This is going to surprise a few of you. Left with and right without:
Wait, the lens flare effect is because of my astigmatism?
Yep! I found out on reddit, lol.
It’s because old movie cameras had astigmatism.
Well, some old movie cameras. That movie-makers decided to be passionate about.
That’s just the way things look. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
You can’t convince me there’s people without the amazing starburst effect, just like you can’t convince me there’s people completely devoid of internal monologue.
there’s an infinity of human experience, and I can’t put myself in everybody’s shoes, but I can at least pretend
Okay, pretend to have astigmatism for so long, it’s just the way the world is to you. Then make about a ⅛ to ¼ -assed effort of making a joke comment saying that you can’t believe other people don’t get so easily blinded by things.
don’t worry, i also have astigmatism that also doesn’t go away with my glasses, and i guess mine is just very mild because i find it very pretty if a little inconvenient. but also the biggest thing i drive is a bicycle, and i usually take the tram or bus so ¯_(ツ)_/¯
also yes i sort of accidentally intentionally missed the point. I’m sorry, I do that a lot.
Mine doesn’t look exactly like the image on the left. It’s more of an X pattern.
And that’s WITH glasses or contacts.
Mine are more like crosses which leads me to ask, why are they different?
I’m not an eye doctor - just a guy with astigmatism in both eyes… But my understanding is that astigmatism can happen in multiple ways because it is due to the eye being non-spherical, etc.
Meanwhile, there are limits to what glasses or contacts can do to correct this. Only so many ways a lens can bend light at one time.
I think that’s what leads to people seeing different things, even with glasses on, when it comes to visual distortions like starburst patterns around lights.
My issue with LED lights is the flicker. It’s not astigmatism that’s affecting me, I don’t know what it is. But, I’m sure that other people don’t have this same sensitivity to flicker otherwise these flickering LED lights would never have been legal.
European here, the fuck are y’all talking ’bout. I have astigmatism and LED headlights are godsend, especially low beam. They have automatic leveling which prevents blinding if you put something in the trunk, the beam is wider and more controlled than from a lightbulb and the cutoff is razor sharp. Don’t get me started on automatic high beams with zones, like magic.
I just wonder if your experience is not swayed by illegal LED retrofits.
nope, retrofits are not the main problem
the main problem is that LED headlights are typically way too damn bright, and inevitably will end up shining in somebody’s face. quite often actually
The problem in the States is all of the brodozers with their headlights up so high they are shining directly into your eyes. With them being so obnoxious it’s all we remember when we think about LEDs.
Automatic leveling? Up until 2022, that was illegal here in the united states. There’d be very few cars with it, despite having the extremely bright headlights.
Illegal?! How about cars with Xenon lights, they were also illegal? It’s mandatory in EU for cars with xenon lights to have automatic leveling, spray nozzles, limited power output and more controlled beam shape than standard bulbs.
Yeah no, we just take it full force right in the retina here. It’s the American way.
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