Glasses

[Kalahari Diver]

If you are using one of the Nikons with an interchangeable prism you might get one of the high eyepoint sports finders with adjustable dioptre on the second hand circuit which might also solve your problem.

David.

[Ned Middleton]

Originally Posted by Kalahari Diver

If you are using one of the Nikons with an interchangeable prism you might get one of the high eyepoint sports finders with adjustable dioptre on the second hand circuit which might also solve your problem.

David.

And Dom said:

"Can you not get the diopter adjustment lenses for the viewfinder?"




Hello David & Dom and everyone else - and thank you for your help.

I already have "Sports-finder" viewfinders for my cameras. I shall now contact the main UK Nikon agent and discuss your suggestions with them.

I really am grateful.

I would still like to know how to fix a pair of glasses into the bottom of a facemask.

Any suggestions?

Ned

[alby scubakitmarket]

Hi Ned

i own a small chain of opticians in merseyside and without seeing your prescription no one can give you the correct answer to your question, but you say they are only for reading which means depending on your mask you can buy off the shelf bifocal lenses for it,

i would suggest you do this because it will get more difficult to see your guages, slates computers hammer and chisel (smashed fingers) etc and you don't want that to happen

pm me with yiour prescription for more info

alby

[Kalahari Diver]

Just for the laugh there may be a secret market for "pince-nez" [sp?] as in the Poirot and other period type dramas then we could transfer our readers to whatever mask we were using.

David.

[Ned Middleton]

Originally Posted by Kalahari Diver

Just for the laugh there may be a secret market for "pince-nez" [sp?] as in the Poirot and other period type dramas then we could transfer our readers to whatever mask we were using.

David.

Thank you to everyone who answered. You have been most helpful.

The pince-nez was not as silly as it might seem - because I actually thought of doing something like that.

I am selling up so that I can travel the world and finish some outstanding projects, only returning to the UK to regroup and plan the next trip. A very good friend of mine has just spent 8 months in a single Caribbean location writing yet another diving guide – such is the time these things take if you are going to do them properly.

It’s not all diving, there is a lot of research and reading to be done. After all, where better to look for a shipwreck report than in local newspaper archives?

Glasses have never been an important consideration before now. Imagine being somewhere like Truk or Bikini - and you can't see to focus properly!!!

I shall be sending a PM to Alby for some professional advice and I will take it from there.

Thank you again for being so helpful.

Safe diving.

Ned
(So many shipwrecks – so little time!)