Wearing spectacles and photography

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I wear specs all the time and I was wondering if they have any effect on the dioptre on the camera body?

The dots through the viewfinder seem blurred to me. They should be sharp shouldn't they?

Any advice most welcome.
 
I wear glasses (blind without them and have to wear them at all times) and adjust the doptre to be sharp. It can vary per prescription and of course even how good eyes are normally, hence the adjustment at all.
With glasses it's difficult to see the whole view as you are farther away. I tried a magnifying eyepiece for a while but it didn't really help.
 
My camera has a small +/- dioptre adjusting knob on the side of the viewfinder. I set it to suit my eyesight without spectacles and it's pinsharp.
 
ive recently had to switch to wearing varifocals and thought it may have an effect on me looking through the viewfinder but with the dioptre adjustment everything is pin sharp.
 
If it isn't sharp, does this have an affect on either manual or auto-focusing a scene?
 
It will manually because you wont see if it's in focus. For auto focussing it couldn't care less. You can take an auto focused shot with the camera above your head if you wanted.
 
WelshNoob said:
It will manually because you wont see if it's in focus. For auto focussing it couldn't care less. You can take an auto focused shot with the camera above your head if you wanted.
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Funny is that because one of my lenses is better when I focus it manually.

I've waaayyy over due for an eye test. Haven't had one for erm.... 4-5? years! So, I'll need to go soon.
 
Have to say that I use specs for reading, and using the camera has become a pain in the backside
 
I just glasses for reading,i have an Fuji X1-pro which I need to buy dioptre adjustment lens for +2,the thing is that it looks a lot sharper thought the viewfinder, than say using an adjustable build into the camera.
And in many ways I prefer this way, sometimes the dial can get easily knocked out.

:)
 
I have set my dioptre adjustemnt to be used with glasses as there is no way I'm going to start faffing about taking off my glasses each time I take a shot - I have not really noticed not being able to see the whole viewfinder with glasses on, perhaps just the figures at the edge but I tend to set my aperture and shutter speed before looking through the viewfinder so not seeing the figues is not a real worry.
 
I faff about!
I can't stand using glasses for looking through the viewfinder, but can't see the screens without them.
So I now use contacts when I'm out and about.
 
kendo1 said:
So I now use contacts when I'm out and about.
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I have recently switched to contact lenses. They are great but there is one thing I now miss. To look at things really close, I used to just take the glasses off. Then I had perfect sight a few inches away from my eye. This is very useful for the ground glass screen of a view camera.

I can't do that now - although that doesn't stop me trying!

Also, I was out walking in the rain a couple of weeks ago and went to wipe the rain from my glasses lenses... almost poked my eye out as the glasses weren't there!


Steve.
 
Yep I'm another one who ended up investing in daily disposable contacts to help my crappy vision - absolutely fab for photography - if it's something you can deal with (not everyone can!) - then wearing them does add more flexibility to photography :)

Matt
 
Dael_Pix said:
Funny is that because one of my lenses is better when I focus it manually.

I've waaayyy over due for an eye test. Haven't had one for erm.... 4-5? years! So, I'll need to go soon.
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I just went to the optician and had a telling off for leaving it 3 years, my long sight had got better and short worst. I can't poke up with wearing glasses when using the camera though...
But as above i find the diopter give a sharp adjustment when i dont use glasses.
What i really wanted to say was, i noticed one of my lenses was the same as yours i could focus manually fine, but auto focus wasnt really as sharp. You want to check that its not front or back focussing, i thought this was a load of tosh until one of my lenses had this issue. Worth making a couple of tests David.
 
69Bonni said:
I just went to the optician and had a telling off for leaving it 3 years
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I got told off too when I went last year - also about three years after my previous test.

I was told that the glasses I had with me were now suitable for reading but not distance.

Now that I have contact lenses, combined with getting older, I now have to have reading glasses for close up.


Steve.
 
Steve Smith said:
Now that I have contact lenses, combined with getting older, I now have to have reading glasses for close up.
Steve.
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How do you get on with contact lenses Steve?
I always wondered how I would get on with them
Cheers Steve
 
69Bonni said:
How do you get on with contact lenses Steve?
I always wondered how I would get on with them
Cheers Steve
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I'll answer too!
Putting them in for the first few trials at the opticians was painful. Taking them out was just as bad.
The senior optician showed me an easier way and I now don't have a problem.
You get used to doing it within a few days so that it just takes seconds to do.
I normally use them for about 8 hours a day.
 
Thanks Ken, that's actually just what I wanted to know!
I think I might look into it ( no pun intended ) as the amount of times I have got things in my eyes is unheard of. Might afford me a little protection to boot!
Thanks Ken
 
Usually they go in without a problem. Sometimes one of them is reversed and you can tell it's not right as soon as you put them in. then you have to take it out, push it the right way round and put it back in. There is indication embossed into the side to tell you which way round they are but it is difficult to read when you take them straight out of the packaging, wet.

Getting them out is o.k. I pinch them between my finger and thumb. The other way is to touch it with your finger and drag it out. That hardly ever worked for me.

The only hassle I have is if I manage to fall asleep on the sofa with them in. I wake up with everything blurred and they are difficult to get out. I think they dry out a bit and stick to the surface of the eye. It helps sometimes to push them around a bit with a finger before taking them out.

I had contact lenses about twenty years ago when you had to take them out and leave them in solution every night and in a cleaning solution once a week. Daily disposable lenses are a big improvement.


Steve.
 
Hi Steve
Thanks for the info, I have never used contacts, I have to go back to the opticians so I might give them a go.
I like the sound of disposable ones, I always thought you had to leave them in solution still. I'll look into into it ( no pun intended )
I already wake up occasionally with everything blurred but that's normally alcohol induced;)

Thanks again for the info
Cheers
Steve
 
I hate wearing specs, cleaning them all the flipping time it does my head in.

I've thought about contacts, but I'm scared that I may not be able to wear them as you need your eyes to be 'wet'. I went off the idea when my sister said that I wouldn't like them. I might give them a go.
I haven't been because a) I couldn't be bothered and b) I couldn't/can't afford it new glasses. Escpecially when I want reactions and two pairs. I do miss my reactions. My other glasses broke and I have to wear the ones which aren't reactions :(
 
I pay about £25 a month for disposable monthly contacts. I have to soak them over night and dispose of them every 4 weeks.
I didn't look forward to trying them, but it's fine. You get used to them quickly.
 
Dael_Pix said:
I've thought about contacts, but I'm scared that I may not be able to wear them as you need your eyes to be 'wet'. I went off the idea when my sister said that I wouldn't like them. I might give them a go.
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Being scared you might not like something is never a good reason not to do it!

Currently Tesco are doing free sight tests for normal glasses. If you express an interest in contact lenses, for £16 for an extended test, they will order in some lenses and call you back to try them, then if you are o.k. putting them in and out, they will send you off with ten pairs of daily disposable lenses to try out.

Quite a cheap and easy way to see if you would get on with them.

The £16 covers any consultations you might require for a year.


Steve.
 
kendo1 said:
I pay about £25 a month for disposable monthly contacts. I have to soak them over night and dispose of them every 4 weeks.
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I went off the idea of contact lenses about twenty years ago as then, you had to soak them overnight and give them a protein clean once a week. Daily disposable now cost me £28 for 30 pairs which I think at £1 a day is quite reasonable.


Steve.
 
Steve Smith said:
I went off the idea of contact lenses about twenty years ago as then, you had to soak them overnight and give them a protein clean once a week. Daily disposable now cost me £28 for 30 pairs which I think at £1 a day is quite reasonable.


Steve.
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I didn't know any better as this was the first time I had used them.
This was the deal I was given.
I'll look into it the next time I visit the optician.
Ta :)
 
The reason I started wearing contacts (about 20 years ago) was because I couldn't deal with glasses and viewfinders! I now wear daily disposables, reading strength in my left eye and distance in my right one. I use my right eye in the viewfinder, usually. I've had them for several years and find them comfortable and so convenient. No soaking, no storage issues.

A trick for dry eyes is to gently press just below your eye. This pushes your natural tears out of your tear ducts. If they're really bad, you can buy special eyedrops for contacts.
 
I cannot wear contact lenses because I suffer from Blepharitis, which is a most annoying and (literally) irritating condition.
I find it very frustrating to be told there is no treatment for the condition and that it can only be "managed."
Fortunately, I only have the condition in my left eye, but guess what? I'm strongly left-eye dominant and instinctively use that to look through any viewfinder!

I've worn glasses all my life and I don't find many problems using an optical viewfinder with varifocal lenses, although sometimes (depending on the camera) I cannot always see all of the viewfinder information.
My biggest frustration is that I can see better close-up without my specs, and I have difficulty in viewing an LCD screen at close range with them on.
 
I would rather not wear my glasses but my eyes get sore if I have lenses in all day :( don't have any issues with seeing the focus points but do have to be careful with framing from time to time.
 
Hate the idea of contacts and used to have 2 pairs of glasses for close and distance.... Drove me mad.... Tried bifocals and hated them as well but have worn varifocals for about 10 years now and don't know how I did without them.... Especially for photography...... Brilliant
(Unless you have good eyesight which is super brilliant) :)
 
Good quality varifocals are my choice, can still get away with not wearing glasses by adjusting the viewfinder diopter.
Can't see any details on the screen without them though.

There used to be special glasses whereby you could hinge the lens up out of the way. Shooters used them and there were photography specific ones too
 
Im in the just for reading camp, at the moment anyway,i wear my specs for reading the screen...
If my distance vision also went,i might consider contacts,or laser eye surgery!
 
Thought I might update this.

Had my eye test done last week. Haven't been to the opticians for 8 years!! My eyes haven't changed much. Getting my new glasses on tuesday.
 
I'd neglected an eye test for ages since I didn't feel my vision had changed.
When I went to my optician he checked my history and said I hadn't had a test for 10 years.
I said "My vision hasn't changed" He sort of snorted and implied "We''ll see about that!"
After what seemed a lengthy and stringent series of tests, he consulted his notes and said "You're right - your vision hasn't changed!"
I've worn glasses since I was 11 years old.
 
tried contacts once a couple of years ago, hated them, just couldnt get on with them, made my eyes red and streaming all the time and struggled with just putting them innad taking them out ( always hated anything even near my eyes ( swimming under water is a total no no for me ).
wearing varifocals can be a pain at time. slightest movement the wrong way and things get a little blurred.
also my bad eye where vision is so poor i cant even read a web page without glasses is my right eye ) dont know if anyone else has found this but even with glasses it means i have to use my left eye to look through viewfinder which seems an unnatural way to view because the camera is central to your face so you dont get the peripheral view that others get ( watch most photographers and they look through viewfinder with right with there left eye clear from the camera body so able to see surrounding area outside the field of the viewfinder.)

try looking through the viewfinder with your left eye and you'll get what i mean. you end up with your right eye getting an up close view of your thumb
 
I've worn glasses since I was six years old - And that was a long time ago! Initially purely for short-sightedness. I became long-sighted in my forties and briefly went on to bi-focals until varifocals were introduced in the 1980's. I use two sets, one for day to day use and the other for "office" where long distance vision is less important than clear vision "across the desk" without neck strain. Finally to the point - In all the years that I've used varifocals I've learnt that you just have to fork out for the best quality lenses. They provide a larger side to side clear vision area compared to the cheaper versions - Which of course is probably what you get offered by the discount stores.

Removing my glasses and using dioptre adjustment/correction is not an option nowadays as I have astigmatism which a pure dioptre correction doesn't help - And in any event I just couldn't cope with that.

Photography-wise, it seems I can use full-frame and (most) APS-C DSLR's that I have tried albeit some with "vignetting" in the corners of the viewfinder. I would love to use a CSC for much, or most, of my photography, but despite trying at every opportunity I have never managed to find a CSC where I could see the whole viewfinder together with the viewfinder information. From my point of view that's the greatest handicap with wearing glasses..
 
I just set the dioptre on the camera so it's sharp without my glasses.
 
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