10D and Glasses

Hey guys I wear glasses and it takes me a little while longer to get the view finder set up straight. is there something that I can put on the 10D that will make it easier for us folks who wear glasses?

Contacts?

I dunno...

I solved that problem with Lasik. But, then I wear sunglasses when it's bright. Actually, I didn't have that much of an issue with it when I was shooting with the 10D.

They do have an eyepiece extender but I think they're discontinued. You can find them on Ebay.

I had one of those eyepiece extenders when I had the 10D but didn't like it. For one thing it made everything smaller and then I couldn't see the settings in the viewfinder easily. The second problem was that it didn't fit on there very tightly and it would fall off frequently. So if they are discontinued (as Jim thinks) then it wouldn't surprise me. As a side note, the diopter on the IDMII is much better than on the 10D.

45R wrote:
Hey guys I wear glasses and it takes me a little while longer to get the view finder set up straight. is there something that I can put on the 10D that will make it easier for us folks who wear glasses?

well, I have the eypiece extender, and it suits good for me. I do not wear glasses, but I dont want to rub my noses everytime on the LSC display.
Yes, its correct, everything is smaler but the field of view stays the same.
Maybe you can ask in your camera store if you could try it before you buy. the exact name is EP-EX15

here's the link from B&H
http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …ails&Q=&sku=278​247&is=REG

best regards
Peter

i cannot stand wearing my glasses with my rebel, i hate touching the screen...havent purchased the extender yet, I have this issue with every camera i have used and had my glasses on

I use the extender and it helped with the glasses issue I would give it a try , for me it was the best 15.00 I have spent 8)

45R wrote:
Hey guys I wear glasses and it takes me a little while longer to get the view finder set up straight. is there something that I can put on the 10D that will make it easier for us folks who wear glasses?

Ahh, interesting...
I have worn both contacts and glasses and have switched back to glasses for the time being. (I ran out of contacts and need a new prescription and so on.) I have some really bad astigmatism in my right eye and have been shooting left eye for a long time. I'm considering lasik surgery. I also have a ski jumpable schoz (very large nose). I have learned to deal with it, doing nothing. The contacts somewhat make it worse as I am that much close and I loose all my up close sight in exchange for the distance but I tell you what, I am one eagle eyed individual.

45R wrote:
="45R"]Hey guys I wear glasses and it takes me a little while longer to get the view finder set up straight. is there something that I can put on the 10D that will make it easier for us folks who wear glasses?

I've worn glasses since '62. Unfortunately, my myopia never stopped progressing, so now I'm both severely nearsighted AND farsighted from middle age. My unaided span of sharp vision ranges from 4 inches to 6 inches in front of my nose.

Corrective surgery did not, unfortunately, catch up to my severe myopia until it was too late. Having to wear bifocals is part of the reason I gave in to autofocusing cameras and sold (nearly) all my FD equipment.

I find bifocal contacts to be a joke for anyone who really wants to see ANYTHING sharply--they're made for people who just want to look good, rather than see well. So when I got farsighted, I had to give up the contacts that I'd worn since '72 and go back to spectacles.

This all makes handling a camera a bit more of a chore, because to see the LCD or controls, I have to glance over the top of my glasses for 6-inch distance, I have to lift my head to look through the bottom half of my glasses for 20-inch distance, and through the top half for distance vision.

One good thing about the EOS cameras for spectacle wearers is the big, soft rubber ring around the eyepiece.

I found that even though my distance vision is corrected to 20-20, the "centerpoint" of the diopter correction on the eyepiece is not correct for it. That might be true for a lot of people--even those with natural 20-20 eyesight.

If you haven't done it yet, look closely at the focusing rectangles and adjust the diopter wheel until those rectangles are perfectly sharp.

I always found with my D60 that my glasses got smeared as they were pushed towards my eye when looking through the viewfinder.

I solved the problem quite easily and for no money - i removed the 'removable' rubber eye piece and never had the problem again.

I did this, too, on my 10D. It helps but I still have trouble reading the display in the viewfinder.

Just curious... Why don't you ask your eye Doctor to make you a pair of tri-focals in reverse? The lens are custom made based on your prescription anyway, just have them flip top to bottom! From the bottom up 6in-20in-far distance

I too used to wear glasses and had issues with the view finder. I bought the eyepiece extender and it helped tremendously. But to help more, I had lasik 7 days ago and I now have 20/15 vision (sure is nice to work for a lasik surgeon 'cause he did it for free). bye bye glasses forever (or until i need readers).

lonny

Then I'd need a separate pair for normal reading--and these things cost $350-400 dollars.