Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/06/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bill Grimwood wrote: > This may be getting off subject but I need some help. I have worn > glasses > since I was in the eighth grade in school until two years ago. I have > been > diagnosed with glaucoma and did not respond to the drops so I had > laser > surgery on both eyes that has proved successful. Now I have 20/20 > without > glasses but I still need reading glasses. I wear the half glasses > "granny > glasses" , 1.75 diopter so I can look over the classes for distant > views. > What I would like to have is a pair of these glasses that have the > graduated power like th graduated bi-focals I used to wear. Does > anyone > know where I might find these? > > Bill Grimwood Bill, I just had a pair of progressive bifocal reading glasses made. They have no prescription in the top because my far vision is very good. Unfortunately, presbyopia has set in and I have a hard time seeing things close except at the end of my extended hand. So the bottoms are 1.25 diopter. The nice thing about them is that I bought clip on sunglasses so I don't have to own two pair when I want to read outside. And I can finally set the lens on my view camera without having to wear half-glasses and sunglasses at the same time. I still have to get used to using them with the viewfinder of the Leica and hasselblad. Carl Socolow