Do you take photos wearing your glasses?
Apr 23, 2019 09:31:45 #
Mr Bill 2011
Loc: southern Indiana
I wear trifocals and shoot with both eyes open, so I normally keep them on. But if I have plenty of time, I will remove them because I get a better view thru the viewfinder; plus when I shoot with them on, they get pushed around my face and tend to get smeared and need to be cleaned off.
Apr 23, 2019 09:41:27 #
bamfordr
Loc: Campbell CA
SpyderJan wrote:
I leave mine on. Same reason, I don't want to lose or break them.
And in photographing wildlife, removing the glasses would be one more thing to do.
Apr 23, 2019 09:43:49 #
Mr Bill 2011 wrote:
I wear trifocals and shoot with both eyes open, so I normally keep them on. But if I have plenty of time, I will remove them because I get a better view thru the viewfinder; plus when I shoot with them on, they get pushed around my face and tend to get smeared and need to be cleaned off.
I find that as I rest the lens of my specs against the rubber eye-cup of my EVF I can see the whole of the view - edge to edge - without a problem. It may be that EVFs are better for this than OVFs? or can the prescription have something to do with it?
Apr 23, 2019 09:44:06 #
Apr 23, 2019 09:46:34 #
I leave my glasses on when shooting...... If not, when NOT looking through the viewfinder everything is blurred. Can you say blind as a bat without my glasses, I can. I would kill myself walking the sidelines without my glasses. If I wish to peek my photos I have to put on my reading glasses and remover my seer's. The golden years (73) are so good?
Apr 23, 2019 09:52:05 #
NHinote
Loc: Tennessee
Prior to cataract surgery, yes. After surgery, no. I do keep readers close by (hanging on crookies around my neck). Somewhat of a nuisance, but no biggie.
Apr 23, 2019 10:19:10 #
tomad
Loc: North Carolina
I raise my bifocals up to my forehead where they are tight enough to stay put and take photos without glasses using only the adopter adjusted viewfinder.
Apr 23, 2019 10:28:38 #
I leave them on...otherwise I would have no idea of what it was I was trying to photograph 
Apr 23, 2019 10:37:19 #
fourlocks wrote:
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Only if I want to see! Lol. Sorry, I couldn’t help it. Seriously though, when I first started wearing glasses, I could get away with not wearing them to look through the viewfinder; but, like you, I prefer to set the diopter so that I don’t have to worry about losing my glasses
Apr 23, 2019 10:48:49 #
larryepage wrote:
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 find that I cannot see the LCD or in the viewfinder well enough with my sunglasses on, so I do take them off to chimp or take a picture. I prefer not to take them off because it is one more thing to lose. Mine are clipons and I’ve lost plenty, kind of like lens caps!!
Apr 23, 2019 11:41:58 #
fourlocks wrote:
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Even if your wife takes her glasses off, it's still a good idea to adjust the diopter to her vision.
Apr 23, 2019 11:43:55 #
I always have mine on, but if I take them off at other times this is what I do. Sometimes I forget where they are but never lose them.😎
Apr 23, 2019 11:50:38 #
fourlocks wrote:
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I wear tri-focals all the time, can't see squat without my glasses on. I leave them on when photographing.
Apr 23, 2019 11:53:56 #
I always wear glasses but raise them on top of my head to take a picture relying on diopter for clarity. On top of my head I don't lose them.
Apr 23, 2019 11:57:57 #
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