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Technically you measure the bifocal add by flipping the frame to measure front surface powers. Measure the distance front surface power and then the near to work out the add. Try it out and you will...

I have just bought the Briot Accura, which i think is almost the same as the Silver. It seems very good.

The automatic chamfer is not very good, I just do it by hand. I have had an Essilor Kappa...

I have just got a new Briot edger with the slippery setting and the super sticky pads. The Briot uses the larger flexible Weco blocks. Leaving the block on for a few minutes seems to increase...

The problem with fogging by only +1.00 is that the Rx has likely changed by at least +0.50 since the previous exam, and you are only fogging by +0.50.

I use the +1.50 ret lens on the refractor to...

Wow. I didn't realise that OSA was so big in Singapore.

We get stock lenses from the Australian OSA, but here it is just a small branch of Essilor. They tell us that many of the OSA lenses are...

SolaMAX has a huge reading area which no other lens seems to have. Sola One seems to have a significantly narrower reading area, but a better distance zone. I suppose it depends on what is more...

If you can get them then possibly;

http://www.brendanokeefe.com.au/

Front is hand made from a single piece of aluminium. Extremely high quality. Not mass-produced apparently.

You could look at http://www.setolens.com/

or http://www.polycore.com/

These are not premium lenses but hopefully reliable.

These seem to be bigger suppliers. No guarantee of quality...

One thing I wish I had done differently was the design of the reception desk.

My reception desk is straight.

This means that crowds build up behind it. People making enquiries, people making...

I have never seen an ophthal take such care in getting the Rx right. The patients will appreciate the difference.

In most cases the phoroptor should give the same result for distance refraction...

BTW: I quite like the site design. People will not read huge amounts of text, yet you probably need more content to rate better for searches.

I like the fact that the design is simple and neat.
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The title, headers, and text should contain keywords. Keywords are words people will type into Google to find you with.

Every page should have a different title and different meta tags.

You...

Theory may be different to reality.

The OAA used to have different ethical standards aimed at reducing competition and helping the old established practitioners maintain their positions.
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To answer the original poster:
No point arguing about whether the glasses were made up according to the prescription. In cases like this we insist on redoing the refraction ourselves. This almost...

Ethical: knowing your place and not being a threat to the establishment

Unethical: practising in a manner that threatens the profits of the establishment.

I have seen this also, not in contact lens patients but in people with inflammed eyes. I could pull it out by twisting it around a cotton bud. Quite long, very thin. Product of inflammation or...

I doubt their purpose will be to undercut. They will be another manufacturer going into retail like luxottica. Possibly they are being pushed out of Luxottica owned shops.

They will have a large...

How many lenses did you have to measure before you were comfortable with the results?

When I was a graduate, even though I knew how to use a lensmeter and adjust frames, I had very little...

MarcE, I never thought of using a short corridor lens fitted higher so that the reduced add at the bottom of the lens helps with seeing the ground. I will use them more. Why do people dislike the...

General Principles according to me.
Please feel free to pick apart and disagree:

- Manufacturers minimum fitting heights are optimistic. Adding 1mm will get acceptable results, adding 2mm will...

Ovations:
- Pretty much the same as Panamic - of course Essilor will say it is different to keep Panamic price higher.
- I find that the minimum fitting height to be 19mm to get large enough...

Unless opticians work towards the education and the political changes to get prescribing rights, you will always be dependant on other prescribers.

In my state, Victoria, Opticians were once highly skilled and needed to complete an apprenticeship. The largest employer stopped sending their employees to the apprenticeship and the apprenticeship...

Some high enders may need to look at stocking lower end. It doesn't mean they will be lesser opticians. Low end sellers can often make more money if they have volume.

On one hand: in any...

Employees, just like all people get jealous easily. If they see the owner making money, they get jealous and think they are entitled to it too. If they see the cost prices of stock, they don't...