Are you colourblind???

[HansieMyburgh]

Few years later in 1997 we found that I have Astigmatism (Condition in which the cornea's curvature is asymmetrical (the eye is shaped like a football or egg instead of a baseball); light rays are focused at two points on the retina rather than one, resulting in blurred vision. Additional symptoms include distorted vision, eyestrain, shadows on letters, squinting and double vision. ) It is only getting worst and can't be fixed at this stage.

I have the same problem in my right eye, I am also on the soft lenses now but I can feel it is getting bad now. When I drive at night to I battle to see a thing. The problem with contacts is also the damn aircons in offices. So that is why I don't use mine at work.

FranscoisM is spoke to my eye doctor and he recons that they are bussy with something now that might help us.

[Francois Marais]

Cool. Will be great. At this stage I can't even see the keys on my keyboard. The typing lessons are paying off at last....

[Miks]

My girlfriend is on contact that are hard in the centre and soft on the outside. They have the comfort of the the soft lens but the surpport of the hard lens. Even with the contact she needs glasses to get up 100% sight.

[Faan_P]

Cool. Will be great. At this stage I can't even see the keys on my keyboard. The typing lessons are paying off at last....

You must have one monster of a screen then to be able to see what you typed ....

[Francois Marais]

I have a 17" at work and a 19" at home. I still sukkel to see lekker on both of them.

[jancilliers]

When I went for a medical before starting my first job, I was told that I'm colourblind. I was very surprised as I never realised this before and I was 24 at the time.

The only problem I have with colourblindness is answering questions about those tests.

[Poolstok]

Here is a plugin for Photoshop to see how colourblind people see normal stuff.

Copy it in your photoshop > plugins folder, and you will find it under Filters

[Poolstok]

It does not take the file.....

Here is some samples:

[Poolstok]

And the plugin:

[Poolstok]

Here is some samples:

I need a holiday....

[Mitchell Krog]

Well Marcell, I am not colourblind but I do have weakening eyes and have been wearing glasses for several years. This comes primarily as a result from being on a PC since I was 11 years old. Those were the days of the green hercules monitors which was really bad for eye's. I have noticed in the last year that I have color differences in each eye, in other words if I look through the viewfinder with my left and then my right eye, they one is duller than the other. They still "luckily" both see the same colours just not as vivid as each other, but it is a concern as a photographer that my eyes are not what they used to be.

[Ch@rl]

Marcell, I want to tell you a little secret but please don't tell anybody. I am also colourblind.

Troughout my life I had my moments of drama and moments of humour. I comfort myself with the thought that I can do certain things that "normal" people can't do. One of my grandsons, now in grade 7, inherrited this blindness (100% green and 50% red) which I have inherrited from my grandfather on my mother's side