Since you have to lower your head to clearly see at mid range and distance I STRONGLY suspect that the fitting height of your lenses is WAY to high for your frames.
I supose there are a very small number of people who need to adapt to free form lenses; but, since you have worn Varilux Confort for a number of years I doubt that you are one of them. See your optician now. By the way, 39$ and Coastal Contact offer free form progressives. Betcha the cost of glasses from either of them is much lower than what you paid. Granted they're not Autograph II's. You might try ordering a pair from one of these online vendors. It would be an interesting comparison for you. (I've ordered free form lenses from both and I really like them.) On Nov 14, 3:37 pm, highstream <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been wearing Varilux Comforts (CR39) for a decade, the past > several years in a 48-19/31 frame. I got new frames - 49-19/33.3 > (Luxottica Memorize LU6504) and decided to try the Shamir Autograph > II. They came yesterday, but the lab forgot to get the AR coating put > in, so I'm using these while the order is redone. I expect an > adjustment period - it took a good two weeks with the original > Comforts - and understand that the lack of AR means things are not > quite as sharp as they will be. However, nearing 24 hours later > something seems really askew. The standard idea is to point one's > nose toward what's to be looked at. What I'm finding is that I have > to point my nose underneath almost everything - tilt my head down > unnaturally - to read most clearly, whether it's something at eye > level across the room (40'), the computer monitor a good arm's length > away, or the scale at my feet. The only exception so far is normal > reading distance, where I don't have to do anything unnatural (though > my nose seems to be pointing up a little). The thing, though, is the > text is readable but doesn't really become clear until it's brought to > about 12" from my eyes. With my previous glasses, no such adjustment > is necessary, and moving the text away a little even makes it > clearer. I'm wondering if there's something wrong with either the new > prescription, the lens, or the lens choice relative to the frame. The > frames seem to be adjusted correctly, or at least as I like them (snug > to the nose). The purpose of posting this is to get some ideas about > what I might be experiencing, at least before heading back in to the > optician. > > New Rx: > OD +0.50 -0.75 87 +2.50 > OS +0.75 -1.00 97 +2.50 > > Old Rx (virtually the same since 2005 - and I could live with > comfortably): > OD +0.25 -0.75 100 +2.00 > OS +0.50 -1.25 95 +2.00 -- 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
