Out of how many Pentaxians wear portholes?

LeDave · 12-06-2009, 05:49 PM

How many of you guys wear eyeglasses to see?

ve2vfd · 12-06-2009, 05:51 PM

Used to wear glasses, had my eyes zapped 9 years ago...

Pat

LeDave · 12-06-2009, 08:35 PM

Lol I knew it. Most of us wear eyeglasses, just making sure my curiousity was correct.

Dom · 12-07-2009, 03:51 AM

I do wear face bicycles but I also wear contact lenses. I find it much easier using my cameras with contacts in rather than glasses.

J.Scott · 12-07-2009, 04:25 AM

Laser surgery corrected my far vision but old age has ruined my near focus.

I wear glasses for reading only, so I voted 'sometimes'.

Classvino · 12-07-2009, 09:16 AM

Originally posted by J.Scott

Laser surgery corrected my far vision but old age has ruined my near focus.

I wear glasses for reading only, so I voted 'sometimes'.

Ditto.

Almost. The glasses I use (occasionally) for far vision mess up my near focus. So it's sometimes for me as well...

reeftool · 12-07-2009, 09:23 AM

Most people by age 40 or so need some sort of vision aid, especially for reading as our arms get shorter with age.

I need my glasses mostly for reading and close up work. I wear trifocals as my vision is a little different for reading distance and a computer monitor. I'm a mechanic and my company requires eye protection anyhow so I made the adjustment to trifocal glasses (not easy at first) rather than 2 pairs of reading glasses and a third pair of normal safety glasses. I take my glasses off when using my camera with manual focus lenses.

Leaf Fan · 12-07-2009, 09:24 AM

So far so good. God blessed me with better than perfect eyesight (40/20) and hopefully that lasts as long as possible.

Gooshin · 12-07-2009, 09:35 AM

12+ hours a day of computer screen since 1997 still at 20/20

Dom · 12-07-2009, 11:01 AM

Originally posted by ve2vfd

Used to wear glasses, had my eyes zapped 9 years ago...

Pat

Originally posted by J.Scott

Laser surgery corrected my far vision but old age has ruined my near focus.

I wear glasses for reading only, so I voted 'sometimes'.

Lucky buggers, my prescription means that I can't have eye fixed.

J.Scott · 12-07-2009, 11:03 AM

Originally posted by Leaf Fan

So far so good. God blessed me with better than perfect eyesight (40/20) and hopefully that lasts as long as possible.

I'm confused as to what your measurement of 40/20 really means.

If using the Snellen chart the first number will always be 20 as it represents the test distance (in feet) the subject is from the eye chart. That shouldn't change in the Snellen test other than using metric measurements and then the number would be 6 instead of 20.

The second number represents the distance that the average eye can see the letters on a certain line of the eye chart. So, 20/20 means that the eye being tested can read a certain size letter when it is 20 feet away. If a person sees 20/40, at 20 feet from the chart that person can read letters that a person with 20/20 vision could read from 40 feet away. The 20/40 letters are twice the size of 20/20 letters; however, it does not mean 50% vision since 20/20 sounds like it is one half of 20/40. If 20/20 is considered 100% visual effiency, 20/40 visual acuity is 85% efficient.

(This is the way vision acuity was explained to me by my opthamologist.
The text above is quoted from this website. )

A recent eye test at my Dr.'s office (for an upgrade in my driving license) showed one eye to be 20/10, the other 20/15 and combined she noted my vision acuity as 20/15; slightly better than the infamous 20/20 most people seem to benchmark.

Gooshin · 12-07-2009, 11:13 AM

i have a prescription for -0.25 glasses that i had to hammer out of my optomitrist

she spent like 40 minutes with me trying to prove to me that my vision is perfect when i kept telling her that historically i could feel it degrade, street signs 200+ feet away are no longer as clear as they used to be..

which begs the question, what kind of vision did i have then as a teenager

i subsequently lost that prescription, lol.

deadwolfbones · 12-07-2009, 05:09 PM

20/10 vision here.

res3567 · 12-07-2009, 06:38 PM

What is a stigmatism(did I spell it correctly?). That is what I have in my left eye.... I have glasses to correct this.... don't wear them all the time....

Gooshin · 12-07-2009, 10:13 PM

Originally posted by res3567

What is a stigmatism(did I spell it correctly?). That is what I have in my left eye.... I have glasses to correct this.... don't wear them all the time....

the correct term (apperantly) is -astigmatism-

basically your eye cant focus clearly enough no matter where you look, near or far.

if you dont wear your glasses all the time that means you'rs is a mild case, for some people no glasses means everything is blurry...

View Poll Results: Do you wear eyeglasses?
Yes	56	52.83%
No	32	30.19%
Sometimes	18	16.98%
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12-06-2009, 05:49 PM	#1
LeDave Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Minneapolis - St. Paul Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,067	Out of how many Pentaxians wear portholes? How many of you guys wear eyeglasses to see?

12-07-2009, 11:03 AM	#11
J.Scott Inactive Account Join Date: Mar 2007 Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,675	Originally posted by Leaf Fan So far so good. God blessed me with better than perfect eyesight (40/20) and hopefully that lasts as long as possible. I'm confused as to what your measurement of 40/20 really means. If using the Snellen chart the first number will always be 20 as it represents the test distance (in feet) the subject is from the eye chart. That shouldn't change in the Snellen test other than using metric measurements and then the number would be 6 instead of 20. The second number represents the distance that the average eye can see the letters on a certain line of the eye chart. So, 20/20 means that the eye being tested can read a certain size letter when it is 20 feet away. If a person sees 20/40, at 20 feet from the chart that person can read letters that a person with 20/20 vision could read from 40 feet away. The 20/40 letters are twice the size of 20/20 letters; however, it does not mean 50% vision since 20/20 sounds like it is one half of 20/40. If 20/20 is considered 100% visual effiency, 20/40 visual acuity is 85% efficient. (This is the way vision acuity was explained to me by my opthamologist. The text above is quoted from this website. ) A recent eye test at my Dr.'s office (for an upgrade in my driving license) showed one eye to be 20/10, the other 20/15 and combined she noted my vision acuity as 20/15; slightly better than the infamous 20/20 most people seem to benchmark. Last edited by J.Scott; 12-07-2009 at 11:37 AM.

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12-06-2009, 05:51 PM	#2
ve2vfd Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Montreal, Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,433	Used to wear glasses, had my eyes zapped 9 years ago... Pat

12-06-2009, 08:35 PM	#3
LeDave Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Minneapolis - St. Paul Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,067 Original Poster	Lol I knew it. Most of us wear eyeglasses, just making sure my curiousity was correct.

12-07-2009, 03:51 AM	#4
Dom Guest	I do wear face bicycles but I also wear contact lenses. I find it much easier using my cameras with contacts in rather than glasses.

12-07-2009, 04:25 AM	#5
J.Scott Inactive Account Join Date: Mar 2007 Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,675	Laser surgery corrected my far vision but old age has ruined my near focus. I wear glasses for reading only, so I voted 'sometimes'.

12-07-2009, 09:16 AM	#6
Classvino Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 132	Originally posted by J.Scott Laser surgery corrected my far vision but old age has ruined my near focus. I wear glasses for reading only, so I voted 'sometimes'. Ditto. Almost. The glasses I use (occasionally) for far vision mess up my near focus. So it's sometimes for me as well...

12-07-2009, 09:23 AM	#7
reeftool Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Upstate New York Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,555	Most people by age 40 or so need some sort of vision aid, especially for reading as our arms get shorter with age. I need my glasses mostly for reading and close up work. I wear trifocals as my vision is a little different for reading distance and a computer monitor. I'm a mechanic and my company requires eye protection anyhow so I made the adjustment to trifocal glasses (not easy at first) rather than 2 pairs of reading glasses and a third pair of normal safety glasses. I take my glasses off when using my camera with manual focus lenses.

12-07-2009, 09:24 AM	#8
Leaf Fan Inactive Account Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Canada eh! Photos: Gallery Posts: 673	So far so good. God blessed me with better than perfect eyesight (40/20) and hopefully that lasts as long as possible.

12-07-2009, 09:35 AM	#9
Gooshin Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto, the one in Canada. Posts: 5,610	12+ hours a day of computer screen since 1997 still at 20/20

12-07-2009, 11:01 AM	#10
Dom Guest	Originally posted by ve2vfd Used to wear glasses, had my eyes zapped 9 years ago... Pat Originally posted by J.Scott Laser surgery corrected my far vision but old age has ruined my near focus. I wear glasses for reading only, so I voted 'sometimes'. Lucky buggers, my prescription means that I can't have eye fixed.

12-07-2009, 11:13 AM	#12
Gooshin Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto, the one in Canada. Posts: 5,610	i have a prescription for -0.25 glasses that i had to hammer out of my optomitrist she spent like 40 minutes with me trying to prove to me that my vision is perfect when i kept telling her that historically i could feel it degrade, street signs 200+ feet away are no longer as clear as they used to be.. which begs the question, what kind of vision did i have then as a teenager i subsequently lost that prescription, lol.

12-07-2009, 05:09 PM	#13
deadwolfbones Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Santa Fe, NM Posts: 7,451	20/10 vision here.

12-07-2009, 06:38 PM	#14
res3567 Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Houston Tx. Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,876	What is a stigmatism(did I spell it correctly?). That is what I have in my left eye.... I have glasses to correct this.... don't wear them all the time....

12-07-2009, 10:13 PM	#15
Gooshin Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto, the one in Canada. Posts: 5,610	Originally posted by res3567 What is a stigmatism(did I spell it correctly?). That is what I have in my left eye.... I have glasses to correct this.... don't wear them all the time.... the correct term (apperantly) is -astigmatism- basically your eye cant focus clearly enough no matter where you look, near or far. if you dont wear your glasses all the time that means you'rs is a mild case, for some people no glasses means everything is blurry...