[at-l] Bifocal Glasses.

[jbryankramer@xxxxxxx (J Bryan Kramer)]

I have the progressive bifocals and after seeing this thread I took careful
notice when we went on a 7 miler today. I tend to fix my eyes about 20-30
feet ahead on the trail but even looking down doesn't cause any problems. I
have heard of people complaining but every one of them had the new
fashionable teeny-weeny size glasses. I stick with the old large aviator
style lenses, maybe that makes a difference since you have a lot more room
to put the progressives in on the larger lenses. The area on the lens that
my bifocal lens takes up is probably as big as some of those entire lenses.
It seems like my opthamologist had some comment on this too.

Bryan

"Si vis pacem para bellum"

>
> No problem,
>
> =09=09It took about one hour to get used to them and no
> problem what so
> ever after that. I was really worried since I hike a lot and have
> heard many people that do have problems with negotiating steps for
> instance.
>
> chase
>
> Steve Adams wrote:
> > Rick,
> >
> > Reference your post and the post of Walter Daniels, both dated 1-20-03.
> >
> > You asked =93Any problems with bifocals ... when you are looking
> at your feet
> > all day?=94
> >
> > Walter advised, =93The near focus of the lower part of the lenses
> makes the
> > ground badly out of focus.  I do have ... another pair of
> glasses that ...
> > focus well for things beyond 3 feet ...=94
> >
> > I have a friend, a law enforcement officer, who became of an age where
> > bifocals are more than just useful.  He was also concerned with
> being able
> > to shoot a handgun.  He measured the distance from his eye to the front
> > sight and had trifocals made; one focused for normal distances, a secon=
d
> > for
> > reading, the third for his front sight.  His shooting improved.
> >
> > If you are considering having glasses made, you may wish to consider
> > trifocals.  Have the third prescription ground to focus at your feet an=
d
> > the
> > ground in front of them.
> >
> > Steve
> >
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