P&S digicam issues - Presbyopia

One big issue is having to use the LCD for all functions, (since the tiny little viewfinders are no use in a housing).

So, a bright, clear, LCD, which is viewable under all lighting conditions is important.

A big problem, for me, at age 44, is having to focus close up. It wasn't a problem with my housed film SLR, since the make the apparent image in the viewfinder out far enough, but using the LCD, it was a big problem.

I tried the removable bi-focal gizmos, but they seemed to just fog up instantly.

Undercorrecting my mask, using -1.5 instead of the usual -2, for distance seemed to help some.

Anyone else have good solutions?

Don

You have already hit on the answer. You have to reduce the amount of myopic (minus) correction (or increase a hyperopic) in the eye your looking through the viewfinder with. I usually recomend being fit with daily disposable contact lenses for diving rather than a bulit in lens as the contacts won't fog. I am older than you and use an acuvue bilfocal contact lens in one eye. But the lens dosen't work for a lot of people. You don't have a problem yet with a SLR as most SLR viewfinders are set at a focus of -0.75 diopters. Most people won't have a problem with this to around the age of 50.