[Leica] IMG: Exploring the 90mm

[Frank Dernie]

I wore contact lenses for decades, hard then gas permeable, but when I started to need spectacles to read, and misplace them, I thought I may as well wear glasses all the time so I couldn’t lose them.
I ended up with varifocals but they are uncomfortable at the computer, so I also have a screen distance pair which live under the monitor when I am not using them.
So my solution to not losing my glasses was to never take them off!
They have a special place for whilst I am in bed, so I know where they are in the dark since I get up about 2 hours before my wife.
cheers,
Frank D.


> On 22 Jul 2017, at 23:13, Peter Klein <boulanger.croissant at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Tina:  For years, I've used computer glasses that are classic bifocals, with prescriptions for arms-length (computer and music stand) on top, and reading on the bottom.  They make life much easier, as sometimes I need to read something on paper while at the computer, or move close to see some detail on the screen.  I also use +2.5 readers from the drug store, and my regular distance/reading bifocals. And much of the time in the house, no glasses at all.
> 
> So I've got 3 pairs of glasses I use regularly, plus nothing.  Some Internet Wag of Infinite Wisdom posted that you know you're a "senior" when the thing you say the most is, "Where the hell are my glasses?"  I try to always leave mine in the same place to avoid that.  I have varying degrees of success.  I've even "lost" them after hanging them on the "V" formed by my open shirt collar.
> 
> I have an eye exam on Wednesday, and like Jim, I think I may need a stronger prescription for the computer. We'll see. Good luck to both of us!
> 
> Jim:  That 90 looks like it was made for your flutterbyes.  A short tele that focuses reasonably close is often better than a 50mm for close-ups. You get the same magnifications, but you can be a bit farther back, so you don't cast a shadow on the subject--or scare it away.  :-)
> 
> --Peter
> 
> > The last time I got glasses, he gave me a special prescription for the
> > computer, based on the working distance. I still have to take my glasses off
> > to use the computer, read, or eat, so I'm always leaving glasses all over
> > the house! Can't see distances without them, though!
> >
> > Tina
> 
> 
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