Fwd: [Tig] eyesight- lenses--Get two pairs

[Rob Lingelbach]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Ted Langdell <ted at tedlangdell.com>
> Date: October 6, 2006 1:46:29  GMT+05:30
> To: Rob Lingelbach <rob at colorist.org>
> Subject: Re: [Tig] eyesight- lenses--Get two pairs
>
> Ted Langdell
> Ted Langdell Creative Broadcast Services
> Marysville, CA
> Main:  	(530) 741-1212
>
> Hi, Rob.
>
> 1--Yes.  Thought that's what I'd done.  Must be getting old, or hit  
> the wrong reply button. Or both. :(
>
> 2--Isn't getting older a pain in several places? : )
>
> I have the same model of frames for each pair (Hart, Schaffner and  
> Marx 724-Chestnut 145mm for the "computer" glasses, Charcoal 66-16  
> 145mm for the driving/general use pair).
>
> Shouldn't we be calling them "plastics" since they aren't glass  
> lenses? And you thought Hart, Schaffner and Marks only made suits!
>
> Ted.
>
> On Oct 5, 2006, at 12:26 PM, Rob Lingelbach wrote:
>
>> #1 can i post your message to the group?
>>
>> #2  you and I, i believe, have almost exactly the same condition,
>> and I think you advice most welcome.   I may try to get the same sets
>> of glasses.   my opthalmogist in LA told me I should not use contacts
>> because glasses fulfill my needs better because i can move them  
>> around.
>>
>>
>> On Oct 6, 2006, at 12:49 , Ted Langdell wrote:
>>
>>> Ted Langdell
>>> Ted Langdell Creative Broadcast Services
>>> Marysville, CA
>>> Main:  	(530) 741-1212
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi, Rob...
>>>
>>>
>>> On Oct 5, 2006, at 10:23 AM, Rob Lingelbach wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> thank you, what was the difference between the first and second  
>>>> iteration?
>>>> If I still have to crane my neck  (Bob Crane was unfortunately  
>>>> murdered) then
>>>> why should I change-- I mean this:  for closuep reading I have  
>>>> no problem if
>>>> i just move my lenses out of the way.   But for medium distance  
>>>> small font reading,
>>>> man, it's like misery, I have to lean in or back way off and  
>>>> then the font's too small
>>>> anyway.   For ordinary viewing, at optimum monitor distance for  
>>>> a colorist, all is
>>>> perfect.   For a distance roughly halfway to my eyes, like an  
>>>> Apple Cinema Display
>>>> at about 35-40" with small fonts, it's a real problem.
>>>
>>> How big is the Cinema display? why is it that far away.  I'd  
>>> think you'd want it more like 18" to 24".
>>>
>>>> will there be a sweet spot in this case, or should I just crane  
>>>> and realize it's a symptom of eye muscle ineptitude?
>>>>
>>>> thanks
>>>> Rob
>>>
>>> Don't crane your neck... get two pairs of glasses... one for  
>>> outdoors and general use, the other for "in the suite" to get  
>>> that sweet spot you're looking for.
>>>
>>> I can see sharply without  glasses at about from about 11 to 13  
>>> inches.  Really fun. Especially for things like soldering or  
>>> getting a splinter out of your finger.
>>>
>>> After several years with aviator sized blended trifocals, the  
>>> last trip to the eye doctor resulted in two pairs of graduated  
>>> lenses with a smaller height than the previous single pair.
>>>
>>> Pair one is the outdoor, driving pair. The different "grinds"  
>>> give me distance vision looking straight ahead and at the very  
>>> bottom, a band of focus for the dashboard or for writing this  
>>> with the laptop screen about a foot away.  I can see the  
>>> instrument panel clearly just by looking down and can write at  
>>> the laptop (12" or so distant) with a little upward tilt.
>>>
>>> The other pair (and this is what you might want to consider) has  
>>> a narrow band for distance vision at the very top, and a much  
>>> wider band in the middle for computer distance work and a very  
>>> narrow band at the bottom for "right in front of your nose" stuff.
>>>
>>> This works fine if I A: remember to change glasses when I'm in  
>>> the office/edit suite, and B: Don't leave them in the hymnal bag  
>>> in the car after taking them to church on Sunday, or in the  
>>> laptop bag and forget that I own them.
>>>
>>> Having both pairs does make a difference in where your neck and  
>>> eyeballs end up during the course of what you're doing at a given  
>>> time.
>>>
>>> The sharp zone in all of the "grinds" is in the middle of the  
>>> horizontal plane.  Off to the sides gets blurry, so you have to  
>>> turn your head to see sharply something 20-30 degrees off axis.  
>>> Probably not a big deal after a while.
>>>
>>> Hope this brings some clarity to your ponderances.
>>>
>>> Ted.
>>>
>>
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