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Old 04-17-2008, 05:24 PM   #18 (permalink)
ChrisA
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Originally Posted by Rockhound76 View Post
3) His prescription is D -3.0, S -3.25. I take it that "S" is left and "D" is right? I'm guessing that D is for dextral and S for sinestral. But, I could be wrong.
With that perscription he could use one of those domed lens masks. They are great and really do work as advertised but you need to have poor vision with a -3 to -5 presription to use them. He should be able to use the off the shelf mask without contacts

I have a +1.5 prescription so when I tried it I needed contacts to "un-correct" my vision. I was nearly blind on land, everything was fuzzy but under water I had perfect vision and I could not see the mask frame I had 180 degree vision under water. But no way am I using contacts to un-correct my vison whaen I dive.

The mask is expensive but no more so than getting a custom lens for a norma mask.

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