https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/tags/glasses/ Recent content in Glasses on The Singemonkey Hugo en-us Tue, 30 Apr 2019 09:06:24 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2019-04-30-i-realised-the-other-day/ Tue, 30 Apr 2019 09:06:24 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2019-04-30-i-realised-the-other-day/ <p>I realised the other day that some people who&rsquo;ve known me for years don&rsquo;t realise I have really bad eyesight. I have a genetic condition from my old man called keratoconus - in theory causing a progressive thinning and bulging of the cornea. In practise it&rsquo;s a very easy disability to live with. Especially as our optometrist is a bit of a genius and my condition has - if anything - improved over the last ten years under his care. Upshot is I have to wear old-fashioned hard contact lenses. Specs don&rsquo;t correct my vision. While they correct my short-sightedness, I still get a kind of multiple double-vision effect from the distortions in my cornea. But at bed time I do wear specs. And my grandfather used to collect spectacle frames. So when I needed some in &lsquo;96 or so, I asked my gran for a pair of 1920s-1930s wireframes which I still wear today. Going to bed selfies take a bit of time if you&rsquo;re like me and insist on taking them at f1.8 with a manual focus lens. But surprisingly, I usually manage to get a frame or two in focus.</p>