[sdiy] eyesight - was: TriggerIdiot

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On Sep 23, 2015, at 8:05 AM, Anwander, Florian <fanwander at mnet-online.de> wrote:

>> But for finnicky handiwork like this, a pair of +3 glasses is a relief! Glad I thought of that.
> Don't do this. My ophthalmologist told me that this is not good, because usually the real degradation of the eyes is much lower, and with too strong glasses the eyes will become lazy.

Yes. This is why retail sales of reading glasses is illegal in some places (not here). The next time you see your eye doctor you should tell him/her about the problem and get a pair of glasses made especially for close work. Multifocals don’t work for me (strabismus—eyes out of sync) so I have a “single vision” pair just for working at the computer. I have to swap glasses when I switch tasks but at least I can see.

It’s more expensive but you’ll be a lot better off. As for me I’m a special case. I’ve had glasses since I was 3-1/2. No surface mount work for me.


> His recommendation was: make the lights over the workplace much brighter. 

Just be careful not to use too much light. I worked for a company that replaced all the dual 40W fluorescent fixtures over our workstations with four tube fixtures which was one tube too many. They didn’t do their homework. 8)


Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
"The Mac Doctor"