…a great way to stay on top of the dynamic field of Opticianry and make some friends in the process.
…a great way to stay on top of the dynamic field of Opticianry and make some friends in the process.
This new format is great. For those of you who want to know what I’m working on, I’m doing several projects. I tend to do projects in series as opposed to one at a time.
Things I’m doing include,
Not too long ago in the field of opticianry, iseikonic lenses were a common topic. I asked some seasoned opticians and an optometrist to find out why iseikonic lenses have decreased in popularity.
For those of you who don’t know, iseikonic lenses are lenses in which the magnification has been balanced. Each lens produces a certain amount of magnification or minification (small-ification if you will). Differing magnifications become a problem if there is a significant disparity between the two lenses. Orthodoxy holds that a difference of 5% magnification or more is enough to break fusion in most individuals. The difference in image size produced by the difference in magnification is called aniseikonia. Fusion is the process in which the two eyes combine their respective images into one. When fusion breaks, people complain of diplopia, or double vision. Some people who do not break fusion, but still have magnification differences of over 1%, may complain of headaches and nausea when wearing glasses that do not correct for the magnification difference. Some people with a high astigmatism that significantly supercedes any astigmatism in the other eye will also experience similar problems. People in this category have meridional aniseikonia.
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I intend to keep the original site up in case some of you are perturbed by the change. Just click the link above, and it will take you to the original page. The idea of using a blog appeals to me personally and intend to be as objective as possible whenever I post on this. The forum, would be for a more relaxed dialogue.
As you can see Opticiansfriend.com 2.0 has been published. I used a blog publishing program called WordPress 1.5.2 and a theme done by Beccary. I think it looks pretty good and feel that this type of software makes it easy to manage the content of the Opticiansfriend.com website. The forum is still here of course. The side bar contains the previous pages. This makes everything very accessible and much more orderly. Of course, let me know what you think. Do you hate it? Do you like it? I still have no clue as to what I’m going to do with the logo.
Optician n. One who is extensively trained in the interpreting of ophthalmic prescriptions and applies that knowledge to obtain the optimum visual and safety performance for the patient in a pair of spectacles or contact lenses.
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