| beejaybee |
| (Marvin) |
| 14/06/2008 14:36 |
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Re: Eye problems: anti-glare/monitor change/tinted glasses
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Commiserations, I get migraine too, fortunately not that many and short lasting too, but vastly more painful than anything else I've encountered including root canal work without anaesthetic.
I found that for a couple of hours before an attack my eyes become abnormally sensitive. To very faint light sources as well as bright ones becoming painful. Sometimes this was actually useful, as when in a pre-migraine state I could see stars about one fifth as bright as the faintest I could normally see in my telescope....
Don't worry about glaucoma ... that's symptomless until you start losing peripheral vision ... however a pressure check is worthwhile doing anyway, as it will show glaucoma long before it becomes a problem, and treatment is effective at halting the progress of the disease.
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since going on Topamax, I have become rather more light sensitive than I used to be.
Is it just dilating the pupils, or is there a real increase in sensitivity? If the latter, I'm interested....
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Or do I get my optician to make up the new glasses I undoubtedly need with tinted lenses? Will these affect my colour perception and cause me to edit incorrect colours into my images? If the tint is recommended by the optician (I will hate it from a vanity point of view, but I might have to lump it and get on with it) I suppose I could ask for a shade which is effectively a neutral density filter. i.e. not pink or green or anything else that was likely to affect colour perception.
I'm afraid that a dispensing optician's idea of "neutral tint" is rather different from a photographer's. The "grey" lenses aren't too bad, though you will probably find they actually have a distinct magenta cast. Having said that, they seem to have difficulty making "grey" lenses in deep shades, if you need a lens with a strong light reducing effect then the "brown" lenses are definitely better, even though they viciously suppress green and blue light.
One thing you might try doing with your CRT, check that the refresh rate is turned up as high as it (and the graphics card) will support, that may make it much easier on the eye. You should be able to turn down the brightness and contrast to some extent without losing the tonal and colour balance.
Hope this helps.