Bifocal Wearers?

[rover]

When focusing are you looking through the close or distant vision part of your lenes? My progressives are driving me crazy.

 

[maddoc]

Distance and it drives me nuts. I now leave the eye-glasses at home on weekends most often while trying to take some snaps.

 

[Pickett Wilson]

Distance. I've worn bifocals most of my life, so I don't really think much about it.

 

[Gerry M]

Distance. I have more of a problem with eye relief at the VF. Smudging/scratching my lens by jamming my glasses to the finder. I have been considering the frames by Hoodman, where the lens swings up and out of the way.

 

[robklurfield]

Distance or, sometimes, I put the darned things on top of my head when focusing.

 

[ColSebastianMoran]

Distance or no glasses. Mine are progressive as well.

 

[leica M2 fan]

I use distance also. On the cameras that i have diopter lenses on I just remove my glasses and it really helps me to get my eye in as much as possible.

 

[pagpow]

Progressives here also. I, too, find it easier to put diopters on the VFs and use the naked eye -- better field of vision, better control of composition, fewer scratched lenses.
And distance when I can't do diopters.

 

[farlymac]

Being near-sighted, I'm always looking through the upper part of my glasses. And I don't have progressives, so that problem is eliminated. I'll worry about the scratching later, but so far, it hasn't happened. Smudges I deal with using lens cleaner.

PF

 

[rover]

Another sign of aging, the cord around your neck to hold your glasses when you slip them off when you are shooting.

 

[nikon_sam]

I started wearing progressives almost a year ago...I tend to take them off when shooting...
I can't leave them at home because to see the settings I need them...
I have several pairs of plain cheaters so I'll take those when shooting as to not damage the real ones...

 

[Chuck Albertson]

Distance or mid-range. I don't find them to be a problem focusing a rangefinder patch, but shooting billiards wearing progressive lenses is hell. And I'm blind as a bat without them, so "no glasses" is not an option.

 

[Steve M.]

It varies from camera to camera w/ me. I really am kicking myself for not trying out something I read on one of the other forums. Go to your nearest dollar store and pick out a pair of reading glasses that will give you the right correction. Bring your camera if you can, to make sure it's right. Then go home and get out the old Dremel tool, or some sharp serrated knives and a borrowed nail file or emery board from the other half. Cut your $1 reading glasses lens down, and either fit it into your camera's eye cup, or glue it on w/ a little non permanent glue or rubber cement. No need for your glasses on that camera after that. It's a bit of a pain to flip your glasses up, but it would be preferable, to me anyway, than moving my eye all around w/ bifocals trying to get things right.

 

[randolph45]

Distance or no glasses. Mine are progressive as well.

+1 on that🙄

 

[sepiareverb]

I'm just reaching this same place :bang::bang::bang::bang::bang::bang:

I wore distance glasses for years, had correction on all my SLR's and did fine. Right around the time I switched to Leica my eyes hit a sweet spot where my good vision shifted from very close to kinda close, but my former poor distance vision got better. Didn;t need any glasses for almost 5 years, but just made an appointment today to visit my friendly Eye Dr.

I'm hoping to be able to continue using the Leicas with no assistance- the RF does help me with that so far....

 

[wgerrard]

My glasses are progressives and my vision is bad enough that diopters cannot cope. Neither can contacts. Manual focus is a real pain because what I see in the VF changes every time I move my head. It usually takes me at least 30 seconds to focus to my satisfaction. Increasingly, I am an autofocus guy.

 

[bwcolor]

Glass lined trifocals. Much better optics with lines and wide computer and reading vision without the distortion. Glass... well heavy and can shatter, but I'm surprised that those of you that buy quality glass for your cameras will put up with progressives. Of course, the move over to lines is only of value once your reading add is about +1.75 and it is a bit of a rocky full time transition, but worth it .. Lined bifocals are easier to use with a viewfinder when compared to lined trifocals.

 

[lewis44]

Progressives here also. I, too, find it easier to put diopters on the VFs and use the naked eye -- better field of vision, better control of composition, fewer scratched lenses.
And distance when I can't do diopters.

Ditto. All of my cameras have diopters on or in them. I have glasses with cable ends and just pop them up on my 4 head and focus/shoot. Back down when I'm done.

 

[radiocemetery]

I have lined bifocals. I focus through the distance part of the lens. My astigmatism is bad enough that diopters added to viewfinders aren't very effective for me. As a result I don't see the frame lines in any of my cameras except my OM2n is close. I use a Leica SBOOI finder on my rangefinders.