reading glasses (Page 3): Sounds interesting. I have bifocals for driving and flying. Distant is fine. But for computer it forces me to bend my neck back so I don't use them. I might...

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

rmalarz wrote:

I need corrective lenses to see both near and far.... (show quote)

Sounds interesting.
I have bifocals for driving and flying. Distant is fine.
But for computer it forces me to bend my neck back so I don't use them.
I might have to try such lenses next time.

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VictoriaMoto wrote:

In my 35 mm days I was very used to not being able to see the photo. I am learning digital and learning to look at the shot after I take it. However, I need reading glasses to see if what I am doing is what I wanted. Don't need them to shoot. So lots of times I don't look then am sometimes disappointed when it is not what I wanted. I know this is part of the learning process, but is there any easier way to do this other than glasses on and off all the time?
Thanks so much.

Victoria,
I'm a life-long corrected lenses required. When I was (and could) wearing Contact lenses , my "walk around vision" was as close to 20/20 as it ever was. But as I got to my 40's I needed close focus corrections. Not wanting to look like Ben Franklin, I got lenses with no corrections and had a bifocal cut into the bottom so I could read. A similar set up could work for you. Try some budget places like Sears, Costco, Walmart or Glasses.com. I've been trying to convince my wife to do this to no avail, but it might help you and avoid the on-off never find them fix you're in. Give thanks that you lived a long time without the need for glasses. After eyue surgery and Cataract replacement, my driver's license does not have the dreaded Corrective lenses requirement.

Dennis833 Loc: Australia

Before I changed to a mirrorless camera I had the same problem. I purchased a clip on loop to fit over my Canon LCD screen. Because I'm a tripod landscape photographer I would switch over to live view and then attach the loop. In some lighting conditions you will not be able to see your images properly with normal glasses. At the age of 62 this is the biggest plus in using a mirrorless camera. No more loop.

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

Progressive lenses, sometimes called "no-line bifocals," are multifocal lenses that eliminate the lines of a bifocal or trifocal lens. They look exactly like single vision lenses so nobody will know your arms have gotten too short to see small print!

Also, if you get the progressive lenses you don't have to tilt your head back very far to see the computer screen because there's a spot between where you go from the distance prescription to the reading prescription where you can see the computer and/or the dashboard instruments in your car very well. I made the mistake of buying the regular bifocals with the line recently and hate them. I put them away for a backup pair and just bought a pair of progressive lenses from Americas Best Glasses. You can get really good glasses for $200. Two pair as a matter of fact.

oregonfrank Loc: Astoria, Oregon

Jeep Daddy, I disagree with one part of your description of progressive lenses. There is no spot between the upper part of the lens for distance and the lower part for reading. “Progressive” means that there is a smooth gradual change in focal distance between the upper and lower parts of the lens. If you read at 12” you are looking through a slightly different part of the lens than if you read at 10.5”. If you think of these as “spots” than there are an infinite number of such spots between maximum distance and minimum near point. I would add that after a short while head movement to achieve best focus becomes automatic.

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

oregonfrank wrote:

Jeep Daddy, I disagree with one part of your desc... (show quote)

Why do you disagree? I have been using progressives for years and using them for computer work all this time. As soon as I got my newest standard lined bifocals, I could not see my computer screen looking through the top or bottom of my glasses. I put my old progressives on and I can see the computer fine with my head tilted in between the distance and reading part of the lens and see my computer fine. That is why I just spent $200 to buy progressives again. I'm back to being happy with my glasses. I still hate the standard bifocals. I'll never buy the standards again. I thought that I'd buy the standards this time because I have been doing a lot of reading on my Kindle. The standard bifocals have a larger reading area and my eyes don't get as tired reading my Kindle verses using my progressives because the reading area is a much smaller wedged area for reading.

oregonfrank Loc: Astoria, Oregon

I disagreed with your reference to a “spot” between the distance part of a progressive lens and the close-up part. I fully agree with you that progressive lenses are better and have used them for over 20 years.

carl hervol Loc: jacksonville florida

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jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

oregonfrank wrote:

I disagreed with your reference to a “spot” between the distance part of a progressive lens and the close-up part. I fully agree with you that progressive lenses are better and have used them for over 20 years.

You are being too picky about what I said. Ok, then there's an area where I can see my computer screen that is between distance and reading. Is that better? In any case, the progressives have an area where I see the computer and the lined bifocals I can't see it unless I move my face to 11 inches from the computer screen.

oregonfrank Loc: Astoria, Oregon

No intent to offend. It appears that I misunderstood your use of “spot.” My apology. Actually, you can have your face at various distances from your computer screen and get a clear focus with progressives, which is their real virtue.

Dun1 Loc: Atlanta, GA

I have used a Hoodman Loupe for several years to view the my camera screens for years and find it a great way to get a better view of the images I have taken during a shoot. One word I will add I have a policy of seldom if never permitting others to view the images I have taken in a camera, especially now, so many do not understand that they view is not what so many expect.

dsmeltz Loc: Philadelphia

VictoriaMoto wrote:

In my 35 mm days I was very used to not being able to see the photo. I am learning digital and learning to look at the shot after I take it. However, I need reading glasses to see if what I am doing is what I wanted. Don't need them to shoot. So lots of times I don't look then am sometimes disappointed when it is not what I wanted. I know this is part of the learning process, but is there any easier way to do this other than glasses on and off all the time?
Thanks so much.

I had my ophthalmologist give me a specific prescription for the computer. I usually wear progressive lenses. For the computer I have a single prescription pair for roughly 2 feet away. A little farther than just reading.