topic Re: Do you shoot with your glasses on or off? in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Do you shoot with your glasses on or off?

John_SD — Sat, 04 Mar 2017 04:36:12 GMT

My viewfinder diopter can't compensate adaquately for my near-sighted vision, so I can't get a good adjustment. I finally said the h#@l with it and made the viewfinder adjustment with my glasses on.It's nice and sharp and so I shoot with my glasses on.

You guys who wear glasses, do you take them on and off when you shoot, or just keep them on?

Re: Do you shoot with your glasses on or off?

Waddizzle — Sat, 04 Mar 2017 05:55:37 GMT

Glasses on. I would need 11 on the diopter. My vision is terrible, and getting worse. I have to use my left eye in the viewfinder.

Re: Do you shoot with your glasses on or off?

cicopo — Sat, 04 Mar 2017 12:27:41 GMT

I just wear reading glasses but can get by with the diopter at one end of it's adjustment. You can buy corrective Diopters for some of Canon's line up.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Diopters/ci/4661/N/4232860696

Re: Do you shoot with your glasses on or off?

ebiggs1 — Sat, 04 Mar 2017 13:26:53 GMT

I do both ways.

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RobertTheFat — Sat, 04 Mar 2017 14:18:21 GMT

@John_SD wrote:
My viewfinder diopter can't compensate adaquately for my near-sighted vision, so I can't get a good adjustment. I finally said the h#@l with it and made the viewfinder adjustment with my glasses on.It's nice and sharp and so I shoot with my glasses on.

You guys who wear glasses, do you take them on and off when you shoot, or just keep them on?

On, because I can't read the LCD screens otherwise. The tricky thing is to make sure that you scan the whole viewfinder, because the glasses may keep your eye so far back that it's difficult to see all of it at once. If I don't remember to look to the right, I sometimes effectively waste the right-hand third of the frame.

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TCampbell — Sat, 04 Mar 2017 17:29:22 GMT

You can get dioptric lenses that fit onto the viewfinder to increase the correction for your vision. These correct for standard near-sighted or far-sighted correction, but don't do cylindrical correction (they don't correct for astigmatism so if you have strong astigmatism you're better off using your prescription glasses.)

See: https://shop.usa.canon.com/shop/en/catalog/eos-dioptric-lenses

Glasses are pretty much a necessity for me at all times (my eyeglasses aren't just for reading) so if I don't wear glasses, then things are well out of focus when I'm not looking through the camera. This would put me in a situation where I'm constantly taking the glasses off to shoot, then having to put them on again when I'm not looking through the camera. That constant take-them-off / put-them-on / take-them-off / put-them-on drives me nuts... so I just leave my glasses on at all times.

Once upon a time (when I wasn't buying new glasses) I ran across a product where each lens in the glasses was hinged on the frame. This allowed you to flip up one lens but leave the other in place. I'd love a set of glasses to do this for astronomy (when I do visual astronomy, I prefer to remove my glasses -- but again... now I'm constantly having to take the glasses on & off.) Unfortunately, I don't remember where I saw those frames and I haven't had much luck searching for such a product online.

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John_SD — Sat, 04 Mar 2017 18:51:55 GMT

Thanks, guys. I was aware there was a stronger dioptic lens that could replace the one the camera comes with, but I rejected that idea for the reason TCampbell and others state: I'd still be putting my glasses on and off all day as I walk around and shoot. Too much hassle and I like to see clearly when I walk around. It's too easy to miss things when your vision is blurry. Thus, I am adapting quickly to shooting with my glasses on. It's not that difficult actually. I guess that everyone who shoots with glasses on has a different "sweet spot" in terms of comfort and visibility due to the shape of their face and glasses. But still not difficult to adapt to. Another problem solved! 🙂

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Waddizzle — Sat, 04 Mar 2017 19:59:15 GMT

@John_SD wrote:
Thanks, guys. I was aware there was a stronger dioptic lens that could replace the one the camera comes with, but I rejected that idea for the reason TCampbell and others state: I'd still be putting my glasses on and off all day as I walk around and shoot. Too much hassle and I like to see clearly when I walk around. It's too easy to miss things when your vision is blurry. Thus, I am adapting quickly to shooting with my glasses on. It's not that difficult actually. I guess that everyone who shoots with glasses on has a different "sweet spot" in terms of comfort and visibility due to the shape of their face and glasses. But still not difficult to adapt to. Another problem solved! 🙂

I can adjust the diopter to the point where I can see clearly through the viewfinder when I am wearing my glasses. What drives me nuts is that I have reading glasses, and driving glasses for seeing beyond the end of my arm.

Neither pair of eyeglasses is ideally suited for using the camera. If I wear the driving glasses, then it is hard to read the LCD menus, but I can see very clearly through the viewfinder, except I cannot read the info display very well. If I wear the reading glasses, then I can read the menus, but I cannot see through the viewfinder as well, except I can read the info display quite easily.

AARRGH [Charlie Brown Yell]

Re: Do you shoot with your glasses on or off?

John_SD — Sat, 04 Mar 2017 21:08:30 GMT

@Waddizzle wrote:
I can adjust the diopter to the point where I can see clearly through the viewfinder when I am wearing my glasses. What drives me nuts is that I have reading glasses, and driving glasses for seeing beyond the end of my arm.

Neither pair of eyeglasses is ideally suited for using the camera. If I wear the driving glasses, then it is hard to read the LCD menus, but I can see very clearly through the viewfinder, except I cannot read the info display very well. If I wear the reading glasses, then I can read the menus, but I cannot see through the viewfinder as well, except I can read the info display quite easily.

AARRGH [Charlie Brown Yell]

Holy cow. That must be a pain, having to switch between those glasses. But at least you get some measure of visual correction from one pair or another.

The upside of all this is that you must have more glasses in your drawer to choose from than Fred Sanford. 🙂

Re: Do you shoot with your glasses on or off?

Waddizzle — Sat, 04 Mar 2017 22:01:52 GMT

@John_SD wrote:
@Waddizzle wrote:
I can adjust the diopter to the point where I can see clearly through the viewfinder when I am wearing my glasses. What drives me nuts is that I have reading glasses, and driving glasses for seeing beyond the end of my arm.

Neither pair of eyeglasses is ideally suited for using the camera. If I wear the driving glasses, then it is hard to read the LCD menus, but I can see very clearly through the viewfinder, except I cannot read the info display very well. If I wear the reading glasses, then I can read the menus, but I cannot see through the viewfinder as well, except I can read the info display quite easily.

AARRGH [Charlie Brown Yell]
Holy cow. That must be a pain, having to switch between those glasses. But at least you get some measure of visual correction from one pair or another.

The upside of all this is that you must have more glasses in your drawer to choose from than Fred Sanford. 🙂

I don't switch. Unless I forget to change, I normally use my driving glasses to shoot photographs. While using the camera involves one compromise or another, at least the "long distance" glasses give me opportunity to better see subjects that I could photograph.

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RobertTheFat — Sun, 05 Mar 2017 04:22:55 GMT

@Waddizzle wrote:
@John_SD wrote:
@Waddizzle wrote:
I can adjust the diopter to the point where I can see clearly through the viewfinder when I am wearing my glasses. What drives me nuts is that I have reading glasses, and driving glasses for seeing beyond the end of my arm.

Neither pair of eyeglasses is ideally suited for using the camera. If I wear the driving glasses, then it is hard to read the LCD menus, but I can see very clearly through the viewfinder, except I cannot read the info display very well. If I wear the reading glasses, then I can read the menus, but I cannot see through the viewfinder as well, except I can read the info display quite easily.

AARRGH [Charlie Brown Yell]
Holy cow. That must be a pain, having to switch between those glasses. But at least you get some measure of visual correction from one pair or another.

The upside of all this is that you must have more glasses in your drawer to choose from than Fred Sanford. 🙂
I don't switch. Unless I forget to change, I normally use my driving glasses to shoot photographs. While using the camera involves one compromise or another, at least the "long distance" glasses give me opportunity to better see subjects that I could photograph.

You guys use zoom lenses on your cameras, yet you use only "prime" lenses in your glasses? My driving glasses are trifocals: long-range for the road, intermediate for the dashboard, and reading glasses in case I have to stop and read a map. My main computer glasses are bifocals: mid-range for sitting at a terminal, reading glasses for reading. I have one pair of mid-range primes that used to be reading glasses when I was younger, but now serve ass extra-strong mid-range glasses for doing crosswords on a computer. I use the driving glasses for photography, but I'm frankly not sure which range I use most.

Open your eyes (no pun) and let modern technology in!

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Waddizzle — Sun, 05 Mar 2017 04:50:52 GMT

@RobertTheFat wrote:
@Waddizzle wrote:
@John_SD wrote:
@Waddizzle wrote:
You guys use zoom lenses on your cameras, yet you use only "prime" lenses in your glasses? My driving glasses are trifocals: long-range for the road, intermediate for the dashboard, and reading glasses in case I have to stop and read a map. My main computer glasses are bifocals: mid-range for sitting at a terminal, reading glasses for reading. I have one pair of mid-range primes that used to be reading glasses when I was younger, but now serve ass extra-strong mid-range glasses for doing crosswords on a computer. I use the driving glasses for photography, but I'm frankly not sure which range I use most.

Open your eyes (no pun) and let modern technology in!

No pun intended, but that is still funny, though. My prescriptions are so extreme that bifocals and trifocals are not an option. I asked my optometrist for them, and the reply was immediate. "Forget about it."

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kvbarkley — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 15:42:36 GMT

Bi/tri/blended are old tech. Check this out:

http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2013/03/the-return.html

Glasses with variable focal length, it really is a "zoom"

Re: Do you shoot with your glasses on or off?

John_SD — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 22:57:41 GMT

@RobertTheFat wrote:

You guys use zoom lenses on your cameras, yet you use only "prime" lenses in your glasses? My driving glasses are trifocals: long-range for the road, intermediate for the dashboard, and reading glasses in case I have to stop and read a map.

Let's see you walk down a long flight of steps with those trifocals. LOL. 🙂

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RobertTheFat — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 02:19:41 GMT

@John_SD wrote:
@RobertTheFat wrote:

You guys use zoom lenses on your cameras, yet you use only "prime" lenses in your glasses? My driving glasses are trifocals: long-range for the road, intermediate for the dashboard, and reading glasses in case I have to stop and read a map.

Let's see you walk down a long flight of steps with those trifocals. LOL. 🙂

I do it frequently. Until I retired a few months ago, I used them every day to run down a very long escalator. I wear the trifocals most of the time; the others are mostly for when I'm at a computer.