I wear glasses, please help

This may sound silly compared to the other answers, but I had the same problem and the best I could do was to buy the extender and a hat.I hate wearing hats, but the shade from the brim cuts the light down enough to let me see the data considerably better.Give it a try if you haven't already.

If you wear a hat while shooting, it is not uncommon to get the Err 05 warning.

That means that the built-in flash tried to pop up, and it hit the brim of your hat, so the error warning was posted.

---Bob Gross---

Ehehe That's funny!

Glad to see that I'm not alone here. I do wear a hat, never got the err-05, but the flip up has nearly knocked off my hat. I can adjust with glasses, but when I shot with out them, what a difference. It makes manual so much easier being able to see the adjustments in the view finder while adjusting, not having to take my eye off of my target. Oh well, I guess you can't have everything...

Hmm... I wear glasses and don't have any problems at all? I can see the information in the viewfinder fine.

I find i can cope by moving my eye a little.

I don't get much light in around the eye, but I wear small rimless glasses that fit quite close so maybe that helps

Mark, you need to get white glasses with a red ring.

---Bob Gross---

I have worn glasses for most of my life (got them when I was 5 - am now 54). I shot for the first couple of days and bought the EX-15 extender. It works great for me except that it doesn't want to stay on. I even bought a second non-canon eyepiece & that doesn't like to stay on either. Anyway, I don't have any problems with light or reading the info displayed. Used to have contacts - great for sports and such - but cannot wear them anymore so I'm glad I don't have problems like you are having.

I would but my eyeballs are Pentax K mount

I have the EX-15 and love it ..
I guess you need to grow your eyebrows a bit bushier to block out the light ..

I took the eyepiece off of my 10D, as seen below. I found that it was getting in the way.

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For indoor sports "M" mode is set at the beginning and forgotten about as the light is consistent throughout the event .. I'm usually wide open and adjust the ISO to give enough shutter speed to freeze the action, usually 1/400 to 1/500.

Outdoor sports in changing light are usually shot in "A" mode, and again after the aperture is set (usually wide open) it is just forgotten about as the camera then fixes the shutter speed .. after one or two shots you will know if the light supports the shutter speed required for the sport, if not adjust the ISO to obtain the required shutter speed.

This is probably the method used by the majority of sports shooters, and the majority of them never look at their viewfinder information .. because they already know what it is .. how do you set your camera for sports ??
Mike

I generally leave my glasses on, but the frames are of that flexible "plastic steel" stuff, and they flex enough to allow me to see everything without permanently bending out of shape. Marvellous invention - also protects against rambunctious grand-daughters.

tim wrote in post #529068
Wear contacts (I do), or use the diopter adjustment of the viewfinder.

If you wear contacts or glasses you need to use the diopter adjustment in order to see things in focus. Only someone with 20/20 vision without wearing corrective lenses can see things in the viewfinder at 0 adjustment.

I wear varifocals and they are a pain in general. In other words, I have age related vision problems both near and far.

If I take my glasses off and adjust the diopter I cannot see other information on the top and back menus. The best solution I have found is listed in an above post. I look through the viewfinder adjusted for my eyes and the pull the glasses from my forehead quickly down to read other data.

Getting old sucks . . . big time!