how you deal with "computer vision syndrome" ??

Recently my vision get a bit blurred on distant subjects, I was thinking that it was because i'm sleeping a lot less than before, so I start searching about this problem and found that this is called CVS "Computer Vision Syndrome"

Here is a link http://www.aoa.org/x52​53.xml

So the question would be, as almost everybody here in the forum can spend a lot of time editing pictures. How you deal with that??

CyberManiaK wrote in post #11773029
Recently my vision get a bit blurred on distant subjects, I was thinking that it was because i'm sleeping a lot less than before, so I start searching about this problem and found that this is called CVS "Computer Vision Syndrome"

Here is a link http://www.aoa.org/x52​53.xml

So the question would be, as almost everybody here in the forum can spend a lot of time editing pictures. How you deal with that??

Glasses when not shooting and diopter adjustments when shooting.

You might just be getting near sighted -> try an "eye-doctor" or optician for an eye-test?

I've got a -2 piece of glass on my 5D MK II, but I think this summer I'll need to get -3.0 ...

I thought it was because people look much better in soft focus. Stigmatism is great!

Get the eyes checked.

I started wearing my multi-focals (progressive lens) too much and really had to excersize to get back what I had before the glasses. Evey once in a while you have to stare into the distance and away from the close work. Focus uses muscles and will get out of shape if not excersized. Close, mid-range and long range focus work outs.

Might just be age. As the body ages, vision gets weaker, it fatigues more easily...all kinds of fun stuff lol See an opthamologist if you have questions about your eyesight.

JAZZ D.P.G. wrote in post #11783908
I thought it was because people look much better in soft focus. Stigmatism is great!

Indeed! Stigmatism is great. Astigmatism, however, is not so great.

Vision correction in some form is the only real option for a photographer.

Touch photography doesn't work well. It upsets the models.

CyberManiaK wrote in post #11773029
So the question would be, as almost everybody here in the forum can spend a lot of time editing pictures. How you deal with that??

Looking at the computer is the same as reading paperwork or looking at negatives on a light table. The only difference is that you blink a little less.

Make yourself blink, use some good eyedrops to keep your eyes moist, and spend 5 minutes of each hour looking at something far away. Using a calibrated monitor helps too since uncalibrated monitors are usually too bright.

krb wrote in post #11784055
Looking at the computer is the same as reading paperwork or looking at negatives on a light table. The only difference is that you blink a little less.

Make yourself blink, use some good eyedrops to keep your eyes moist, and spend 5 minutes of each hour looking at something far away. Using a calibrated monitor helps too since uncalibrated monitors are usually too bright.

Computer screen =|= paper

-> I stare at my laptop practically all day -> that hurts my eyes (I wonder how I managed before calibration), at the same time I can read all day from paper without any eye strain/eye hurt.

JAZZ D.P.G. wrote in post #11783908
I thought it was because people look much better in soft focus. Stigmatism is great!

20droger wrote in post #11784012
Indeed! Stigmatism is great. Astigmatism, however, is not so great.

Crap!

See, even if you have corrective lens you can still miss the obvious mistakes.

Roger, I have to disagree, Stigmatism could be not so great, probably worse (Stigmata in the lens). The soft focus of Astigmatism is the correct statement.

JAZZ D.P.G. wrote in post #11787017
Crap!

See, even if you have corrective lens you can still miss the obvious mistakes.

Roger, I have to disagree, Stigmatism could be not so great, probably worse (Stigmata in the lens). The soft focus of Astigmatism is the correct statement.

Thy leg was being pulled.

Optically, there is no such word as "stigmatism."

Astigmatism is an aberration of an optical system wherein parallel rays from an external light source are focused not to a point but spread out along the optical axis. That is optically bad.

Back forming from "astigmatism," we theoretically get "stigmatism," a non-aberration in which the rays do focus to a single point. That would be optically good.

And stigmatism has nothing to do with stigmata, which is another thing altogether, and one which we cannot discuss here (forum rules, etc.).

There are eye exercises you can do to help. Like every so often, look away from the monitor like out the window and focus at something far. Then focus close, then far, etc.

For me, as a software programmer and computer geek, I noticed that my vision on things far away was getting worse, and it was a lot more noticeable at night. Spending more time outdoors and focusing on distant objects and getting more sunlight has improved my vision. And for me, since I started going out to shoot pictures, I was out and about a lot more and spend way less time in front of a computer screen than I used to, even with all the pp there is to do.

you know correlation doesn't mean causation, right?

There are many reasons for blurry distance vision. Like others said, go see an optometrist.

Heres a way to solve: Instead of using glasses to see far after you hurt your vision by looking close too often (this just makes the problem worse overall), wear glasses to see close. Even if looking at your computer is completely trivial and you can resolve each pixel, wearing glasses that you "dont need" will allow your eyes not to have to focus closely. This way they wont get stuck in a close rut.

Your eyes wont get harmed by looking at computers if you wear glasses that you dont need. After a period of time your long range vision will come back to normal. This can be further helped by doing exercises in the form of say : focus close, then far, then close, etc for 10-20 times a few times a day

Method tried and true