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Vision check

A quick vision check

Does this picture look clear to you? Clear vision, short-sightedness, night halos and the longer-arms problem — and why no two prescriptions match.

  • An isometric 3D street corner with a pair of glasses resting in front of it — the picture to test your vision against.
  • The same isometric street corner rendered sharply: crisp road signs, clean detail, lights with clean edges.
  • The same street corner with everything in the distance going soft, as short-sightedness looks.
  • The street corner at night after rain, the streetlights blurring, haloing and stretching into starbursts.
  • A split screen of the same messaging app on a phone: blurred when held close, clear when held further away.
  • A close-up of a pair of human eyes, each tagged with a different example lens power.
  • An isometric illustration of a My Vision store, lit and stocked with frames.

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A quick vision check

Look at this picture. Does it look clear to you?

  • Blurry?
  • Double?
  • Stretched?

The same picture can look completely different to different eyes.

Clear vision

This is how sharp vision should feel.

  • Road signs look sharp
  • Details are easy to see
  • No squinting needed
  • Lights have clean edges

So what happens when vision starts to blur?

Short-sightedness

Near is clear. Far away goes soft.

  • Far objects look blurry
  • Squinting at signs
  • Moving closer

Night vision

Do streetlights look like this to you?

  • Blurry around the edges
  • Haloed
  • Stretched
  • Starburst-like

And what if the problem is up close instead?

The longer-arms problem

Blurry up close, clearer when you move it further away.

If this sounds familiar, your near-focus vision may be changing.

No two prescriptions match

Your vision is unique to you.

Your friend sees differently. Your partner sees differently. Even your left and right eye may need different powers.

So what do your eyes actually need?

Book your check

Time for a real check.

Visit My Vision for a free computerised eye examination and find out what your eyes actually need.

Available at all My Vision outlets.

Where it starts

It starts with a free eye test

Pick the store nearest you, then a day and a time — you're confirmed on the spot.

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