New Glasses

[Sara-s]

This calls for a bit of explanation. I had laser eye surgery in my 40's. The correction has held for 23 years, but now my vision is changing a bit.

I noticed it last week at the archery range. The targets, 20 yards away were becoming hard for me to focus on. So I went for an eye exam and, to no surprise, I am just becoming a bit nearsighted. I was moderately nearsighted when I was younger. Never "blind as a bat" but needed glasses all the time. So my vision is still much better now than it was then.

Since my optician's shop is efficient, I got my glasses in just a few days. It changes my view through the bow sight. That' not a bad thing, but is an adjustment. I still make mistakes, as good vision can't correct poor technique. But the number of good shots I take has increased.

I noticed it at the pistol range as well- just to see how much of a difference they made, I took my first 50 shots without the glasses. Then, I put up a fresh target & shot the next 50 with my glasses. I got twice as many center shots at 50 feet.

Here is the second target;

 

[SpeedyPC]

This calls for a bit of explanation. I had laser eye surgery in my 40's. The correction has held for 23 years, but now my vision is changing a bit.

I noticed it last week at the archery range. The targets, 20 yards away were becoming hard for me to focus on. So I went for an eye exam and, to no surprise, I am just becoming a bit nearsighted. I was moderately nearsighted when I was younger. Never "blind as a bat" but needed glasses all the time. So my vision is still much better now than it was then.

Since my optician's shop is efficient, I got my glasses in just a few days. It changes my view through the bow sight. That' not a bad thing, but is an adjustment. I still make mistakes, as good vision can't correct poor technique. But the number of good shots I take has increased.

I noticed it at the pistol range as well- just to see how much of a difference they made, I took my first 50 shots without the glasses. Then, I put up a fresh target & shot the next 50 with my glasses. I got twice as many center shots at 50 feet.

Here is the second target;
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You need thicker eyeglasses.

 

[Spider]

I've had perfect, or better, vision my whole life. Then after 45 my near vision has been declining. It sucks. I've been relying on my glasses more and more when reading or at the computer. Got a new pair coming in in a few days. Sucks getting old.

 

[CBLindsay]

I remember (rather vividly) the visit to the optician where I went from needing/using single vision glasses to needing multi-focal. I swear I walked in wearing single vision, did the exam and wlaked out unable to see through my single vison glasses having been told I required multi-focal lenses. Addign insult to injury, the optometrist had the nerve to say "don;t worry, it happens to all of us when we turn 40. Got the new multi-focal glasses and intantly could not see through my old glasses. The big shock for me at that time was that I got "driving glasses" that had special tint etc to make driving more comfortable day and night. These glasses were single vison designed for "Far away". I put them on and was pleased...until I looked down at the dash. My eyes crossed and I lost my balance. i loved the idea and enjoyed them as outdoors glasses but any attempt to see closer than 5 ft away was an issue. I am sure my old single vision glasses were a compromise making all distances look a little better but none as crisp as it should look. Now I have multi-focal glasses that allow crisp vision at variable distances BUT require me to position my head or eyes in proper relation to the place I want to look. I find that working on the car or things within arms reach is more difficult becasue my lenses don't allow the kind of vison I need in that range. It has been a long time since my Rx has been updated and I can tell I need some correction but i dread the whole process (And the expense) involved in choosign new glasses and getting used to them.

@Sara-s I usually have ready access to prescription eye protection so rarely do much live fire training without correction. BUT I have some unique visual "issues" to deal with even with correction. I have an asigmatism and some other eyeball shape related condition, BOTH result in one eye being far sighted and one being near sighted. Even with correction one eye observes things at being larger than the other. Additionally I am Cross eye dominent and my dominent eye is more near sighted (makes the front sight larger and more clear) and my non-dominent eye is very much far sighted (makes the far away target more clear). This means even without correction I can have a loose but clear focus on the front sight and a stronger clear focus on the far away target. I am not sure if this is a benefit or a handicap, guess it depends on the circumstances such as precision pistol vs long range rifle scope vs shotgun. I DO know that without correction I don't think I could adequetly see a small center target at 50ft, certainy not at 75ft or 100ft. For what it's worth, I find a red dot and/or a hi-vis front sight helps catch or keep my attention but with the astigmatism things like red dots get quite blurry without corrective lenses.

Out of curiosity, can you do hi-vis sights on a bow? Can you put a red dot sight on a bow? Perhaps this would allow you to continue to shoot without corrective lenses.

 

[Sara-s]

@CBLindsay I don’t believe you can put a red dot sight on a bow. But seeing the sight isn’t really my issue. It’s focusing on the target, as I have gotten just a bit nearsighted. To be precise, I can see clearly across my home or even the distances I need to drive. But focusing on something at a longer distance- say 10-50 yards, is getting harder.
Though most gun ranges will accept your glasses as eye protection, I wasn’t quite comfortable with that. So I got some ballistic-rated fit-overs. They are quite comfortable and I feel safer wearing them.\