Taking pictures with glasses (Spectacles)

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Anyone here wear specs when shooting?

Do you have any problems or doesn't it make much diference?

Also, the Canon 600D I'm getting has a dioptric adjustment knob so if set properly would I get away without specs (my eyesight isn't THAT bad)?
 
My eyesight isn't great (I don't wear glasses all the time but I need to wear them when driving), and I have no problem shooting without mine on to be honest with you.
 
I don't generally wear my specs when using the camera, having a properly set dioptre and a magnifying eyepiece suits me well.
 
I adjust the dioptre setings on my viewfinder - works well enough to shoot without wearing glasses, well good enough for me :D

Les :thumbs:
 
gramps said:
I don't generally wear my specs when using the camera, having a properly set dioptre and a magnifying eyepiece suits me well.
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Lez325 said:
I adjust the dioptre setings on my viewfinder - works well enough to shoot without wearing glasses, well good enough for me :D

Les :thumbs:
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I guess you would have to set it up according to your 'shooting-eye' as both eyes usually vary slightly (but than again, who uses different eyes). I always use my right eye so I'll try that! :)
 
On my previous camera I had to use a dioptic adjustment attachment for the viewfinder and it worked well. This does bring up something worth thinking about when buying a new camera, Is the dioptic range built in large enough for those who have to wear glasses but don't want to for taking photos?

My Nikon D300 dioptic built in range seems better than my previous Nikon cameras so it appears there is some variations between models. Also the way they can be viewed to adjust clarity through the viewfinder is different

This obviously depends on how good the eye sight is in the first place.
Realspeed
 
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Never been too worried about shooting with glasses - don't have much option really as I'm too short sighted to go out shooting without glasses and I certainly would not want to faff about taking my glasses off every time I want to look through the viewfinder!
 
boliston said:
Never been too worried about shooting with glasses - don't have much option really as I'm too short sighted to go out shooting without glasses and I certainly would not want to faff about taking my glasses off every time I want to look through the viewfinder!
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Same here, very shortsighted and started wearing varifocals recently. Not sure if it affects my shots, but do sometimes wonder....:shrug:
 
domino1999 said:
Same here, very shortsighted and started wearing varifocals recently. Not sure if it affects my shots, but do sometimes wonder....:shrug:
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So the main picture is in focus but the bottom part is fuzzy lol :lol:

I may wear my glasses, I suppose I'll check which is best when I get my camera (will be ordering it next Friday - woohoo) :)
 
I use half moon glasses so I can see the screens and have the diopter adjusted so I can see through the viewfinder without them
 
I wear my spectacles when using the camera, the dioptre adjustment doesn't go nearly far enough - my lenses are approx -7 dioptres. Don't have any problems.
 
If I'm shooting outdoors I wear my glasses so I can see the rear screen and check the histogram - I can be ar$ed to keep taking them on and off all the time. In the studio though, I tend to take them off once the lighting has been sorted and only put them on again if we're changing something. Most of the time I don't even adjust the dioptre - just rely on the AF gettign it right - so everything looks out of focus during shooting. Trust the force, Luke :)
 
I'm short sighted, so I keep my glasses on all the time.

Otherwise it would be

Spot scene -

  • look at world with glasses on.
  • Take glasses off -
  • Look through viewfinder
  • Re-evaluate composition.
  • Put glasses on
  • Look at the world
  • Take glasses off
  • Look through the viewfinder
rinse and repeat...

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Justin1971 said:
Do you have any problems or doesn't it make much diference?
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Oh, and it means I can't easily use a Russian Fed 5 rangefinder camera that I bought, as the knurled metal ring round the eyepiece* scratches my glasses horribly. As the eye relief on that viewfinder is tiny, you have to press your eye up to it quite firmly.

A Leica III is probably out of the question for similar reasons. :(

[* I've been meaning to investigate sticking a bit of felt to it, though]
 
The adjustment knob on the 600d seems to work fine for me without glasses, and I'm short sighted enough to wear glasses. I don't wear glasses when I'm shooting though as they sort of annoy me when I'm looking through the viewfinder.. It can be very difficult manually focusing at f1.4 sometimes though!
 
it would be impossible for me to shoot anyhting without my glasses on.. does it make a difference? how would I know? seriously?

best thing I ever did was get bifoculs so i can see the screen as well now :)
 
The only time I have any trouble with leaving my glasses on is when the camera is sitting near ground level and I can't lie down to look through the view finder. I don't have live view but I can just take a shot and check composition from that.
For anything else I don't even notice the glasses.
 
I wear glasses but I dont wear them to shoot with cause basically it just annoys me. I set the dioptric adjustment to my shooting eye and it was no problem whatsoever. I set it by adjusting for the info at the bottom of the viewfinder. Its easy to do it this way as you can see when the info is totally sharp
 
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I have varifocals and wear them when taking shots with no problem. The major part of my vision problem is astigmatism and changng the dioptre wouldn't help.

Don't find it a problem wearing specs.

Ken
 
I never take my glasses off when shooting, I have the dioptre while I've not spoken to my optician about it I would be concerned that shooting without your glasses would put an undue strain on your eye which could further degrade it :(
 
MWHCVT said:
while I've not spoken to my optician about it I would be concerned that shooting without your glasses would put an undue strain on your eye which could further degrade it :(
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I would be suprised... at school i wore a patch over one eye to make the other eye work more.. to make it stronger... this only works to a certain age then it makes no difference how much you use it..

eyes deteriorate with age.. I doubt wiht usage :)


as with you.. i ahvent spoken to an optician about it either.. just my thoughts :)
 
MWHCVT said:
I never take my glasses off when shooting, I have the dioptre while I've not spoken to my optician about it I would be concerned that shooting without your glasses would put an undue strain on your eye which could further degrade it :(
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I would have thought that if you correctly adjust the dioptre setting of the viewfinder (make sure all the indicators in the viewfinder are in focus) then the effect is pretty much the same as using the dioptre adjustment that your spectacle lens provides - might even be less of a strain on your eye because it is adjusted to how your eye is now - but your specs are 'adjusted' to how your eye was when you last had it tested.
 
I need to take my glasses off to see my camera, the lcd display, dials, knobs etc - so I like to shoot with my glasses off (usually on my head or round my neck on a cord) so that I can look at my camera and through the viewfinder without swapping from glasses off to glasses on.

Bifocals or varifocals get more attractive to me the older I get.
 
I just got varifocals this year, and have no problem with them (or the older single vision lenses). Too short sighted to use the in-camera correction, but don't have a problem with reading the display in the viewfinder with either set of glasses, or with my contact lenses (the single vision lenses/contacts don't correct for the developing presbyopia in both eyes). Bit surprised by that since I can struggle to read the info display on the rear LCD!
 
I started out not wearing my glasses because I found they got in the way a bit. The problem was that I couldn't adjust the dioptre enough to be able to see clearly. I wear them all the time now, but I still have problems so I rely on the autofocus. I'm due a trip to the optician soon, hopefully he can do something to help
 
Musicman said:
I'm short sighted, so I keep my glasses on all the time.

Otherwise it would be

Spot scene -


[*]look at world with glasses on.
[*]Take glasses off -
[*]Look through viewfinder
[*]Re-evaluate composition.
[*]Put glasses on
[*]Look at the world
[*]Take glasses off
[*]Look through the viewfinder

rinse and repeat...

:bonk:
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Same here and have no issues at all
 
boliston said:
Never been too worried about shooting with glasses - don't have much option really as I'm too short sighted to go out shooting without glasses and I certainly would not want to faff about taking my glasses off every time I want to look through the viewfinder!
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Afraid that I'am in the same boat.
 
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