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If so, how do you cope photographically. Do you use an SLR (and thus have to use the viewfinder). If so, do you remove your glasses? Do you remove them for a shoot? Do you just lift them while you look through the viewfinder?

I've just been out in the car, and left my glasses at home. I don't really *need* them (although things are much clearer with them on), and it got me thinking.
My eyes are getting worse. I'm shortsighted, and the more I wear my glasses (I think) the worse my eyesight is getting.
Now when I'm taking photos, I can't stand wearing my glasses. I prefer to put them away completely during shooting, but the worse my eyes are getting, the more I think this I will eventually need to keep them on.

So how does everyone else cope? When wearing my glasses I find it hard to look through the viewfinder. I have to squeeze my eye to the viewfinder, squashing the glasses against my face, if that makes sense. And if I'm hot and sweaty (and Im fat so I normally am :p) then my glasses end up steaming up, or getting wet.

Anyway, how does everyone else cope?
It's a pain in the arse for me.
 
Marcel said:
It's a pain in the arse for me.
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If that's where you get a pain your wearing them incorrectly!:nono:

I have peripheral vision in my right eye, and have worn glasses full time for the last few years. With the viewfinder to my good (left) eye operating some of the controls can be problematical. Try it!

I find I have to move my head slightly to see the LCD information at the bottom of my D80's viewfinder.

However, to answer your question, it is becoming less of a pain as I get used to it.
 
I've worn glasses for years and to be honest, can't see much without them. I tend to use contacts when taking pictures though as I find the specs get in the way.
 
I wear glasses & have done as long as I can remember. My vision is pretty damn poor.

I use normal SLR's, with my glasses, and with a fairly hefty diopeter adjustment. In the future I may need to buy extra diopeter adjustment filters, but if I do, I do. I don't have any issue with older manual focus cameras - their finders are so large & bright that even though diopeter adjustment filters are available, there's really much less need.

At worst I think that a camera with a decent viewfinder will have to be one of your main considerations for future purchases. You'll get used to the glasses.
 
Well I cant see anything without my glasses, I've been badly shortsighted since I was 6 and have worn glasses since (im in the region of -8).

I've always just used my glasses when shooting because without lots of diopeter filters I wont have a chance of seeing a thing. I've never really found them getting in the way at all, I dont squash them up to my face i just move the glasses in so they touch the viewfinder surround and take photos from there.
 
I wear glasses pretty well all the time. I don't find it a great problem - just a bit inconvenient.

I have two choices...

1. Set the viewfinder adjustment while wearing glasses, which works fine and has the advantage I can see the camera screens and controls fine when I take my eye away from the viewfinder.

2. Set the viewfinder adjustment for not wearing glasses, which is also fine except that I'm boogered for seeing the camera screens and controls when I'm not looking through the viewfinder.

So mostly it's option 1 - occasionally option 2, with my glasses up and down on my head like a fiddler's elbow. :shrug:
 
To be honest, the visual detail through the viewfinder is fine, with or without glasses.
It's distances that I have a problem with, so its more of a hindrance when looking around, if that makes sense, rather than actually using the camera. I can use the camera fine without my glasses.......

Maybe I should just tape my 30D to my head instead, and walk around with that :D
 
I wear them while looking through the viewfinder, no probs. Of course you need to adjust the dioptre thingy to suit.
 
I do, but only when.
A) Something has irritated the bejeepers out of my eyes and I cant wear contacts
B) Late at night when I give my eyes a rest

I've had been short sighted for years (since I was about 10) and then only wore glasses when I had to. Eventually gave in to contact lenses and the following year had another 0.25 added onto both eyes prescription. Yes I see better now, but am totally dependant on two little plastic disks or glasses... humphf
 
I have always worn glasses whilst I have been doing photography so it has never occured to me, the only thing that is annoying that if my dad uses the camera before me he seems to leave some kind of greese on the rubber eye piece thingy me bobby, than goes on your glasses, easily solved by loosing the rubber thing.
 
Andy you need to adjust it if it has been set previousy for you not wearing glasses.
 
I wear varifocals and find manual focusing a nightmare as it depends on which bit of the specs lens I am looking through (haven't we had this thread before...I'm having Deja vu). I have adjusted the dioptre thingy as much as I can, but still cannot see much without my specs, so I stick to auto focus for landscapes. I can manage closeups...just about!

The veiwfinder squashed against my frames is a pain too.
 
I do ... :eek: ... but not for 'togging ... :shrug:

Dioptre is set without and I can then clearly see the data in the viewfinder and know where the controls all are now so don't need to see them ... :D ...

AND anyways ... it certainly stops me chimping ... :suspect: ... 'cos I can't see an effin thing on the screen without my goggles ... :lol:


Considered laser treatment Marcel ... :shrug:


:p
 
I wear my glassesd all the time when shooting. Have done since I was 14!

Used to it now and it doesn;t cause a problem.

Not wearing them would as my clear vision only extends about 6 inches in front of my face without them!


Biggest problem I have is fogging the lcd with my gert hooter. I'm a left eye shooter!
 
I wear glasses for distance (driving etc) but can't get used to taking photos with them on.

If I'm going out specifically to take photos then I will wear my contacts but if I don't have them with me then I take my glasses off and adjust the dioptre.

Luckily my prescription is still fairly weak so the dioptre is good enough for me to see perfectly well when adjusted properly.
 
I tried contacts, but found I didn't really get along with them. When they went in fine, they were brilliant, but more often than not I found my eyes itchy, irritated, or there were air bubbles, or they wouldnt go in properly.
 
Braeden said:
I wear glasses for distance (driving etc) but can't get used to taking photos with them on.

If I'm going out specifically to take photos then I will wear my contacts but if I don't have them with me then I take my glasses off and adjust the dioptre.

Luckily my prescription is still fairly weak so the dioptre is good enough for me to see perfectly well when adjusted properly.
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I wear them for distance also but have no problems with the eyecup or settings (set at zero) so it just seems natural to me. :shrug:
 
I use a spotting scope with long eye relief with no problems at all using varifocals, however I have yet to find a DSLR with long eye relief so use a combination of 35mm and digital prosumer with EVF.
 
kendo said:
I have peripheral vision in my right eye, and have worn glasses full time for the last few years. With the viewfinder to my good (left) eye operating some of the controls can be problematical. Try it!
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I have pretty decent eyesight but I'm left-eye dominant despite being right handed, which is pretty unusual, and therefor always use my left eye. The main problem I find is that my nose often presses against the d-pad, changing the focus/metering point! :p
 
Im right handed but left eye dominate but I still find it easier to use my right eye for the camera, I frequently use either eye depending which is the handiest at that particular time. (for really low shots i often use my left eye).
 
Have worn glasses since I was about six, my eyesight is appalling so couldn't do anything without them.

I do wear contact lenses but only when I go out. Ideally would love the single day wear ones but they don't make them for my eyesight!! So have to make do with 30 day wear ones but one pair usually lasts me about 3 months. I don't get out much:'(

I guess when you have been wearing them for so long you don't think about it anymore, you just get on with it.

Andrea
 
photostar_1 said:
I wear varifocals and find manual focusing a nightmare as it depends on which bit of the specs lens I am looking through I have adjusted the dioptre thingy as much as I can, but still cannot see much without my specs, so I stick to auto focus for landscapes. I can manage closeups...just about!

The veiwfinder squashed against my frames is a pain too.
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My answer exactly.

I've considered getting two pairs but that would be even more of a pain.
 
i shoot while wearing specs and never found it a problem. the canon little rubber cover thingy over the viewfinder just touches the lens on my specs.
i stop fogging by using stuff from the motorbike shop that i use on my helmets visor.
bob heath antimist spray. little bottle for about £3. or wurth antimist.
 
I wear glasses, and am short sighted enough to always need them when out but when shooting it is probably a 50/50 thing whether I wear them or take them off.

With the dioptre adjustment set all the way left at -3 I can see through the viewfinder fine without them, but can also see through it okay with them at that setting so never change it. Though I think this could be why I sometimes get headaches after trips, as my eye would have been focusing too closely as a result.

There is not really any pattern as to when I will take them off, though the biggest problem I find with glasses is in daylight where sometime too much light creeps in the viewfinder as I cannot get my eye close enough to block it.

In fact recently I have switched to using manual mode rather than Av because with this light problem I struggle to see the information bar and so got into the habit of just shooting without thinking of whether the shutter was fast enough. Stopped where my (prescription) sunglasses for a similar reason, which is another cause of headaches as the bright sunlight is too bright for me.

Alternatively though if I am shooting something where I want to do that weird 'looking the camera with one eye and looking through the other eye normally' thing then obviously I need to wear my glasses.

It is a nuisance with no easy answer. But even with compact cameras (or camcorders for that matter) I always used the viewfinder, never the big screen thingy, so it is not an SLR issue.

Michael.
 
I ware glasses, a pair of fairly narrow glasses. OK for standard shots where you stand or kneel. But when using with a tripod close to the ground or in an awkward position i keep looking over the top of the lenses and putting everything out of focus in the view finder as the dioptre is set for use with my glasses. V frustrating :bang:
 
Interesting to read this thread, I wear verifocal glasses for close and short distance, can't see the image clearly when chimping without them. I am constantly on and off with the specs and I hate it. Fortunately I can use the camera with the diopter adjustment but low light and night work which I love to do, is becoming difficult due to the need for manual focus.
 
I wear specs all the time except when phographing perhaps I should keep them on and I may get better photos as it is nothing ever seems right.
Bob::shrug:
 
For anyone who's never adjusted the little eyesight correction wheel adjacent to the viewfinder - have a play with it whether you wear specs or not. Adjust it till the exposure info numerals at the bottom of the screen are as sharp as you can get them. You may be pleasantly surprised. ;)
 
Marcel said:
I tried contacts, but found I didn't really get along with them. When they went in fine, they were brilliant, but more often than not I found my eyes itchy, irritated, or there were air bubbles, or they wouldnt go in properly.
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I've worn contacts for about 30years (yes, honestly :)) and I still have an epic battle to get the darned things in. :bonk:

I had a break from them for about 2 years but I've now got varifocal contacts which work quite well, although I've got used to taking photos wearing my glasses. Don't give up on the contacts completely - you won't be the only one swearing, muttering and dropping them :)
 
im short sighted, so much so that if i take my glasses off and put them down ill struggle to find them again, i certainly wont be able to see them, ill have to find them by touch alone. thus i cant do anything with out them and my eyes are getting worse.


i have to use the dioptre adjustment on my camera to find the best balance, however i still cant see well enough through the viewfinder to accurately manually focus.


oh and due to the shape of my eyes, i cant wear contacts.


im ****ed basically! :)
 
Well I am short sighted and long sighted (different eyes) and have practically if not no stereoscopic depth perception(3D). Woo hoo. It makes for interesting viewing:)
 
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