Hello.
Need some advice from the fellow members. I'm looking to purchase some new spectacles under INR 20k including the frames and the glasses.I've been to a few opticians but they are always trying to sell the most expensive stuff, which doesn't always work as intended. For example, I got a pair with some blue light coating on in and in 1 year, it had scratches all over it. I lost it after and am using the pair which I got 6 years ago.
Anyway, I need an optician that known his lenses, and brands, and whatnot.
If you wear glasses and have tips on buying, let me know. I've done my research, but still more knowledge is always better. Most mind boggling question is - does the brand of the lens makes a difference or should I just get the cheapest brand?
Hi,
I've got the pm 5 viewfinder for Hasselblad 500cm with an unknown diopter witch makes it impossible to see through, I've measured it to be 24.5mm. is there a way to acquire such glass in different powers to make it focus correctly? Even it it means doing some DIY work.
thanks for all the help
25F, over the years my dioptre has been about -0.25--0.75 with a cylinder of -0.50 on both eyes. I had glasses which I never used, but during the past year my eyesight got a bit worse (only far away), so I got new glasses (right -1, cylinder -0.5 | left -0.75, cylinder -0.75). I started wearing them when I'm driving, and sometimes just a few hours a day. Not every day, as it feels so unnatural and still unneccessary for me.
However, I started getting headaches which I usually never have, and burst veins in my right eye.
Is it usual that this happens, for example because my eyes started getting used to the glasses and it's calmer to just wear them? My doctor said it could be the case for people with cylinders.
Thanks a lot in advance :)
As far as I'm aware my prescription is something along the lines of -8 in one eye and -10 in the other. I'm very short sighted. I just can't figure out what dioptres are. Would it mean you can't have glasses stronger than +8? What about - 8? Is this something different altogether. I'm just very confused and can't figure it out.
Hi all!
I have been wearing glasses for my hyperopia since I was 21. I started with a +0.25 prescription, which increased with every eye exam. I've had issues with my eyes getting tired after reading for a few hours for a really long time, and therefore haven't missed my annual eye exam. Results ranged from "your prescription hasn't changed. Have some eye drops that we conveniently sell here at the store" to +0.50 changes.
I had a baby last July and although I noticed my prescription getting worse, I waited until after I was done breastfeeding (for a few months) to get my eyes checked, because I know that hormones can mess with your prescription. So during July's exam the optometrist said my prescription only went from 1.75 to 2.00, despite telling her that my eyes get tired really fast and that I am actually doing better with +2.25 drug store readers than my prescription lenses.
Anyways, fast forward 2 months, I started nursing school and now need to read and sit on the computer for extended hours. My eyes can't do it. I am in tears half of the time, partially from rubbing them so hard, partially from frustration. My husband pushed me to get a second opinion, so I went to another optometrist on Friday.
Gave him the usual background, told him my eyes are still tired and for the first time in 13 years an optometrist is giving me cyclo drops.
We found out that day that my true prescription is +4.25 on both eyes. I cried in that patient room. I am so hopeful that this will finally give me the chance to read for as long as I want and do my crafts (I sew, knit, crochet... all of which require close-up vision). My lenses will be for +3.75 though.
I am also really, really confused and angry as to why this hasn't been caught earlier. How could not a single one of my optometrists have caught this in the past? Is this really that rare? Is it that hard to catch?
If anything, I hope this post will help some optometrist diagnose a patient like me in the future, so that they don't need to go through this for more than a decade.
Edit to add: I am actually currently wearing my drugstore lenses over my prescription lenses with great results... I wish I had thought of that earlier, haha.
I'm looking at military pilot roles and most of them in my country say "your spectacle or contact lens correction must not be greater than -7 dioptres or +8 dioptres in any meridian." This doesn't apply to me because I don't wear glasses, but how much is 1? Is it like minutes of angle where 1 minute is about 250mm at 100m? Or is it just an angle at which the glass in a pair of glasses is put?
Hello, I'm going on a vacation soon and I'm going to be swimming. I want to buy swimming goggles with dioptres. My dioptres are 1,75 however the store only sells 1,5 or 2,0. Which would be better for me? I need it fast and buying it online is the only option. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Or could the procedure fail to do a full correction and the dioptre will just be residual from the original?
So basically I have two takes of the same shot (camera is locked without much movement in frame). Both the shots have the same background and magnification. There are two people in the shot, one in foreground and the other in background. Both the takes have shallow focus, one take has focus on the subject in foreground and the other take has focus on the subject in background. Both the subjects don't overlap each other also. I shot the two takes keeping that in mind that I have to recreate the split dioptre effect as i didn't have access to the particular lens attachment, but i wonder how i may achieve it using premiere or after effects. Any suggestions?
I'm currently doing my PhD in chemistry and was always looking for some safety goggles with correction. I have -1,75 on both eyes, so I can see almost everything in front of me. But I definitely feel better, when I can see everything so im looking for a nice lab safety goggle. The only ones I can find have some strange design (looks like normal glasses with additional protectors. I also found one model i like: The Uvex i3 add!. But this goggle is only available with positiv dioptre values. Does anyone know why this is the case? Are there any other safety goggles in this style with correction?
I’ve just replaced the stock eyepiece on my D810 with the DK-17M and I’ve noticed that the viewfinder and the bottom display require different dioptre increments to be in sharp focus. They’re one step apart; when I get the view inside the viewfinder in focus, the bottom display to slightly out of focus and vice versa. Obviously in this case I have to prioritise the view within the viewfinder as it’s easy to ignore the slight fuzziness of the bottom display. I’m just wondering if anyone else has experienced this.
My prescription is -1.5 for both eyes. I can't see far (myopia). Its not that bad considering perfect sight is 0. I only use glasses in lectures or watching tv or when I'm out and about or cycling. But I find that my glasses aren't getting my vision into sharp focus. It is slightly underpowered.
I feel like it should be -2.
I've got these variable glasses (a prototype of a thing they're inventing at Oxford university, using silicone filled lenses that can change shape) and I can tune them to slightly above -1.5 and i can see perfectly. So my question is, will it hurt my eyes to have potentially over powered glasses? It feels like underpowered = I cant see very well and over powered my eyes can focus in. I only had my eye test done two months ago and the optician basically refused to do another one today because my previous one should still be valid ಠ_ಠ
I also heard that you can correct your vision to a degree using glasses; could anyone enlighten me regarding this? Is this true for myopia or hypermetropia? Thanks!
I saw a small kid (maybe one year old) the other day, wearing glasses stronger than a magnifying glass.
I thought, poor baby. But then it occured to me - how do the doctors know what dioptre the kids need, given they can't talk and describe the effect of the glasses?
On top of that, how do the parents notice the kid can't see well in the first place? It's not like they can ask the baby if he/she can see sharply.
EDIT: typo
Do your worst!
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
Pilot on me!!
I saw quite a few threads here regarding eyesight and aircrew roles and am looking to connect with someone who was in a simmilar situation as me. I'm looking at applying for pilot at some point soon and I fear that I may be ineligible due to my eyesight. One eye is fine, the other lags behind, it's around -0.5 or -0.75 dioptres, so still technically within AP1269A standards, but I heard that the doctors at OASC can still fail you on those basis. Has anyone here been in a simmilar predicament that's willing to share their experiences and advice? Many thanks and stay strong all.
