I've recently upped the strength of my multifocals and I now can't read
the whole width of a sheet of music withou flicking my head from side
to side - not a good practice when playing a wind instrument.
Not being able to see the whole width without moving my head is

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/11/AR2006091100845.html
Eyeballing the Vision Workout
Advertising Pitches for the 'See Clearly Method' Claim That Simple
Exercises Can Improve Your Vision Naturally. Plenty of Experts Aren't

I have an interest in photogryphy and would like to know if anyone
could help solving the following question: Is it true that the eye
distinguishes fewer luminance levels in the dark areas of a print due
to visual interference from the light areas than in the brighter ones

Are there good mailing lists on the same topic as this newsgroup?
I have, of course, searched the web, but the only thing I turned up was
"the_eye_sight", a Yahoo group.  Other good sources?   This would be
most appreciated...

I am trying desperately to help my friend. She is 21 and has progressive
myopia. Her prescription is -21 and -22.5 diopters. She also has astigmatism
of -4.
She says her glasses are so thick that everywhere she goes people point and

With my recent prescription change, I'm going through the always tortuous
process of selecting new lenses and frames.  It'll be single-vision with
good quality anti-reflective and anti-scratch, UV-resistant coatings
(Trivec, maybe?).

hi I have read about the news.Can you explain more about the condition
at the there(california) and more about how California Sues Carmakers
Over Global Warming

I think it's getting near the time for a near correction, but I'm a
particular kind of guy.  Would it be worth it (or even possible) to seek
out the Hoyalux ID's?

I'm the guy who posted about the "major floater attack" about a month
ago.
I saw my optometrist yesterday, and he dilated my eyes and looked at
them through a microscope.  He said he saw nothing unusual or of cause

i have been struggling with progressive myopia for several years now,
with my prescription going up almost 5 points in the last two years. i
can still see ok with glasses, but they are now almost 30 points and
going up fast. any ideas when this will end? also, any suggestions

My daughter 8rs old...was hit in the head at school by a fellow student
who kicked a soccer ball at close range to the back of her head.
She suffered concussion and all the symptoms....including loss of
vision.

The opthalmology clinic I visit has recently moved into new offices.  In the
old office refraction for prescribing eyeglasses was done at a distance of
(I assume)  20'.  This was accomplished with the usual
projector/screen/mirror system to achieve the desired eye-to-chart ...

Hi, all, remember me? (see thread "long time contact lens wearer, presbyopia
now an issue...")
I finally went to the eyedoctor.  
He spent a long time examining me, and then announced that he is going to

I read somewhere that due to visual interference the eye distinguishes
fewer luminance levels in dark areas than in light areas and that by
those means the number of luminance levels the eye can distinguish
decreases gradually from light to dark zones. Now does anybody know if

Hi! I have been wearing contact lenses since I was maybe 16. Hard lenses. For
severe myopia. My eye doctor was a close family friend and he was worried
about how bad my eyes were getting, so he gave me contacts to help slow the
progression.