Thread: anyone wear pin hole or stenopeic glasses

Don't really know if you can really call this a lens.

I had an eye test last week and my LH eye is pretty ordinary due to a forming cataract. I was lucky to guess my way 1/3 of the way down the chart. With the pin hole 'lens' clicked into place I could easily read 2/3 of the way down the chart. It was like magic.

My understanding is that by reducing the amount of 'scattered' light to the eye the pin hole allows the eye to resolve the subject better (less optical 'noise') as opposed to a corrective lens which re focusses the light from the subject to compensate for a crook eye lens.

What's wrong with your eye ? It may be that corrective surgery is the easiest solution. I had a detached retina (3 times in 6 months) in my right eye and thought it was done for good but after 2 lots of surgery and one go of laser surgery the retina was fixed but the magic bit was the following cataract removal and lens implant. Easy as falling off a log, no pain, no drama, day surgery in and out and eyesight now 100 % in that eye. Mind you I reckon I bought the surgeons, specialists etc a new BMW each but it was worth every penny.


Deano

Originally Posted by DeanoH

Don't really know if you can really call this a lens.

I had an eye test last week and my LH eye is pretty ordinary due to a forming cataract. I was lucky to guess my way 1/3 of the way down the chart. With the pin hole 'lens' clicked into place I could easily read 2/3 of the way down the chart. It was like magic.

My understanding is that by reducing the amount of 'scattered' light to the eye the pin hole allows the eye to resolve the subject better (less optical 'noise') as opposed to a corrective lens which re focusses the light from the subject to compensate for a crook eye lens.

What's wrong with your eye ? It may be that corrective surgery is the easiest solution. I had a detached retina (3 times in 6 months) in my right eye and thought it was done for good but after 2 lots of surgery and one go of laser surgery the retina was fixed but the magic bit was the following cataract removal and lens implant. Easy as falling off a log, no pain, no drama, day surgery in and out and eyesight now 100 % in that eye. Mind you I reckon I bought the surgeons, specialists etc a new BMW each but it was worth every penny.


Deano

I got stabbed in the eye with a knife and the damage is not repairable, flew down to see an eye specialist 6 months ago and they still cant repair the damage, they can only make it cosmetically better.

The main issue I have is light, and the pin hole glasses reduced that to the point I could read the charts enough to pass but certainly not 20/20 vision.

I would like to get a pin hole contact lense for a try but so far no joy.

Cheers Ean