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When i was younger my eyes were good, and I never needed glasses.
As I approached 40, I had the usual problem that I was having to hold a book so far away for it to be in focus that the print was then too small. So I bought a cheap pair of self select reading glasses.
These have served me well. I forget what strength they were but everything was nicely in focus. and I could still see reasonably across the other side of the room with them on. So they worked well to wear most of the time while working.
Now a little over a decade later, my bi annual eye test told me for the first time I need distance glasses, mainly to correct astigmatism. So they said I should, also for the first time, have prescription reading glasses.
So I collected my new "reading" glasses yesterday, and tried them out for work today.
Oh dear. They don't seem to work very well.
They are fine for "reading" Sitting say at a desk, I can very comfortably read anything, even the very smallest print I can find in for example the telephone directory is crisp and sharp. So technically they are correct "reading" glasses for me.
BUT the usable depth of field is rubbish. Even something at full arm stretch is starting to go out of focus. And sitting at my PC, with the monitor set well back on the desk (further than arms reach) I can't use them, I'm still using my old self select ones in the office. And trying to use them for work, they are on and off all day like a whores drawers. I can't even look down and see my feet in focus when standing with them on, let alone the other side of the room which is just a blur.
What should I do?
Accept that they are "reading" glasses, and stick to my self select ones for "work" glasses?
Or go back to the optician and tell them they are no good, and explain my requirements better?
The trouble is with my present self select ones is because my eyes have aged since I bought them they are not that brilliant now for close work in poor light, e.g stuck in a dim cupboard where you are stuck very close to your work, they don't focus well, which is where my new ones do work really well.
Or do I just have to admit I'm old, and I now need to carry a selection of different glasses for different tasks?
Just interested in the experiences of others particularly with prescription reading glasses.
As I approached 40, I had the usual problem that I was having to hold a book so far away for it to be in focus that the print was then too small. So I bought a cheap pair of self select reading glasses.
These have served me well. I forget what strength they were but everything was nicely in focus. and I could still see reasonably across the other side of the room with them on. So they worked well to wear most of the time while working.
Now a little over a decade later, my bi annual eye test told me for the first time I need distance glasses, mainly to correct astigmatism. So they said I should, also for the first time, have prescription reading glasses.
So I collected my new "reading" glasses yesterday, and tried them out for work today.
Oh dear. They don't seem to work very well.
They are fine for "reading" Sitting say at a desk, I can very comfortably read anything, even the very smallest print I can find in for example the telephone directory is crisp and sharp. So technically they are correct "reading" glasses for me.
BUT the usable depth of field is rubbish. Even something at full arm stretch is starting to go out of focus. And sitting at my PC, with the monitor set well back on the desk (further than arms reach) I can't use them, I'm still using my old self select ones in the office. And trying to use them for work, they are on and off all day like a whores drawers. I can't even look down and see my feet in focus when standing with them on, let alone the other side of the room which is just a blur.
What should I do?
Accept that they are "reading" glasses, and stick to my self select ones for "work" glasses?
Or go back to the optician and tell them they are no good, and explain my requirements better?
The trouble is with my present self select ones is because my eyes have aged since I bought them they are not that brilliant now for close work in poor light, e.g stuck in a dim cupboard where you are stuck very close to your work, they don't focus well, which is where my new ones do work really well.
Or do I just have to admit I'm old, and I now need to carry a selection of different glasses for different tasks?
Just interested in the experiences of others particularly with prescription reading glasses.
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