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Eyesight problems and binoculars

  • 27-10-2008 9:08am
    #1
    irishbran77
    Closed Accounts Posts: 107 ✭✭


    I have a serious reduction in my eyesight in my left eye but my right one is relatively okay. The problem is I can't wear corrective lenses. This means I can't focus the right lens on a pair of 10x50 Galileo binoculars I recently tried out enough to provide a clear image of any stars or the moon. As I'm completely new to astronomy and to the (expansive) world of binoculars and telescopes I'm wondering if there are special instruments I can use that can adjust well enough to account for such variation in eyesight from eye to eye? I know starting off binoculars are much better than telescopes so I'd like to see if I can actually use any types out there!

    Thanks in advance.
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  • #2
    5uspect
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,520 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    I'm new to this too but I have a background in amateur photography. One option would to get a digital camera (ideally a good quality SLR like a Canon 40D which has live view) and connect it to a telescope with a t-adapter and ring. You could use a laptop then to view the live video or captured stills.

    Of course you could always use a point and shoot camera too on the cheap.


  • #3
    lithiumoxide
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 162 ✭✭lithiumoxide


    You could also just pick up a pair of binoculars (as they're cheaper than telescopes) and simply use one eye. I have an older pair of binoculars, and in one of the scopes the prism is slightly out of place, so if I use both eyes with it I get 'double-vision', so I just use one eye when using that particular set of binoculars.


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