Hi Everyone,
So far I have had the luck that I never needed any eye correction.
However with an age of 45 I'm finding myself getting more and more
troubles to focus nearby, and for working on small parts (electronics)
I'm already using reading glasses.
I made the unfortunate discovery that the instrument panel of the Europa
is becoming quite close to the range where I can focus comfortably, and
that alternating frequently between looking outside and on the
instrument panel is no longer comfortable for my eyes. :-(
There must be more people on this forum with similar problems. How does
one solve this? What I was thinking about is special "flying
sun-glasses" with a sharp change-over exactly at the angle where the
glareshield is in my vision, with everything below that with some mild
"plus" correction. This way alternating between looking outside and on
the instrument should go with minimal changes in focal efforts for my
eyes. My optometrist is happy to construct special sun glasses if I
measure the exact angle where the division between outside and
instrument panel is, but is "my" solution workable in practice? I am
aware that there are glasses with a gradual change-over from far to
near, but in the Europa there is no gradual change over, it is either
focus on "infinity" or focus on "instrument panel" and nothing in
between (unless something disasterous is about to happen).
I guess I'm not the first one thinking about this problem. How do other
people solve this? Or am I just spoiled, being used sofar to superb
vision without any corrections?
Wearing "just" reading glasses for looking at instruments and maps does
not work as I like to wear sun glasses as well, so it should be all
together in one device.
I would love to hear other peoples solutions!
Frans
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