# Left-handed video cameras? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 6, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-video-cameras/605284 "2011-12-06T18:48:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-video-cameras/605284/1 "2011-12-06T18:48:55Z")
I shoot video and am right-handed. And, as far as I can tell, everyone who shoots video professionally is right-handed as every cameras I’ve ever seen is designed for right-hand operation. What do left-handed people do? Just suffer with it, or are there cameras that are easier to use by left-handed people? ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-video-cameras/605284/2 "2011-12-06T19:17:40Z")
I think they just suffer through it. I’m a righty and would actually prefer to have my dominant hand free while recording. ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-video-cameras/605284/3 "2011-12-06T19:41:48Z")
I’m left handed and it doesn’t bother me. I actually like holding the camera with my right hand and operating the finicky controls with my left hand. Ditto for photo cameras. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-video-cameras/605284/4 "2011-12-06T19:44:40Z")
I’m a lefty, and I just use the camera right handed. Not a big deal - we southpaws get used to doing some stuff right handed. Until the day when… I’ve said too much. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-video-cameras/605284/5 "2011-12-06T21:10:22Z")
All pro cameras have a rocker zoom control which falls under the right index and middle fingers. Most of the small consumer cameras of today have a side to side zoom control on the top of back of the camera, which should be a lot easier for a lefty. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-video-cameras/605284/6 "2011-12-06T21:22:15Z")
Since our digital cameras record video, I’ve never really used a video camera much. So I can’t tell you if being a lefty would be a problem or not. Probably not, though. With the lone (and rarely encountered) exception of right-handed punch bowl ladles, there’s really nothing about being a lefty in a right-handed world that fazes me much. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-video-cameras/605284/7 "2011-12-08T04:47:12Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > What do left-handed people do? Just suffer with it, … Left-handed people do not suffer. Only a right-handed person would make such a comment. 😃