There are two age groups for shooters:
1. those below forty years.....meaning they do not require corrective glasses for near vision
2.Above forty: Require corrective glasses for clear near/intermediate vision.
My question: I am near fifty and use a plus correction for distance which is about + 1. For reading I use addition of +2...that means I use + 3 for near. For intermediate (eg focussing on the front sight) I would need to use about +2. Now is that the correction I should use or should I use my distance power with which the target is in perfect focus(which is not good?) and the sights are blurred.
And should a shooter above forty with perfect distance vision use some + correction to get the front sight in perfect focus.
Using near/intermediate glasses gives me the other advantage of not being able to focus clearly on the target at any time hence allowing me to ignore the target more easily. Comments?
spectacle wear
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Re: spectacle wear
In my experience most shooters benefit from using normal distance prescription with between +0.5 and +1 extraawadhnavab wrote:My question: I am near fifty and use a plus correction for distance which is about + 1. For reading I use addition of +2...that means I use + 3 for near. For intermediate (eg focussing on the front sight) I would need to use about +2. Now is that the correction I should use or should I use my distance power with which the target is in perfect focus(which is not good?) and the sights are blurred.
Yes, they will probably benefitawadhnavab wrote:And should a shooter above forty with perfect distance vision use some + correction to get the front sight in perfect focus.
That's the way I have always liked to shoot.awadhnavab wrote:Using near/intermediate glasses gives me the other advantage of not being able to focus clearly on the target at any time hence allowing me to ignore the target more easily. Comments?