Shooting glasses - use with monitor

[John S]

The issue of "aging eyes" was raised by Footsore in another thread, in relation to reading the monitor on the mound.

I can relate to this problem with the mound monitor unreadable without glasses. Ok with glasses on however multifocal lenses are not the best for looking through the telescope.

Last week I approached our local Spec Savers for a possible solution, and we are going to try "Snooker" glasses. The left lens will be for reading the monitor and the right lens will have a long distance lens installed for looking through the scope. The cost, with discounts, for the frames and the two lenses is $124.

Why "Snooker" glasses?

Like shooting, your head is lifted up when lining up the snooker balls and the angle of the lens can be altered so you are looking through the centre of the lens.

Other shooters may have a different solution to this issue...I will let you know after the 22 August how the "fix" goes.

Cheers

John S

[RDavies]

This is something I have wondered about. Should the scope eye lense be set up for long range vision since we are looking down range, and often above the scope down range. Or should it be set up for short range vision as the scope is only 3" away from our eyes?

[6602steven]

This is something I have wondered about. Should the scope eye lense be set up for long range vision since we are looking down range, and often above the scope down range. Or should it be set up for short range vision as the scope is only 3" away from our eyes?

If you were looning at an image 3" infront of you most eyes couldn't focus that close.

Steve

[DaveMc]

Long range for scope use

[johnk]

I have pretty much absolute long range vision since I had my cataracted lenses removed & replaced with plastics. My master eye is ¼ dioptre off & still has a tad of cylindrical, but with that using both eyes, I can discriminate on Kongsberg & Hexta monitors while they are still located close enough for me to operate the zoom function.

To the contrary, one or two shooters at the QRA Queens who chose or need to remove their spectacles because of the lens design (gradient or multifocal I suspect) had issue with the greyscale monitors. As those systems seem to be the most popular, it's a moot point as to whether the promoters or those shooters should try to accommodate to that circumstance. At Belmont this week, we used a workaround by interchanging the monitor & PC (which has a different resolution) in those cases, but I'm not at all sure that that is a reasonable long term option.

[scott/r]

Are you not able to change the cross to a circle on the hex system. You can on the konisberg.
I'm shooting t/r with multi focal specs. They are the previous script to my everyday glasses that I must wear to see 3 feet in front of me. They are a wire frame that I have adjusted the nose peices and the arms so that they sit up high on my face. The only down side is sweat and fogging, but it seems that I may have fixed that with a tennis style head/sweat band under my hat. I stayed with the multis because with just the long vision I couldn't see my bullet box let alone the monitor.

[John S]

Great posts JohnK and scott/r.

....it is only a matter of time before I acquire a new set of eye lenses...! however in the meantime a fix needs to be achieved.

I am pleased the issue of reading the monitor on the mound has become an issue...particularly as we are an "ageing" sport and we are adopting ETs as the norm.

Cheers

John S

[DannyS]

My close up vision isn't that good these days , but I think the Hexta system is very good, very readable in daylight. I don't think any system, be it manual or electronic can account for everyone's eyesight or lack of there off. I think the monitors are a very good comprise between size and portability, ie we don't want 32 inch screens on the mound

[Mike Sam]

I was one of those shooters who could not see the HEX monitor clearly at the QRA Queens. The changing between the two types of monitor was of help but not the long term solution to the problem. I shoot on all three types of ET's and have found the the Hex Black monitor is by far the worst for me. The Konsberg has much higher clarity but still not as good as the Oz Score 12" monitor which can be seen in direct sunlight and the definition and print is good enough to be seen without glasses.

Mike S