[Leica] IMG: Exploring the 90mm

[Robert Baron]

FWIW: I was near sighted almost all of my life, wearing hard gas permeable
contact lenses since age 19 and since age 40 supplementing them with
reading glasses as my friend the ophthalmologist had predicted. Last summer
at age 73 I had cataract surgery and single vision lenses were installed,
making me - for the first time - far sighted.

But I still use the reading glasses.

And I remember my late friend the ophthalmologist, who was a Nikon shooter.
He kept kidding me that I would eventually go blind and have to give all my
Leica equipment to my eye doctor.

He is missed.

On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 1:31 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
wrote:

> I have been nearsighted all my life (started wearing glasses at age 9) but
> now in my 50s I began to experience trouble reading with them on, so I
> would take them off, not a satisfactory solution either. So my office paid
> for a pair of special bifocals, with the upper part optimized for 45 cm
> (i.e. the usual distance from the computer screen) and the lower part for
> 30 cm, the usual reading distance. The doctor recommended against
> varifocals because the various bands are too narrow for comfort. I am quite
> happy with this setup.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> > On 23 Jul 2017, at 08:54, Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > 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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