I gotta wear goggles in the workshop etc anyways.

My eyes aren't weak, one only just qualifies for a reading glasses type lense and I simply have the ability to look twice at things

It's not that bigger issue for me to be fair.

 

i have this problem with my ***** aswell..
.. good look mate

 

Have exactly the same problem myself after having double squit ops at the age of 2

 

How can you be passed fit to drive a car with no depth perception? It beggars belief.

 

he aint driving no submarine

 

I'm beginning to realise why he rolled his first Scooby.

Anyroad, Corus were in the news today because they were laying people off. What's going on here?

 

I didn't roll my Scoob, it span off the road into Corus actually and back onto the road. It was 4am Monday morning, pissing it down and something ran out in front of me whilst I was taking a right bend.

Mrs said they're getting rid of another 300 staff from the Scunthorpe plant.

I have perfectly good vision, as I've said earlier I can't seem to look out of both eyes at the same time. And by the looks of it, others on here have similar issues, so maybe ask them if they should be driving too??

 

But you don't have proper binocular vision, where you can judge the distance of objects, do you?

 

doubt they can propbably read this thread

 

Just realised - you said your scoob span off into Corus. Prophetic, or what?

 

Easy for you to say.

 

damn did i spelt it rong

 

The brain being the clever thing it is adapts by using differing focal ranges as distance guide rather than swiveling 2 'cameras' and doing basic trigonometry to work out the distance.
It works well enough that after a few years practise especially from a young age that there is no major differences in distance estimation.
For someone with normal binocular vision however covering one eye becomes a bit of an issue untill the brain adapts.
hope this helps
chheers richie

 

Aye, I'm a pretty good judge of things in perspective otherwise I wouldn't be able to create what I do on paper surely.

Maybe I'll go wrap myself in cotton wool and live in a cave for the rest of my life

 

I'm the same, I SHOULD have little or no depth of field perception, but the optician tested it and said it was excellent

 

I've worked in Optics for the last 3 years and have only heard of anything like this once before...

I work in a lab, making lenses, glasses etc. and we do get some wierd and wonderful prescriptions coming through.

The really strange thing that stands out for me is the fact that you're eyes have what I'd consider to be a ''weak'' prescription... I.E, you hardly need glasses. A -/+.50 prescription is nothing compared to my personal record of +18.75... Not for me I have to add, but they were almost an inch thick in the center so you can imagine the state of them.

A lens with Prism manufactured into it would help a lazy eye to focus straight whilst the glasses are on but will not usually fix the problem in the long term. There are exercises you can do to strengthen the muscles around the eye that may help to reduce the effect of only using one eye and almost train your brain to use your left eye normally. But, you might not actually need Prism in your lenses, which would complicate things no end!!!

Do you know the name of the condition, I wouldn't mind reading up on it?

I can ask one of the Optoms. at work for some advice then if you like?

 

Bubba, if CoB has the same condition as me and it sounds like he does then depth perception at distances of greater than say around 10 metres works pretty well. It is only up close that things start to get a little wayward in that department. I used to love playing cricket but I was a much better bowler than a batsman and useless as a slip fielder..... and now I know why.

 

I have no idea what the condition is called, as until yesterday I only had an idea of what was wrong with me. And when explaining it, folk didn't understand as it seems pretty rare.

 

Did they mention anything like astigmatism COB. And did they also say whether it could be corrected with glasses or something?

Best of luck with the job anyway.

Les

 

I have glasses, Les. Just don't wear them much as my left eye isn't really bad. Something like 0.50 +/-, can't remember

 

 

 

congratulations with the job bud, does this help with your mixing or do you end up looking like smilie......

 

 

I have this too - if I cover my good eye I cant see clearly with the bad one. Focus is sharp but I just cant see detail. I assume because the 'sweet spot' in the eye (where rods or cones are concentrated, I cant remember which) isnt where the lens now puts the image. As I remember from school biology you have a small area at the back of the eye for detail and outside of that area is mainly colour sensing. If your image doesnt hit the right bit you struggle with detail.

Makes shooting interesting for me too - right handed but shoot shotguns and rifles left handed. Also explains why I am crap at tennis, squash etc.

 

It's called the fovea

HTH.

Northdave, this is the the trouble with the modern world. There's always a reason why we're crap at something. If you're crap at spelling, its not because you're crap at spelling, it's because you're dyslexic; if you're sh1te at mathematics it's because you have dysnumeracy. What is wrong with admitting that one is shite at something? I have spent my whole life being shite at any sport that requires hand-to-eye or hand-to-foot coordination. But I don't go around complaining that I have dysfootia or monghandia, do I? I happen to be pretty reasonable at art, sculpture and playing the guitar, instead.

If you're shite at something, accept it.

 

 

I think Tata who own Corus are applying pressure on them to cut cost's.That's not just my opinion but also other Corus Employee's.

 

I've heard stuff like that too, but until I get something concrete from the Union guys who I'm very friendly with, I'll sit tight.