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Thanks, Karen. I did simulate the left eye with different contact lenses, but now I'm wondering if I made the right choice. bab On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 3:56 PM, Karen Ackoff <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Bruce, I’m interested in this, too. > > I have a focus distance of about 2 inches. From what I’ve heard, people > seem largely unhappy with getting 2 different focal distances. If you can > simulate what it would be like with contacts, that would be the way to > determine if it would work for you. > > I do have one friend who has contacts - one for close-up and one for > distance, and she has no problems with them. > > So I’m thinking it’s really whatever works for you. If you can simulate > what it would be like using contacts, that would be the way to determine if > it would work for you. > > Please keep us posted. > > Karen > > > > > > On Feb 7, 2017, at 2:39 PM, Bruce Bartrug <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > A week ago I had the cataract in my right eye replaced. The resultant > focus point for that eye is 10.5 inches distant from the eye. Yes, I > wanted it that close. > > The lens in my left eye is due to be replaced next Tuesday, and in > deciding what focus point the ophthalmologist let me try various contact > lenses to give me the effect of different lens implants. I chose one with > a focus point of about 15 inches. The reasoning I used was that this would > give me a broader depth of field, say from 9 to 18 inches or so which would > seem to helpful not only for middle distances but also for doing artwork. > > However. My left eye, which is my dominant eye, currently has a natural > focus point of 7 inches in front of that eye. Now you know why I wanted > the focus point so close.....I may be extremely near-sighted, but it has a > range of usefulness that I'm accustomed to. However, again. I'm currently > having trouble reading with one eye at 7 inches and the other at 10.5 > inches, and I'm wondering if I should just have both eyes be the same, or > maybe an inch or two longer in the left eye. I don't want to make a > mistake and have headaches. > > It's could be that the distance between the two eyes (3 inches) would be > more significant at 8 to 10 inches distance, than would be the case between > 10.5 and 15, as one gets more depth of field when one is farther from the > focus point. But I'm wondering, and do NOT want to make a mistake. It > can't be undone. > > Suggestions and personal experiences welcome. I need to decide in the > next couple days. > > Thanks in advance, > BAB > > -- > Bruce Bartrug > Nobleboro, Maine, USA > [log in to unmask] > www.brucebartrug.com > > •The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but > because of those who look on and do nothing. - Albert Einstein > •In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the > silence of our friends. -Martin Luther King > > ________________________________________________ > > Need to leave or subscribe to the Sciart-L listserv? Follow the > instructions at > http://www.gnsi.org/resources/reviews/gnsi-sciart-l-listserv > > > ________________________________________________ > > Need to leave or subscribe to the Sciart-L listserv? Follow the > instructions at > http://www.gnsi.org/resources/reviews/gnsi-sciart-l-listserv > -- Bruce Bartrug Nobleboro, Maine, USA [log in to unmask] www.brucebartrug.com •The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing. - Albert Einstein •In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. -Martin Luther King Need to leave or subscribe to the Sciart-L listserv? Follow the instructions at http://www.gnsi.org/resources/reviews/gnsi-sciart-l-listserv