taking pictures with glasses.

[J.A.F. Doorhof]

I feel rather stupid in asking, but here goes nothing.

The last year I had some headaches when I was riding long day's in my car, I calibrate display's for my profession in Home Theaters so I concentrate very much on small things like astigmatisme and convergence.

I had no problem with sharpness or detail so I never thought about my eyes, after a measuring it appeared that I needed +1 and +0.75 for my eyes, and indeed after 2 day's with glasses it helps a lot in stress.

With sessions I can work without glasses because those are really relaxing day's, but what if I wanted to work with glasses, like for example outside on a busy day.

How do you solve this ?
I''m afraid to scratch the glass on my glasses and I hate to take them off everytime.
My solution now is just leave them at home when I go shooting but somehow it tells me that is not wise because I have to wear them as much as possible to have no more headaches on the other days.

Please help ?

Greetings,
Frank

ps.
Tried contacts but the keep clogging up so that's out of the question.

[Jackal]

I wear glasses and I always shoot with them. But what I do is I peak over my glasses when looking through the viewfinder. So I still have my glasses on but they're below my eyesight so I can look through the viewfinder. I do a sucky job at explaining sometimes. =)

Since I do this I have to adjust the diopter accordingly since I don't have perfect vision without the glasses.

[Dew]

Frank - a 350D has a diopter adjustment on the eyepiece, I'm sure others will too (20D probably, maybe 10D etc.) and I know you used to be able to (prob still can!) get little adjusting 'inserts' for Canon SLR eyepieces (that drop in behind the rubber eyepiece). Hope this helps!

[J.A.F. Doorhof]

Hi,
The funny part is I don't need the diopter settings.
I see perfectly well without glasses, but I get headaches after a long day on the road.
I could offcourse wear the glasses only when I work but that's not me :D when I have to wear them I rather do it all the time.

[CyberPet]

Always used my glasses when shooting... the built-in dipoter adjustment isn't strong enough to compensate so I could not wear my glasses... plus it's too much adjustment to look up from the viewfinder without glasses, then put on glasses to see what you're shooting... although I'm near-sighted, so to me it's a major problem to see stuff from a distance.

[Kinger]

I have contacts not glasses but my eyes are extremely sun sensitive so I always wear sunglasses. This is what I do and maybe this helps. I flip up the sunglasses so they are resting on the top of my forehead when I am shooting, then I can immediately drop them down when I am not looking through the eyepiece. It takes a little to get used to and to find the balancing point but it works for me and I hope that it helps you.

[ghocking]

My glasses cannot take pictues, just my camera.


But yes I wear glasses and its a pain, I cannot use them too shot, so they get pushed on top of my head, then I cannot see what settings are on the LCD screen, so they come down again, then up again. I have to hope AF gets it right, because MF to me might be OK but could end up a mile off.

[sony23]

Hi Frank, it looks like you have the same problem as me with headaches in sun light, my condition was diagnosed some years ago and now I wear special glass`s ( plastic lenses), what I got for my 20d was the canon eyepiece extender plus a nikon rubber eyepiece and I can still wear my glass`s with that combination.

Bruce

[blue_max]

I wear glasses, but don't have a problem really. I can butt my glasses up to the rubber surround (on a 10d) and see ok. You have to get used to not trying to put your eye inside the rubber bit and be prepared to move your head a little more to see left/right/up/down. You do get used to it. Generally, I use the centre focus point and that is in the middle (obviously) and easy enough to see. The key is getting used to viewing from a little further away. I have always had glasses, so have never had the luxury of the full view!

I would find it harder to use the left eye actually (when I always use my right). Much like I find it very difficult to listen on the telephone when using my 'other' ear.

Where theres a will and all that.

Graham

[Pekka]

I've had glasses since I was 8 and now I use ca. -2 glasses, I use then when shooting. I have also "latent squint" which means other eye wanders off sync when other eye is covered. This slows down situation when I get back from shooting mode (with one eye) to normal viewing, but it rarely bothers me (gets worse when I'm tired).

[J.A.F. Doorhof]

I'm a bit afraid to put the camera to the glasses but I will try something out.
Thank god I can see perfectly without, when I hear the problem with the LCD it can be alot worse :D.

[slin100]

A decent pair of glasses will have anti-scratch coating. I don't worry about touching the eyepiece with my glasses. I removed the eyepiece on my 10D to get even closer.

[Rob612]

Always used my glasses when shooting... the built-in dipoter adjustment isn't strong enough to compensate so I could not wear my glasses... plus it's too much adjustment to look up from the viewfinder without glasses, then put on glasses to see what you're shooting... although I'm near-sighted, so to me it's a major problem to see stuff from a distance.

Ditto on what Petra said. same problem, same solution. One hint: you'll have to clean your glasses frequently, at least I have to :D

[lostdoggy]

After wearing glass for so long annd blind without them what is a few scratches. But, if you notice the view finder has a rubber eyecup on it.

[DeeplyDigital]

Most glasses lenses are made from plastic so at least you can't break them while pressing the camera into them. And regarding them getting scratched - Have you thought about getting a 2nd pair (Specsavers!) of frames for shooting? Those could be allowed to get a little scratched and you'd have a good pair and one pair for work.

Re. contact lenses getting clogged up - you may need to clean your eyelids every day and especially before putting in the contacts. Occasional eyedrops help, too.

J
whatever it takes

[CyberPet]

Rob, actually I bought a new pair of glasses recently (plastic glass) and they have a speical coating that makes grease and dust not stick as easily, so I clean my glasses bout twice a week... I'm honest, it's great!

[lancea]

I've worn glasses almost forever, and never take them off for photos. The viewfinder of my 20D is much softer than anything I've used before, and I don't believe I've ever got a scratch from a camera. Cleaning them with a t-shirt or tie - yes. That scratches, but otherwise they're pretty rugged. Glasses are much like a tongue :p - you need it, but when you become aware it's there it feels uncomfortable. Sounds like you need your glasses so I don't think there's any answer but "wear them" :)

The most awkward thing I find is that all the information in the viewfinder is not visible unless you move your eye a little. If the diopter adjustment had enough range it still wouldn't help me because I need my glasses on to look up from the camera.

[PhotosGuy]

I've had no problems with scratched glasses, either glass or plastic, in 40 years. If I could shoot without them, I would though.

[J.A.F. Doorhof]

Hi,
The contacts kept fogging because of some proteine my eyes produce.
They gave me drops for it which worked perfectly, just put it in the eyes and 2 minutes later clear sight, but...... only for 30 minutes after that they fogged up again.

They told me some eyes will never get used to contacts so I decided to take glasses.
I'm still in the getting used zone because yesterday I tested some things and only behind my PC and outside I see better with glasses on, when watching a movie in a darkned home theater without glasses the picture was sharper, I will look one week and than get a retest.

[Darkwand]

I always use glass in my glasses i never get scratches in them and i'm not exactly treating them well. Plastic get scratched real easy.

I have ptroblem using the viewfinder though as my glasses push me a little to far away to see it fully. I have -4,75 on both eyes so the camera can't compensate for that.

[blackhawk]

I remove the guard sometimes as the smudging is annoying.

Micro fiber clothes will clean glasses well dry as long as they aren't caked with mud or such. Wash the MF clothes frequently, and use distilled water (clean dehumidifier water will do) to rinse them well.

[dovaka]

i wear glasses and contacts and i have to wear them at all times or i can barely see my hand in front of me but either way i look threw the same way no matter which one im wearing and the camera has never scratched my glasses but it does take a little getting use to in order to not push the glasses into your face