[Tig] eyesight- lenses

[Rob Lingelbach]

On Oct 5, 2006, at 10:52 , Ed Elliott wrote:

> Yes you can post.

thanks.  did you work with an opthalmologist?  seems like the kind of
work you did on this was beyond your local eyeshop.
And at the place where you worked this out, did you have any kind of
special setup?  I would imagine your needs considerably beyond those
of the typical customer.   But they seem extremely close to mine.

--Rob


> I use 1920x1200 res on a 24" diag monitor and can easily read 6pt type
> at a distance of about 28-30" (I tend to sit close, you could have the
> focal point set wherever you want...)
>
> I spent some time finding what worked best for whole ergonometric  
> setup
> (desk, chair, placement of text - I write a lot of tech stuff so am
> constantly referring to books on desk while using computer) and once I
> had all the physical bits where I was comfortable, I measured
> eye-to-book and eye-to-screen and had the glasses made to fit that...
>
> Ed
>
>
> (PS - I am using "Silhouette" frames, extremely lightweight titanium
> things from Italy and absolutely swear by them...)
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Lingelbach [mailto:rob at colorist.org]
> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 10:17 AM
> To: Ed Elliott
> Subject: Re: [Tig] eyesight- lenses
>
>
> On Oct 5, 2006, at 10:43 , Ed Elliott wrote:
>
>> Sure... and yes I can see that we are opposite (I need glasses for
>> closeup) but the principle stays the same...
>
> 1) can i post this to the tig
>
> 2) what about medium distances, like a yard to the computer screen,
> with fonts small and 1280x1040 res?
>
> I would like to try them (constant gradient).
>
> thanks Ed
> Rob
>