Hi all,
Long time glasses wearer with a pretty steady prescription of the following (although my right eye was tweaked in my test last month).
Right; Sphere: -0.5, Cylinder -2.75 x 95 (2019; Sphere: -0.75, Cylinder -2.5 x 95)
Left; Sphere: -.25, Cylinder -2.25 x 75
I wear my glasses a lot – but not all of the day as my vision without is okay. But definitely for driving, sports and tv, computer-use, reading, etc.
Anyway, my new glasses (Oakley Centreboard, size small) have Oakley digital lenses from OPSM here in Australia. I was really sold on these as providing the clearest vision throughout the lens. And while I get good vision out of these, for say, the top two-thirds of the lens, the lowest third really suffers. Which probably wouldn't be so much of an issue if I didn't rely on them for reading!
I have compared them with my old, regular non-digital lens glasses and I have obviously clearer peripheral vision in these. Top third, bottom third, it doesn't really matter – clear vision is maintained. I hypothesis that the 'optical centre' might be a little lower/more central in the regular lens and explains why I perceive clearer vision throughout (happy to be corrected here!).
I've gone back to the optical dispenser and she confirmed the new glasses are as per the spec and explained the issue I'm having reading as either being me requiring multi-focals (which I reject because my old pair, same left-eye prescription, are fine for reading) or that I'm not adjusting the the digital lens. Perhaps because I've been wearing regular lenses most of my life. Although I've worn the new glasses for 3 weeks already she suggested I continue wearing them for another 2 in case my eyes come around and adjust. If they don't, she suggested we ditch the digital lenses and just go back to a regular lens.
I must say I'm a little dubious on both these pieces of advice so asking here for a second opinion! Why am I getting worse vision throughout the lens with a digital lens? And should it really take so long to adjust given my prescription is fairly consistent with the last? Many TIA
Long time glasses wearer with a pretty steady prescription of the following (although my right eye was tweaked in my test last month).
Right; Sphere: -0.5, Cylinder -2.75 x 95 (2019; Sphere: -0.75, Cylinder -2.5 x 95)
Left; Sphere: -.25, Cylinder -2.25 x 75
I wear my glasses a lot – but not all of the day as my vision without is okay. But definitely for driving, sports and tv, computer-use, reading, etc.
Anyway, my new glasses (Oakley Centreboard, size small) have Oakley digital lenses from OPSM here in Australia. I was really sold on these as providing the clearest vision throughout the lens. And while I get good vision out of these, for say, the top two-thirds of the lens, the lowest third really suffers. Which probably wouldn't be so much of an issue if I didn't rely on them for reading!
I have compared them with my old, regular non-digital lens glasses and I have obviously clearer peripheral vision in these. Top third, bottom third, it doesn't really matter – clear vision is maintained. I hypothesis that the 'optical centre' might be a little lower/more central in the regular lens and explains why I perceive clearer vision throughout (happy to be corrected here!).
I've gone back to the optical dispenser and she confirmed the new glasses are as per the spec and explained the issue I'm having reading as either being me requiring multi-focals (which I reject because my old pair, same left-eye prescription, are fine for reading) or that I'm not adjusting the the digital lens. Perhaps because I've been wearing regular lenses most of my life. Although I've worn the new glasses for 3 weeks already she suggested I continue wearing them for another 2 in case my eyes come around and adjust. If they don't, she suggested we ditch the digital lenses and just go back to a regular lens.
I must say I'm a little dubious on both these pieces of advice so asking here for a second opinion! Why am I getting worse vision throughout the lens with a digital lens? And should it really take so long to adjust given my prescription is fairly consistent with the last? Many TIA