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261: 88:, incident light must be converging before entering the eye so as to focus on the retina. In this case (the hypermetropic eye) the focus point is behind the retina in virtual space, rather than on the retina screen. 148: 342: 62:, the far point is at infinity, but for the sake of practicality, infinity is considered to be 6 m (20 ft) because the accommodation change from 6 m to infinity is negligible. See 186: 51:. It is sometimes described as the farthest point from the eye at which images are clear. The other limit of eye's accommodation is the 102: 290: 48: 16:
This article is about a measure of an individual's ability to see distant objects as clear and in focus. For other uses, see
17: 386: 366: 256:{\displaystyle P\approx {\frac {1}{\infty }}-{\frac {1}{{\mathit {F}}P}}=-{\frac {1}{{\mathit {F}}P}}} 171: 99:). For example, an individual who can see clearly out to 50 cm would have a far point of 24: 96: 78: 416: 159: 275: 36: 410: 175: 167: 85: 67: 63: 32: 281:
This calculation can be improved by taking into account the distance between the
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is the farthest point at which an object can be placed (along the
143:{\displaystyle {\frac {1}{0.5\ {\text{m}}}}=2\ {\text{diopters}}} 337:{\displaystyle P=-{\frac {1}{{\mathit {FP}}-0.015\;{\text{m}}}}} 44: 77:, the far point is closer than 6 m. It depends upon the 314: 311: 242: 217: 293: 189: 105: 336: 285:and the human eye, which is usually about 1.5 cm: 255: 142: 70:for details about 6/6 (m) or 20/20 (ft) vision. 170:at the patient's far point. According to the 95:, the inverse of the distance in meters (see 8: 270:is the distance to the patient's far point. 325: 326: 310: 309: 303: 292: 241: 240: 234: 216: 215: 209: 196: 188: 135: 118: 106: 104: 166:by imaging an object at infinity onto a 378: 7: 354:, then the optical power needed is 201: 14: 91:Sometimes far point is given in 35:of the eye) for its image to be 1: 387:"Vision Correction | Physics" 347:For example, if a person has 433: 15: 391:courses.lumenlearning.com 274:is negative, because a 162:can be used to correct 338: 257: 144: 84:For an unaccommodated 73:For an unaccommodated 58:For an unaccommodated 339: 258: 145: 81:of the person's eye. 291: 187: 103: 334: 253: 140: 332: 329: 251: 226: 204: 172:thin lens formula 154:Vision correction 138: 134: 124: 121: 117: 86:hypermetropic eye 25:visual perception 424: 401: 400: 398: 397: 383: 360: 359:= −3.51 diopters 353: 343: 341: 340: 335: 333: 331: 330: 327: 318: 317: 304: 273: 269: 262: 260: 259: 254: 252: 250: 246: 245: 235: 227: 225: 221: 220: 210: 205: 197: 180: 149: 147: 146: 141: 139: 136: 132: 125: 123: 122: 119: 115: 107: 79:refractive error 432: 431: 427: 426: 425: 423: 422: 421: 407: 406: 405: 404: 395: 393: 385: 384: 380: 375: 355: 348: 308: 289: 288: 271: 267: 239: 214: 185: 184: 178: 160:corrective lens 156: 111: 101: 100: 21: 12: 11: 5: 430: 428: 420: 419: 409: 408: 403: 402: 377: 376: 374: 371: 369:of one meter. 324: 321: 316: 313: 307: 302: 299: 296: 283:spectacle lens 276:diverging lens 249: 244: 238: 233: 230: 224: 219: 213: 208: 203: 200: 195: 192: 155: 152: 131: 128: 114: 110: 60:emmetropic eye 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 429: 418: 415: 414: 412: 392: 388: 382: 379: 372: 370: 368: 364: 358: 351: 345: 322: 319: 305: 300: 297: 294: 286: 284: 279: 278:is required. 277: 264: 247: 236: 231: 228: 222: 211: 206: 198: 193: 190: 182: 177: 176:optical power 174:the required 173: 169: 168:virtual image 165: 161: 153: 151: 129: 126: 112: 108: 98: 97:Simple myopia 94: 89: 87: 82: 80: 76: 71: 69: 68:Snellen chart 65: 64:visual acuity 61: 56: 54: 50: 49:accommodation 46: 42: 38: 34: 30: 26: 19: 394:. Retrieved 390: 381: 356: 349: 346: 287: 280: 265: 183: 157: 90: 83: 72: 57: 33:optical axis 28: 22: 43:within the 396:2019-12-05 373:References 367:reciprocal 361:where one 75:myopic eye 53:near point 320:− 301:− 232:− 207:− 202:∞ 194:≈ 29:far point 411:Category 137:diopters 93:diopters 18:Farpoint 365:is the 363:diopter 352:= 30 cm 39:on the 37:focused 417:Vision 266:where 164:myopia 133:  116:  41:retina 27:, the 323:0.015 181:is 113:0.5 66:or 47:'s 45:eye 23:In 413:: 389:. 350:FP 344:. 268:FP 263:, 158:A 150:. 55:. 399:. 357:P 328:m 315:P 312:F 306:1 298:= 295:P 272:P 248:P 243:F 237:1 229:= 223:P 218:F 212:1 199:1 191:P 179:P 130:2 127:= 120:m 109:1 20:.

Index

Farpoint
visual perception
optical axis
focused
retina
eye
accommodation
near point
emmetropic eye
visual acuity
Snellen chart
myopic eye
refractive error
hypermetropic eye
diopters
Simple myopia
corrective lens
myopia
virtual image
thin lens formula
optical power
diverging lens
spectacle lens
diopter
reciprocal
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