Old folks visual problems

[reader@newsguy.com]

I can't be the first to have outgrown my good vision. At 60, I find reading glasses to be what I need for any kind of close viewing including looking through the view finder on my Canon Powershot Pro 1.

However when I look up, the strong reading glasses are way too much for normal viewing of what is around me. I find bifocals to be really clumsy, and possibly even dangerous to use and have never gotten used to them.

So cutting to the chase, I wondered if there is a camera with a diopter available or even a screw-on diopter of some kind that would handle the view finder, then I can just leave the glasses out of the equation.

[justrick]

know how you feel mate, I have whats call transitional glasses, one pair for reading and distance vision, got to be something out there surely, always find glasses a problem, but a must have, regards Rick

[reader@newsguy.com]

know how you feel mate, I have whats call transitional glasses, one pair for reading and distance vision, got to be something out there surely, always find glasses a problem, but a must have, regards Rick

I found something that might be worth looking into.

http://www.uniquephoto.com/index.php?detail=HMDHLPP&expand=5627&fromCookieTest=true&up14sid=9118989ef7b53cb74d073ae0401e21d0

Hard to tell if it would just slip neatly over existing view finder...

[rpolitsr]

The Pro1 has a small wheel on the left side of the viewfinder for diopter adjustment. See pg. 12 and pg. 33 of the user guide.

Unless you need a very big correction, it should be enough. I am 60 also, and I can see the viewfinder image and data without reading glasses. I must wear them for the LCD Monitor though.

[teekay]

Many of the better cameras have a diopter adjustment for the viewfinder that works just fine for the nearsighted. On one camera I had it was a tad loose so I fixed it at the right setting permanently with a drop of epoxy.

I use the LCD screen a lot, though, and can't see it well enough without glasses, so my solution is to keep a set of Walmart reading glasses (about $1.00) in the camera bag, with a retaining cord to go round my neck. They are so cheap it doesn't matter if they get scratched or even lost once in a while.