Going to get my eyes tested! Who here uses glasses?

[Compaq]

I need to check my eyes. My age is getting the best of me I see good close, but worse farther away. Not sure what that makes me...my closest focusing distance is around 10 cm. I guess I'm equipped with two normal range semi macro lenses for eyes, with a focusing range that does not go all the way to infinity.

At least I won't need to use glasses when I'm using the camera..

 

[rexbobcat]

I use glasses on an off. I switched to contacts 4 years ago, but just November I got new glasses. They make me look young(er), but I like them.

 

[MTVision]

You're nearsighted then. I've had contacts since I was 12 (28 now) and I wear glasses occasionally. I'm blind as a bat and always have been. Luckily my eye sight has never gotten worse. It hasn't improved either unfortunately!

Nearsightedness sort of means that light entering the eyes focuses in front of the retina instead of directly on the retina.

 

[Bend The Light]

I've had glasses most of my life...I tried contacts, but that messing about in the morning was too much for me...needed to see and get the kettle on!
I also kept poking myself in the eye when adjusting glasses that were not there anymore!

The only thing I notice is that when reading a book, say, the text is not so sharp and black when weraing glasses, and is better without. however, my focus distance is about 6cm without my specs, and that is too close to hold a book.

I have considered laser stuff, but it's a lot of money, and people I know (inc. my brother) had issues with one eye, and also the effects wearing off after a few years. A guy at work had his done, but now has to wear glasses 7 years later. Seems a bit pointless.

For photography, I keep my glasses on, of course, but if you're not careful you wear a section of the paint/coating of the rim of the glasses with the eyepiece of the viewfinder. I can spot a tog with glasses a mile away!

 

[Compaq]

I'd like good glasses, but the optics lady said it's not abnormal for my eyes to get slightly worse while I'm studying - as I'm reading a lot of books and on the computer and stuff. And I wouldn't want to invest in good glasses unless my vision has stabilised itself, or something.

I'm a nerd. I like weird things - and I want glasses

 

[zbo2408]

I started wearing glasses when I was 15 after a year I tried contacts and went back to glasses. Do not buy cheap glasses just go ahead and pony up and spend some money they are worth it - it's your vision. My favorite pair I have owned are these silhouette tiny little titanium ones. They weigh nothing and cause the least fatigue. I am nearsighted as well and I always find myself taking my glasses off to read but I keep them on when photographing although you will get them all smudged up doing that.

BUT - the first 3 years I was wearing glasses 15-18 my prescription was changing constantly because my body was growing rapidly I guess. The last 6 years or so it has not changed, I have had the same pair of prescription sunglasses since I was 19 and they have are still perfect.

 

[GeorgieGirl]

I've worn corrective lenses since I was about 20 for nearsightedness (means can't see far) Mostly in the form of contact lenses, but along with many over 40, the addition of the need for readers is necessary, but only with my contacts. Without the contacts I can read fine. So I wear contacts and supplement with readers...I can take a shot with a camera just fine, but need to have the readers to chimp the LCD. They do have bifocal conacts but I'm good with the readers.

I usually have a pair on my head that I flip down. I also never buy expensive ones becasue I am so hard on them.

One day I might have the Lasik.

 

[sm4him]

I've worn glasses since I was in second grade. Without them, anything more than about 12 inches away becomes blurry...I'm one of those people who, without my glasses, can't even see the eye CHART, never mind what's printed on it, lol.

I also have really bad astigmatism, which serves to make the blurriness that much worse. And since middle-age, I've developed a really bad problem with "floaters." Lots of people have them, the little squiggly lines that seem to move about within your field of vision. But I have more of them than I can even count, in both eyes, all the time. It makes it nearly impossible to ever see clearly, which provides a *bit* of a challenge when trying to do photography!

 

[Compaq]

corrective lenses

I LOVE your choice of words!!

I've worn glasses since I was in second grade. Without them, anything more than about 12 inches away becomes blurry...I'm one of those people who, without my glasses, can't even see the eye CHART, never mind what's printed on it, lol.

I also have really bad astigmatism, which serves to make the blurriness that much worse. And since middle-age, I've developed a really bad problem with "floaters." Lots of people have them, the little squiggly lines that seem to move about within your field of vision. But I have more of them than I can even count, in both eyes, all the time. It makes it nearly impossible to ever see clearly, which provides a *bit* of a challenge when trying to do photography!

And I'm intrigued by the floating lines! What exactly do they look like?

 

[skieur]

Last time I went for new glasses, they sent me for an eye operation on both eyes. Now, I only need glasses for close-up work.

skieur

 

[naptime]

i wear them

i just never wear them.

my daughter wears them. and she has no choice. neither me nor her violin teacher lets her get away with not wearing them.

we didn't even know she needed them until her private violin teach noticed her squinting while reading music in the 7th grade. suggested an exam. bingo. glasses.

 

[Bend The Light]

And I'm intrigued by the floating lines! What exactly do they look like?

Sometimes the jelly/liquid in the eyeball starts to get thicker in places, and small bits of this are floating around in the eye and they can cast shadows on the retina. As you move the eyeball, the liquid in the eye moves at a different rate - think about moving a bowl of water very fast: the water has delayed movement which is why it sloshes over the side of the bowl. Well in your eye, the floaters are in the liquid and as you move the eye thay have delayed movement, so the shadows they cast can be seen moving around as you move your eye.

Some people have a few floaters, and some have lots. I have quite a few now.

Sometimes the floaters can be more serious, and can be part of your retina which can detach from the back of the eye. But the optician should be able to recognise this easily.

 

[jake337]

I've had glasses most of my life...I tried contacts, but that messing about in the morning was too much for me...needed to see and get the kettle on!
I also kept poking myself in the eye when adjusting glasses that were not there anymore!

The only thing I notice is that when reading a book, say, the text is not so sharp and black when weraing glasses, and is better without. however, my focus distance is about 6cm without my specs, and that is too close to hold a book.

I have considered laser stuff, but it's a lot of money, and people I know (inc. my brother) had issues with one eye, and also the effects wearing off after a few years. A guy at work had his done, but now has to wear glasses 7 years later. Seems a bit pointless.

For photography, I keep my glasses on, of course, but if you're not careful you wear a section of the paint/coating of the rim of the glasses with the eyepiece of the viewfinder. I can spot a tog with glasses a mile away!

I started wearing glasses at age 8. Started wearing contacts at age 13. At age 23 I could no longer wear contacts as they were tearing my eyes apart. Even after a 5 year hiatus with them, I still could not keep a pair in my eyes for more than 5 minutes.


How well lasik works depends entirely on your eyes and age. No matter what we do, will catch up. Both my Mother and Father had lasik done. It has been almost 10 years and they still need glasses for reading, old age stuff. Depending on your eyes you may still need glasses right away, but they will be much thinner and cheaper.

My eye doc told me he won't be seeing me for at least 10 years. Also with lifetime adjustments, who cares. Just go in, lay on the table for 6 minutes and you can see again for another 10 years.

I've had lasik for just under a year and my vision is still 20/15, you know, that line of letters at the very bottom that they usually don't even ask you to read.


As technology evolves, so do lasik procedures. As technology evolves, the price to obtain it decreases.


As far as the price goes, it is a moot point, with no down payment your looking at about $100 bucks a month. Also it depends on how often you buy new glasses, break glasses and the whatnot. I went through 4 pairs in 2 years, plus I always liked all the bells and whistles you could get in them. $400+ a pair x as many pairs as I have purchased + eye exams + accessories(cleaning wipes, screwdrivers, etc) = way more than $3,200 bucks. You also don't have to deal with those stupid glasses shops who won't sell you a pair unless you get the eye exam, even though your prescription is only 13 months out! No, no, no we won't sell you a pair, it's been over one year and your precscription is out of date. Garbage. I forgot to add another expenditure. As an adult being the only source of income, with a home and kids, I had to make sure I always had a pair of backup glasses. I could not afford to miss any income coming in because the pair I had broke.



I have to add that not having to worry about my son breaking my glasses is an added bonus. Along with waking up in the morning, turning to my wife and beaing able to see her without fussing about. Water skiing, wakeboarding, tubing or any water sport for that matter is now enjoyable to me. It is the little things that will bring you joy in the fact that they shot your eyes with lasers!



Compaq, I am not going to tell you to do it but you should at least get the free exam to see how well it could work for you. The younger you are the better your eyes are suited for it.

 

[jake337]

And I'm intrigued by the floating lines! What exactly do they look like?

Sometimes the jelly/liquid in the eyeball starts to get thicker in places, and small bits of this are floating around in the eye and they can cast shadows on the retina. As you move the eyeball, the liquid in the eye moves at a different rate - think about moving a bowl of water very fast: the water has delayed movement which is why it sloshes over the side of the bowl. Well in your eye, the floaters are in the liquid and as you move the eye thay have delayed movement, so the shadows they cast can be seen moving around as you move your eye.

Some people have a few floaters, and some have lots. I have quite a few now.

Sometimes the floaters can be more serious, and can be part of your retina which can detach from the back of the eye. But the optician should be able to recognise this easily.

It's sad, I never realized I wasn't the only one till Family Guy spoofed them. I thought to myself, other people see those too.......

Eye floaters, classic.

 

[MissCream]

I wear beer goggles sometimes.