Focus (glasses or not) (Page 3): Readers are for close up...i would think they would need to be used if manually focusing, since that would be close.... if using auto focus maybe of...

frankraney Loc: Clovis, Ca.

Readers are for close up...i would think they would need to be used if manually focusing, since that would be close.... if using auto focus maybe of... try both ways and see which you prefer.

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

BebuLamar

Before my cataract surgery I wore progressive and I have to use my glasses when looking into the viewfinder because the camera diopter adjustment is insufficient. After cataract surgery I need very slight diopter adjustment from its default position. In fact I can see well enough with the diopter adjustment at 0. So I don't wear glasses even with cameras that don't have such adjustment. I would need to have glasses to see the settings on the LCD and top of camera well but without glasses I can still see well enough to use them but not very clear.

Booker

If nearsighted, have an astigmatism and have bifocals. I Always Keep my glasses on. The diopter on my Nikons adjust giving me no problem.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

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 focus without them - through the viewfinder. If I am using what they call the monitor, I use my glasses.

PHRubin Loc: Nashville TN USA

FWIW I wear progressive lense so I'm used to wearing them all the time. I don't take them off to shoot. The diopter adjustment is at zero.

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

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 couldn't hardly see a thing, if I was not wearing my glasses, so they stay on my face all the time and that of course, includes taking pictures. I've been just adjusting my viewfinders to my eyeglasses on all my cameras since the 60's, so that has been my shooting "style" from the beginning!

TJBNovember Loc: Long Island, New York

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 Bifocals and usually just push my glasses up and rely on the diopter adjustment on my view finder. Though the way my eyes are going I may need to go with an optional stronger one in the future.

NBBPH Loc: Indiana

I mentioned this some time ago in a previous post. When shooting I use special photographer frames made by Hoodman with bifocal lenses. The lens flips up so I can shoot with my eye through the diopter adjusted eyepiece (Canon). With my bare eye I can see the focus and the settings in the view finder. To check the lcd, or settings on the screen on top of the camera (5D MkII) I just flip the lens back in place. I have light darkening lenses because I do a lot of outdoor shooting.

clickety

I can compose without glasses and my cameras can focus better than I whether with or without glasses so I just choose spot focus and delegate to Mr Canon.

aubreybogle Loc: Albuquerque, NM

I remove my readers because they create a greater separation between my eye and the viewfinder that I feel interfers with my view of the subject/focusing ability.

Tracy B. Loc: Indiana

I wear multifocal contacts, but up close I still need readers. I have these readers called ThinOptics. They don't have ear pieces. They are flexible and just stay on your nose. I can look thru my viewfinder above my readers sitting on my nose, and than when I look at my LCD screen I look thru my readers. They come in all kind of carrying ways, like: a case that is on the back of your cell phone, a key chain. I have both. The key chain is attached to my camera strap so I can access them quickly. I love them and use them daily. I'm using them while I type this.

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

rjaywallace wrote:

Keith S. - Why do think taking them off is a good idea? Not disagreeing with you, I’m just curious. I’m thinking about getting a pair of readers myself to supplement my prescription glasses and wondered what I would do under similar situations. Do you find them to be a help when you are post-processing?

You would use the diopter in preference to reading glasses otherwise every time you look up everything will be out of focus. Now if you are talking about half glasses, which I've always found very annoying, then perhaps using the glasses might be an option.

Flyerace Loc: Mt Pleasant, WI

My question is: Do you need readers to read 100 feet away? Why would you keep glasses on that were designed to be used 2 feet away to read? If you do not have a distance correction need, then the readers are not helping you at all when focusing. This of course is dependent on if you are making a photo of something 2 inches away versus 50 feet away. Just giving food for thought.

I wear readers to read. If I need to look at a setting on the camera that is too small to read, I put on my readers. Otherwise, they sit on my head or in their case.

Kmgw9v Loc: Miami, Florida

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 can no longer trust my eyes, with or without prescription readers.
Using back-button focus, I place the single point focus point where focus is most desireable; hit the shutter and trust the camera, and lens.
"Even a blind pig finds an acorn once in a while."

DanielB Loc: San Diego, Ca

I generally remove mine but if I'm in a rush I keep them on which I'm not really fond of.

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