Originally Posted by
oldster
[SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]I was just trying to share my situation where I can just wear one pair of single vision glasses for everything,,, no bi/tri or whatever focals, or reading glasses
Cool if that works for you. You may have more accommodation capability than typical. Accommodation is the range over which you can adjust focus. For young people with a normal accommodation, a single vision lens works great, because it corrects for the fundamental power error in their eye leaving them able to focus near and far. As we age past 40, the range of accommodation decreases. For people with normal uncorrected vision, this manifests itself as inability to focus on near objects, AKA presbyopia (or their arms are getting to short to read). They need glass only for near objects. I'm nearsighted and when corrected for distance I have the same problem as presbyopic normal vision people. However, because I'm moderately nearsighted, I can still read fine without any glasses. Presbyopic farsighted people are really hosed in that they're doubly compromised for near objects.
I love...no, I adore...I get wood just thinking about... my new Hoya progressive, AR coated, Transitions, riding glasses.