vision enhancement for close work

Tim R · 2018-12-14T22:55:03+00:00

I've just entered the "post cataract surgery" world. Results were good for distance vision. I can't bring anything close to see anymore, focusing just doesn't work. I don't do a lot of precision work like you all do, but right now threading a needle would be impossible. Reading glasses and a large monitor let me type, but I can't get smaller yet. Before I had it done I was researching digital microscopes, but now I realize it doesn't matter how big something is on a screen if I can't focus on the screen. How have you solved this? Some of you must be up around my age, perhaps even past it

Dec 14, 2018 22 Replies

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bitrex 7 years ago

Modern smartphone with the rear camera and LED turned on, "magnifying glass" app, gripped in a pair of QuadHands is an expedient "low tech" solution that's not half bad at all!

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mike 7 years ago

How long did it take for your brain to fixup the hand-eye coordination? I tried a similar solution and could never get my hands to go where my vision wanted them to go.

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bitrex 7 years ago

Hi, sorry for the delay in my reply. Probably related to my experience in Missile Command, After Burner 2, Outrun, Sonic The Hedgehog, Super Mario Brothers, etc. 1983 - 1995

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