Anyone dealing with cataract problems and focusing on the GG?

[Chuck_P]

There's new life in my eyes!

I thought I would awaken this thread and report that I have completed my cataract surgeries and all I can say is---------WOW!

20/20 distance vision now but requiring cheaters for reading, a tradeoff I gladly accept. Better than that is my image contrast, everything is clear and crisp, colors are no longer muted, so glad I've got this taken care of. I feel I can be a much better judge of my own print contrasts now, even some of my prints on my wall seem to have more of a sparkle than I realized. And even some of yours as I view them on the monitor.

Regards
Chuck

 

[Charles Webb]

Just a comment!
I have been through the operation on both eyes, and my vision was improved iminsley. The answer for me was simply Procressive Lens. Took a day or two to get used to, but is well worth it. I can focus very easily on a 8x ground glass
without any kind of magnifier to aid me. I have my Dr, set up my presciption so that I can focus on the most powerful section
(the bottom of the lens) at a few inches infront of my nose, rather than at arms length.

I will never fight with Bi-focals or such ever again.

Works for me,
C Webb

 

[MattKing]

Good to hear from you again Charles. You've been missed.

Matt

 

[nworth]

I have fairly severe cataracts in both eyes, but somehow my vision has remained quite good. I'm waiting for it to deteriorate to 20/50 corrected (probably sometime this year) before getting it taken care of. As for the problem of using the ground glass, it comes and goes. It's funny, because I have no problem using SLR viewfinders. I can usually manage to focus properly by taking off my lasses and using a loupe, but it isn't always easy.