Bifocals

[ness]

49 minutes ago, dan hufferd said:

I would like some polarized bifocals for fishing but I know I would drop them in the lake. 

You need to spend so much on them that you're totally obsessed with protecting them! And, get a lanyard.

I had a pair of Smith prescription, bifocal, photochromic sunglasses that I loved. A dog chewed them up a bit and Smith replaced the frames for me. Probably had them for 15 years, and always on a lanyard. The prescription was stale but I still used them. 

My nephew talked me into riding a roller coaster at World's of Fun in KC a few years back. I tucked those glasses into my shirt, still on a lanyard, but somehow they flew off. And the punks that work there wouldn't go down under there to look for them. Something about that being dangerous. But, I showed them: I am boycotting The Mamba forever!

[dan hufferd]

On 10/6/2024 at 10:19 PM, Al Agnew said:

I've struggled with all kinds of glasses for all kinds of distances.  For many years I wore glasses for nearsightedness.  Didn't need anything else.  They worked just fine for close-up work as well, not affecting my closeup vision, which was always excellent.  I tried contact lenses, but honestly, I stopped wearing them mainly because of fishing; I liked the eye protection from flying hooks that wearing glasses gave me.  

Then age set in, and suddenly I couldn't see up close through my glasses for distance vision.  I could still take them off and see perfectly from about 12 inches on in, but the eye doctor told me that wouldn't last and that I should just start wearing bifocals.  I tried progressive lenses and never could get used to them; I found I was looking through the transition half the time and couldn't see anything.  But as good as I could see at 12-18 inches through the bifocals, I could STILL see better without any glasses from 12 inches or less.  But...the biggest problem was that in painting, I often kept my head about 2 feet from the canvas, and that was in the blind range for bifocals.  I had to get a special pair of glasses that allowed me to see at that range, but then I couldn't see closer or farther with them on.  I eventually just got used to wearing the bifocals and keeping my head closer to the canvas...and STILL taking them off for really close, detailed work.  And that's where I still am, 25 years after I started wearing bifocals.  I also have prescription bifocal sunglasses...but STILL take them off to tie on tiny hooks.

My uncle has the same issue, he got that surgery, and it helped for several years but he is back to glasses, they are a lower power. You are a great artist, if it gets tough you could switch over to impressionism instead of realism and still be great (that's an art joke no one will get).

I could not do transitions either they jack with my peripheral vision too much, I would rather just look over or under the line.

Off topic, have you heard of an artist by the name of David Gray? www.davidgrayfineart. I don't care for the nude painting, it seems like art has to go there, I don't understand, anyway I like many of his Alla Prima studies.  

 

He is the reason I don't paint😃I love his work and envy his talent....someday I'll have to time to practice more.

[tjm]

If you don't need prescriptions for distance, these are pretty affordable and to be honest worked just as well as my prescription polarized bifocals that cost  more money. Until age made me need stronger, and distance correction too. I like the amber.  Available in +1.50, +2.00, +2.50 in the magnifier part. https://renegadeeyegear.com/mike-"ike"-iaconelli/ols/categories/renegade-polarized-bi-focals (scroll down)

Also on Amazon and can sometimes be found at Walmart.

[tjm]

The key to progressives is to move your head, rather than your eyeballs; and to wear them every waking moment. They suit me much better than bifocals when climbing ladders or creek banks because with bifocals I always misjudge the step down distance and get hurt. but that first couple weeks had me getting seasick from watching a cashier counting back money or looking at trees beside the road as I drove, simply because my eyeballs kept zipping back and forth through the varying powers. 14-15 years now, with both and I still fall down when wearing bifocals unless I think about each step.

[BilletHead]

              Trifocals and I just don't like glasses period. Without them everything is a blur from close to far. Someday I guess like everyone else at a certain age cataracts will happen. When it does, I suppose I will be happy for a while.

[tjm]

I could not wear trifocals with the image jumps.

I've had cataracts almost as long as I've needed glasses, I think it was about ten years after diagnosis until the doc suggested surgery and that about three years ago. There hasn't been much change over that three years either. They don't hurt and really only bother me with glare, which polarization helps, night time driving if the oncoming cars have LEDs   and slightly lower degree of color vision.

[pjlures]

Had cataract surgery few years ago.  Can count leaves on a tree. Use some 1.50 reading now. White is white. Red is red. Need sun glasses cause sun much brighter.  I may have had extra good luck with surgery but really glad to get rid of hot fogging up glasses. About the only good thing about getting old is having cataracts and having the surgery. 

[dblades]

I have no problem with transitions, except the slight bit I have to tilt my head back to see my pistol sights clearly.

[tjm]

Transitions are the sunglasses (photochromic lenses) that lighten up indoors and turn dark in bright sun. My son in law always buys those and they quit working after a few months.

[Quillback]

22 hours ago, pjlures said:

Had cataract surgery few years ago.  Can count leaves on a tree. Use some 1.50 reading now. White is white. Red is red. Need sun glasses cause sun much brighter.  I may have had extra good luck with surgery but really glad to get rid of hot fogging up glasses. About the only good thing about getting old is having cataracts and having the surgery. 

I know several people that have had the surgery and they've all been very happy with the results.