I started to need reading glasses about a year ago and one of the biggest pains when not using an evf is having to get the glasses out sometimes when reading a camera screen or other info before taking a shot. I thought it would be good to have cheap/disposable varifocals that are uncorrected for far vision but corrected for reading. This, I guess, is too much to hope for. Does anyone else have solutions they use for this situation?
Hello,
I’ve been wearing glasses since I was very young and progressive lenses for over 15 years. At first it was a nightmare; I was using my old glasses, and the optician advised me to adjust the camera’s eyepiece to account for my new lenses. With Pentax, it’s fairly easy to adjust.
You might be able to adjust your camera’s eyepiece to cancel out the correction from your glasses.
Greetings from the Luberon, 
Christian,
Hi,
I have 2 glasses, one for far vision, used for driving and the second for reading and computer work. They are called “depth-of-field lenses” but it’s a litteral translation from French. With these glasses, I can read clearly from 30 cm through the half bottom of lenses to ca 130 cm through the top of lenses.
Unfortunately, they aren’t cheap.
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Gee, it must be nice to be young! 
I use varifocals almost all the time. But when shooting I only use the evf. So I push my glasses up or take them off when shooting. I’ve tried using the evf wearing glasses, but I get a narrow field of view and light leakage around the eyecup. And sometimes I smudge my glasses that way.
Yes, it’s a little inconvenient, but such is life sometimes. I get better photos when I slow down and compose with the evf.
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I am unsure of the strength of your correction. My viewfinder is adjusted for my eyesight without glasses using the cameras diopter adjuster. My vision is good enough to see with or without glasses the information screen on the back of the camera so I am lucky. If needed I would just use my glasses to read the back of the camera, push them up on my head and use the viewfinder without glasses, although the viewfinder could be adjusted to work with your glasses.
My general glasses are transition glasses from close up to distance. However, for editing I have had single vision glasses made up that work great for the distance of my computer screen. The first pair supplied had to be returned to get them clearer as they were not correct, but that was done at no extra charge and being single vision the cost was very small. Better than buying off the shelf glasses.
Ha. I think I was mainly kidding myself and holding menus further and further away for some number of years.
I don’t wear glasses except for reading and mostly I can read without them in bright light. I’m typing on my phone now without glasses but sometimes it’s hard to compose because the screen isn’t clear. If I’m using the evf, it’s fine because I adjust the diopter. First world problems…
I would suggest…
As you only need glasses for reading, don’t think about varifocals, as you don’t need the either the mid or distant components. Go for old-fashioned bifocals. You can have zero correction for distant, and reading correction for the, ahem, reading part of the lens.
When buying your frames, get something that you can hinge up with the evf frame.
I use the adjustment to set the evf for use without glasses.
I push them up and put the evf to my eye; they slip back to my nose when I take the camera away.
I use the glasses for looking at the screen.
It is much simpler than it sounds and I barely notice it.
After some years of using “computer” glasses (set to focus at almost arms length) I currently mostly use the computer without glasses except for small print. That’s because I’m developing cataracts, which are changing my prescription, but that’s another story.
I’ve tried varifocals a couple of times and they absolutely do not suit me. I’m happy with bifocals. And only wear them when I go out anyway.
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Thanks. That sounds like a good plan.
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Right now I have my diopter unadjusted, and I keep my glasses (+2) on. Yeah, the light bleed is a pain sometimes. Maybe I should adjust the diopter and try lifting my glasses…
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