Progressive or bifocal?
12-16-2018, 12:15 PM
#11
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Originally Posted by PerfInit
No perfect solution... it gets really interesting trying to crane your neck “up” further than normal to get focus on the overhead panel. That upper portion of the glasses is normally set for distance vision.
https://www.allaboutvision.com/lenses/multifocal.htm
Last edited by Excargodog; 03-06-2019 at 04:00 PM.
12-18-2018, 09:34 AM
#12
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I had two glasses made with the progressive-type lens. Hated them. Had them converted to tri/bi-focals.
I usually use a 1.25 reading glasses for reading and intermediate, and look above the glasses for far. That seems to work pretty well.
I just got new bifocals, with a minor far adjustment, and the rest is intermediate. On the aircraft I fly, nothing I am reading (yoke/ipad) is close up, so the intermediate part of the lens works both for reading and looking at the panel.
I usually use a 1.25 reading glasses for reading and intermediate, and look above the glasses for far. That seems to work pretty well.
I just got new bifocals, with a minor far adjustment, and the rest is intermediate. On the aircraft I fly, nothing I am reading (yoke/ipad) is close up, so the intermediate part of the lens works both for reading and looking at the panel.
01-05-2019, 07:48 AM
#14
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Trifocals
Originally Posted by Excargodog
Hey, there are optics companies that will custom make trifocals specifically for the overhead of the AC you are flying.
https://www.allaboutvision.com/lenses/multifocal.htm
https://www.allaboutvision.com/lenses/multifocal.htm
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