uhm....correct me if I'm wrong, but why do you have to use glasses at all when you look through binocs? I usually push mine up or down and make the correction I'd get from my glasses with the focusing wheel, pre-setting the left eyepiece for differences between my right & left eyes. I'm one of those lucky few who have decent vision (20-20 to 20-25 depending upon, plus a bit of astigmatism) at age 57, and though I tried varilux I didn't like them (esp. for work - commercial pilot), but putting a plastic lens in front of all that expensive glass is like wearing earplugs to the symphony, unless you have to.

Or am I missing something? Maybe I should be telling people I share my glasses and scope with to keep their lenses in place?

At 10:18 AM 12/3/01 -0800, you wrote:
>Dear folks,
>
> As many of you know, birding with eye-glasses (especially
>bifocals) can be frustrating, both with binoculars and a telescope.
>I'm considering buying Varilux Lenses for my next pair of spectacles.
>They're the ones where the bifocal sections merge together. Does
>anyone out there have experience with them, and if so, do you
>recommend them, not recommend them, or feel they make no difference?
>
> Since they cost nearly as much as a good telescope, it's an
>important decision. Thanks to anyone who can advise.
>
>Bill Smith
>Ocean Shores

Jack Kintner <kintner at nas.com> Blaine, WA
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