This IS the Avid L2: [Avid-L2] Re: Computer eyeware?

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

[Avid-L2] Re: Computer eyeware?

And as a warning for those of you whose eyesight isn't going yet... If you can have a window behind your computer monitor, it is best.

Make a point of looking (and focusing) off into the distance as frequently as possible. The reason older people lose the close focus ability is the lack of elasticity of an eye muscle. As with any muscle, more varying use equals longer varying use.

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Jim Feeley <jfeeley@...> wrote:
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> Me too. My current glasses have a rather low correction factor so I can still focus on things in the distance (for when I'm out reporting and need to write/type/operate equipment enough that I don't go sans lunettes). I got the antiglare coating my optometrist recommended; seems to help compared to the cheap reading glasses I've tried that don't have the coating.
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> Long days in front of the computer are still a drag. But the glasses + periodic breaks looking off into the distance mean my eyes aren't as tired...
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> Jim "presbyopic but smarter looking" Feeley
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> On May 15, 2013, at 5:49 PM, Greg Huson wrote:
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> > I hate to state the obvious, but have you had your eyes checked? It's normal to lose the ability to close focus at a certain age- different for everyone, typically mid-forties. I discovered that my computer monitors were not so close that they needed regular reading glasses, but were too close that my otherwise (surgically perfected) 20 – 20 vision could adjust to them.
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> > I now have custom made low-power prescription reading glasses that dramatically improve my comfort with long hours at the computer.
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> > Well worth the cost.
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> > On May 15, 2013, at 5:29 PM, Mark Santora <mrsantora@...> wrote:
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> > > Hey all,
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> > > Of late I seem to be having a great deal of eye strain from my many hours
> > > in front of my avid. I've seen the Gunnar glasses which some same provide
> > > relief. Has anyone out there tried these or anything else?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Mark
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