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| Thread ID: 49226 | 2004-09-13 05:39:00 | Glasses for the long sighted (Which ones to get?) | SilverStack (6153) | Press F1 |
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| 271873 | 2004-09-13 05:39:00 | I'm at that age where glasses are one of life's little neccessities. I need a pair for reading (20cm), a pair for the VDU (50cm) and a pair for driving (infinity). It's a drag having to change glasses everytime I start to do something different. If you don't wear glasses, this will seem like trivial rubbish. I've just sent back a new pair of graduated lenses as they are next to useless for viewing a monitor. I see the monitor through a 100mm diameter hole, and the rest of the screen is a blur ... not much use to me. On the plus side reading and driving are reasonable, and daily life is actually quite tolerable. Has anyone actually managed to successfully overcome this annoying problem? |
SilverStack (6153) | ||
| 271874 | 2004-09-13 05:49:00 | Hi SilverStack and welcome to Press F1. I would suggest that you talk to your optometrist who fitted you with your (probably very expensive) graduated lenses. They will have the best advice, and may know of some special lenses which would do what you want them to do. Although this may be quite costly, it will save you the hassle you have at the moment. Just for future reference, please head all non-computer-related (not directly related) topics with "Off Topic:" at the front of the subject line. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 271875 | 2004-09-13 06:01:00 | Perhaps I'm a little more fortunate. I have one pair for driving and one pair for VDU, but I'm long sighted in one eye and short sighted in the other, so for reading one eye is OK, and for distance one eye is ok too. Years ago when my eyes could accomodate that was a good combination, now focal length is fixed which is not so good. The draw back is that without glasses I have no stereo vision to locate objects distance-wise. There is really no answer to the aging effect :( |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 271876 | 2004-09-13 06:15:00 | There must be something wrong with those glasses if you see through a "hole." I have Terry's problem in spades, being very short sighted in one eye, long sighted in the other other, plus a pronounced case of independent monocular vision (which means I can watch both ends of a tennis court at once). I have a set of graduated bifocals in high refractive index glass (makes for very thin and light lenses) and can see my monitor no problem. I have to have it up at eye level but that is no problem as it is on a wall-mount arm. Incidentally I didn't get glasses till my late teens and the lack of depth perception made motorway driving very interesting. Fortunately I could only afford a very old and very slow car, but when I got my hands on anything faster it was thrill a minute. :D Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 271877 | 2004-09-13 06:29:00 | I use graduated lenses as well, and it took a couple of days to master the art of looking through the top, middle or lower areas of the lens for distance, medium close and close. If your problem is that severe, perhaps consider Lasik surgery to either give distance vision with no glasses or close-up with no glasses. Use conventional glasses for the extreme. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 271878 | 2004-09-13 07:30:00 | My Dad just buys reading glasses from The Warehouse. He says they are a lot better than his $200 pair from the optometrist, and he doesnt have to worry about breaking them or losing them, because they only cost $5 | mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 271879 | 2004-09-13 07:31:00 | Yup, I too have graduated or progressive lenses as my optometrist calls them (I'm sure they cost more than graduated ;) ). Mine are just for reading and medium distance, I don't yet need the long distance lenses. As per GF's experience, it took me a little while to get used to them with driving at night not too pleasant at first but, the old noodle does a great job of ignoring extraneous info after a relatively short period of time. Like the others, I have a depth of field problem with my left eye and, although, in hindsight reading had been getting more difficult, the problem only became apparent when in the batters box against decent pitchers, which was most of them ;) I decided to get my eyes checked on the kindly advice of an opposing teams catcher who was so concerned for my welfare that he gave me this advice each time I came up to bat :8} Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 271880 | 2004-09-13 08:15:00 | I have to agree with mejobloggs - I habve a real pair for reading, a pair of x2.5 for closeup and a few pairs of 1.75s all from the warehouse which are just perfect for the monitor that my real ones won't focus on. | andy (473) | ||
| 271881 | 2004-09-13 11:47:00 | I don't know if this can be done for glasses, but I have worn contact lenses for short sight most of my life and just recently have needed glasses for reading. I suggested I needed bi-focal lens but my Optician set up my lenses for what I think he called monocular vision. The right lens he set for normal long vision and the left lens he set for reading. It has worked a treat both long and short vision is excellent and I have not noticed any eyestrain from one eye fighting the other. | tutaenui (1724) | ||
| 271882 | 2004-09-13 21:31:00 | Hi someone. From the first line of your reply it looks like you might have something to do with PCWorld, and I take to heart the business about being off topic. However this issue is right at the core of my job (IT and programming) - it doesn't feel particularly off topic to me! As to going to see the Optometrist ... I have, and at one point it became "my choice". So this thread is a way of gathering info ... you know ... helping me to make informed choices. And to seeing through a hole - well spotted! Someone else mentioned Laser surgery - hmm! Silverstack! |
SilverStack (6153) | ||
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