On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 18:40:26 GMT, "Bob Clough"
wrote:

I met w/ an optometrist yesterday who stated that progressive lenses aren't
recommended for pilots cuz they blur peripheral vision.

Then "Smart Seg" is the way to go. You get a line, like any
oldfashioned bifocal, but the side vision remains unchanged.

I don't think she meant peripheral vision, though! Peripheral vision
is always blurred! Perhaps she meant shooting a side glance out of the
edge of the lens. It's true that with a conventional bifocal, the
glass to the outside is the distance Rx. This is useful when you're
looking down at something on the floor.

Remember this: any change you make to your vision, whether it's
glasses for the first time, or bifocals or progressive lenses, will
become second nature in a very short time.

(Just don't do what my father did, when he mounted onto a scafolding
his first day at work after getting bifocals. He glanced down, stepped
between two planks, and got a hernia recovering.)

all the best -- Dan Ford
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