Originally posted by dash1
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Jerry Thornhill Technical Services |
Shamir Insight, Inc. | 9938 Via Pasar, San Diego, CA 92126 T: (858) 444-3863| C: (858) 740-6518 | F: (877) 285-4863 jthornhill@shamirlens.com Jerry said successfully moving patients from Comfort to Autograph II is a challenge, and that the Spectrum design is especially good for these patients and also for patients with higher plus prescriptions. You might want to talk with him. I had a lengthy conversation with a Kodak Unique rep at Vision Expo East. My contention is that the software does not allow the optician to tailor the lens. All big frames get long corridors by default, even if the patient has successfully and happily worn a short corridor prior to the Unique. In my opinion, that is the reason so many offices experienced failure with Free Form when they tried to move patients wearing traditional Essilor lenses to Kodak Unique lenses. The rep essentially explained that the optician should always put the patient into the longest corridor possible, for Every Day progressives AND sell second pair computer progressives. I was not persuaded. Personally, I greatly prefer to wear short corridor lenses. AND, I believe ECPs should have a well defined comprehensive product mix with Free Form lenses a skilled optician can tailor to the patient rather than letting the software tailor progressives to the frame selected. Because so many offices have had non-adapt problems with Kodak Unique, it is not high on my list of favorite lenses. |
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