Focus (glasses or not) (Page 2): Pretty much my experience although I can usually make out the camera buttons and menu without the glasses

BboH Loc: s of 2/21, Ellicott City, MD

swartfort wrote:

I too use readers. I take them off when I put the camera to my eye. I use the dioptic adjuster (I think that is what it is called) to replace the effect my "cheater glasses" have on my vision. I do however, use "cheaters" PLUS .25 in magnification for PP work on my computer.... just sayin

Pretty much my experience although I can usually make out the camera buttons and menu without the glasses - not real clear but.

vortipor Loc: Bath, UK

I am very short-sighted. My camera filter adjustment can't cope with the strength of my prescription so I adjust it for distance glasses. This is fine until I forget that I have my readers on and wonder why the viewfinder is out of focus.
Short sight is an advantage for rear screen viewing. I just look over the top of my glasses - no need to hold the camera at arm's length.

Stephan G

Keith S wrote:

I have to use reader type glasses to see the camera data prior to taking a photo. Question is do those UHH members that wear readers remove them when focusing the camera or leave them on? I have been removing mine prior to focusing.

Thanks,

Keith

I wear glasses. Even with a magnifier on the viewfinder, the information line is below the view. I have to angle the camera to read the line. My glasses also darken in the bright light making it almost impossible to see through the VF. Unfortunately, for me, I need my glasses to see everything beyond my nose.

I don't think I could learn enough to use the Braille version of the VF.

I move my glasses to the top of my head, to have them drop on my nose. My nose doesn't always catch them.

ggenova64

Set the diopter setting with your glasses off.

mborn Loc: Massachusetts

swartfort wrote:

I too use readers. I take them off when I put the camera to my eye. I use the dioptic adjuster (I think that is what it is called) to replace the effect my "cheater glasses" have on my vision. I do however, use "cheaters" PLUS .25 in magnification for PP work on my computer.... just sayin

I agree. But I use plus .75 cheaters for PP.

PhotoDakota

I wear tri-focals. I set the diopter for the distance portion on my glasses and it works for me. However, I have a pair of what I call my computer glasses. It does not have the distance portion and only the bi-focal and mid-range and the mid-range takes up the majority of the area, so my head does not have to keep bobbing up and down to find the small mid-range area on a pair of normal tri-focals. I just have to remember to put on a pair of normal glasses when I get up from the computer or everything in the distance is a little fuzzy.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

I had a similar issue years ago, as some cameras I look through, some I look at to focus. The solution was progressive lenses. I love them and never have to take them off while doing photography.
--Bob

Keith S wrote:

I have to use reader type glasses to see the camera data prior to taking a photo. Question is do those UHH members that wear readers remove them when focusing the camera or leave them on? I have been removing mine prior to focusing.

Thanks,

Keith

traderjohn Loc: New York City

Keith S wrote:

I have to use reader type glasses to see the camera data prior to taking a photo. Question is do those UHH members that wear readers remove them when focusing the camera or leave them on? I have been removing mine prior to focusing.

Thanks,

Keith

If you have to remove or not take off your glasses, why would you care what others do??

dsmeltz Loc: Philadelphia

AndyH wrote:

I have my diopter adjustment set for viewing with my progressive bifocals because it’s a pain to switch back and forth. I need the glasses to read all the settings other than those visible in the viewfinder.

Andy

Same here.

I guess for those who do not have any issue other than reading, the expense of progressives would not make sense. One option is to retro fit the camera with a view finder closer to their reading prescription. Often the standard diopter is not close enough to be useful. Correction eyepieces are available for both Nikon and Canon. I think you just slip them on like a new eyepiece cover. So if you use a +2 reader, you should be able to get a -2 eyepiece to cancel out the readers. Then you do not need to remove your readers.

If you switch to mirrorless, this may not even be an issue.

Morning Star Loc: West coast, North of the 49th N.

I have tri-focals. I put them on my nose when I wake up, and except for cleaning (my glasses or myself) they do not come off till I go to bed in the evening.
I have no idea what part of the glasses I look through when I use the viewfinder (probably the top - distance part), but I have never found the glasses to be in the way.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

Keith S wrote:

I have to use reader type glasses to see the camera data prior to taking a photo. Question is do those UHH members that wear readers remove them when focusing the camera or leave them on? I have been removing mine prior to focusing.

Thanks,

Keith

I use progressive lenses and I have no trouble. Sometimes, in order to check focus and sharpness, I have to slip them off (I can see up close better than the glasses will let me - I am extremely nearsighted).

mgoldfield

Keith S wrote:

I have to use reader type glasses to see the camera data prior to taking a photo. Question is do those UHH members that wear readers remove them when focusing the camera or leave them on? I have been removing mine prior to focusing.

Thanks,

Keith

I am VERY nearsighted; I use the viewfinder of my 77d (with a Canon -3 dioptric lens and the
maximum negative dioptric camera adjustment); glasses on but down out of the way.
I use my left (better) eye. The camera and exposure data are crystal clear.

dcampbell52 Loc: Clearwater Fl

Keith S wrote:

I have to use reader type glasses to see the camera data prior to taking a photo. Question is do those UHH members that wear readers remove them when focusing the camera or leave them on? I have been removing mine prior to focusing.

Thanks,

Keith

I have bifocals but I generally allow the auto-focus to do the focusing. It is generally right on target and if I manually focus.. it may be close. The other thing is that when possible (unless I am trying to get the subject in focus and everything else out of focus.. meaning a pin point focus, I use an f/stop that will give me 4 or 5 feet of depth of field. If I want a 1" dof, then I let the autofocus do it AND point the camera correctly to focus on that spot.

photoman022 Loc: Manchester CT USA

I have bifocals and can't see clearly without them and it's impossible for me to focus the camera with them, that's why I always use auto focus.

fourlocks Loc: Londonderry, NH

AndyH wrote:

I have my diopter adjustment set for viewing with my progressive bifocals because it’s a pain to switch back and forth. I need the glasses to read all the settings other than those visible in the viewfinder.

Andy

I have bifocals I leave on, having set my diopter to give me a sharp view through the viewfinder. If I had to take them off each time I took a shot, I'd have to find a pocket or some place to stick them and I'm sure I'd forget to put them back on and eventually lose them somewhere along a woodland trail. I don't know whether the camera is set for the near or far portion of my glasses; I just held the camera in front of my eye where I usually look through the viewfinder and adjusted for a clear view. One minor drawback to this is that if my wife borrows my camera, the viewfinder image is a little fuzzy, to her. Not too big a deal since she uses autofocus.