On 01-21-10, EARL CROASMUN said to TIM RICHARDSON:

-> The clarity is astounding! I see colors as they really are, sharp and
-> clear. I realize that cops really `can' read a license plate from a long
-> distance, and its not just dumb-ass luck they happen to pull a car over
-> that had an expired one!


EC>Good news!  But now you need to make sure to find things that you WANT
EC>to see clearly.  That is one of the complaints I have heard about full
EC>high-def pictures: the picture is so clear that you can see each
EC>blemish, wrinkle, and scar on an actor's face.



Its `light scattering'. A cataract causes the light that goes through the
lense to `scatter' before it reaches the retina, such that you see the colors,
but you don't see the little nuances of color-change and contrasts. Therefore,
a blemish or scar even from a short distance might not be obvious to the
person with the cataract. The main colors overwhelm the little nuances of
change.


For instance, when I bought this coach I live in, I knew the walls were
`supposedly' white, but they always looked a sort of yellowish white to me. I
just thought it was due to the age of it (15 years).


Now the kitchen cuboards and the counter look a very bright white to me, and I
was able to see even the screwheads of the cuboard doors' hinges from almost
20 feet away!


The old lense was removed and a new lense put in its place. An amazing work of
science.



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