How is your eyesight?

[DereX888]

miraculously born with perfect vision

The picture does not fit the description.

owned!


BTW
Why is there "other"?
And why 4% of ppl chose it?

Either you have perfect vision, youre blind, or you use contacts/glasses. WHAT "OTHER" is there?! Born without eyes at all?!
(I understand tgpo probably have built-in infrared or other cameras into his retina - to see through girls' clothes, of course - but thats just single exception IMHO)

[gadgetguy]

I chose "Other" because the options span your lifetime and I have been a combination of the above.

[edDV]

I started with exceptional far vision and could still flex the eyes for close reading. This changed around age 44 when I needed to move the monitor back a bit for ideal focus. That signalled the need for reading /computer glasses.

I can still pass the driving test for far vision reading the lowest line and the copyrite notice.

[redwudz]

miraculously born with perfect vision

The picture does not fit the description.

Maybe the picture fits the 'disposition' instead. It at least fits the name.

I've wore glasses from age ten, and now bifocals. Hell to get old.

[usually_quiet]

I can think of some forms of vision correction not specifically mentioned in the poll that would be covered by "other". Lens implants (after cataract removal), corneal transplants, and some people use a night-vision device due to retinitis pigmentosa.

[dadrab]

I’ve had a good long stretch of perfect eyesight, but I think it might be time to do something different. I can still read just fine (without arm extensions) but lately it seems there’s not enough light to read very small print and signs at a distance aren’t as clear as they should be.

For the real small stuff, a pair of drugstore 1.5s is fine. And, I have enough flashlights around to get a read on those tiny little labels stuck in a corner somewhere.

I don’t know what I’ll do about not being able to read at a distance. As an example, it’s a problem at dusk if I’m looking for a street sign – which doesn’t happen often. I’ve got to be all over it before I can read it. Reading the signs on a highway isn’t a problem – yet.

Getting older sucks in some ways.

Good poll, by the way.

[dun4cheap]

Eagle eyes most of my life. I will be 37 soon and I will probably need glasses in a couple of years. Age gets to you. When I am tiered my eyes take a bit more time to focus. My peripheral vision is great as well, I can literally see behind me. I also notice that I need a little more light for reading, especially real small print. (Especially when I try to read the print on a small motherboard.

[edDV]

Eagle eyes most of my life. I will be 37 soon and I will probably need glasses in a couple of years. Age gets to you. When I am tiered my eyes take a bit more time to focus. My peripheral vision is great as well, I can literally see behind me. I also notice that I need a little more light for reading, especially real small print. (Especially when I try to read the print on a small motherboard.

Welcome to the near 40's.

[Ethlred]

Suggestions for those whose arms are getting to short or the light is getting to low.

The light getting low is at least sometimes the same as short arms. More light causes the pupil to shrink which sharpens the image on your retina when you are unable to focus. Just like increasing the F stop on a camera increases the depth of field. Same exact phenomena.

It is possible to extend the time you don't need close up lenses. I did it myself anyway. I did eye exercises for years. Focused on a finger and moved it in and out left to right and back again. I found that it made a difference even in a few minutes. I think the exercise helped limber up muscles and the lenses in my eyes after not being be worked while asleep. Still works some I think but since I got bifocals at fifty I have rarely done the exercises.

You have to start far enough away to focus and then move in and out going farther in over a few minutes. Its definitely still working for me but it won't make my eyes 49 again. My brother is two years younger and he had to get his varifocals two years before I had to give up and get bifocals.

[lordsmurf]

I get somewhere between 20/20 and 20/15 with contacts (Acevue Advanced for Astigmatism). I can't wear glasses because of photography (not to mention insurance only covers one or the other, not both).

Lasik is not as guaranteed as people think. A huge majority still need corrective lenses, and a measurable number of patients undergo tint/color shifts, or other negative side effects. No thanks.

As I grow older, I do find it harder to see at night, with all the flashing lights from other cars, signs, etc.

I'm also photo-sensitive in bright sunlight in recent years, must ALWAYS have sunglasses (I own probably a dozen pair -- a few in the car, in the house, in the office).

[tgpo]

tgpo does all my seeing for me