Thank you. Loi

[David Salem]

Hey Loi, I use a Hoodman eye cup. They are made for people with glasses and are very comfortable. Check it out. Hope this helps

[Henry Domke]

I hated using glasses with cameras so much that I had Lasik (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LASIK) surgery done on one eye. I took my camera with me to the ophthalmologists office so they could make sure to do optimal corrections to my shooting eye. It has been a few years now and I have to say it was worthwhile. By having only one eye corrected that left me with one eye for seeing close and one eye for seeing distance (and shooting pictures).

[Ian Cassell]

I just got a hoodman eyecup for my 7D and I LOVE it!

[Don Railton]

Hello Loi

I too use a Hoodman eye cup on my 1D4, but I modified mine with scissors to make the cup circular so when I rotated the camera from portrait to landscape the eye cup did not need rotating also. The standard eyecup sort of wraps around your head a bit and when you rotate the camera this bit pushes into your face unless you rotate it. I now like what I have got...

DON

[Loi Nguyen]

Hello Loi

I too use a Hoodman eye cup on my 1D4, but I modified mine with scissors to make the cup circular so when I rotated the camera from portrait to landscape the eye cup did not need rotating also. The standard eyecup sort of wraps around your head a bit and when you rotate the camera this bit pushes into your face unless you rotate it. I now like what I have got...

DON


Don, that sounds very clever! I remembered using one with my T3i 2 years ago and didn't like ti for the same reason, but I cannot afford to get bruises every time I go out for a shoot :(.

Henry, my wife told me I should do Lasik too, but I'm chicken :(

Thank you all, just ordered my Hoodman yesterday for the weekend.

Loi

[arash_hazeghi]

check this one Loi

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/840758-REG/Vello_esc_ef_ES_CEF_Eyeshade_for_Select.html

[Loi Nguyen]

check this one Loi

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/840758-REG/Vello_esc_ef_ES_CEF_Eyeshade_for_Select.html

Hi Arash, thanks for the tip. Looks good. I will just order a second one for my 5D3.

Loi