Looking at the wrong things

[hirez]

I guess it's an object-lesson in the fact that the purchase of consumer durables can only be a disappointing experience.

So.

Looking at things that are far away lenses - all very fine. Things that are far away have defined edges like I upgraded their video card.
Lenses for the purpose of reading things - somewhat less fine. Trying to read SFX still makes my brain hurt.

... Which leaves the patch in between peering at print and manly regard of the middle-distance a disturbing blur where all the monitors in the world live.

Bit of a problem, that.

I'm not sure what to do about it. I suspect have them lean off the wick on the short-range set such that it matches the value of the bottom half of the set I'm wearing now. Mind, even that's only nearly right.

Comments

[sammason.livejournal.com]

When did you last go to an optician?

[hirez.livejournal.com]

Last week, which is the reason for the new spectacles. And the reason for the spectacle-shop visit was the procession of migraines the week before.

[sammason.livejournal.com]

Oh I see. So perhaps you just need to get used to the new specs.

[lebeautemps.livejournal.com]

I'd never heard of trifocals before. Gosh.

[(Anonymous)]

My optician tried to interest me in a pair of 'desktop varifocals' designed to accommodate screens and reading and walking about in three zones. I tried them, and while they did work at all the ranges they only did it in a vertical stripe in the middle, which is no use when you have multiple monitors.

I currently favour sitting a little further away from a bigger monitor.

[mr-tom.livejournal.com]

Trying to read SFX still makes my brain hurt

That's not you, that's just SFX.

[inulro.livejournal.com]

You're not the only one whose brain went there...