Getting around myopia...

[Stephen S. Mack]

I have happily discovered that I can ditch my eyeglasses when I take pictures, even though I am very nearsighted in both eyes, with astigmatism in my left eye. I have learned how to do without my specs, because when I wear eyeglasses, I can't see the whole picture in the viewfinder. Take the glasses off, and I have no trouble, although my world view now is slightly fuzzy.😎 Use the focusing scale to approximate the correct focus, tweak it with the split image (surprisingly, I can make two fuzzy images coincide), and use about f/8. Everything is acceptably in focus. Makes life ever so much more simple, and fun!:dance:

As I get older, I'm more and more in favor of simplicity and fun.

With best regards to all.

Steve Mack

Murphy's Law: If something can go wrong, it will go wrong.
McGillycuddy's Commentary on Murphy's Law: Murphy was an optimist.

 

[40oz]

I do the same thing. If focus is critical, I use my glasses. But usually it's easy enough to align two slightly fuzzy images and pay attention to framing.

 

[dmr]

I'm nearsighted and wear glasses for distance and driving. My near vision is still (knock on wood) perfect. I've found that in most cases I can do RF focusing with or without glasses.

Lucky, I guess. 🙂