Diopter correction for the viewfinder

[redhead]

Will it be possible to use a diopter correcting lens with the viewfinder for those of us whose vision no longer is what it used to be? And if so, will it be available from RED or will it be compatible with some of those already available from camera stores?

I just had an eye exam and the doctor told me I need a -3.00 diopter correcting lens, so that is why I am wondering.

[Blayne Gorum]

I know this is off topic, but try LASIK. I had it done a few years ago and it is the greatest thing that ever happened to me. My understanding is that the techniques they use today are even better than what they did to me back in 1998.

[redhead]

Eye surgery? No thanks! I'll stick to the correcting lens. Too risky, plus I have diabetes, which increases the chances of developing problems after such a surgery.

[Stuart English]

I think that you will be O.K redhead, the RED-EVF has a pretty good diopter adjustment range on it already.

[Brook Willard]

Does it have tick marks on it now for marking/identifying diopter settings by chance?

[redhead]

I think that you will be O.K redhead, the RED-EVF has a pretty good diopter adjustment range on it already.

Thanks!

[tj williams]

If the delivered vf are similiar to the one shown at NAB we will all be happy about adjustment, there was a bunch more adjustment than my Sony HDcam. Hey also it was bigger n brighter!!

[Stephen Williams]

Eye surgery? No thanks! I'll stick to the correcting lens. Too risky, plus I have diabetes, which increases the chances of developing problems after such a surgery.

Hi,

I would not let anybody point a laser in my eyes for cosmetic surgery, not recommended if your earn your living by using your eyes.

Stephen

[redhead]

I would not let anybody point a laser in my eyes for cosmetic surgery, not recommended if your earn your living by using your eyes.

Exactly! I am actually so protective of my eyes that they can never do the exam in which they send a puff of air at your eye. I always blink right before the puff.

This FDA web page lists some of the risks of the LASIK eye surgery. (http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/LASIK/risks.htm) Among them is loss of vision which then can no longer be corrected by lenses. It also mentions that there are no long-term results known. In other words, for all we know, it may help for a while but cause some serious damage ten, twenty years down the road.

[Blayne Gorum]

You are in the same boat as about 70% of people that I talk to about eye surgery. They just don't trust it. But the risk was well worth it for me.

In my left eye I had roughly -7 and in my right roughly -10.3. I had a fairly severe astigmatism and my eye sockets are deep set--meaning it is a higher level of difficulty for the surgery.

I literally got off of the operating table and could read things without my glasses that I hadn't been able to since I was six years old. A week later I had 20/15 vision. Nine and a half years later I have slipped back to only 20/20.

As for making a living with your eyes. Infections from contact lenses cause more vision problems every year than the surgery has in its entire history.

[redhead]

But the risk was well worth it for me.

And I am glad it worked for you. I only have -2.75 in my left eye and -3.00 in the right.


Infections from contact lenses cause more vision problems every year than the surgery has in its entire history.

I don't wear contact lenses. As I said, I am very protective of my eyes. I don't let anything touch them. The doctor has difficulty even getting the drops in my eyes before the exam.

I once told an eye doctor that I did not see how I could ever wear contact lenses. He said he sure would not want to be the one fitting them in.

So, it's glasses off camera, and a corrective viewfinder lens on camera for me.

[Jim Arthurs]

Exactly! I am actually so protective of my eyes that they can never do the exam in which they send a puff of air at your eye. I always blink right before the puff.

RANT MODE ON... Man, I'm with you, I literally freak out with that puff device... call me "four eyes" for life, but NO frik'in lasers, needles, contacts, or anything is going to touch my eyes. I can't do drops either, and they waste a lot of that dilation solution when working on me. My cousin had LASIK or whatever it was called and now nine years later he's worse than before and needs to have it redone. I remember he actually had a frk'in coupon for the procedure. I don't want a coupon for any sort of surgery... yikes. RANT MODE OFF.

Now, the diopter adjustment on the NAB prototype seemed enough for my moderate nearsightedness, so hopefully it will work for you. I have a friend with very weak vision and he had a custom diopter made for the eyepiece of an SR for little money (120 bucks) at a local optician. Now the RED's EVF has a huge exit pupil compared to an SR, but maybe something could be done...

[Stephen Williams]

In my left eye I had roughly -7 and in my right roughly -10.3. I had a fairly severe astigmatism and my eye sockets are deep set--meaning it is a higher level of difficulty for the surgery.


Hi,

With all due respect you had little to loose.

Stephen

[Stephen Williams]

This FDA web page lists some of the risks of the LASIK eye surgery. (http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/LASIK/risks.htm) Among them is loss of vision which then can no longer be corrected by lenses. It also mentions that there are no long-term results known. In other words, for all we know, it may help for a while but cause some serious damage ten, twenty years down the road.

Hi,

Another thing to bear in mind, aged about 45 you will probably need reading glasses if your Eyes are corrected to 20:20.

FWIW I have one short sighted eye & one long sited eye, I usually correct the short sighted eye with a contact lens, then I can't read! Uncorrected I can read & drive legally. If I wear glasses from the optician I can't read or Drive! I can see 20' but not infinity in either eye, they like to over correct!

Stephen

[redhead]

Yes, I'm 57, so -3D is really not that bad. As long as everything others have mentioned about the VF is that way, I will be fine.

RED ONE sounds like a dream come true. I am expecting to inherit a decent sum of money from my recently deceased aunt, and as soon as I have it, I shall order my RED ONE.

[Stephen Williams]

Yes, I'm 57, so -3D is really not that bad. As long as everything others have mentioned about the VF is that way, I will be fine.

RED ONE sounds like a dream come true. I am expecting to inherit a decent sum of money from my recently deceased aunt, and as soon as I have it, I shall order my RED ONE.

Hi,

An ex girlfriend had Lasik & ended up - 3D, she was actually very happy with the result as she could go to the bathroom at night without needing glasses!

Stephen

[Mark Crabtree]

It's natural to be afraid of loosing your most important asset, your vision, in an attempt to see without glasses. I lived with coke bottle bottom glasses for more than fourty years until I saw how well my wife did with LASIK. She was 20/20 in just a few days. It took me a year of seeing her enjoy perfect glasses free sight before I decided to look into it. After talking to just about every eye laser place in town, one doctor's name kept coming up as the one to go to when you have any special concerns or eye conditions. He recommended PRK, which is the process of just removing the front surface entirely and not doing a flap. Downside was a longer recovery. I had double vision for almost three months. But now I too have 20/20 and it's freaking great. I knew I was gambling with my career but it sure paid off. You just can't imagine how amazed I am almost every day.

[Zakaree Sandberg]

Lasik = the best thing I have ever done.. pianless and easy. Now i see 20/13

the only potential thing to go wrong is when im 40-50 it might change to 20/20.. so in other words, i might not be able to see through clothes anymore.

but by then im sure there will be a new thing to get it back to 20/13 even easier than the first time around.

[laguun]

Hi,

I would not let anybody point a laser in my eyes for cosmetic surgery, not recommended if your earn your living by using your eyes.

Stephen

Stephen and i often have different points of views - here i can only fully agree with his recommendation.

[Paul Hazlett]

The guy I talked to about Lasik said it only lasts for about ten years as your eyes
change with age.

[Blayne Gorum]

LASIK is a permanent procedure. The condition you are referring to is presbyopia (sp?) and is an age related eye degeneration that has nothing to do with the LASIK procedure. There are several procedures that have been recently developed to combat the condition, but I don't know if they have the same track record as LASIK. I also don't know is having had LASIK rules one out for having the newer procedures on top of it.

[Zakaree Sandberg]

presbyopia will happen wether u have lasik or not (in most cases)
in 10 years from now there will be a solution to fix or stop this.

[redhead]

Now to get back to the original topic, I have just received the correcting lens for the viewfinder of my photo camera, and it has certainly fixed the problem for me on that camera (a Canon EOS Rebel 2000).

So, as long as there will be the diopter adjustment on the RED ONE EVF (and from what I have read here, it already is), I will be very happy.

Thanks, everyone who replied.