Re: [FCP-L] Re: OT: Monitors

Yeah, only I've tried having multiple pairs of glasses and it turns
out that I'm too lazy to carry them around or look for them. I had a
pair, but I never used them.

Also, the very nature of my work demands quick changes in focal
distance. My edit monitors are middle distance, the script is close
and the viewing monitor is far away. And every once in a while I have
to actually look at the client.

Plus I have to hop up every ten or fifteen minutes and go to another
room for something or other, sometimes just to avoid sitting too long
and getting one of those killer blood clots.

So for me, trifocals are better. Sort of like my iPhone, for my eyes.
It may not be the best solution, but it is the best all-in-one solution.

Also, I'm afraid of laser surgery. If they screw up what vision I have
left, I'm done and I can't afford to take the risk.

Benny Christensen
Producers Playhouse
Oklahoma City
405-858-0700

"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have
others." - Groucho Marx

On Nov 30, 2009, at 8:02 AM, B Conner - FCP-L wrote:

> There is one solution that sometimes works better. Two different pairs
> of bifocals. One pair with your distance correction and your reading
> correction, the other pair with your mid-range correction (for the
> distance to your monitors) and your reading correction. The second
> pair
> is sometimes called CRT glasses.
>
> That worked great for many years, until I had both laser surgery 3
> years
> ago, and eye muscle surgery last summer to correct double vision.
> Now I
> have a single pair of glasses with very minor distance correction. For
> some unknown reason that has baffled my optometrist and my
> ophthalmologist, I can read fine at distances as close as 12 inches.
> Closer than that, and I pull out a lighted magnifier.
>
>
> Brian Conner
>
>
> Benny Christensen wrote:
>> I have the same problem. Unfortunately the answer seems to be
>> Trifocals.
>>
>>
>> Producers Playhouse
>> Oklahoma City
>> 405-858-0700
>>
>> "Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a
>> rock." - Will Rogers
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Nov 25, 2009, at 11:05 PM, Rob wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Oh I've got glasses... now. Transition Lenses Bi Focals. ( I was
>>> waiting for the glasses suggestion) The problem is that glasses
>>> don't work with the distances I sit from the monitors at either my
>>> client's suites or at home. Don't really need them for stuff that's
>>> a few feet away. It just seems that bigger would be better for an
>>> editing monitor at home then I though perhaps two would be
>>> better.The weak link right now is the 15" laptop screen for the
>>> browser. I'll save the dual monitor set up for when I purchase a
>>> Mac Pro next year some time. In the mean time I like the suggestion
>>> of going with a 27" or even a 30". Maybe I can manage a narrowed
>>> browser window and the timeline, viewer, and canvas on the same
>>> screen.
>>>
>>> Thank you all for your suggestions. I've monitored the generations
>>> of the Avid-L for many years and found them to be of great value.
>>> It's nice to see the same from the FCP-L.
>>>
>>> Rob Edsall
>>>
>>>
>>> --- In FinalCutPro-L@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Zelin" <maxavid@...>
>>> wrote:
>>>> My eyes are going completely. There are so many good monitors out
>>>> there today, that include the DELL, and HP, etc., but the real
>>>> ability to be able to see
>>>> is in your reading glasses. I am still using "Wal Mart" off the
>>>> shelf reading glasses (1.5), but the time has come for me to get a
>>>> real pair of perscription glasses.
>>>> Getting a better monitor, is not going to help you see any better.
>>>>
>>>> Bob Zelin
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: Rob
>>>> To: FinalCutPro-L@yahoogroups.com
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 11:20 AM
>>>> Subject: [FCP-L] Re: OT: Monitors
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the input so far on this topic. What's happening is
>>>> that my eyes are starting to go. I've been a full time editor since
>>>> 82 and it's frustrating not being able to see clearly anymore. Now
>>>> I'm bouncing between the 15" screen on my MBP for the browser and
>>>> 20" screen for the timeline and viewer windows. I'm really
>>>> straining to see the browser after looking at the 20"for awhile.
>>>> What I really need is dual 24' monitors that I can run off my non
>>>> mini display port MBP. I've gone freelance now and will eventually
>>>> buy a tower but in the mean time I would like to use the MPB as the
>>>> engine for this system. It is certainly powerful enough. I've been
>>>> looking at Dell monitors because Zelin recommended them in a number
>>>> of articles I've come across while researching monitors. Now Steve
>>>> has recommended Samsung so I'll look into them. Either way, is it
>>>> possible to run two monitors from my MPB without the mini display
>>>> port? Someone recommended the Gefen adaptor as the solution to the
>>>> mini display port issue but I don't see how that helps with running
>>>> two monitors. Any help here would be greatly appreciated. I also
>>>> just started using FCP after twenty years of Avid so... I can't see
>>>> anymore and now the steering wheel is on the other side of the car.
>>>> I hope I don't crash.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks All
>>>>
>>>> --- In FinalCutPro-L@yahoogroups.com, "redsall2002" <redsall@>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> I'm thinking about purchasing a new Dell U2410 LCD to use with my
>>>>> year and a half old MBP for a FCP system I'm use when working at
>>>>> home. The new Cinema Displays will not work with my MBP because
>>>>> there is no mini display port and no adaptor as yet. Anyway I have
>>>>> been looking at all sorts of solutions and the Dell seems to be
>>>>> the best in that price range. There is however a large collection
>>>>> of negative reviews all over the web regarding green/pink issues
>>>>> on some of the monitors that Dell has shipped out. Anybody with
>>>>> this monitor had to deal with this? My real question is, what are
>>>>> other people with similar set ups to mine using for an external
>>>>> monitor? While I'm at it I might as well ask if anybody is using
>>>>> two external monitors with the MPB? If so, how are you
>>>>> accomplishing that?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
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