Eyepatch... which eye do you use?

[Spike]

Hehe..I took the test and according to it, I am a rightie...which is funny because I always use my left eye in the viewfinder and always have. (Could be why my pics are blurry, no?) But what makes it so funny is that I have been about half-deaf in my left ear for as long as I can remember (childhood ear infections), but still use my left ear for the telephone receiver.

My only explanation for this weirdness is that I keep my better eye and ear unoccupied for emergencies (i.e. watching whose foot I'm stepping on while I'm composing a picture in the viewfinder and listening to the subsequent snarls and/or curses from owner of said foot)

[Saralonde]

Right eye dominant. That's why when I had LASIK my right eye was adjusted for distance and my left for close up. Cool test, BTW.

[Cuchulainn]

That's a cool idea. I have my contacts adjusted that way, but I have never really considered that option with LASIK. Thats food for though. My prescription is pretty mild though. Better to wait until you need more serious correction to do that?

Originally Posted by Saralonde

Right eye dominant. That's why when I had LASIK my right eye was adjusted for distance and my left for close up. Cool test, BTW.

[Saralonde]

Originally Posted by Cuchulainn

That's a cool idea. I have my contacts adjusted that way, but I have never really considered that option with LASIK. Thats food for though. My prescription is pretty mild though. Better to wait until you need more serious correction to do that?

I had it done 8 years ago to correct 20/1000 vision. Now my right eye is better than 20/20 and the left is 20/40. It's worked well so far, but I suppose eventually the reading glasses will be needed!

[Cuchulainn]

Honestly, I really have no idea what my vision is in terms of 20/whatever. I am not sure how you figure it out from the prescription. All I have are those numbers like for values like Sphere, Cylinder, Axis, blah blah.

I guess I could always ask the optomitrist, but I can read and drive without correction. My biggest problem comes at night or when it is raining, mostly due to the astigmatism I think. The Toric lenses really help here.

It couldn't hurt to discuss LASIK with him next time I am in though. Glad to hear the success you have had with it

Originally Posted by Saralonde

I had it done 8 years ago to correct 20/1000 vision. Now my right eye is better than 20/20 and the left is 20/40. It's worked well so far, but I suppose eventually the reading glasses will be needed!

[jopapeca]

Hi

Right handed, right eye dominant. Some times i try to use the left eye throuth viewfinder, and never could get it right, now i understand why.

Coll test.

Paulo Campos

[PRH]

right hand, right eye...mostly
actually, I use my right eye 90% of the time but try to use my left for manual focus. I have astigmatism in my right and can't get a sharp focused shot even if I wanted to.

PS I haven't noticed any increased stability when I do use my left eye. Being right eye dominant makes using my left feel unnatural and awkward but I guess everyone is different.

[mathesonmd]

As an ophthalmologist, we use the exact test mentioned in the link to check our patient's ocular dominance before operating for monovision. I'm always amazed how few people have thought about which eye is their dominant eye. Most of my patients seemed surprised by the result of the test. In my experience, it is very rare that someone's ocular dominance doesn't match their handedness.

[mathesonmd]

In response to the post above by Cuchulainn, your prescription is just a measurement of the dioptric power placed in the lenses needed to focus the image you see on your retina. It doesn't translate directly into what your vision will be. If your eye is perfectly healthy, you don't have excessive astigmatism or high myopia or hyperopia, you will likely see 20/20 or better with an accurate prescription.

Your comment about seeing poorly at night and when it is raining is a classic complaint in people with "night myopia". In dark, we rely most on the rods in our retina (rods see blues/purples and the lower wavelength spectrum colors, cones see reds and the higher spectrum colors). These lower wavelength colors are bent more as they enter the eye, focusing further in front of the retina. When your eye focuses things in front of the retina it needs minus (i.e. -1.00 sphere) correction to bring the image to the retina. So you might see okay without glasses during the day because you are only mildly myopic, but in dark your myopia worsens.

[mahree]

Right handed, left eye dominant.---I have a larger peripheral range in my left eye. Was a pain learning to shoot an M16.