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BeckyB

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Hi All,

I'm fairly new to all this Forum stuff, but I wanted to put a post on about ED LYONS.

Ed is a Shooting Eye Specialist, and having been to see him last month, I have to say how very impressed I was.

I wear contact lens, which I struggle with in the summertime, as they dry out, and then I cant see, which doesnt really help shooting clays!

Ed was very thorough, and did a few examinations that I have never experienced before.

I learnt that I have really good reacts for a blind woman!!

Ed has sorted me out some new shooting glasses which I'll receive today.

But firstly I'd like to thank him for seeing myself and hubby John, and secondly, i cannot wait to try out the glasses.

To anyone who is struggling with shooting, and not sure why, I can HIGHLY RECOMMEND you go see Mr Lyons, to make sure your eyes are in perfect nick, check your eye dominance, reactions, feel of vision etc.

many thanks ED!!

Becky

 
He's a top bloke. Has sorted me out with some Randolph Rangers, tried them on Sunday and yesterday, have to say they are great.

 
Hi All,

I'm fairly new to all this Forum stuff, but I wanted to put a post on about ED LYONS.

Ed is a Shooting Eye Specialist, and having been to see him last month, I have to say how very impressed I was.

I wear contact lens, which I struggle with in the summertime, as they dry out, and then I cant see, which doesnt really help shooting clays!

Ed was very thorough, and did a few examinations that I have never experienced before.

I learnt that I have really good reacts for a blind woman!!

Ed has sorted me out some new shooting glasses which I'll receive today.

But firstly I'd like to thank him for seeing myself and hubby John, and secondly, i cannot wait to try out the glasses.

To anyone who is struggling with shooting, and not sure why, I can HIGHLY RECOMMEND you go see Mr Lyons, to make sure your eyes are in perfect nick, check your eye dominance, reactions, feel of vision etc.

many thanks ED!!

Becky
Ed's certainly the top man in his field. I went to see him in July 2013 and was equally impressed.

 
Welcome Becks.

Yes we all know Ed well.

He contributes to this forum and also comes out to play as well.

Nice to see you on here :wink:

 
My new glasses are going to be delivered to me this weekend! According to ED, If I miss (I will) I won't be able to blame it on my eyesight! Cheers ED a bitter sweet moment....pleased others are getting on with ED. Certainly an excellent sports optician!

 
My new glasses are going to be delivered to me this weekend! According to ED, If I miss (I will) I won't be able to blame it on my eyesight! Cheers ED a bitter sweet moment....pleased others are getting on with ED. Certainly an excellent sports optician!
You're right there I can't use my eyesight as an excuse for missing any more. When I first got my glasses it took a while to adjust to them as I could now see the target far quicker and more clearly than before, it actually put my timing off completely as targets that I had previously rushed at because I struggled to see them were now easily visible and I started doing silly things like tracking them and then stopping the gun.

I am still getting used to them I believe as I am now hitting a far bigger percentage of the more difficult targets but missing silly easy ones.

It has actually taken me longer to get used to the glasses than it ever has to adapt to a new gun. What I have noticed is that I am now shooting far more consistently and my scores are gradually increasing. At my last 4 registered sporting shoots I have shot 68 (Coniston),72 (Greenfields) 70 also at Greenfields and 73 yesterday at Owls Lodge.

They haven't been a quick fix for me but I am confident that I will continue to improve.

 
I am longsighted and have worn reading glasses since 2002. I didn't realise but eventually that gets bad enough that you can't focus at ANY distance without glasses. Certainly I was struggling with closer stuff or poor light and edge on through the trees etc.

I started wearing prescription glasses to shoot last summer and the vision was superb. Couldn't wish for better. But it stuffed my shooting for 3-4 months to the tune of about 8 clays per shoot at first. I think several issues arose. Mostly the problem was scale, as everything looked a bit bigger and closer than it was, so my first issue was under leading in most cases. Then I was looking at the muzzle a bit, because it was the first time I could see it! Lastly, I think I was hanging on to targets just because I was slowing down to take in the view. So much to see! I would even look at a shot clay and be fascinated by all the bits; making me slow to pick up the next target.

I shot through the problem / adjustment period and now things are better than ever. No going back.

 
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I have worn glasses constantly since my mid 20's (about 30 years!).

I hated wearing them at first, and I still hate wearing them now. My sight has deteriorated over the years so that I cannot function in any way without them. More recently I need to have glasses for near and glasses for distance. I tried varifocals but could not stand three quarters of my world being blurred at any one time. Shooting in varifocals is only for those who can accept very, very bad scores. I cannot! I changed to bifocals at the end of last year. Again, I now have 20% of my world blurred all the time or 80% blurred if I am looking throgh the narrowest of margins at something up close. I cannot have two pairs of glasses at work as I constantly have to read close then far with my hands full, so bifocals seems to be the only option.My Optician (a normal high street chain) seem only interested in selling me new frames with my constantly changing prescription, and it's costing me a fortune every year! I have short sightedness and astigmatism in differing degrees in both eyes. I tried contact lenses once but never achieved anything near what could be described as clear vision. You can probably tell from this post that I am thoroughly p***ed off not having the clarity of vision I used to have when younger. I feel that my current prescription is a compromise between having good vision and not wanting to try to explain to my Optician that it's still not right.

About 10 years ago I stopped doing serious competition as I was not able to produce the required scores that I used to achieve. For the last 5 years or so I have only shot for fun at local straw balers and charity shoots, but it's not fun anymore knowing you could do better.

Since being on The Forum I have become aware of Ed Lyons and heard what he has achieved for others. There's a lot of things I have to do this year, but a visit to Ed is moving further up my list of priorities. I just hope he has the patience of a saint, and can cope with a bitter and twisted old man that wants to be able to see (and shoot) like he did in his late teens!

Sorry for the rant but just telling someone how frustrating this feels makes me more determined to try to sort it out.   :rtfm:  

 
Other than the bit about once being a decent shot, you could be talking about me there no1 :good:

I suspect I might be taking a trip to see Ed myself at some point.

 
I have worn glasses constantly since my mid 20's (about 30 years!).

I hated wearing them at first, and I still hate wearing them now. My sight has deteriorated over the years so that I cannot function in any way without them. More recently I need to have glasses for near and glasses for distance. I tried varifocals but could not stand three quarters of my world being blurred at any one time. Shooting in varifocals is only for those who can accept very, very bad scores. I cannot! I changed to bifocals at the end of last year. Again, I now have 20% of my world blurred all the time or 80% blurred if I am looking throgh the narrowest of margins at something up close. I cannot have two pairs of glasses at work as I constantly have to read close then far with my hands full, so bifocals seems to be the only option.My Optician (a normal high street chain) seem only interested in selling me new frames with my constantly changing prescription, and it's costing me a fortune every year! I have short sightedness and astigmatism in differing degrees in both eyes. I tried contact lenses once but never achieved anything near what could be described as clear vision. You can probably tell from this post that I am thoroughly p***ed off not having the clarity of vision I used to have when younger. I feel that my current prescription is a compromise between having good vision and not wanting to try to explain to my Optician that it's still not right.

About 10 years ago I stopped doing serious competition as I was not able to produce the required scores that I used to achieve. For the last 5 years or so I have only shot for fun at local straw balers and charity shoots, but it's not fun anymore knowing you could do better.

Since being on The Forum I have become aware of Ed Lyons and heard what he has achieved for others. There's a lot of things I have to do this year, but a visit to Ed is moving further up my list of priorities. I just hope he has the patience of a saint, and can cope with a bitter and twisted old man that wants to be able to see (and shoot) like he did in his late teens!

Sorry for the rant but just telling someone how frustrating this feels makes me more determined to try to sort it out.   :rtfm:
Ed has got plenty of patience and doesn't just cater for the young or top shots. I was nearly 66 when I went to see him having tried unsuccessfully for many years to acquire a pair of prescription shooting glasses.

Move him to the top of your list!! You won't regret it.

 
Optimax sorted mine out,no more prescriptions for me.

Best thing i ever done.

 
Yes, it's not suitable for everybody.

People that are considering it should go and have them check their eyes,it costs nothing for the consultation.

 
when I get saved up I think I would make the trip across the water too se ed and get him too give my eyes a check over .everyone that seems too go too mr lions is realy happy with the fantastic service he gives and say they are shooying better after his service

 
Thanks very much for the feedback everyone, very humbling words and much appreciated! The last few years have been very interesting for me as a practitioner and also as an individual. I've met some great people and made some firm friends too - who can ask for more out of their job!?

Each time I assess someone, I learn something new, whether that may be a new symptom someone is having, how someone perceives a target, how a certain lens can help, how tints can be manipulated and why a prescription works or doesn't work. There is a member of this board that is proving to be a VERY interesting challenge - the wise old professor at University always said, whilst shaking his head wistfully, "watch out for Engineers…peculiar ba****ds"  :haha:

We have a crystalline lens inside each eye that is responsible for how we focus - simply put it becomes fatter and more powerful to focus on close up things and slimmer for far away viewing. If we are LONG sighted, there is a tendency for the lens to adopt a fatter, flexed position most of the time. This is all well and good until we hit our 40's and this focussing system begins to change, becoming less accurate and in some cases, becoming inconsistent. 

By that i mean we can measure the prescription at time X on day Y, and at time Y on day X we get a different result. Tricky!

Just picking out a post above, laser CAN be a fantastic, life changing option, particularly for those who's vision never "feels right". It can be most frustrating to have to deal with the compromise that fluctuating eyes can lead to. The problem we can then face is the laser is typically done to fix distance only, so we then still have to wear intermediate and reading specs.

There are many different types of corrective surgery, not just laser. Such an example is Conductive Keratoplasty, where "rings of power" (nothing to do with Hobbits!) are essentially branded onto the front of the eye. Ouch! Give that a miss...

Also, I have now and again seen clients who's surgeon has tried to be helpful and has lasered one eye for distance and one eye for reading…problem was they lasered the dominant eye for close up…not good for a shooter! Happily, fitting a simple daily contact lens fixed the problem.

However, the new Wavefront techniques are very elegant and can produce some great results, although it is  important to know that how the eyes focus determine how the MUSCLES work, so if we interfere with that, there can sometimes be a muscle problem that needs attention.

And whilst my local Ophthalmic Laser Surgeon is wearing his specs, I'll stick to my contacts  :spiteful:

 
Other than the bit about once being a decent shot, you could be talking about me there no1 :good:

I suspect I might be taking a trip to see Ed myself at some point.
I was due to see Ed before Christmas but events conspired against it! But i shall be getting in touch with him soon, I'm long sighted and use glasses for reading, but I'm sure it takes me longer to focus on those nasty OT targets these days, even though some of them young uns say I take em pretty quick,( or miss em pretty quick)! Well I'm the wrong side of sixty so I have a good excuse!!!! :laugh:

 
I have needed reading glasses for about 4yrs but I know my sight is deteriorating as my current readers are not as clear as they were. Not sure but I suspect my long vision is not as good as I am sure I could read car number plates further away than I can now also I suspect my target aquisition is not as good which if I am right would explain a lot. Keep meaning to go get them checked but not found the time yet. As a rule of thumb at what distance should you be able to read a number plate, anyone know ?

 

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