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Re: [OM] Red Eyes / White eyes?

Subject: Re: [OM] Red Eyes / White eyes?
From: clintonr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 22:30:36 -0500
Strange - I've had this confirmed by my own eye specialist after
hearing about it on a national radio program.  In a normal eye,
there's only a tiny spot in the back of the eye that isn't covered
by capilaries - the "blind spot", where the optic nerve is intro-
duced.  If an area large enough to be seen as "white" appears in a
photograph, it's a sign of interior damage to the retina, which is
being starved of blood.  At least that's what I recall.

Maybe it _was_ that 200mm lens at 60'!  But I'd rather err on the
side of caution, wouldn't you?  If I ever see it ("white-eye"),
I'm telling the subject to have their eyes checked!  Of course,
after the first few hundred red-eyed subjects, I've gotten much
better at avoiding the whole issue 8^)

Call me "Ol' Eight Eyes" (I use three pair of glasses every day!)


WKato@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 10/13/00 3:13:12 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> clintonr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes
> >
> >  BTW, one thing to remember - if any of your _human_ subjects ever have
> >  _white_ eye (as opposed to _red_ eye), get them to an opthomologist (eye
> >  doctor) >>immediately<<!!  That's a sign of an impending and severe eye
> >  problem that may lead to blindness.  Just something I picked up, too....
> 
> I photographed my daughter's award ceremony from the back of an auditorium
> with a Vivitar 200/3, T32 with telescopic zoom extender, and Fuji 800 speed
> film. The photos came out great despite the 60 feet plus distance. But,
> unfortunately, the whole group of 60 scholars all went blind. Such a tragedy!!
> 
> Joking aside, if the angle of view is narrow enough  you will get "white eye"
> rather than "red eye."
> 
> Warren
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