Specticle Wearer Issue... Is it just me????

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Hi all fellow wearers of glasses... Im assuming its only yourselfves reading this...

Do any of you suffer from a problem I have... Since my eyes have got slightly worse I keep noticing I cant fully see the viewfinder picture and display when looking through the viewfinder. Although what i find more worrying is the amount of slightly squint horizoned pics I cn take when im convinced they where straight. This was never an issue but seems to be getting more and more regular in my pics.

I use a hotshoe level when shooting with the tripod but I was thinking this might also assist...

http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_1&products_id=102569

What do you think... would this help?

M
 
Try fitting a D type screen. This has vertical and horizontal grid lines. I use mine to compose pictures that require a certain relationship, i.e. where a magazine name or banner needs to go but I also found it usefull with the occasional "wonky"horizon.

I've also tried the extender, mainly to keep marks off the screen. Lasted about 2 days, just couldn't get on with it
 
I have the extender on and my photos are still on a slant, my answer has been to get used to it and not crop too tight to a subject knowing theres a good chance the photo will need straighening up in photoshop
 
I think you guys should keep trying with lenses, if i can get them in anyone can,
trust me on that one.

The first time they tried to put them in for me my arse was up near the headrest
of the chair, i'd slid up that far. I couldnt imagine anything worse than touching
my eye...

At the 4th attempt i made an appointment and i asked the girl how long i had
and she said as long as it takes. So they put me in a quiet corner and just let
me keep trying. I was determined not to come out the place until i could get
them in and out on my own. I have to say the people at specsavers were brill ...

Best thing i ever did, being able to see properly without that ruddy frame is
fantastic. I cant face the laser but this is the next best thing...
 
Rob_W said:
I think you guys should keep trying with lenses, if i can get them in anyone can,
trust me on that one.

The first time they tried to put them in for me my arse was up near the headrest
of the chair, i'd slid up that far. I couldnt imagine anything worse than touching
my eye...

At the 4th attempt i made an appointment and i asked the girl how long i had
and she said as long as it takes. So they put me in a quiet corner and just let
me keep trying. I was determined not to come out the place until i could get
them in and out on my own. I have to say the people at specsavers were brill ...

Best thing i ever did, being able to see properly without that ruddy frame is
fantastic. I cant face the laser but this is the next best thing...
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I had completly the opposite experience. I don't mind touching my eye, but I just couldn't get them out! The girl couldn't have been more did-interested if she'd tried.. In the end, the optician refused to let me keep trying as I was making my eye blood red, and she had to remove them
 
Strange, the problem i had with getting them out was the way they were
showing me, i couldn't do it their way either.

A friends wife showed me how she did it, just put your forefinger in the corner
of your eye near your nose and kind of gently squeeze your with your thumb
and flick it to the side.

Pops out dead easy..

Its a shame if you cant, its so much better than glasses...

Do they not do prescription lenses for the eyepiece anymore?, i used to have
one for my old OM40
 
The extended screen is a real pain in the butt and is useless in low light shots. The shape of my eye means contacts are not an option so I've just had to get used to framing slightly wider than I'd like and forcing myself to look downwards on each shot if I want to see any info.
 
Hey all

Thanks for your comments... I seem to be like most of you and thought it was just me... As I can get this gadget for £10 on line I think I might at least give it a go...

Contacts might be an option for me also... but I just dont like the thought of them... and i'll give the extender a go first as it might just be the solution for me... with like another poster said... concentrating a little more on the verticles... I will prob get the focus screen too...

Anything before I try contacts... I actually dont mind wearing glasses... I think my face suits them... also think contacts might be much more expensive than an evtender and a focus screen which might solve the problem!

Do any of you have any more experiance with the extender... good or bad???

M
 
I tried contacts many years ago but hated prodding my eyes but have now been using them for about 10 years :)

I use the extended wear lenses that you leave in for thirty days (yes , over night as well). You put them in, then a month later take them out & bin them. A lot less fiddling about & you can see what your doing at night ;)
 
mrgubby said:
I tried contacts many years ago but hated prodding my eyes but have now been using them for about 10 years :)

I use the extended wear lenses that you leave in for thirty days (yes , over night as well). You put them in, then a month later take them out & bin them. A lot less fiddling about & you can see what your doing at night ;)
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I'd rather not thanks!! (You havn't seen my Mrs!!)
I wear specs and was not aware of this problem until I read this. Now I'm looking at all my pics to see if they are straight!! :bang:



I have a photographic memory that was never developed
 
mrgubby said:
I tried contacts many years ago but hated prodding my eyes but have now been using them for about 10 years :)

I use the extended wear lenses that you leave in for thirty days (yes , over night as well). You put them in, then a month later take them out & bin them. A lot less fiddling about & you can see what your doing at night ;)
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I have those but they told me to take them out a couple of times a week to clean them
 
i am so glad its not just me....phew
 
I've been using contact lenses for 9-10 years but sometimes I just couldn't bother putting them on in the morning so I wear my glasses. But if I am going shooting, the lenses are a top priority. I remember once I was going birding, and after about half an hour drive and nearly there, I realised that I had my glasses on, and turned the car round to go home to put on my lenses.
 
I wear glasses and personally, the thought of contact lenses doesn't appeal. Neither does laser correction.
I can't say I've had too many problems, using either reflexes (Canon EOS 20D) or rangefinders.

One thing that might work for you is to take your glasses off when you use the camera and (assuming it's got the facility) dial in some viewfinder correction. It might just do the trick for you.

Another option is a correction lens for the viewfinder.

YMMV

Cheers


Mark
 
Rob_W said:
I have those but they told me to take them out a couple of times a week to clean them
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wierd :thinking: . I use Bausch and Lomb purevision contact lenses and the instructions have always been " Don't clean them, wear them for thirty days then have a night without any in"
Some patients will not be able to tolerate continuous wear even if able to tolerate the same or another lens on a daily wear basis. Some patients who are able to tolerate continuous wear will not be able to
wear their lenses continuously for 30 days.
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as in the original post not being able to see the complete image at the same time the ep-ex15 extender will help as it has a fisheye type lens and so reducing the size of the display. on a crop sensor camera it is a bit annoying as the focusing screen is already quite small. i actually got bored as spun the lens around (after some bodging) now my 400D has a screen nearer to my 35mm viewfinder in size
 
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