SOmeone tell the eye DR that trapezoidal distortion is NOT something I can get used to as a framer! Anyone want to come lace this one over linen for me?:mad-new:
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Rant!
- Thread starter Mikki Kavich MCPF
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Mikki,
Did you just get new glasses?
I just got prescription glasses for closeup and when framing lines looks skewed. :mmph: Is this normal? Type is fine, but wow, it's really screwy and messes with your mind! Don't even try to line something up!
Susan
Did you just get new glasses?
I just got prescription glasses for closeup and when framing lines looks skewed. :mmph: Is this normal? Type is fine, but wow, it's really screwy and messes with your mind! Don't even try to line something up!
Susan
Yes Susan. bifocals....not cool at all!:shocked:
You are whining. Try getting used to TRI-focals! But seriously, keep them on a few days, and you will be able to see straight again. It won't work if you keep taking them off. Just ask me how I know.
But they are only for closeup. I don't need them for the Framers Corner! :nod:
I seriously thought that they gave me the wrong prescription. The lines are slanted!
I had the option of getting progressives but opted to have two separate pair, one for reading and one for driving.
I seriously thought that they gave me the wrong prescription. The lines are slanted!
I had the option of getting progressives but opted to have two separate pair, one for reading and one for driving.
Kai Vanuffelen
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My first glasses were reading glasses only. When reading and looking up I had difficulty with trying not to look thru the glasses. After that I got progressive transition lenses in the same frame.
As soon as I put them on I thought oh no, these are not for me. Everything that was supposed to be straight looked crooked.
Dr. told me to keep them on all the time and don't take them off until I have to like going to bed or in the shower and I will get used to them. After a few weeks the crooked lines became straight as the brain adjusted.
The transition lenses are good, as this way I do not need sunglasses. These lenses become dark when exposed to harsh light and light again when inside.
I have these lenses because I had an accident with my right eye, following that I can hardly see anything with that eye and the pupil of my right eye is very big now letting in more light.
Most people over the age of forty need glasses as the muscles attached to the lenses start to get tired and are unable to pull the lens into the right shape quickly or in other words get the lens to focus properly. Something we have accept like wrinkles, and gray hair.
Not wearing glasses and needing them can lead to headaches or car-crashes. Bifocals tend to be worn by elderly people and wearing progessives make the wearer look youthful.
As soon as I put them on I thought oh no, these are not for me. Everything that was supposed to be straight looked crooked.
Dr. told me to keep them on all the time and don't take them off until I have to like going to bed or in the shower and I will get used to them. After a few weeks the crooked lines became straight as the brain adjusted.
The transition lenses are good, as this way I do not need sunglasses. These lenses become dark when exposed to harsh light and light again when inside.
I have these lenses because I had an accident with my right eye, following that I can hardly see anything with that eye and the pupil of my right eye is very big now letting in more light.
Most people over the age of forty need glasses as the muscles attached to the lenses start to get tired and are unable to pull the lens into the right shape quickly or in other words get the lens to focus properly. Something we have accept like wrinkles, and gray hair.
Not wearing glasses and needing them can lead to headaches or car-crashes. Bifocals tend to be worn by elderly people and wearing progessives make the wearer look youthful.
Kai, Unfortunately, progressive lenses do not make all of us look youthful...as you will see if I ever find that photo.:sorrow:
I had the same experience when I got my first set of glasses. I had mild astigmatism and the new glasses corrected it. My sense of perspective was thrown for a loop for a few days. I'm now in tri-focal progressive lenses. I spent the money and got the name brand lenses after going cheap for the first few sets of glasses...well worth the difference. They have an anti-reflective feature, not unlike Museum Glass in nature, but drastically different as the anti-reflective property is integral to the lens instead of being an applied coating. The lenses are also a relatively new hardened acrylic and resist scratching much better than my old polycarbonate lenses did.
I still rely more now on my trusty metal ruler to register art than I used to because the peripheral vision is somewhat limited by the progressive lenses. Enjoy the challenges of getting old(er) Mikki...the alternative isn't so pleasant.
I still rely more now on my trusty metal ruler to register art than I used to because the peripheral vision is somewhat limited by the progressive lenses. Enjoy the challenges of getting old(er) Mikki...the alternative isn't so pleasant.
I will say they are slightly better today. When I first pu them on I thought there is no way your brain can make this work. Brains are amazing.
Wally they did not even tell me there were choices in lenses...hummm I need to tell people about Museum glass more....can't sell it if they don't know.
Well if I get used to these there is no way I am limiting my eye wardrobe to one pair so I will try the different lenses with the next pair.
Thanks for the words of encouragement!
As they say getting old is not for sissies!
Wally they did not even tell me there were choices in lenses...hummm I need to tell people about Museum glass more....can't sell it if they don't know.
Well if I get used to these there is no way I am limiting my eye wardrobe to one pair so I will try the different lenses with the next pair.
Thanks for the words of encouragement!
As they say getting old is not for sissies!
Pat Kotnour
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When I first needed glasses for both distance and close up, I did the same thing and was always either looking for the other pair, or had one pair on and the other pair on top of my head. It was cumbersome to say the least. When I went to the progressive's it fixed all the problems. Now I could see at a distance, my computer screen, and close up. It didn't take very long to get used to them either. Wally is right though, spend the money and get the name brand. There is a huge difference. It doesn't have to cost a lot to be good though. Read on....
Note: For years I was paying about $500 a pair every time I needed new glasses, and the last pair just never seemed right. LC kept giving me many lame excuses why that was and never fixed the problem. I couldn't see my computer with the new prescription and thought that maybe the Dr. had gotten it wrong. I had to use different glasses when working on my computer and put up with it for over a year. Then someone suggested that I try Wal-Mart. So I had my eyes checked again by an Ophthalmologist and took the prescription to WM to compare their pricing with LC, the place I had been going to. I was very surprised at what I found. Their technicians were very professional and told me that it wasn't the prescription that was wrong on my old pair at all, that it was the lenses and the way they were made and fitted. The same glasses I had paid $500 for, at WM were only $186 including new frames and with all the same non glare, scratch resistant, progressive, feather weight lenses in the name brand that the expensive pair had. And the new glasses were right the first time. No more problem with middle computer vision either. Wal-Mart was right, the lenses were the problem on my old pair because my prescription had not changed this time around. Only the place where I had my glasses made had changed. WM also had a great selection of frames that were very reasonably priced. Usually when it comes to my eyes, money is no object, but in this case I found that just because it is more expensive, does not mean that it is better.
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My first pair of bifocals were purchased at the end of 2012. Glad to hear that there is a learning curve, thought it was just me. And so glad that there are other framers out there in the 'same boat'...I'm not alone.
When I tilt my head just so, everything looks really clear...especially the computer screen!
My first pair of bifocals were purchased at the end of 2012. Glad to hear that there is a learning curve, thought it was just me. And so glad that there are other framers out there in the 'same boat'...I'm not alone.
When I tilt my head just so, everything looks really clear...especially the computer screen!
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You're right Adele. It makes us look like owls who apparently cannot turn their eyes, but instead have to turn their head in the direction they are looking at.
My eye dr prescribed some for me, about 3 years ago. They are bifocals or transitionals or whatever the name is now 
I have probably used them 4-6 times, in three years.
While they greatly improve reading something that's very close, there is a big distortion factor if i wear them while doing anything else. (such as driving)
I realize that eventually I'll have to submit, and they will win. But not today!
Mike
I have probably used them 4-6 times, in three years.While they greatly improve reading something that's very close, there is a big distortion factor if i wear them while doing anything else. (such as driving)
I realize that eventually I'll have to submit, and they will win. But not today!
Mike
