jhluxton Posted November 16, 2016 Share #1 Posted November 16, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) After visiting the optician the other week for a new pair of specs and looking at all the pricey designer glasses around I began wondering why Leica have never developed a brand of spectacles - their logo would look quite good and I guess quite a few Leica fans would be tempted. Carl Zeiss on the other hand appear to have dabbled in the spectacle market from time to time and as far as I am aware still make spectacle lenses. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pico Posted November 16, 2016 Share #2 Posted November 16, 2016 There is going to be a revolution in spectacles. Watch their market unwind real soon now. . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert M Poole Posted November 16, 2016 Share #3 Posted November 16, 2016 I was just looking at a pair of Smart Glasses on Kickstater. Not much more than a regular pair but with a bone conductivity so you don't need headphones, wireless charging and my favourite thing... an app which lets you track where you have left them! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
david strachan Posted November 16, 2016 Share #4 Posted November 16, 2016 After visiting the optician the other week for a new pair of specs and looking at all the pricey designer glasses around I began wondering why Leica have never developed a brand of spectacles - their logo would look quite good and I guess quite a few Leica fans would be tempted. Carl Zeiss on the other hand appear to have dabbled in the spectacle market from time to time and as far as I am aware still make spectacle lenses. John That's right John...I have Zeiss lenses in my multifocals. cheers.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted November 16, 2016 Share #5 Posted November 16, 2016 See the world through Leica colours!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianman Posted November 16, 2016 Share #6 Posted November 16, 2016 I was just looking at a pair of Smart Glasses on Kickstater. Not much more than a regular pair but with a bone conductivity so you don't need headphones, wireless charging and my favourite thing... an app which lets you track where you have left them! mmm, I am at the stage were connected this and connected that is getting just too much. Not only because I think that having more "smart" things, makes the owners less "smart" (people donc't/can't read a map anymore), but also the adding up all the radio waves produced can't be good for our health. As to the topic... yes, that could be fun Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert M Poole Posted November 16, 2016 Share #7 Posted November 16, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) mmm, I am at the stage were connected this and connected that is getting just too much. Not only because I think that having more "smart" things, makes the owners less "smart" (people donc't/can't read a map anymore), but also the adding up all the radio waves produced can't be good for our health. As to the topic... yes, that could be fun Every child I have taught can read a map. Whether or not they choose to is another matter... I think the idea is that it would replace other bits of tech, so if you use a fitbit (I don't) it ca do that job and headphones. I wear my glasses most of the time so it wouldn't be an extra bit of kit. I don't like to think it makes me less smart, more that I am outsourcing some jobs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianman Posted November 16, 2016 Share #8 Posted November 16, 2016 I think your students are very lucky to have you teaching them ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert M Poole Posted November 16, 2016 Share #9 Posted November 16, 2016 If only they felt the same way Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianman Posted November 16, 2016 Share #10 Posted November 16, 2016 Haha... I'm sure they will one day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted November 17, 2016 Share #11 Posted November 17, 2016 their logo would look quite good and I guess quite a few Leica fans would be tempted. And the black tape used to cover it would fit right in with the traditional broken frame look for maximum discretion. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denys Posted November 17, 2016 Share #12 Posted November 17, 2016 Great idea - just think of the opportunity to discuss the best neck chains, cases, wet vs. dry cleaning... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted November 17, 2016 Share #13 Posted November 17, 2016 They could make a Noctilux pair, everything looks slightly out of focus and blurry.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert M Poole Posted November 17, 2016 Share #14 Posted November 17, 2016 They could make a Noctilux pair, everything looks slightly out of focus and blurry....I'm getting the teleemerit version so I can use them for bird watching www.robertpoolephotography.com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volbeat Posted November 17, 2016 Share #15 Posted November 17, 2016 There is going to be a revolution in spectacles. Watch their market unwind real soon now. . Great teaser! Go on then, what will be the nature of this coming revolution? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert M Poole Posted November 17, 2016 Share #16 Posted November 17, 2016 Great teaser! Go on then, what will be the nature of this coming revolution? i think it is that spectacles are out monacles are in á la Roger Hicks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted November 17, 2016 Share #17 Posted November 17, 2016 Great teaser! Go on then, what will be the nature of this coming revolution? Apparently a 'digital eye' is being developed to cure blindness, which will work rather like an EVF connected to your brain. So I guess taking it further, instead of bothering with glasses or contact lenses you will have the option of having your eyes replaced with digital sensors? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonPB Posted December 8, 2016 Share #18 Posted December 8, 2016 M diopter correction lenses with masking tape. Anything else is too clinical. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted December 8, 2016 Share #19 Posted December 8, 2016 Apparently a 'digital eye' is being developed to cure blindness, which will work rather like an EVF connected to your brain. How about seeing via the tongue? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandokan Posted December 9, 2016 Share #20 Posted December 9, 2016 Why are spectacles simply single lens formulae? Why not a triplet to correct for 3rd and 4th order aberrations? Or a vari-focal that depending on how close the subject is, changes focal length according to subject distance. Or do we call that autofocus? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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