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Apologies to all those who were lured by the title hoping to find a thrilling debate about the specifications of various camera models (have they ever made a DSLR version of Top Trumps?), but my question is actually about spectacles. I was watching a Scott Kelby video recently and was fascinated to see that he kept his glasses on while shooting. As a spectacle wearer myself, it just feels wrong to keep them on and I never wear mine while I am shooting (which may account in part for my crap photos), but I was just wondering what other ocularly impaired members do when it comes time to lift the camera? Glasses on or off?
 
Off.
 
On. I can't be bothered with taking them on and off all the time! I have to use them for the looking at the "live" view, but I suppose I should try to take them off if I'm using the viewfinder, so I can get closer.
 
If your as blind as a bat without glasses (like me) then you keep them on.. Its not even a choice thing.. you wear glasses because your eyes are bad not because they look good...
 
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Contact lenses!!!
 
KIPAX said:
If your as blind as a bat without glasses (like me) then you keep them on.. Its not even a choice thing.. you wear glasses because your eyes are bad not because they look good...
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I am in the same position.
 
BintyMcFrazzles said:
On. I can't be bothered with taking them on and off all the time! I have to use them for the looking at the "live" view....
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KIPAX said:
If your as blind as a bat without glasses (like me) then you keep them on.. Its not even a choice thing.. you wear glasses because your eyes are bad not because they look good...
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huffy said:
I am in the same position.
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Cheffievrs said:
On.. Same as kipax
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What they said!!!:D
 
I'm long sighted and wear varifocals all the time. I tried taking my glasses off to take a shot but it was just such a pain that I adjusted the camera viewfinder and keep my glasses on while taking shots. It feels perfectly normal for me now and would not think of going back.

Dave

Unfortunately I can't justify the cost of a pair of binoculars with a large eye relief so have to take the glasses off when I use them and it is really annoying.
 
Varifocals and diopter adjustment for camera.
It means taking the specs off to see through the viewfinder and putting them back on to see the back of the camera and controls!
So contacts for me, which means I have to think about it beforehand.
 
On.

If I took them off then one day I would put them down and not be able to find them again. Yes my eyes are that bad.
 
My eyes aren't that bad - so Off.
 
kendo1 said:
It will happen :)
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I was alone in the family specs less till my mid 30's (astigmatism), then at nearly 50 I needed reading glasses, but the numbers are tiny, and a day's serious photography means I don't wear them at all. But sometimes I get caught out when chomping if I forget my eyes aren't 'sharp', using a loupe helps
 
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Like Phil, my eyes aren't too bad - I can see well enough to drive without any correction but I see better with either contacts or specs in/on so always wear them when I go out driving (unless I forget, in which case I grab the emergency pair of specs that live in my car or a contact lens which I always keep a couple of in each car.) I'm now of an age where I need reading glasses for close work so now have bifocals - handy to be able to see exposure details on the back of a camera without a proper VF! In very good light, my pupils contract enough to improve my vision so I can see well enough to not wear any correction (think a day on the beach in Southern Europe) and I often go without then - VF dioptre correction to the rescue!
 
It depends what camera.

D800 = On. Highy Eyepoint viewfinder... so no problem.

RB6x7... Off with magnifier folder in. It's a ground glass screen, and I do not need glasses for close work. Flip up the magnifier... glasses on as there's no diopter adjustment.

Leaf/Phase One = Off... it's not high eyepoint, and it has good diopter adjustment.

5x4 = Off... again.. looking at a ground glass screen... so no glasses required as I'm short sighted.
 
Humans are living far beyond their design specs. :)
 
My gasses are on and off all the time while I am using a camera. They are usually in my mouth when not on my nose.

If anybody finds a pair of glasses on the Pyrenees they are mine.

Graham
 
Meyssonnier said:
My gasses are on and off all the time while I am using a camera. They are usually in my mouth when not on my nose.

If anybody finds a pair of glasses on the Pyrenees they are mine.

Graham
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Gasses in mouth? I use Settlers Tums for that!!! ;)
 
On... but not when I have my contact lenses in!

Being short sighted and wearing glasses is a bonus if you a using a view camera as you can take them off to check the focus on the ground glass without the need of a magnifier.


Steve.
 
If I know I'm out for the day shooting I'll pop contact lenses in. If not I'll take my glasses off.
 
I wear varifocals so that I don't have to keep changing my specs so I keep them on but I've just tried with them off and it feels much more comfortable. The trouble is I can't see myself (ho ho) putting them on and off when I'm on a walkabout, the specs would soon be trashed that way and I'd go mad with irritation. But since you've put me up to trying I'll always know there is a better way dammit.
 
im short sighted so it's "glasses off" for anything 18 inches or less such as using smartphone etc and "glasses on" for using a camera - a good reason why i prefer optical viewfinder instead of lcd
 
I'm at the varifocal stage so keep my specs on for everything although I still find them a right faff to be honest.
Just bought a larger round eye cup for my D7100 which seems to make life a little more comfortable - time will tell
 
I wear mine because I've got astigmatism, and can't focus without them.
 
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I only wear mine to see things though.
 
If you have photochromic specs, the ones that go dark in the presence of UV, after 5 minutes it doesn't matter because you can't see much of anything anyway. I discovered this to my cost a few years ago shortly after having got a pair with photochromic lenses, I didn't think anything about it and went out to take some pictures in the snow. The UV reflected from the snow eventually made them go almost black and in the end I was just pointing the camera in the general direction of things, it's an interesting approach and I highly don't recommend it. I now have another clear pair.
 
On. I'm another with varifocals and struggled at first when I changed from plain lenses, but without them I wouldnt be able to tell where the camera is
 
I wear reading glasses for close work, and struggle a bit to make adjustments on digital cameras without them. Film cameras (F2 and FM ) are fine. I have glasses for distance correction too, but can't be bothered wearing them unless I'm driving, and particularly at night.
 
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