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Re:Why are glasses so expensive? The eyewear industry prefer... by andirk on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @03:46AM (#33528877)
Is there some way to make this comment a billboard?

The lenses are manufactured per individual according to their need. Granted it's within a spectrum of choices such as it's -1.5 or -2, not -1.66421 (right?). Then one can add features to the lenses like anti-glare, anti-scratch, spectrum, blue light filter. Insurance covers 100%, and it's not a lot. But the frames?? They're very, very small amounts of metal and mass produced. What a sham. But yeah I do buy them at Lens Crafters after my optometrist appointment for the convenience.

Re:Why are glasses so expensive? The eyewear industry prefer... by someweirdperson on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @06:18AM (#33529905)
> Granted it's within a spectrum of choices such as it's -1.5 or -2, not -1.66421 (right?)

Usually right, typically in 0.25 steps. Then there's Zeiss i.Scription [0], with lenses produced not only to weird numbers, but also to correct higher order deviations than just spherical and cylindrical.

I haven't tried those yet, seeing slightly changing test results on the needed standard correction, so I assume that higher order correction would be a short term improvement only.

[0] https://www.zeiss.com/vision-care/us/eyeglass-lenses-from-ze...

Re:Why are glasses so expensive? The eyewear industry prefer... by dotancohen on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @08:53AM (#33531593)

  > anti-glare, anti-scratch, spectrum, blue light filter
What does "spectrum" mean in this context? Thanks.
Re:Why are glasses so expensive? The eyewear industry prefer... by andirk on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @04:49PM (#33538414)
Sorry the word is "prism", not spectrum.
Re:Why are glasses so expensive? The eyewear industry prefer... by dotancohen on Thursday November 10, 2022 @03:17AM (#33543656)
Thanks. Now I just need to learn what prism means in this context ))
Re:Why are glasses so expensive? The eyewear industry prefer... by LorenPechtel on Thursday November 10, 2022 @05:30PM (#33554522)
I believe it's tilting the lens relative to the frame.
Re:Why are glasses so expensive? The eyewear industry prefer... by LorenPechtel on Thursday November 10, 2022 @05:30PM (#33554510)
The steps are .25 on the diopters. I suspect I would have slightly better vision for a while if they went to .125 as there have been plenty of times I felt that her 1 and 2 were bracketing ideal. I don't know the resolution of the axis and cylinder numbers.