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KennyJ

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Re: 100 Hercules at 10x
      06/16/08 12:30 PM

< At this point, one is stuck with the inherent acuity of the eye that cannot be further improved. This would seem to include the small-scale shape irregularities of the eye lens, cloudiness of the cornea, lens, and interocular fluid, density and function of cone cells at the center of the retina, and the hook-up to the brain, which might be improved by practice. >

Ron ,

I am not qualifued to disagree with any of those points , nor have I any reason to .

However , with regard to improving acuity , I must mention again that anyone who happens to have TWO pairs of identical or very similar prescription DISTANCE glasses , ought to try wearing BOTH pairs at the same time .

It DEFINITELY improves my acuity , although I suspect that is entirely due to a doubling of the correction for astigmatism .

It's like selecting a TeleVue dioptrix lens that is 0.25 or 0.5 diopter STRONGER than is strictly necessary .

I've not actually tried the Dioptrix , but I've experimented with a selection of negative corrector lenses , and the results were consistent with wearing two pairs of glasses , one in front of the other .

I really hope you , or others , can and will give this a try , rather than try to prove me wrong by theoretical reasoning !

Regards and clear lenses
Kenny

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Zeiss 7 x 42 BGAT
Captain's Helmsman 7 x 50
Nikon 10 x 42 Superior E
Swift Audubon Kestrel 10 x 50
Helios 15 x 70 Observation
Strathspey 20 x 90
Televue 76 APO
Zeiss 85 Diascope
Helios 102 f5 refractor
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* 100 Hercules at 10x ronharper 06/09/08 05:25 PM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x Mark9473   06/10/08 02:45 PM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x ronharper   06/10/08 05:56 PM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x EdZModerator   06/10/08 06:06 PM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x rookie   06/14/08 06:36 PM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x EdZModerator   06/14/08 09:17 PM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x Mark9473   06/15/08 02:19 PM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x EdZModerator   06/15/08 02:54 PM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x Mark9473   06/15/08 06:45 PM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x KennyJ   06/15/08 03:39 PM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x GlenM   06/15/08 06:00 PM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x starramus   06/12/08 12:41 PM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x CESDewar   06/15/08 06:42 PM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x starramus   06/15/08 11:15 PM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x CESDewar   06/16/08 12:33 AM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x ronharper   06/16/08 01:52 AM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x EdZModerator   06/16/08 05:18 AM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x CESDewar   06/16/08 09:37 AM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x EdZModerator   06/16/08 11:10 AM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x KennyJ   06/16/08 12:30 PM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x Mark9473   06/16/08 02:45 PM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x KennyJ   06/16/08 05:42 PM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x Fiske   06/17/08 12:35 PM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x Denis   06/23/08 11:14 AM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x rookie   06/29/08 04:49 PM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x Mark9473   06/30/08 06:14 PM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x EdZModerator   06/30/08 06:20 PM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x ronharper   07/01/08 01:19 AM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x EdZModerator   07/11/08 05:47 AM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x EdZModerator   07/16/08 06:41 AM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x RichD   07/16/08 07:50 AM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x EdZModerator   07/16/08 10:37 AM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x ronharper   07/16/08 11:44 AM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x rookie   07/17/08 07:16 PM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x hallelujah   07/17/08 08:26 PM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x rookie   07/17/08 09:59 PM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x ronharper   07/18/08 01:05 AM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x ronharper   06/16/08 01:20 PM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x ronharper   06/16/08 11:09 AM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x SaberScorpX   06/16/08 05:05 AM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x EdZModerator   06/16/08 06:22 AM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x ronharper   06/13/08 01:06 AM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x RichD   06/13/08 04:11 AM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 10x ronharper   06/13/08 02:33 PM
. * Re: 100 Hercules at 8.5x Mark9473   06/14/08 05:50 PM

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