I keep them on all the time while shooting. Have never even considered taking them off.
I leave them on, no problems. Trifocals.
I shoot with them off, but I need them for camera adjustments, unless I'm looking through the viewfinder. It's a toss-up between 1X and 2X readers from the Dollar Tree.
Years ago, I switched from using two pair of glasses, one for distance-one for reading. The problem-some cameras I look through and some I look at. Thus, the need to switch glasses depending on what I was doing. I opted for progressive lenses and have enjoyed using only one pair of glasses for everything I do.
--Bob
fourlocks wrote:
Jerry's posting about eyeglass retainers raises a question. Do you wear your glasses or take them off, when looking through your camera's viewfinder? I was setting up my wife's Sony HX-400V and she complained the view was blurred, looking through the viewfinder.
"That's because I need to adjust the diopter for you with your glasses on." I said. "But I take my glasses off when I take pictures." she replied.
That made me think a bit...I have my D5500 set up so the view is clear when I'm wearing my glasses which I've always kept on when photographing. Mostly I keep them on out of fear of losing them if I put them down somewhere for the 2 to 3 minutes my memory's good for. Is this a bad technique or simply a personal preference? How about the rest of you? Why? If it's a bad idea to keep them on, I'll go with Jerry's retainer.
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I only need reading glasses and I don't use them when using the EVF. I may need them for the LCD viewfinder. That is one of the reasons I am mirrorless. I can review the shot and change all of my settings in the EVF without having to put my glasses on to 'chimp'.
fourlocks wrote:
Jerry's posting about eyeglass retainers raises a question. Do you wear your glasses or take them off, when looking through your camera's viewfinder? I was setting up my wife's Sony HX-400V and she complained the view was blurred, looking through the viewfinder.
"That's because I need to adjust the diopter for you with your glasses on." I said. "But I take my glasses off when I take pictures." she replied.
That made me think a bit...I have my D5500 set up so the view is clear when I'm wearing my glasses which I've always kept on when photographing. Mostly I keep them on out of fear of losing them if I put them down somewhere for the 2 to 3 minutes my memory's good for. Is this a bad technique or simply a personal preference? How about the rest of you? Why? If it's a bad idea to keep them on, I'll go with Jerry's retainer.
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Why not just ask your eye doctor or where you get your glasses from , seems they would be the one to have the correct answer .
I was near-sighted my entire life, and would have been useless trying to work without my glasses. When I had my cataract surgery, I chose implants that corrected my distant vision, since by then I needed help seeing closeup also. So now I can shoot without glasses, but can't see the camera. Most of the time, I just leave my glasses on. It's just a lot easier. Besides all that, I usually have to have my sunglasses on outside if the sun is shining.
I keep my glasses on so I can find the camera. I have also stepped into the shower with them still on.
Those of us who do our own thinking don't worry about trying to copy what others do.
Leitz wrote:
Those of us who do our own thinking don't worry about trying to copy what others do.
I agree, but to whom were you replying?
fourlocks wrote:
Jerry's posting about eyeglass retainers raises a question. Do you wear your glasses or take them off, when looking through your camera's viewfinder? I was setting up my wife's Sony HX-400V and she complained the view was blurred, looking through the viewfinder.
"That's because I need to adjust the diopter for you with your glasses on." I said. "But I take my glasses off when I take pictures." she replied.
That made me think a bit...I have my D5500 set up so the view is clear when I'm wearing my glasses which I've always kept on when photographing. Mostly I keep them on out of fear of losing them if I put them down somewhere for the 2 to 3 minutes my memory's good for. Is this a bad technique or simply a personal preference? How about the rest of you? Why? If it's a bad idea to keep them on, I'll go with Jerry's retainer.
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I leave my glasses on unless I'm shooting out in a bright sunny day. In that situation my transition lenses darked considerably and it's difficult not only to see my subjects, but slso to see the settings in my viewfinder. As a result, when it's very sunny I take my glasses off and reset the camera's diopter, which through experimentation is all the way to one end with my glasses off. Resetting the diopter when I put my glasses back on is not a problem either since I know that its optimum position is six clicks away from the other end of the range.
Longshadow wrote:
I agree, but to whom were you replying?
No one in particular - just a statement.
After cataract surgery, the diopter adjustment takes care of viewfinder focus. I still keep a pair of readers to view the LCD screen for critical focus in live view or tablet with CamRanger if needed.
Though I can usually make adjustments without looking a the dials or buttons, I still use the readers in some cases.
Leitz wrote:
No one in particular - just a statement.
(That was my second guess.)
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