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Re: [OM] eyesight vs. focusing

Subject: Re: [OM] eyesight vs. focusing
From: "Chris O'Neill" <chris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 20:04:06 -0600
Focusing can be a major problem if one wears progressive bifocals (or 
trifocals).  Sometimes my shots were coming back sharp, and 
sometimes they were slightly fuzzy.  After awhile, I figured-out that it all 
depended upon how I positioned the viewfinder.  'Nuther words, 
depending upon where the viewfinder "hit" my progressives, my focusing 
could be either accurate or pretty darned inaccurate.

Now, I use a -5 dioptric correction lens without glasses.  Yeah, it's a bit 
of a hassle to continually remove my glasses to take pictures, and then 
put them back on again when I'm done, but the percentage of in-focus 
shots I'm getting has improved dramatically!  Now, if I could just figure-
out how to compose a decent picture!  :-)

Regards,

Chris
(who says, "Growing old is a *real* drag!")

On 8 Aug 2001, at 20:26, DaEyeGuy@xxxxxxx wrote:

> In a message dated 8/8/01 5:43:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> image66@xxxxxxxxx writes:
> 
> << If you can see the viewfinder image get into focus then you are
>  OK.  >>
> careful..this is not necessarily true. The apparent focus plane is 2 
> meters..so if they are near or far-sighted in their mid-range they will not
> correctly focus the picture. HE will think it is, but his pictures will
> come back slightly out-of-focus. He cannot tell if it is in focus properly
> without correction IF he needs correction. Simply put, it matters whether
> he needs correction in the mid-range.
> 
> Susan Steele
> Virginia USA 
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