We actually grind the lenses. Have a chat to your Optometrist. They are Shamir Autograph Office
******************************************************************** David J. Boccabella Proprietor Anubis Systems Phone: 0433 808 525 Fax: 3200 0085 Email: davidboccabe...@anubis-systems.com This e-mail and it's contents is confidential to Anubis Systems. This e-mail, any attachments, or any part of can not be reproduced without the express written permission of Anubis Systems ******************************************************************** -----Original Message----- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of mike smith Sent: Friday, 14 May 2010 10:07 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Odd Question/Situation On 12 May 2010 17:08, David Boccabella <davidboccabe...@anubis-systems.com> wrote: > Working in an optical lens grinding company there are many ways to grind > lenses to suit programmers. One of the main ones we do is call Autograph > Office for that purpose. > > > > When grinding we not only take into account the direct vision i.e. – what > the eye is looking at when looking ahead, but also when the eye needs to > move side to side as in reading or looking at a computer screen. > Does it work over 3 screens? As I said, my glasses are (for) long-distance, but the astigmatism exists still. > > > For example – with the glasses I am wearing now - the centre of the screen > is in focus, and the edges of the screen are also in focus and not > distorted. > That's neat. > > > With non Office lenses you will find that the centre of the screen is > perfect however the edges are blurred until you move your head to read the > edges (by directing your vision). You cannot move your eyes because you will > be looking at the lens through an angle. > > Trouble with 3 screens, is if I sit back far enough to look at the 3 screens without moving my head, the system's out of focus for me. Do you distribute in Canberra, and who is it? > > The same with the up/down vision as the lower section of the lens is ground > to give better results when looking slightly down at a screen, and when you > look up the upper part of the lens is ground for longer vision. > > > > So hopefully that will help. > > > > Dave > > > > > > ******************************************************************** > David J. Boccabella > > Proprietor > Anubis Systems > Phone: 0433 808 525 > > Fax: 3200 0085 > Email: davidboccabe...@anubis-systems.com > > This e-mail and it's contents is confidential to Anubis Systems. > This e-mail, any attachments, or any part of can not be reproduced > without the express written permission of Anubis Systems > ******************************************************************** > > > > From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] > On Behalf Of Stephen Price > Sent: Wednesday, 12 May 2010 4:55 PM > > To: ozDotNet > Subject: Re: [OT] Odd Question/Situation > > > > I had this cool idea of applying a distortion or blur over the top of your > monitor so that it corrects for astigmatism. It would mean you could sit and > look at your screen all day without needing to use glasses, and without > getting tired eyes. > > > > The thing with astigmatism is that you have different focal lengths for > vertical vs horizontal lines. Text is made up of both vertical and > horizontal lines so your eyes continually refocusing (when I was younger my > eyes could do it for a long time before getting exhausted so I didn't know I > had it until I got older and started getting blurry vision after reading for > half hour). It would be so cool to turn on an app and take off your glasses. > :) > > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 2:42 PM, mike smith <meski...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 12 May 2010 15:04, Arjang Assadi <arjang.ass...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Got eye exam, got reading gleasses, But when there is zoom do we need >> gleasses? >> >> If we can change the size of what we read do we really need to use >> reading glasses (and keep the font the same size)? It just doesn't >> make sense , guess this is a question for Dr Carl! > > Glasses don't just fix magnification, they fix things like astigmatism > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astigmatism_(eye) > > And probably other stuff - that's a lot of what my long distance > glasses are fixing though. > >> >> I know it is not Friday > > It must be Thursday, I never could get the hang of Thursdays. > > >> >> Regards >> >> Arjang >> > > > > -- > Meski > > "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, > you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills > > -- Meski "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
