Viewfinder and reading glasses
Jan 10, 2013 18:16:49 #
This is a simple, not even serious thing I wanna throw out there just because I'm curious about what you other guys do.
For those of us wearing reading glasses I guess we've made a decision to either focus the viewfinder with glasses on or glasses off. Trying to be quick and get off a shot and having to worry about getting my glasses on too... what a pain. So I'm gonna go the other route for a while and focus the viewfinder in so i can shoot without my glasses and see what happens.
What do you guys do?
For those of us wearing reading glasses I guess we've made a decision to either focus the viewfinder with glasses on or glasses off. Trying to be quick and get off a shot and having to worry about getting my glasses on too... what a pain. So I'm gonna go the other route for a while and focus the viewfinder in so i can shoot without my glasses and see what happens.
What do you guys do?
Jan 10, 2013 18:21:09 #
Does your camera have a diopter adjustment? That's what I use, however, I usually let my lens focus. It's much faster.
Jan 10, 2013 18:22:51 #
Wendy2 wrote:
Does your camera have a diopter adjustment? That's what I use, however, I usually let my lens focus. It's much faster.
Yes it does so I can focus in either way - glasses on or off
Yeah, faster is better
....great website Wendy
Jan 10, 2013 18:25:01 #
CBL19six9 wrote:
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I use my glasses all the time, I found when I first started birdwatching that if I set my binoculars to focus without glasses by the time I got my glasses off and looked through the glass the birds where gone, so I think it's faster just to shoot with them on. Wendy makes a good point to.
Jan 10, 2013 18:27:09 #
CBL19six9 wrote:
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My glasses are always on so my doppler is set for sharpness with them on and I dont take them off to shoot.
Jan 10, 2013 18:35:44 #
CBL19six9 wrote:
Yes it does so I can focus in either way - glasses on or off
Yeah, faster is better
....great website Wendy
Wendy2 wrote:
Does your camera have a diopter adjustment? That's what I use, however, I usually let my lens focus. It's much faster.
Yes it does so I can focus in either way - glasses on or off
Yeah, faster is better
....great website Wendy
Thanks! I have paid little attention to it and should bring it up to date. I have so many more photos I could post on it but it seems that is last on my list.
I keep the diopter adjusted just in case I want to try manual focus, but the auto focus is usually more accurate.
Jan 11, 2013 07:33:02 #
Here is the problem I run into with glasses. I can set the viewfinder with the diopter to see without my glasses. Then when I look through the viewfinder, I can not see the settings or the light meter clearly, cause I don't have my glasses on. So I reset the diopter with the glasses.
Guess what? My glasses have the transition lens' that become sunglasses when you are outside. So shooting outside with the glasses on they go dark on me and I can not see the settings in the viewfinder. I guess I am doomed either way. I am getting a set of glasses without the transition lens' so I can shoot outside.
Guess what? My glasses have the transition lens' that become sunglasses when you are outside. So shooting outside with the glasses on they go dark on me and I can not see the settings in the viewfinder. I guess I am doomed either way. I am getting a set of glasses without the transition lens' so I can shoot outside.
Jan 11, 2013 08:07:42 #
I wear my glasses all the time. Have two pair - one for outside - distance, driving; one for computer distance, reading, etc. Just adjust the diopter for whichever pair I have on at the time
Jan 11, 2013 08:43:31 #
wkruser wrote:
Guess what? My glasses have the transition lens' that become sunglasses when you are outside. So shooting outside with the glasses on they go dark on me and I can not see the settings in the viewfinder. I guess I am doomed either way. I am getting a set of glasses without the transition lens' so I can shoot outside.
I have transition lenses as well, and tri-focals to boot!
Never found it a problem to see the information in the viewfinder, even on the sunniest day when my lenses go very dark.
On at least some cameras you can set the brightness for the LCD screen, I wonder if there is something similar for the viewfinder info. I'll have to have a browse in my manual.
EstherP
Jan 11, 2013 09:03:34 #
CBL19six9 wrote:
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I bought a diopter that matched my glasses prescription. So I shoot glasses off. It was the single best thing I did to improve my photography. My glasses have so much correction that the diopter that came with the camera didn't have enough adjustment.
Jan 11, 2013 10:10:30 #
ole sarg
Loc: south florida
I have a soft hoodsman lens cup and keep the glasses on. I wear trifocals. Use auto focus.
Jan 11, 2013 10:13:05 #
CBL19six9 wrote:
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I have the dipoter set for not using reading glasses.
That worked fine with my D5100 where you make adjustments either in the viewfinder or on the large LCD on the back of the camera, which I can read without reading glasses.
I recently bought a D7000 that comes with a little green LCD on the top you are supposed to use for making most adjustments. Alas, I can hardly read that thing without reading glasses so it is a pain. IMHO the LCD display content on the D7000 sucks comared to the one on the D5100. The D7000 display has a bunch of litter I would never want to change and misses the key things or makes me go find a button before I can use it.
Jan 11, 2013 10:43:24 #
ole sarg wrote:
I have a soft hoodsman lens cup and keep the glasses on. I wear trifocals. Use auto focus.
My eyes can't handle tri-focals which is why I have two pair. I just got the Hoodman Cinema Kit Pro and it is a gem! Good not only for video but also live view and checking what you jus snapped; I wear my glasses while using it
Jan 11, 2013 10:46:38 #
CBL19six9 wrote:
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Yes, this is a real nuisance. Since having my cataract surgery, I can see distance fine, but I need reading glasses for close-up. I never use them for focusing because it just doesn't seem to work right. (I use +1.0 reading glasses, $1.00/pair.) Sometimes I need them to make adjustments to the camera, but I generally do without them.
Jan 11, 2013 11:15:47 #
I haven't found a good solution to this either. Shooting with glasses on is truly a nuisance, at least for me. But I need them both for distance and for reading, so if I set the diopter for distance and shoot sans glasses, I can't read the settings or see the back display clearly. Unless you're shooting program mode and autofocus, the nature of cameras necessitates moving from far distance to reading distance on a pretty continuous basis. They do make contacts where one side is distance and the other is reading, which might be a solution. I'm sort of talking to myself here, but hey, I just thought of the contacts, so it works for me! Good luck.
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