Boris Liberman <[email protected]> wrote: > My eye-sight is getting progressively weaker to the point that I'd use a > viewfinder only for purpose of making a frame.
Could it be you're spending too much time in front of a less-than-optimum computer monitor with unsuitable glasses? My eyesight is nothing to write home about, I'm far-sighted and the focussing mechanics have all but failed completely in the last years. I am now using three different glasses: progressives for outside, photographing, driving, and general tasks, 'computer' glasses made for the exact distance between me and my monitor, and reading glasses made for a slightly shorter distance than normal so they also serve me well when I'm tinkering inside my radios. The only oddity is that since I've got my first progressives I need to set all viewfinders to +1. I've spoken to a number of opticians and even specialists at Zeiss - noone has an explanation. It's not a real problem but it keeps me from using classical cameras with non-adjustable viewfinders. Yes, I've tried a clip-on correction lens but it takes me further away from the viewfinder opening. Add the glasses and I end up with a viewfinder coverage of around 50 percent. Not really enjoyable. In your own interest, have your eyes checked, find yourself a really good optician (they're as rare as anything - mine exchanged the 1200 euro glasses of my current progressives three times before we both were happy), use a decent monitor, and seek professional advice on the ergonomics of your workplace. You've got only one back and one set of eyes! Oh, and if ever you're ripe for progressives: insist on Essilor glasses. I tried most of the rest, including Zeiss, with Hoya being the worst of all. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
