[LUTE] Re: glasses for reading music

2009-11-22 Thread Anthony Hind
Sorry David, but what are paddle lenses? I did once see someone with glasses that had secondary paddle? lenses that could be raised or lowered over the primary ones. Anthony HOWEVER the best way is to have then make you a pair with paddle lenses that fit into a frame. You put

[LUTE] Re: glasses for reading music

2009-11-22 Thread David Tayler
A classically trained optometrist will have a large mask that can accept lenses from a special tray with tiny handles on them. These lenses can be popped in and out and combined with other lenses to make instant glasses You can wear it, take it outside, read music for half an hour to see if

[LUTE] Re: glasses for reading music

2009-11-22 Thread William Brohinsky
To which I will append: Paddle lenses are the lenses with the hook attachment...sometimes they are in plastic holders which look like paddles and the holder (which perches on your nose and ears like normal glasses) have rectangle supports to hold them. In the states, in most places, when the

[LUTE] Re: glasses for reading music

2009-11-22 Thread Nedmast2
If I recall correctly, my ophtamologist determines what my prescription is BEFORE dilating my pupils. I believe the dilation is simply done to enable him to more easily look into the eye for any problems within the eye (such as with the optic nerve or the maculae). Ned --

[LUTE] Re: glasses for reading music

2009-11-21 Thread Nedmast2
As a wearer of progressives, I thought I'd like to get a pair of mid-range glasses just for reading music. They did work fine, but I sometimes forgot to take them with me when playing with other people. Eventually I decided that the difference between those and my progressives

[LUTE] Re: glasses for reading music

2009-11-21 Thread David Tayler
I'm using a pair of Essilor at my computer and they are very good. I'm sure you can get Zeiss in France, unless they stopped selling cameras. I don't use progressive lenses at all, I just change out my glasses. But most of my day is spent playing music or working on the computer. HOWEVER the