Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]
At 1:16 PM -0330 12/21/00, Greg Locke wrote:
>On Thu, 21 Dec 2000, you wrote:
>> Ken,
>>
>> Thanks for your comment - this is indeed most reassuring. I will look at
>> the issue again in the New Year. Having had glasses since I was ten, it
>> will be strange to see myself without! Perhaps my 35/1.4 ASPH. (on topic!)
>> will get a chance to marry my M6 0.85 after all!
>>
>
>...now if we can find one of these laser eye surgeons who is a Leica user
>maybe we can just get the frame lines etched right into our eyes ... :^)
I'm pretty sure my eyes aren't Leica. They've been autofocus for as
long as I can remember.
But more seriously, I'm going to leave my eyes the way they are. I've
needed glasses since I was 13 or so, and they are an incredible
nuisance at times. However, since I passed 50 my accommodation is not
so good anymore, and now I have the gradual bi-focal type. So:
a) Even if I had my eyes surgically adjusted so that I had 20/20
vision, I would still need glasses for reading and sitting in front
of the computer.
b) I don't want anyone screwing with my eyes. I want them to last
what's left of my lifetime, and I've gotten really attached to them.
Even a remote chance of blindness or serious loss is not worth it.
When I go skiing, I wear contacts, and it works well. When I go
diving, I put in one contact, so that one eye can see closeup, and I
can work the camera controls, and the other eye can see distance.
Works wonderfully. Otherwise, I wear my glasses, except when I go to
sleep. My dreams seem to be in sharp focus even without glasses.
- --
* Henning J. Wulff
/|\ Wulff Photography & Design
/###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com
|[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com