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Thread ID: 125019 2012-06-02 01:59:00 Prescription Glasses pctek (84) PC World Chat
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1279120 2012-06-02 13:23:00 How can it be a great choice b4 we know the outcome?

Because I am currently on my 4th set of glasses from this supplier - that's how :)
Zippity (58)
1279121 2012-06-02 20:20:00 Because I am currently on my 4th set of glasses from this supplier - that's how :)

Specky four eyes.
Cicero (40)
1279122 2012-06-02 20:57:00 Yes, please report back. I'm about to order from Zenni. I too have issues with thick lens' for reading.
Sure, they were the other ones on my recommended list.
Might be more than a week though depending how long shipping takes.
pctek (84)
1279123 2012-06-02 23:04:00 Specky four eyes.

Only used for reading. Sitting in front of a PC all day, sure *^&!s one's eyes :(
Zippity (58)
1279124 2012-06-02 23:19:00 There's some weird science going on with materials that have a negative refractive index (traditionally impossible). If they could sandwich a regular lens with a negative index lens the result could be a lens that looks flat and has half the edge thickness, but still providing the same strength overall, and possibly with improved optical properties.

Don't hold your breath on ever seeing them in production. They'll be used in computers long before they get used for eyewear, if they ever get used at all.
Paul.Cov (425)
1279125 2012-06-03 00:09:00 There's some weird science going on with materials that have a negative refractive index (traditionally impossible). If they could sandwich a regular lens with a negative index lens the result could be a lens that looks flat and has half the edge thickness, but still providing the same strength overall, and possibly with improved optical properties.

Don't hold your breath on ever seeing them in production. They'll be used in computers long before they get used for eyewear, if they ever get used at all.

So, I wonder what happens to the speed of light with negative refractive index. If the velocity of light is now negative, does that mean you see yourself returning before you have left ? :) :illogical
Terry Porritt (14)
1279126 2012-06-03 00:58:00 Only used for reading. Sitting in front of a PC all day, sure *^&!s one's eyes :(

I presume the $10 hobby glass's don't work with you?
Cicero (40)
1279127 2012-06-03 03:52:00 Only used for reading. Sitting in front of a PC all day, sure *^&!s one's eyes :(

www.pasadenaeye.com

Reading - it's generally age related presbyopia.

I don't have that, and I sit in front of a screen all day but it doesn't bother my eyes. On the other hand I do have rather major astigmatism, I've been told it will never affect me.
pctek (84)
1279128 2012-06-03 05:36:00 PCTek, this is a bit late seeing as you have ordered the specs, but I too have asymmetrical lens thicknesses - much thicker on the right. I've never been particularly conscious of the difference, either while looking through them or AFAIK from other people noticing them. I have metal thin-rimmed frames, so the extra thickness is obvious if you are looking, but as I said, I've never seen it (ha ha) as a problem in all the 60-odd years I've been wearing specs. Tony (4941)
1279129 2012-06-03 10:46:00 I too have a thick and thin lens. Never worried me either.
:)
Trev (427)
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