Guys and Gals with glasses

[Photofarmer]

Do some continue to wear there glasses while shooting?

Some adjust the dipoter?

Myself prefer to wear glasses but struggle with it so dipoter adjustment it is.

Would bigger eye cup help?

Always wonder why photos dont come out crap shoots as what i thinks in focus may not be but they always turn out.

Yeah yeah begginers question

 

[Dave Williams]

If you are using the camera AF it should be a sharp image where the focus point lands no matter what you see yourself.I do adjust the diopter too so everything looks good to me.
I wear glasses (varifocal) all the time, the only thing I stopped doing was wearing sun/reactor light/ tinted glasses as they will give a false view of lighting when looking through the viewfinder or LED screen but there again if you use the histogram that should counter that too to a certain extent.

 

[JackC]

I wear transition (darken in sunlight) bifocal glasses all the time. Just set the diopter and mash my glasses up against the viewfinder. I trust the AF on the camera and it works OK for me. I wasn't aware larger eye cups were an option. Might have to check into that. Thanks Peter for the info. Dave, I have never really noticed my tinted glasses affecting the view in viewfinder.

 

[Dave Williams]

I met admit I haven't tried using the viewfinder with darkened glasses yet but when I relied on the rear screen on my DSLR's that was certainly a problem for me. I'm not sure you can attach a bigger eye cup can you? Unlike the DSLRs I have owned you can't slot out the rubber eyecup. The good news is it's solid rubber on the R5, I always split mine on older bodies which I put down to pressing my glasses against it

 

[Normware]

Its the first thing I did with any camera was to adjust the diopter, glasses or not. I used to wear glasses (cataract surgery is amazing). now I do not need them.

 

[JackC]

I met admit I haven't tried using the viewfinder with darkened glasses yet but when I relied on the rear screen on my DSLR's that was certainly a problem for me. I'm not sure you can attach a bigger eye cup can you? Unlike the DSLRs I have owned you can't slot out the rubber eyecup. The good news is it's solid rubber on the R5, I always split mine on older bodies which I put down to pressing my glasses against it

R7 eyecup is not solid but neither was the one on my Rebel XS and I (touching wooden desk) never had a crack in the 13 years I shot with it.

 

[Bear]

Do some continue to wear there glasses while shooting?

Some adjust the dipoter?

Myself prefer to wear glasses but struggle with it so dipoter adjustment it is.

Would bigger eye cup help?

Always wonder why photos dont come out crap shoots as what i thinks in focus may not be but they always turn out.

Yeah yeah begginers question

Wear glasses and adjust diopter, and definitely will check into the larger eye cup. Nothing is perfect so also rely on AF.

 

[Grahamk]

I’ve used transition varifocal glasses for years with my DSLRs and now my R6 with no issues. I’ve not had any problems with the standard eye cups in that time.

 

[Photofarmer]

I’ve used transition varifocal glasses for years with my DSLRs and now my R6 with no issues. I’ve not had any problems with the standard eye cups in that time.

ive got 3 "zone" glasses top 1/3 middle 1/3 and bottom all different makes it tad hard though camera

 

[Chris Summers]

This is one of the things I dislike about aging, it gets harder to focus my eyes. I never wore glasses until I was 50 or so and then just over the counter reading glasses. Now I have bifocals but I just find it hard to wear glasses when shooting. I adjust the diopter but with my R and R7 I am almost at the far end of what you can adjust. They used to make slip on diopters for the eyepiece but I don't know if they do for the newer R cameras. When shooting my grandkids at sports like soccer I find I can't find them on the field if I move my eye away from the viewfinder. My eye doctor said someday if I have cataract surgery it will all be better. I just hope I'm not too old for photography.

 

[AKVet]

I have the same problem. Because I often go between the viewfinder and the screen, I have to keep my glasses on. I end up pressing them against the viewfinder and it doesn't feel comfortable. I ordered an eye cup. Not sure what to expect, but it was cheap enough to find out.

 

[Photofarmer]

I have the same problem. Because I often go between the viewfinder and the screen, I have to keep my glasses on. I end up pressing them against the viewfinder and it doesn't feel comfortable. I ordered an eye cup. Not sure what to expect, but it was cheap enough to find out.

fill us in when you get it

 

[AKVet]

Got the eye cup today. It is softer and has more cushion. However, I found myself pressing up against it just as hard as I would have with the original eye cup. I ended up reinstalling the original eye cup. FYI, I don't take off my glasses when using the view finder. I think this is just one of those things for us that wear glasses just have to deal with it. For those who don't wear glasses, this might work out well. Anyway, I think this is a "personal preference" kind of thing. Here is a link eye cup.

 

[PhotoJim58]

I shot without my lasses, just easier for me.

 

[AKVet]

I tried to do that, but when I took my eye off the view finder, I couldn't focus on the screen. It would be much more comfortable if I didn't have to wear my glasses for sure.

 

[PhotoJim58]

I tried to do that, but when I took my eye off the view finder, I couldn't focus on the screen. It would be much more comfortable if I didn't have to wear my glasses for sure.

Try adjusting the viewfinder focus.

 

[MarshallG]

I’ve been in this situation for years.
It depends on the camera
It depends on your eyesight
It depends on how you shoot

Pretty vague, huh?
If the camera eyecup can’t accommodate your glasses, then you have to take your glasses off. But if your eyesight can’t be well corrected by the viewfinder, you need glasses. If you’re shooting continually and you’re moving a lot, it’s easier to keep the glasses off. But if you’re just walking around casually snapping a picture now and then, it’s probably easier to keep the glasses on.

I realize that makes me seem very vague, but it’s true! My R5 works great for me with or without glasses, so it boils down to how intently I’m working.

 

[Ed Cordes]

This is one of the things I dislike about aging, it gets harder to focus my eyes. I never wore glasses until I was 50 or so and then just over the counter reading glasses. Now I have bifocals but I just find it hard to wear glasses when shooting. I adjust the diopter but with my R and R7 I am almost at the far end of what you can adjust. They used to make slip on diopters for the eyepiece but I don't know if they do for the newer R cameras. When shooting my grandkids at sports like soccer I find I can't find them on the field if I move my eye away from the viewfinder. My eye doctor said someday if I have cataract surgery it will all be better. I just hope I'm not too old for photography.

Have you thought about contact lenses? They can solve a lot of the photography with glasses issues.

 

[Bryan Conner]

I shot without my lasses, just easier for me.

lasses, or glasses? Depending on the young ladies involved, or the glasses, I can understand how using a camera could be easier without either....

 

[Jake Shoots Birds]

I am mildly nearsighted but as I get older I am more reliant on using glasses for distance vision (TV, driving, etc.). But I just can get used to using them when shooting. Thankfully my eyes are still good enough that I can spot birds and movement at a distance even if I can't always tell what the bird is precisely. I may keep the glasses on 5% of the time if the conditions demand it, but that's about it.

 

[YangMills]

I wear glasses most of the time and shoot with them on if I’m not on a dedicated shoot and just on walkabout. If I go to shoot I wear contact lenses because I find framing easier than with glasses.

 

[John Photo]

I noticed I was doing a great job cleaning my glasses, particularly the right lens. As it turned out, I was!! I am planning on cataract surgery this summer. Meanwhile, I have been relying on the great autofocus of the R6 and R7 and trying/having to use my left eye. Talk about awkward! I am really looking forward to better eyesight.

 

[GrunRad]

I was quite shortsighted (8-9 dioptes) since my school days and started wearing varifocal glasses when I was a bit over 50. I got used to the fact that when looking through the viewfinder I never could see the complete frame. Two years ago I had cataract surgery which reduced my shortsightedness to 3 dioptres. I am still wearing varifocal glasses (albeit much thinner ones) and have set the EVF display mode to 2 (smaller image surrounded by additional info) which now allows me seeing the complete frame!

 

[Delbert]

With my R5 I look over my glasses into the viewfinder, corrected with the diopter. That creates a problem getting good contact with the eye cup and makes it difficult to see in bright light. If I'm doing intentional photography instead of just capturing opportunities on a walk, then the glasses come off and I can see the EVF much better (Big nose still gets in the way though.)