I can not SEE far and near at the same time!
Apr 26, 2018 10:41:17 #
Guyserman
Loc: Benton, AR
jwn wrote:
my uncle was singer and need to see sheet music and conductor at the same time during rehearsal ...he used one contact for close reading and one contact for distance .....you can train you brain to use the correct eye.
Several have mentioned this. My wife had her lens set up this way following cataract surgery. A WORD OF CAUTION:
Apr 26, 2018 10:44:03 #
Guyserman
Loc: Benton, AR
jwn wrote:
my uncle was singer and need to see sheet music and conductor at the same time during rehearsal ...he used one contact for close reading and one contact for distance .....you can train you brain to use the correct eye.
Whoops! Don't know what happened with my previous post but... A WORD OF CAUTION: When you do this, your depth perception suffers. There is an element of increased danger driving at highway speeds.
Apr 26, 2018 10:48:33 #
lsimpkins wrote:
Check out Readers.com. Lots of choices in a variety of strengths and less expensive than Foster Grants. I have two pair and use them in the car and on the beach for reading.
Back in the day when I needed readers on an hourly basis I purchased them in various styles and strengths from the dollar store. I would get ten at a time and scatter them around the house, in the car, in camera bags. Would never spend more than $1.00 on a pair.
Apr 26, 2018 10:52:04 #
lsimpkins wrote:
Check out Readers.com. Lots of choices in a variety of strengths and less expensive than Foster Grants. I have two pair and use them in the car and on the beach for reading.
Thanks! Always nice to have more options. Some of their bifocal readers look decent.
Apr 26, 2018 11:00:05 #
I need cataract surgery and have the same problem as of now I rely on auto focus and pay attention to my F stops
Apr 26, 2018 11:08:06 #
pamelaj wrote:
Can you believe I have still not decided on buying... (show quote)
No one can see both far and near clearly at the same time, the difference between a camera at a large aperture and your eyes is that your eyes can change the point of focus so quickly that many may not ever realize their limited view.
Apr 26, 2018 11:29:13 #
rpavich wrote:
haha...welcome to the club.
I use reading glasses hung around my neck on a lanyard. I don't shoot with them, I just use them if I have to do anything up close. Nothing else works for me.
My cameras have a diopter in the viewfinder matched to my "old man vision" so that I can see to focus.
Most of the time though, I use a zone focusing camera...much nicer and much faster.
I use reading glasses hung around my neck on a lanyard. I don't shoot with them, I just use them if I have to do anything up close. Nothing else works for me.
My cameras have a diopter in the viewfinder matched to my "old man vision" so that I can see to focus.
Most of the time though, I use a zone focusing camera...much nicer and much faster.
“welcome to the club”, indeed. I’ve always had this problem. It’s the main reason why I was never able to play sports. In baseball, I could see the pitcher or the ball or the bat - But I could never see more than one of them at a time.
A corrective diopter may well be your best answer. This is a job for your camera dealer.
Apr 26, 2018 11:33:35 #
I had cataract surgery a year ago. Now I’m far sighted. I have glasses that the lower half are prescription for closeup and the upper section is just clear glass for distance. This works great for me. I also snorkel so far sighted was my choice.📸
Apr 26, 2018 11:33:49 #
LWW
Loc: Banana Republic of America
DaveC1 wrote:
This is true.
Absolutely.
I have been blessed with good eyesight my whole life, and at 62.5 YO my trifocals are basically readers at the bottom and clear optical glass on top with the middle set up for shooting pool.
My fix for photography is a VF diopter adjustment.
Many cameras have them, and some others have them as an eyecup type adapter that aren’t adjustable but if you know what strength reading glasses you need get that.
Beyond that I don’t know of anything other than wearing glasses and placing them against the eyecup.
This is not to be construed as a replacement for the advice of an optometrist and/or optician.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/c/search?Ntt=eyepiece%20diopter&N=0&InitialSearch=yes&sts=ps
Apr 26, 2018 11:58:08 #
Don W-37
Loc: Bangkok, Thailand
I'm very near sighted (myopia) and started wearing hard contact lens in my 20s. By the time I was in my 30s, I was wearing more comfortable gas permeable lens. In my 40s started having trouble reading, like most folks at that age, so my doctor recommended "mono vision." My right eye was dominant, so that contact was set for distant vision and left eye for reading. Worked fine for me - driving, photography, tennis, and even water skiing. It took me about a week to adapt to it. Cheers, Don
Apr 26, 2018 12:05:51 #
I have the same problem but it probably isn't as severe as yours. I don't wear contact lenses because I can't stand having things in my eyes. So I just wear glasses - bifocals. I've been wearing the progressive type for years and this year decided to go with the standard bifocals. What a mistake that was. Now I can't see my computer screen wearing those and had to buy a special pair of glasses just to see the computer. My progressives would have an area that goes from far to near that is somewhere in between for my computer almost like trifocals. Have you thought about just switching to glasses only and see if that works? Or, if you have really poor vision you should consider lasik surgery.
Wearing glasses while using my camera isn't that bad. Of course I'd rather just put my eye up against the camera with no glasses but that's never going to happen.
Wearing glasses while using my camera isn't that bad. Of course I'd rather just put my eye up against the camera with no glasses but that's never going to happen.
pamelaj wrote:
Can you believe I have still not decided on buying... (show quote)
Apr 26, 2018 12:31:18 #
Nikon cameras do have a diopter adjustment, but the adjustment did not go far enough for me. There are many other corrective eyepieces available that can replace the eyepiece on Nikon cameras that range from +3 to -3 that I found on Amazon and B&H that are very reasonably priced. The one I bought works great for me, and I can now read the information in the view finder.
Apr 26, 2018 13:09:58 #
My suggestion is to use contacts or glasses to correct for distant vision (at least mid-distance) so you can walk around, pick your angles, and enjoy your location.
Then use the viewfinder diopter adjustment so that the viewfinder is in focus at the same far distance your eyes can see -- which is probably about +2 diopters, well within the adjustment range of most halfway decent cameras.
Then use the viewfinder diopter adjustment so that the viewfinder is in focus at the same far distance your eyes can see -- which is probably about +2 diopters, well within the adjustment range of most halfway decent cameras.
Apr 26, 2018 13:47:06 #
I wear progressive lenses, I have for many years. I have no trouble looking through the viewfinder with them on. Nor do I have a problem looking at the LCD panel. It just takes a little time to adjust when you first start. Make sure you have a good eye cup on the camera.
Apr 26, 2018 13:49:59 #
oregonfrank
Loc: Astoria, Oregon
I too have progressive lenses that I wear all the time, even though my distance vision is 20/20. I automatically move my head to acquire clear focus. No problems with viewfinder on camera.
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