Excellent idea, David

… 'though I feel sure that one of the [1970s ?] Snooker Players beat you to it.

MichaelG.

That's a clever solution David, I use something similar to this. Just lift them up when I don't need them and mine doesn't drop down easily.

Thor

Does anyone other than me adjust the focus of their specs by sliding them down their nose?

Neil

(At my career interview I was told that looking at people over the top of my glasses may not be a good idea in interviews).

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Neil,

Similar to you [I think] … I have been myopic since my teens, and used to take advantage of that by just removing my glasses for close work; giving me a far point of about 3 feet and a near point of about 3 inches. … Very convenient.

With increasing age came loss of accommodation, and I found myself peering over the top of my glasses to do close work. But, no, I don't try to adjust focus by changing the distance between spectacle lens and eye. Accommodation is now so poor that there is no 'overlap' and I have to pre-select glasses [or none] to suit different [and quite shallow] zones of focus. … Choose the zone; and then position eiher my head or the work, to suit.

MichaelG.

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P.S. I don't want bi-focals, or vari-focals.

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 11/02/2015 19:43:59

When I was still working for fine surgery (such as eyes) I bought a magnifying loupe. far from cheap with in-built illumination etc. They came with the option of prescription lenses but at that price if I'd gone that route then oter staff couldn't have used them. As my eyes got worse i had the local optician make up a simple pair of glasses for me.. the varifocal prescription I have with a flip-down second set of lenses to increase the magnification when needed. They work almost as well as the loupe,,cost about half and are actually lighter to wear (and eligible as a business expense)

The only thing to note is that suddenly adding high mag means that your distance judgment has to get used to that… don't go waving sharp stuff about until you've got the hang of it and your focal distanceis shortened a lot so you have to get used to keeping 'in range'

About 45 years ago I firstv tried bifocals my optician asked what I did for a living for draughtsmen working on boards he would make them with the long distance at the bottom As Iv'e aged I only need distance glasses now

Roy

Hi Julian, I tend to work in the opposite direction and slide my glasses down my nose so I can peak over the frame for close-up work and raise my head for more distance.

I tried vari-focals but they just gave me motion sickness and streaming eyes after about 20 minutes, Would like to try again and persevere with them though, or something similar.

Ed.

Our apprentice supervisor wore thick -lensed specs , he also had a pocket full of other glasses. When doing different jobs he just put on another pair, on top of whatever he already had on. Never did figure out what combination he had, or if it worked. Nobody dare ask him of course. It must have been a bit like the modern flip-ups. My biggest problem is keeping them clean.

You can get clip-ons that go on the top of specs. I bought these many years ago when I had trouble looking upwards to paint e.g. soffit boards on my house, and I couldn't see upwards properly as to what I was doing. They can be very handy. I think my optician supplied them.

Regards

Tony

Edited By Acrosticus on 12/02/2015 15:14:29

I sit here with one pair propped on top off other so I can see laptop and telly.