โฒ 1 โผ Pinhole glasses. Fuck AI (lemmy.world) submitted 10 months ago by over_clox@lemmy.world to c/glasses@piefed.social 21 comments fedilink hide all child comments No I wouldn't consider these as viable everyday wear, but given how badly nearsighted I am, they still give me much better focus than my natural vision. I got 2 pairs of these delivered today for only $7.16 total ๐
[โ] Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago (4 children) Focuses light. https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinhole_camera permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] wischi@programming.dev 1 point 7 months ago (3 children) A pinhole camera doesn't focus light. Only lenses can focus light. The reason why looking through a small hole makes the image sharper is exactly because that basically prevents the lens in your eye to "misdirect" light that's coming in from the side. But there is a reason why our eyes are not pin hole cameras. The amount of light that hits your retina is pretty low when looking through a pin-hole so that actually only works on bright sunny days. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [โ] Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago I appreciate the much more thorough and accurate answer. Thank you. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] over_clox@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child) They work okay indoors too, with reasonable lighting anyways. Not any substitute for proper prescription glasses, but good as a cheap emergency backup. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] wischi@programming.dev 1 point 7 months ago For emergency it's probably way simpler to just make a small hole with your hand (like the diver "OK" sign but tighter) and look through that. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] wischi@programming.dev 1 point 7 months ago (3 children) A pinhole camera doesn't focus light. Only lenses can focus light. The reason why looking through a small hole makes the image sharper is exactly because that basically prevents the lens in your eye to "misdirect" light that's coming in from the side. But there is a reason why our eyes are not pin hole cameras. The amount of light that hits your retina is pretty low when looking through a pin-hole so that actually only works on bright sunny days. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [โ] Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago I appreciate the much more thorough and accurate answer. Thank you. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] over_clox@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child) They work okay indoors too, with reasonable lighting anyways. Not any substitute for proper prescription glasses, but good as a cheap emergency backup. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] wischi@programming.dev 1 point 7 months ago For emergency it's probably way simpler to just make a small hole with your hand (like the diver "OK" sign but tighter) and look through that. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago I appreciate the much more thorough and accurate answer. Thank you. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] over_clox@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child) They work okay indoors too, with reasonable lighting anyways. Not any substitute for proper prescription glasses, but good as a cheap emergency backup. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] wischi@programming.dev 1 point 7 months ago For emergency it's probably way simpler to just make a small hole with your hand (like the diver "OK" sign but tighter) and look through that. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] wischi@programming.dev 1 point 7 months ago For emergency it's probably way simpler to just make a small hole with your hand (like the diver "OK" sign but tighter) and look through that. permalink fedilink source parent