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12/13/2006 06:39:53 AM · #1 |
I got glasses yesterday and I cant see the whole finder even on my analog slr's and I see about half of it on my eos 350d.
What do you guys who use glasses do to see the whole viewfinder?
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12/13/2006 08:20:20 AM · #2 |
Take your glasses off and hope for the best. :D This isn't that bad of an option if your eyesight isn't very bad. Provided you can see well enough to operate the camera and compose the scene it works -- but does require trusting the autofocus.
Push the viewfinder into the glasses and up against your face. Not comfortable and reduces the effectivity of the glasses, but it does work. :/
Probably the best solution, if your presciption allows it, is to adjust the diopter on the viewfinder (or buy a replacement viewfinder at a specific diopter adjustment). If you don't know what diopter adjustment to use, your eye doctor will be able to tell you.
Contacts are another option, but certainly the most expensive of the four.
I have used all four options listed. Contacts are great because they allow me to see the scene and through the viewfinder at the same time, but my eyes don't like them too well. :(
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12/13/2006 08:35:21 AM · #3 |
Don't have much trouble with it, except for the leaking light trough the VF messing the exposure metering up a bit. View trough a D200 and 5D wasn't that bad either, altough with both I start to miss a small bit of the scene and the indicators.
I do not push my glasses against the VF.
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12/13/2006 09:54:19 AM · #4 |
Sounds like you need the Canon EP-EX15 Eyepiece Extender :o) I've got one, and it makes using the viewfinder with glasses much easier (and you dont rub your nose on the LCD either!).
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12/13/2006 09:59:28 AM · #5 |
I dont have a problem with it at all, I shoot with my sunglasses on sometimes as well no problems at all. I usually press the camera right against my glasses.
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12/13/2006 10:20:36 AM · #6 |
I'm not sure ATM on the 350D but the 400D has a dial on the view finder to help focus without glasses, it doesn't affect the final shot AFAIK its just there to help you focus without glasses. I'm not sure how well or if it works as I don't have/need glasses but I just remember reading about that in the manual...
-dave
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12/13/2006 10:22:55 AM · #7 |
my prescription isn't that strong, so i've set my diopter so that i don't need my glasses to focus.
if your eyesight is worse than the diopter can compensate for, you can get a new eye piece with built in adjustment. or at least you can get them on the nikons... i'd assume canon has them available...
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12/13/2006 12:56:40 PM · #8 |
| On my Nikon, up on the viewfinder is a small slider that you can adjust to use with eyeglasses. Don't know about Canon. |
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12/13/2006 01:08:58 PM · #9 |
Have you changed your diopter adjustments? I wear my glasses always when shooting.
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12/13/2006 01:17:31 PM · #10 |
Yeah, I have changed my diopter.
I will try out some of your ideas but I think this will take a while to get used to.
I've never had glasses before and I dindn't think I needed them but what a difference it is with them on, it looks like someone used a whole lot of usm on the world.
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12/13/2006 01:26:38 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by xantangummi:
Yeah, I have changed my diopter.
I will try out some of your ideas but I think this will take a while to get used to.
I've never had glasses before and I dindn't think I needed them but what a difference it is with them on, it looks like someone used a whole lot of usm on the world. |
Yep, that's what I found when I got my glasses. The world look really sharp and bright! Cos my eyesight isn't too drastic, I just take the glasses off and hope auto focus gets it right. |
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12/13/2006 01:29:35 PM · #12 |
ofcourse I could take my glasses of, but that would mean missing a second and maybe the whole shot. On the other hand I could always have my glasses off all the time but that would mean maybe not noticing the shot in the first place. - Thats my dilemma
Message edited by author 2006-12-13 13:30:32.
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12/13/2006 01:38:54 PM · #13 |
I've had glasses a long time, for anything new you need to ge used to it. I couldn't never keep taking my glasses on/off, I would probably lose them or break them.
I do have to move my head/eyes up and down to see the LEDs at the bottom of the viewfinder. Usually the Right/Left sides are okay. I do get a lot of smudges on my glasses from the rubber eyepiece. With 10 Megapixels it's more affordable to crop out some anyway. I crop most of my pictures already. |
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12/13/2006 01:42:21 PM · #14 |
OK here's my tip for shooting with glasses:
Press the eyepiece to your glasses, but not so hard that you press the glasses to your face. If you press the glasses toward your face, you are "defocusing the optics". The eyepiece should be lightly touching your glasses.
Oh and don't try to look OVER your glasses. Look through the center of the lens.
Message edited by author 2006-12-13 13:43:14.
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12/13/2006 03:20:23 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Press the eyepiece to your glasses, but not so hard that you press the glasses to your face. |
Hmm, doesn't work well with glasses that weigh 8 gram (0.281 ounce)*.
When they are on my nose they are fine, wind won't push them away, but with the viewfinder it doesn't work well.
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12/13/2006 04:11:35 PM · #16 |
Nobody mentioned contacts? I used to wear glasses....then I switched to contacts. June 2, 2005 I made the best move ever..........Lasik. Went from 20/200 to 20/20 overnight...literally and by my company physical in August..20/15 :)
P.S. I understand some insurance companies are covering Lasik. Even part of it helps.
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