DaveG40
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I wear glasses at all times including when taking photo's, would i be right in thinking that by buying additional dioptre correctors i would'nt need to wear my specs when using the camera, & that the required corrector e.g +2 would correspond to my perscription ?.
While on the subject of wearing glasses is it better/ easier/more practical to wear them while shooting or not ?.
It's something I've never thought of before (because the camera's default settings can't substitute for my glasses), I'd imagine the camera would be more stable & you'd probably get a better view of the viewfinder display, is this the case ?.
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spangler
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Reged: 04/04/2008
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Loc: Aylesbury
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I used to have my eyepiece adjusted so I could shoot with my glasses off but, like yourself, have to wear specs all the time. I soon tired off having to take them on and off, stick with what you're doing!
Andrew
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El Sid
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While on the subject of wearing glasses is it better/ easier/more practical to wear them while shooting or not ?.
Depends on your eyesight I guess. It'd be totally impossible for me as I'm seriously short sighted. Even if I could get a corrective lens sufficiently powerful enough to let me use the finder without specs as soon as I take the camera away from my eye I'd have to put the specs back on. Far too much faffing around and potential for dropped specs or camera. I have seen others doing this (my stepfather for one) and it looks like way too much trouble for my liking....
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Norman
Reged: 23/09/2004
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Loc: West London, UK
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I think if I needed to wear glasses all the time I wouldn't bother with dioptric adjustment lenses. It would be too much trouble to keep taking them off. I only need glasses for reading so I use the eyepiece adjustment to allow me to focus when looking through the viewfinder. I still need to keep my specs handy to read the menus and info on the LCD though.
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Roger_Provins
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.... I only need glasses for reading so I use the eyepiece adjustment to allow me to focus when looking through the viewfinder. I still need to keep my specs handy to read the menus and info on the LCD though.
... that's exactly my situation too, but fortunately the rear lcd on my camera has an option to enlarge a reduced (but sufficient) number of settings and is bright so I can just manage to read without specs. The camera controls of course become second nature - or should - and don't need looking at - anyway the current settings are shown in the viewfinder 
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Malcolm_Stewart
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Reged: 11/07/2005
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I too wear specs all the time (astigmatism) and I'd follow the advice of the others. If you do decide to go for correction dioptre lenses, check with the camera importer whether the dioptre label on the lens is the strength by itself, or is in conjunction with the inbuilt dioptre of the viewfinder. A few specialist shops might still have their sets of dioptre lens slides so that you can select the best for your sight. Today, Grays of Westminster, perhaps?
I was surprised to find that I've had to set the knob dioptre correction on my latest camera to near one end of its adjustment range. Normally I have it roughly in the middle.
(As I got older and my accommodation less, I found I needed a mild correction to place the virtual image within the distant field part of my bifocals - about -0.5D from memory, when I was using a Canon 50E.)
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NorthernNikon
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I too wear specs all the time (astigmatism)
Then a dioptre would be of no use to you unless your astigmatism is even and regular or, if it isn't, the dioptre had been created indivually for your shooting eye, and even then would only of use one way up i.e. portrait or landscape.
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Malcolm_Stewart
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Reged: 11/07/2005
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Loc: Milton Keynes, UK
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I too wear specs all the time (astigmatism)
Then a dioptre would be of no use to you unless your astigmatism is even and regular or, if it isn't, the dioptre had been created indivually for your shooting eye, and even then would only of use one way up i.e. portrait or landscape.
Perhaps I should have made it clear that my specs do correct, and very well, for my astigmatism, and I only needed the help of eyepiece correction when my accommodation decreased - to near zero! It's a bad thing this anno domini thing...
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Terrywoodenpic
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Reged: 21/01/2006
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Loc: Saddleworth UK
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I too wear specs all the time (astigmatism)
Then a dioptre would be of no use to you unless your astigmatism is even and regular or, if it isn't, the dioptre had been created indivually for your shooting eye, and even then would only of use one way up i.e. portrait or landscape.
Perhaps I should have made it clear that my specs do correct, and very well, for my astigmatism, and I only needed the help of eyepiece correction when my accommodation decreased - to near zero! It's a bad thing this anno domini thing...
I have accommodation problems and wear Bifocals... I am lucky as The distance part is within the 40D adjustment range. My eyes are stuck at about 6 foot.
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