Let's talk cameras!!

[Sharon Kay]

Hi! I wear glasses and I own a Rebel XTi. You can change the diopter (by the viewfinder...has a little knob to adjust to your eyesight) to help with viewing without your glasses. I have used it a lot for basketball pictures...the action is fast and just found it easier to use than leaving my glasses on (they are up on my head)...and for outdoor pics because my glasses have the feature where they change to sunglasses...which makes it hard to see anything through the viewfinder or the LCD screen. However, as a note, I have a stigmatism and it means that it won't be quite as sharp as if I were looking with my glasses...but it was close enough for me!

What my optometrist is doing now is putting me in some trial contacts...they are setting me up for Monovision...the contacts for my right eye is for distance (thus the one I use for looking through the viewfinder...and the left eye is for reading up close. I have bi-focals in my glasses...but since I have a stigmatism, I can't use contacts like I use glasses. So far it seems to be working...they are still getting just the right prescription for me before we order a years' worth. However the dr told me it won't be as clear as wearing my glasses. ...but it sure is nice not to have to mess with the glasses when I take pictures...and since last year I took well over 10,000 photos...this will be great!!

It will also be a lot easier to take photos at robotics competitions as I won't have to wear glasses, with protective glasses over it, and then look through the viewfinder! (jeesh what a pain that was!).

The monovision is becoming a popular way to get contacts...and I am one that never thought she would ever stick her finger in her eye!

One other thing to think about is it's really hard to use the LCD screen on a digital camera out in the bright sunlight...you end up using the viewfinder anyway.