P3D Re: Viewing with vs. without lenses

["Greg Wageman" <gjw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

From: Dr. George A. Themelis <DrT-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


>Thank you for your insight Greg.  It was not my contention that
>one should use a viewer anyway.  I asked the question "why should
>one freeview if a viewer is nearby?"  You gave a good reason,
>considering your eye situation.  So the question I have now is
>how many people share the same eye condition that you have and for
>what other situations freeviewing has an advantage?


My apologies for misinterpreting your genuine question as rhetorical.

This is one reason that I would never have vision correction surgery
done; I would lose this close-focus ability!  (With glasses on, my
freeviewing distance is something around 16 inches or more away.)
Contact lenses also make close freeviewing impractical, as they'd have
to be removed first.  But I suspect the pool of moderately myopic
candidates is still quite large.

Any of the optometrists/opthamologists on the lists have some numbers?

     -Greg W. (gjw@xxxxxxxxxx)