I found a cheap night vision scope and wanted to get it just for shits and giggles but while looking into it I learned that they are little displays rather than real glass you look through.

Does anyone who has had cataract surgery or needs magnification reading glasses to see up close have any experience with Night vision? Am I wrong in assuming I wouldn't be able to use it since I couldn't see the display that close to my eye?

getting old sucks.

What scope is it?

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Originally posted by P220 Smudge:
What scope is it?

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Ok, so that's digital nightvision. That's a different ballgame than image intensification but even with that, you're still looking at a screen and not actually looking "though" the tubes. Yes, it will be like having a video screen up close to your eyes, because it is. I'm also a little confused about your definition of nearsighted. If you only need vision correction to see things up close, then you're farsighted. If you can see things up close but not far away, you are nearsighted. With uncorrected vision, I am very nearsighted and wear contacts, and when I do, I need reading glasses to read. I have the diopters on my night vision adjusted to match my corrected vision, but I can use it either with or without contacts or glasses, it just requires twisting some adjustments.

I don't see that the scope you're asking about actually has a diopter adjustment. There's a focus knob, but whether that will work the same and specifically with your eyes, I think would be hard to answer. You could buy it from a place that offers free returns within 30 days to see how you do with it.

Sorry I got nearsighted/farsighted flipped.

Ok so then I think I should pass on this and look into more expensive night vision that actually works like a scope.

thanks.

I need glasses to see things close up, reading etc. I've had no issues with "cheap" NV, you just focus it for your vision. (Two different Sightmark digital NV scopes and a Burris thermal scanner) They have the focus of the "optic" that you adjust for different distances and a focus for the ocular lens that you do once and that's it.

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Originally posted by P220 Smudge:

I don't see that the scope you're asking about actually has a diopter adjustment. There's a focus knob

Actually, there are two focus controls. One is a knob for the objective lens, the other is a ring labeled "eye piece focus." The second one is probably the diopter adjustment

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From the Amazon web page for this product:

There is a focus knob that can rotate more than one full turn to focus at distances and then down to 7 feet. There is also a diopter adjustment to adjust for your specific eye correction needs as well.

Bingo, there you go.

So then this should work for me. I should be able to focus my eye to the screen regardless of being farsighted.

Or am I still missunderstanding.

Theoretically, yes. I say theoretically because we have no idea of knowing the actual quality of the item.

Don’t have any issues with mine.