Frans,
I believe you are over complicating it. Not always do I want to wear
sunglasses so I wear my regular bifocals then I buy those ugly cover
the glasses sunglasses... Walmart. Just pop them on or off while
flying, depending on conditions needed. In your case you can buy those
over the counter half a lens reading glasses at strengths that are a
compromise for reading maps and bringing your panel into view. Then
cover them with the sunglasses that make you look like a florida
retiree. ;o)
Regards,
Jeff R.
A258 - N128LJ / Gold Rush
On Oct 23, 2009, at 5:38 AM, Frans Veldman wrote:
> <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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