Why a good set of lenses is all you need.

[Refemall]

So over the past couple of weeks I've noticed myself getting a couple small headaches, usually in the same area, after looking at the computer screen for extended periods. So I went to the optometrist and was told my left eye is slightly weaker than my right, but other than that, I have perfect vision.

I decided to purchase a pair of glasses, as the demonstration the optometrist showed me in his office with the lens strengths he prescribed had a huge impact on my vision.

Well, I've just picked the up today, and let me just say, WOW. Everything is clearer. For most things, only slightly clearer, but clearer nonetheless. I'm looking over pictures in my Lightroom library that I've passed up editing because they looked too blurry or out of focus. Let me just say, it wasn't the pictures. It was my eyes. Looking over these images again, the clarity and focus has improved.

I'm so glad I decided to get a pair of glasses. It seems it'll help my photography after all.

Does anyone have any similar experiences?

[Jim G]

I know that when I take my specs off the whole world goes OOF... ;)

I do kind of wish I didn't have to wear them when it comes to looking through the viewfinder, though - it's much easier to see the whole scene when you can press your eye right up against it, which is difficult with glasses.

[Mike-DT6]

Refemall, I hope you got L Series glasses!

Remember that you should always wear a red headband whenever you have them on! :lol:

Mike

:-D

[DStanic]

Usually every 2-3 years my eyes get worse or better.. making them OOF anyways.. so I'm used to it. I got my last pair in November, and recently upgraded my 17"CRT monitor in favor of 22" widescreen LCD.... WOW !!! Pictures look amazing!

[Refemall]

I do kind of wish I didn't have to wear them when it comes to looking through the viewfinder, though - it's much easier to see the whole scene when you can press your eye right up against it, which is difficult with glasses.

Heh, well thankfully its my left eye that's poor, as I use my right eye for the viewfinder. When looking at the final product though, both eyes just refuse to work in unison.

Refemall, I hope you got L Series glasses!

Remember that you should always wear a red headband whenever you have them on! :lol:

Mike

:-D

Hmm, I sure hope I got L series glasses.

Now off to find that headband...

[poloman]

Do they have red frames?

[fWord]

Because of this hobby I was hoping to get contacts and ditch the spectacles forever. However the astigmatism was too unusual for run-of-the-mill contacts, so I'm stuck once again.

No need for good lenses though. The poorer the lens, the better the bokeh.

[timnosenzo]

No need for good lenses though. The poorer the lens, the better the bokeh.

Haha! I get plenty of bokeh without my glasses on! :cool:

[fWord]

Haha! I get plenty of bokeh without my glasses on! :cool:

A dreamy softness perhaps? Like a vintage soft focus filter?

[mattaura]

Refemall, I hope you got L Series glasses!

Remember that you should always wear a red headband whenever you have them on! :lol:

Mike

:-D

a red headband! haha...classic :)

[penodr]

Refemall, I hope you got L Series glasses!

Remember that you should always wear a red headband whenever you have them on! :lol:

Mike

:-D

OMG too funny! Nice one Mike!

Dave

[Steve Parr]

Does anyone have any similar experiences?

I have to get to the Optometrist. I've been wearing reading glasses for about two years now, and I don't think my eyesight's gettin' any better. I just need to bite the bullet and go, and get "real" glasses...

[Quad]

I just got a special Rx for computer use as opposed to reading or regular. They are great.

Optometrists have told me that past changes to my Rx is so slight to not get an upgrade but I am very visual and slight difference are big to me. The difference between being comfortable with the glasses or not.


But I remember forty some odd years ago when I go my first glasses how AMAZED and overjoyed I was at what I could see. I was especially impressed by the textures of tree trunks. Texture is a big photographic quality for me. My prescription is still not very strong so it has not been a slow slide toward blindness or anything. I can appreciate your thrill with your new sight.

[randerson07]

I just got glasses a few months ago, around DEC or so. When I went back and looked at some pictures I could see that I was over sharpening pictures, because my eyes were just slightly OOF.

My Rx is not very strong at all, but it made a gigantic difference in how I watch TV, how I operate a computer, how I edit photos, and the ease of night driving from the antiglare on the lens is awesome.

[Dream Merchant]

That's great to hear Refemall!

OK, so I dropped by my optometrist since it was along the way, and asked if he could get me the Canon 'Red-banded' L lens. I had to explain that it was a series of premium low dispersion hybrid asphericals and bla bla bla exotic glass that very few heard of because they're so astronomically expensive, but offered the highest performance.

He scratched his head for a few moments and asked if I would consider (GASP!) 'Noink' glass and I was like "NOOOOOooooooooooo! :evil: The least compromise I would settle for was Zeiss, but i really, really wanted the L glass."

We discussed options a bit more, then told him I had to rush off (it was lunch hour) and he said he would check with his suppliers about the 'L lenses' for me.

:twisted:

OK, I'm not a meanie. I called back soon as I got back and told him I was pulling his leg. :lol: