Thanks for covering off the decimal placement question. I can't really see well close up at all. By my standards anyway. That's what got me wearing cheap reading glasses a couple of years ago. I can't work without them. I do a lot of fine detail work as an horologist. That's your word for the day. ;^)
Thanks again for taking a swing at this. Ian On Oct 30, 10:52 am, EdT <[email protected]> wrote: > Should be written this way with the decimal: > > OD - RE SPH. -0.25 CYL. -0.25 AXIS 80 > OS - LE SPH. -0.25 CYL. -0.25 AXIS 85 > > For your light prescription I woul go with a seperate pair of glasses > as sunglasses and one for regular distance vision than progressives or > photchromatic. You have a myopic prescription meaning you are > nearsighted, so you should be able to see up close without glasses. > > On Oct 29, 5:15 pm, clocker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Firstly, thanks to all. I've learnt a lot about glasses from this > > group already. I've never had glasses before and I suppose I likely > > don't really need them yet, but I'm tired of my night vision depth of > > field being miserable while driving. I definitely need the reading > > glasses portion of the prescription. > > > I have a few questions before I go ahead and order up my first pair of > > glasses. > > > Never having had glasses before doesn't help the process of buying on > > line. I know this prescription is not a very strong one, but I don't > > know enough to tell where the decimal points have been left out of the > > numbers below. I'd appreciate a hand with that. > > > OD - RE SPH. -025 CYL. -025 AXIS 80 > > OS - LE SPH. -025 CYL. -025 AXIS 85 > > > ADD > > OD +225 > > OS +225 > > > The PD numbers were written on their card as being: > > 35/64 > > 32/67 > > > I measured my PD and my right eye is 35mm from the middle of my nose > > bridge and my left eye is 32mm from centre. > > > I read those numbers as: > > OD - 35 > > OS - 32 > > Distance - 67 > > Near - 64 > > > Is that about how others read them too? > > > I need a bifocal lens and look forward to having progressive lenses. > > > Am I better off having two pair of glasses, one as sunglasses and the > > other clear or is it conventional wisdom that the photochromic is the > > way to go? > > > Cheers! Ian --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
