| Idly curious as to how bright those of you who suffer from eyestrain have your screens? I have pretty decent eyesight. Pin sharp at long range although, now in my mid-fifties, my minimum focussing distance is longer than it used to be. I always say, I'll wait to get glasses until my minimum focussing distance is longer than my arms! I've never experienced eyestrain when using a computer, even for long periods at a time. But I usually have my screen pretty dim. usually about 3 dots on my MacBook [as a reference for you mac users]. Which, most of the time is about the same level as the ambient light in the room around me. Old artist's trick: If you almost close your eyes and just squint through the tiny slit left, you can judge the relative brightness of objects around you, without shapes or distance getting in the way. When I do this, my laptop screen doesn't show as being any brighter than the walls, floor, furniture etc. around me. I'm wondering if people who suffer from eyestrain have their screens set far too bright. ie. much brighter than their surroundings. So that they're effectively staring into a lamp for hours at a time. My girlfriend [who wears glasses] has her laptop screen on almost full brightness all the time. When she hands me it to show me something, I actually find it painful to look at, the screen is so dazzling. Conversely, if I want to show her something on mine, I have to bump the brightness up all the way, or she complains she can't see it properly. Incidentally. Counter-intuitive as it may seem. Apparently bright sunlight is really good for the eyes. Something to do with the particular wavelengths it emits, if I remember correctly. |