What a great discussion and what great information! I discovered Zenni because I sensed that my vision was becoming worse. I was having a lot of eye fatigue, light sensitivity and pain at night. I didn't want to have an eye exam if I couldn't afford to fix the problem, so I googled "cheap eyeglasses," just to see if I could find an alternative to spending over $500 to get my vision needs met. That's the day I found Zenni and that's the day I made my first eye appointment in over 10 years.
When I was diagnosed with cataracts, I felt kind of sick, but after googling some more, and reading what you all have to say, I'm feeling hopeful that there is more adventure in store with my vision quest. I won't need surgery for several years, so by then the technology may improve some more. Meanwhile, I'll certainly be entertained by shopping at Zenni - and I certainly have so much to be grateful for. Now I use eye drops, I'm not in pain anymore, and I can see at 20/15 without my stupid astigmatism making me see double with headaches all the time. I just ordered a pair of "computer glasses" with pink lenses. I read somewhere that computer glasses can increase productivity by 10%. Since I'm in sales, that means that my income might increase as well - whooo hooo ! ! ! Now I'm designing a pair of rimless sunglasses with amber lenses, which should be good for whale watching on our foggy, Oregon coast. While my friends are incredibly impressed, none of them is very brave about ordering online, but in time, they may get bolder as I continue to expand my wardrobe, and they are still wearing glasses that should have been replaced ages ago - tee hee... I haven't had this much fun in a very long time - thanks everybody! On Aug 4, 12:01 pm, Chuck Knight <[email protected]> wrote: > My dad just had his implants, last year. They're fixed focus, but the > eye is very adaptable. He is able to see distance, and (with a little > squinting) see close enough to read. He prefers a mild pair of > reading glasses, for reading, since it makes it more comfortable. > > In photography, there used to be a technique used to get maximum depth > of field. It involved something called the hyperfocal distance...it > resulted, even with a fixed focus lens, in sharp images from 3' to > infinity. I imagine that my dad's implants use a similar technique. > > http://www.great-landscape-photography.com/hyperfocal.html > > -- Chuck Knight > > > > On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Paul<[email protected]> wrote: > > > My understanding was that lens implants are fixed focus - you pick the > > focus - and that you need glasses to focus at other distances. But > > maybe the technology has gotten more sophisticated since my friend's > > surgery.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Check us out at the oft-updated http://glassyeyes.blogspot.com! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GlassyEyes" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/glassyeyes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
