hey all,
(just for those who might be thinking about LASIC, and who might want to know how it might affect their shooting).
I had LASIC back in Dec, from about -5.5 in both eyes.
My first attempt after the Wentworth spring match, an indoor match about 2-3 months after the surgery. The result wasn't optimistic at all - at that time I still had HUGE delays in my eyes focusing process. Ohh, I could see fine at a distance, I could see fine at arms length (sights distance), but the eyes took several seconds to change the focus from one distance to another. I don't think I saw my sights in focus for a single target that match (because I shoot at my "usual" speed, not waiting for the eyes to focus - point shooting, all the way).
I shot the EOHC outdoor match yesterday (9 months after surgery), and I'm happy to say things are quite a bit better. Still not nearly as well as they used to be (when I could just think about looking at the sights, and the focus would snap onto them). I'm a year out of practice, but so it was fool hardy to try and do anything at my usual speed, but the results were not too bad - only 3 misses (2 on a speed shoot on mini targets which I tried to shoot at full speed and eyes didn't have enough time to get the perfect clarity the targets and distance required), and 1 mini target which I tried to take on the move, from a distance)
Now, I'm hoping that the progress is still ongoing, so maybe by next outdoor season it'll be back to normal
We'll see... I"ll shoot another outdoor match in a couple of weeks, and then an indoor one too, just to see what happens then...
I don't know how common it is for the eyes to need to re-learn how to change focus quickly, but it's not unheard of - so if you're thinking about lasic (don't know if this would also apply to PRK), just know, there might be a bit of a break in your IPSC competitions (hey, I'm looking forward to getting my, say, C-class medals in the next few level 3 matches ! )
(just for those who might be thinking about LASIC, and who might want to know how it might affect their shooting).
I had LASIC back in Dec, from about -5.5 in both eyes.
My first attempt after the Wentworth spring match, an indoor match about 2-3 months after the surgery. The result wasn't optimistic at all - at that time I still had HUGE delays in my eyes focusing process. Ohh, I could see fine at a distance, I could see fine at arms length (sights distance), but the eyes took several seconds to change the focus from one distance to another. I don't think I saw my sights in focus for a single target that match (because I shoot at my "usual" speed, not waiting for the eyes to focus - point shooting, all the way).
I shot the EOHC outdoor match yesterday (9 months after surgery), and I'm happy to say things are quite a bit better. Still not nearly as well as they used to be (when I could just think about looking at the sights, and the focus would snap onto them). I'm a year out of practice, but so it was fool hardy to try and do anything at my usual speed, but the results were not too bad - only 3 misses (2 on a speed shoot on mini targets which I tried to shoot at full speed and eyes didn't have enough time to get the perfect clarity the targets and distance required), and 1 mini target which I tried to take on the move, from a distance)
Now, I'm hoping that the progress is still ongoing, so maybe by next outdoor season it'll be back to normal
We'll see... I"ll shoot another outdoor match in a couple of weeks, and then an indoor one too, just to see what happens then... I don't know how common it is for the eyes to need to re-learn how to change focus quickly, but it's not unheard of - so if you're thinking about lasic (don't know if this would also apply to PRK), just know, there might be a bit of a break in your IPSC competitions (hey, I'm looking forward to getting my, say, C-class medals in the next few level 3 matches
! )
