Frans,
I have just gone down this same route, after struggling for the last two
years.
I have bought two pairs of varifocals, one clear, and one tinted for sunny
flying.
The bottom portion is equivalent to a very weak pair of reading glasses,
and the top is pretty much clear, there is a gradual change from one to the
other.
It was the best decision I have ever made, I wish I'd done it sooner, no
more struggling to read frequencies on the map, or the instrument panel,
but a quick glance up out of the window is still in perfect focus.
Neil France.
----- 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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