To which I will append: Paddle lenses are the lenses with the hook attachment...sometimes they are in plastic holders which look like paddles and the holder (which perches on your nose and ears like normal glasses) have rectangle supports to hold them.
In the states, in most places, when the optometrist refracts you, they give you eyedrops, which dilate your pupils. As a result, going out into the sunshine may not be highly recommended. What has always intrigued me is that the change between the drugged, dilated state and 'normal' seems so great, how can we hope to get a usable prescription? I don't yet have a good answer. ray On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 3:27 PM, David Tayler <vidan...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > A classically trained optometrist will have a large mask that can > accept lenses from a special tray with tiny handles on them. These > lenses can be popped in and out and combined with other lenses to > make "instant glasses" > You can wear it, take it outside, read music for half an hour to see > if the prescription is ideal. > Most doctors have a kind of twenty minute time limit, so they just > check the prescription using an eye chart. The eye chart is good, but > it isn't music. > > dt > > At 03:32 AM 11/22/2009, you wrote: >> Sorry David, but what are paddle lenses? I did once see someone with >> glasses that had secondary paddle? lenses that could be raised or >> lowered over the primary ones. >> Anthony >> HOWEVER the best way is to have then make you a pair with paddle >> lenses that fit into a frame. You put that on, and tweak it untill >> the music looks perfect. There is no substitute for this process and >> it takes 5-10 minutes. >> If they don't want to bother, get a new eye doctor. >> dt >> >> -- >> >> >>To get on or off this list see list information at >>http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > >
