jcboy3

If you are used to a color shift when looking at real subjects in daylight, then you will adjust your images to match that same color shift. The photo will look as you expect it to, and it will be correct as well.

MrBob Loc: lookout Mtn. NE Alabama

Thanks Blue, that is the exact situation I have with color Shift. So glad to hear things balanced out with completion of the second procedure. Congrats on 10 years of good sight. Looking at my whiteboard now I realize It has looked dingy yellow for a long time; No wonder my Moose Peterson warm polarizer has looked overly warm for a while; I have been stacking warm filters.. Ha Ha ! Thanks for commenting.

MrBob Loc: lookout Mtn. NE Alabama

Thanks for the comments Linda. I agree severity of the problem is a big factor. I think the BIG scam is how they try to find a reason to let you be eligible for laser when either way, blade or laser makes the same initial cut. No insurance pays for laser in a straightforward Cat. procedure so they introduce Astigmatism etc. as a qualifier. 100.00 a bottle eyedrops ( bottle for each eye ), Ba humbug. If you ask if laser vs. blade in a straightforward Cat. op gives better results, they hem and haw. Don't get me wrong , so far I am pleased and really like my doctor, but I can see how misinformed or poorly informed patients can get taken to the cleaners. BTW, Doc stated that the first Cat almost qualified me to be the half-blind prophet... Thanks again for your comments. Bob

Harry0 Loc: Gardena, Cal

Me too. Cataract surgery later.
I get the shots- I'm blind until after the next day.
I never noticed the incremental tinting of my vision.
After @ 3 months, I suddenly noticed the garage lights were white. I thought someone had changed them.
Wife laughs. Nope. Same lights. I go outside and Whoa! happens. Everything is whiter. Less beige.

One of my rants vs Insurance Corps.
I went to the specialists because I was concerned about the floaters.
He diagnosed me with Macular Degeneration, and showed me the pictures.
Seems that my last two ophthalmologists were prevented by the Corps from informing me because it was not a "life changing" issue yet. But it was close to that level. Which, once exceeded, they would then be obligated to inform me, as my driving ability would be effected at that point.
According to the specialists, my problems should have been obviously visible for at least eight years.
As he's telling me this, he points to the waiting room- and half the old guys are nodding their heads.
This could have been dealt with a decade ago, but look at the money we saved. And heck, I may have been shuffled to another Corps by then!

rlv567 Loc: Baguio City, Philippines

I took the Munsell Test a few months back – scored 100%. I have not taken it again since I had cataract surgery on my left eye last December. What I have found is that when viewing a white object with my left eye it appears white; when viewing the same object with my right eye, it appears a light yellowish-beige color. I will be having the operation on my right eye shortly, as it now is becoming pretty cloudy. I will have the same focus lens for the right as for the left – about "half-way" to infinity. This allows me to see well at something of a distance, but requires glasses for close work. My eyes always have been quite sensitive to light; I have observed no change in that.

Just before my birthday last January, I received my five-year driver’s license extension – to age 96, and have no problems whatsoever in that regard, riding my motorcycle, as I have no car. Incidentally, the cataract operation was very quick, easy, painless and without complication. I can recommend it without reservation to anyone with cataracts affecting their vision.

Loren – in Beautiful Baguio City

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

After waiting a few years we decided my cataract was to the point where it was affecting my photography ( MY bench mark) after the implant I noticed two things first my vision was sharper and the colors were more intense, I did not see any any shift in color balance.

Jimmy T Loc: Virginia

I had both eyes done a few years back and while the colors did shift and are much brighter I am still color blind. Grin. Now I need +2.5 reading glasses for the fine print. I am so glad that I had the procedure done. Since I do not need glasses except for reading and processing my pix I have Dollar Tree half frame reading glasses in my cars, by my chair, in all of my suitcases, ditty bag and in my pocket or wherever I might light.
https://www.dollartree.com/?cm_mmc=google-_-dollar%20store-_-ppc-_-dollar%20tree&gclid=CjwKCAjwq4fsBRBnEiwANTahcHFICmcNAZV62zZ7dLV0eD08Ne-Iazl8oL2DVGlm9epSNriPdAefDBoCGlgQAvD_BwE
Smile,
Jimmy T Sends

malawibob Loc: South Carolina

I notice no one mentioned what a breeze the surgery was. If you need the surgery get it done, it is a simple no pain op. Afterwards I noticed our lampshades I thought were beige turned out to be white. Makes a huge difference on night driving...

mjmgka

Amazing difference! At first, I thought my eye sight was just getting bad, it affected me mostly when snowboarding. My eyes are very sensitive and tear if there is the slightest bit of wind, so I was constantly lifting my goggles to see the terrain of the snow. Finally one day I was out with my wife in a parking garage and I had to ask her were the exit sign was. She yelled and said if I can not see it I should not be driving and I was to go to the eye doctor immediately. Well I held off a couple of more months till I had o sop driving a night. Finally dr. Says I have cataracts and they were very ripe. I opted for the multi-focal lenses and it was awesome! After the first I was done I noticed the wall was white, as I thought it was before. But when I looked through the bad eye it looked manilla colored. I can now see distance and read as well no glasses needed. Great experience, and couldn’t be less painless. Only discomfort was for the first couple of weeks sunlight bothered me and I had to wear sunglasses.

Gitchigumi Loc: Wake Forest, NC

This thread is of immediate interest to me. In two weeks, I have an appointment with an Opthamologist. I have been having vision issues in one eye and the annual exam shows cataract. So, getting an exam to evaluate options. Which will likely involve a decision... Laser vs Traditional procedure. From what I have been reading here, it sounds like traditional is the way to go. And, I believe is covered by Medicare/ Supplemental, whereas Laser involves sizeable out-of-pocket expense. Which procedure would you fellow UHHers recommend? Thanks!

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

Me either.

Jimmy T Loc: Virginia

markie1425 Loc: Bryn Mawr, PA

Thank you, thank you for your post.

I will probably have both eyes done within the next year, although I don't really notice the presence of cataracts. Your message is very timely for me.

hogesinwa Loc: Dalyellup Western Australia

Having mine done end-November after 2 years of postponements. Thanks for all the useful info.

malawibob Loc: South Carolina

Traditional is very easy, I have no experience with laser but sounds expensive. I did have laser repair to a torn retina and it was also very easy.
Bob