Re: viewers for real eyes

On Thu, 22 Aug 1996, P3D John Bercovitz wrote: 
>>correct for vision problems
>>such as astigmatism?

>Better to just have your correction put in some small lenses and put those lense near the viewer's lenses but on the transparency side of the lenses. Would only work for you, but what the 
^^^^^^^^^^^^
>hey, right?

>John B


I've tried every solution short of letting someone chisel away at my cornea. My usual solution is to have a correction lens ground and mount it on the eyepiece. If the lens needs to be smaller than my local optician will
grind, I cut it to size. But I always mount it on the EYE side of the lens. This was a typo, right?
As a hint to anyone about to do this, have them put a mark or notch at the top of the vertical axis. This simplifies inserting and removing for cleaning or sharing.

Don


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