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Here's one for all you myopic togs.

How do you take a shot with glasses on? I just cant get my eye close enough to the cover! So to compensate, I take off the glasses and lo and behold, the shot comes out blurry :bang:

So yesterday, I go for a contact lens fitting, but for the life of me, I can't get the things in. So it looks like I'm srtuck with the glasses. What do you do? :thinking:
 
Have you looked at an eyepiece extender?
 
If you have an SLR then there should be a dioptic compensation on the viewfinder. This helps if you are not at the extremes of bad vision. Other wise get an eye piece extender to bring the viewfinder a bit further from the camera body. This will allow more room to squash your glasses against your face.

I used to wear glasses and and this problem. Then i had laser surgery on my eyes. Just one of the benefits that you don't think of when having the surgery but have an 'ohh' moment when you take the camera out.
 
By dioptic compensation, do you mean the ability to sharpen the focus points? I do that, but 9 times out of ten the shot is out of focus
 
Hmm.. Just looked at some reviews and it appears to shrink the image by 50%
Not sure I want that..
 
I've read different reports, I think Amazon say it's 5% and that site says 30%. I'm not a spectacle wearer so I dont know if viewing through glasses would compensate.

Failing that, maybe it's time for an upgrade to a camera with live view :shrug:
 
GarynLea said:
I've read different reports, I think Amazon say it's 5% and that site says 30%. I'm not a spectacle wearer so I dont know if viewing through glasses would compensate.

Failing that, maybe it's time for an upgrade to a camera with live view :shrug:
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You know the weird thing? I thought after years of live view on compacts, I would never get used to an eyepiece. Now, I don't think I could go back! :bonk:
 
The EX-15 does shrink the the image somewhat but no where near 50% it also makes the viewfinder a bit darker, enough to bug me on sunny days with the 30D but not on the 40D which has a bright viewfinder to start with.
 
Looks like I may have to force the contacts in! lol
 
Persevere with the contacts, the whole process gets a lot easier with time and practice.
Mine are that bad that the dioptic adjustment doesn't really touch it.
 
I have contacts but prefer shooting with glasses as the contacts dont work well for close-up stuff like checking the camera LCD.

When using glasses, I just press the viewfinder to the specs and dont really notice I'm doing it. No issues at all really.
 
As said above, contacts can take some practice but IMO it's worth persevering with them. When I wore specs (and still when I'm wearing shades) I just pushed them up with the top of the prism housing and adjusted the eyepiece dioptre correction to suit my uncorrected vision (obviously I no longer have the correction "on" when I'm wearing the lenses!).
 
I've worn glasses to take photos with an SLR for over 20 years and I've never had a problem.

Are you sure it's your glasses that's preventing you from getting your eye close enough? Nothing to do with the size of your nose? :D
 
StewartR said:
I've worn glasses to take photos with an SLR for over 20 years and I've never had a problem.

Are you sure it's your glasses that's preventing you from getting your eye close enough? Nothing to do with the size of your nose? :D
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Do you know me?? :lol: Tried the lenses. They just aint happening. Guess I'll have to just squeeze my glasses and nose up against the 20D!
 
I try not to press my glasses up against the view finder as then this pushes my glasses against my eyelashes and blurs the glasses - I suppose I have just got used to compensating for the bits I cannot see. I am finding with the 50D though that I cannot get as close as I can with the 400D as my nose gets in the way and the rear screen is always covered in my nose print
 
Are you long or short sighted and what is the dioptre measurement for your viewfinder eye???
 
Short sighted. I'll find my prescription and post it
 
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