dibsdone

I have lost 2 pair of expensive sunglasses while photographing on hikes. I find myself quickly removing them and placing them over the collar of my shirt. The camera strap eventually knocks them off unbeknownst to me. Does looking through your viewfinder with sunglasses on really alter what you're viewing? Ultimately you're not seeing exposure through the viewfinder just composition and focus. Any thoughts?

Coolcameragirl Loc: Bradenton, FL

Yes, I am dealing with reading glasses and sunglasses. I bought a couple of these (inexpensive) and they certainly do the trick!

http://www.specsecure.com/

dibsdone

Thanks. I am going to order a couple of them.

FredB Loc: A little below the Mason-Dixon line.

Buy a $1.00 strap for your glasses. Take them off your nose, let them hang on your neck. If the $1.00 breaks the budget, push them up on your head instead of taking them off.

I had Lasik about 5 years ago but wore specs and sunnies for 45 years before that, and never lost a pair whilst cameraing.

Sheila Loc: Arizona or New York

A couple of weeks ago I was wearing my 2 month old very expensive prescription glasses (Think a really nice macro lens). I never wore glasses for photography before but these are so light and comfortable. I knocked them off and didn't realize it until we were ready to leave the site. The site was a huge old industrial building about 80 feet or so from the lower level to the roof with a balcony about half way up. I have photographs from the lowest level, from the balcony, from all sorts of locations around the area we were in.

After reviewing my photos and being allowed back into the site, I found my glasses the next day. The next time I went out I wore old glasses and bought a cord that attaches to them so I can't loose those. Either buy cheap glasses to wear when you are not in the car or get one of the cords that attach to glasses so you can wear them around your neck.

Why waste money on eye glasses when there is so much more interesting glass to buy?

BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA

I only need reading glasses. But wearing a full set means I have to keep removing them to drive, photograph, shoot a gun (special glasses) and watch TV. So I have a pair of commercially available bifocals. The top part is tempered plain un-corrected glass, but the bottoms are again commercially available +2.00 diop corrected lenses. I am workind on Lenscrafters to build me a set of corrected no-line glasses, to improve my long-distance sight with a tested correction for the bottom reading part (I have Vitreous Detachment in one eye). I want transitional lenses, possibly two with the second pair transitioning to yellow.

sueyeisert Loc: New Jersey

For rafting I have a cord that attaches to my glasses so you can't loose them. I wish I could get prescription sunglasses that werent polarized.

Ansel Rosewater

I have a suggestion for those of you who require no ophthalmic prescription for distance vision, yet net need reading glasses for near; to see the dials and on-screen choices on the digital screens. The problem is taking the near spectacles off before taking the shot… losing them, etc.

Consider a monocle. A monocle is a single lens, usually attached to a neck chord, and held between the cheek and upper lid (just under the eyebrow). It’s a throwback to the mid 19th Century when they were popular. The most efficient types have a gallery at the top and bottom to make holding the monocle in the folds of the skin of the eyelid and cheek.

After viewing the camera controls with the monocle in place, one needs only to open the eye wide to allow it to dislodge where it hangs around the neck and you can take the picture immediately. They are rarely used today, but they are available from optometrists and opticians.

I’d recommend not getting a stock power in pre-made monocles, but have your optometrist determine your near requirement for an 8” focus. Most people would prefer it to be worn on their dominant eye.

http://www.eyeglasseswarehouse.com/pages/rare-monocles.html

http://www.warbybarker.com/dogocle/

flyguy Loc: Las Cruces, New Mexico

"Does looking through your viewfinder with sunglasses on really alter what you're viewing? "

It does for me, it's like "looking through rose colored glasses" for me; because mine are polarized and my images don't turn out anything like what I saw.

mborn Loc: Massachusetts

Right on and if you have a polarizer on the lens you can not really see through the viewfinder

windshoppe Loc: Arizona

Thanks for the tip. Just ordered a couple and it appears to be a product that will solve multiple problems.

EstherP

I have transitions lenses and never take my specs off to take photos. I have not found it a problem taking photos with the lenses as dark as they will go.
But why not take your camera and sunglasses out, and take a few photos with your sunglasses on and some without them? Then compare them and see if there is a difference.
EstherP

Pentony Loc: Earth Traveller

Get inexpensive glasses straps that wrap around your neck. Visit WalMart or some other similar retail establishment.

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

I have to wear glasses all the time and mine darken in sun light or when it's cold out. I never take them off when using a camera. I'm so used to them, that I don't see any difference when using the viewfinder with the glasses dark or not.

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

I have to wear glasses all the time and mine darken in sun light or when it's cold out. I never take them off when using a camera. I'm so used to them, that I don't see any difference when using the viewfinder with the glasses dark or not. I don't know why it posted twice, how do I remove one of them?