Thank you David. Will go back and check, all I know is that what I got was reading glasses.
Regards Arjang On 14 May 2010 10:14, David Boccabella <[email protected]> wrote: > We actually grind the lenses. Have a chat to your Optometrist. > > They are Shamir Autograph Office > > > ******************************************************************** > David J. Boccabella > Proprietor > Anubis Systems > Phone: 0433 808 525 > Fax: 3200 0085 > Email: [email protected] > > This e-mail and it's contents is confidential to Anubis Systems. > This e-mail, any attachments, or any part of can not be reproduced > without the express written permission of Anubis Systems > ******************************************************************** > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of mike smith > Sent: Friday, 14 May 2010 10:07 AM > To: ozDotNet > Subject: Re: [OT] Odd Question/Situation > > On 12 May 2010 17:08, David Boccabella > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Working in an optical lens grinding company there are many ways to grind >> lenses to suit programmers. One of the main ones we do is call Autograph >> Office for that purpose. >> >> >> >> When grinding we not only take into account the direct vision i.e. – what >> the eye is looking at when looking ahead, but also when the eye needs to >> move side to side as in reading or looking at a computer screen. >> > > Does it work over 3 screens? As I said, my glasses are (for) > long-distance, but the astigmatism exists still. > >> >> >> For example – with the glasses I am wearing now - the centre of the screen >> is in focus, and the edges of the screen are also in focus and not >> distorted. >> > > That's neat. > >> >> >> With non Office lenses you will find that the centre of the screen is >> perfect however the edges are blurred until you move your head to read the >> edges (by directing your vision). You cannot move your eyes because you will >> be looking at the lens through an angle. >> >> > > Trouble with 3 screens, is if I sit back far enough to look at the 3 > screens without moving my head, the system's out of focus for me. Do > you distribute in Canberra, and who is it? > >> >> The same with the up/down vision as the lower section of the lens is ground >> to give better results when looking slightly down at a screen, and when you >> look up the upper part of the lens is ground for longer vision. >> >> >> >> So hopefully that will help. >> >> >> >> Dave >> >> >> >> >> >> ******************************************************************** >> David J. Boccabella >> >> Proprietor >> Anubis Systems >> Phone: 0433 808 525 >> >> Fax: 3200 0085 >> Email: [email protected] >> >> This e-mail and it's contents is confidential to Anubis Systems. >> This e-mail, any attachments, or any part of can not be reproduced >> without the express written permission of Anubis Systems >> ******************************************************************** >> >> >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >> On Behalf Of Stephen Price >> Sent: Wednesday, 12 May 2010 4:55 PM >> >> To: ozDotNet >> Subject: Re: [OT] Odd Question/Situation >> >> >> >> I had this cool idea of applying a distortion or blur over the top of your >> monitor so that it corrects for astigmatism. It would mean you could sit and >> look at your screen all day without needing to use glasses, and without >> getting tired eyes. >> >> >> >> The thing with astigmatism is that you have different focal lengths for >> vertical vs horizontal lines. Text is made up of both vertical and >> horizontal lines so your eyes continually refocusing (when I was younger my >> eyes could do it for a long time before getting exhausted so I didn't know I >> had it until I got older and started getting blurry vision after reading for >> half hour). It would be so cool to turn on an app and take off your glasses. >> :) >> >> On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 2:42 PM, mike smith <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 12 May 2010 15:04, Arjang Assadi <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Got eye exam, got reading gleasses, But when there is zoom do we need >>> gleasses? >>> >>> If we can change the size of what we read do we really need to use >>> reading glasses (and keep the font the same size)? It just doesn't >>> make sense , guess this is a question for Dr Carl! >> >> Glasses don't just fix magnification, they fix things like astigmatism >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astigmatism_(eye) >> >> And probably other stuff - that's a lot of what my long distance >> glasses are fixing though. >> >>> >>> I know it is not Friday >> >> It must be Thursday, I never could get the hang of Thursdays. >> >> >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Arjang >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Meski >> >> "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, >> you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills >> >> > > > > -- > Meski > > "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, > you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills > > >
