Frans, You are certainly not the first to experience this problem! When
slightly older than you I invested in off the shelf sunglasses with +2
inserts at the bottom, which worked perfectly for map & instrument reading.
As time went on (ie the wrong side of 60), things got to the point where I
needed about +1 for distance vision, so now I have bifocal ordinary specs &
sun specs with prescription distance lens & extra +2 reading bits. The
reading bits are deliberately relatively low on the main lens & with a
horizontal upper margin, (as opposed to a curved upper margin which is more
common on bifocal specs). These work perfectly in the plane, giving all
outside vision unaffected by the reading bits, and panel vision OK on just
moving eyes rather than head. Best of luck, David Joyce, G-XSDJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Frans Veldman" <frans@paardnatuurlijk.nl>
Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 11:38 AM
Subject: Europa-List: Flying and reading glasses?
> <frans@paardnatuurlijk.nl>
>
> 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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