I have a difficult, very astigmatic prescription, am 64 yrs
old, and do some serious photography as well as extensive
computer work.  I have no cataract formation, retinas are
ok, pressures are ok.  I have had a few corneal injuries
over the years which have healed, but not smoothly, and my
eyes are often dry with some floaters.  That, combined with
light eyes, makes me very light sensitive.

My ophthalmologist is clearly too busy to be patient enough
while trying different lenses and in recent years (as he has
had to deal with more and more insurance etc.), his
prescriptions haven't been as good - or even good enough.

I've tried a few optometrists and found one who wrote a very
good prescription.  However, the lenses have been made
several times because of various "errors" at the factory,
the fact that I was unable to wear an aspheric lens  and
other mishaps.   I also feel that his one and only optician,
to whom he defers for frame fit, lens choice etc., is not
very responsive and I fear, not very creative.  He follows
the book - not my particular needs.

I'm in Manhattan - there are 100s of places to get
eyeglasses made and prescriptions done.  I know not to go to
the standard chains - they couldn't do my prescriptions
accurately when I was in my 20s.

But, is there a list, a review, something - where I can find
out who and where the top optometrists and opticians are?
Friends are not really a good enough recommendation because
they don't have my eyes, nor, in most cases, my requirements.

Also, when you go to a store and have an exam by an
optometrist, then you're stuck using their optician, or so
it seems.  So I need a place that has the tops in both
categories.  I used to use Robert Marc but that store seems
to have changed in the last few years.

Thanks for any suggestions as to how to get around this.

Louise