This is an interesting customer profile as it from Venezuela and good example of dealing with economic adversity. Something many independent optical practitioners have been dealing with here in the United States. We are also seeing a lot of changes in the progressive lens market and continuing changes in the technology and production of lenses, … [Read more...]
Opal is not having so much opti-fun today! Thank you to Brian Crane creator of Pickles. Sponsored by Q-Spex premium lens system, a new way to make eyeglass lenses. … [Read more...]
The first ever Happy Easter Golden Egg decorated all in one Surfacing Machine from Super Systems. “Sometimes finding the right piece of processing equipment can feel like an egg hunt; let Fast Grind modified surfacing technology be your cost effective Golden Egg to growth!” … [Read more...]
We all have our own spin on Vision Expo - what we are looking for, what we do for a living, what we like etc. As we are optical bloggers with a sales and marketing perspective, plus sponsors we like to see what is new and interesting from as many angles as possible. We will be doing several posts on what we saw and we think our readers will be … [Read more...]
Very rarely do Shirley and I get to experience the wonders of optical equipment. At SECO this year, I was fortunate to be able to attend the QSpex lens fabricating system press event and came away impressed for a number of reasons: With costs of lenses spiraling, a system such as this could benefit eyecare professionals in reducing … [Read more...]
At one time optical lenses were hand ground glass and put into various materials to make eyeglasses. One of the oldest, still in business, optical equipment companies is A.I.T. Industries is still successfully operating today. We decided to do a post on The History Of A.I.T Industries. 1952- A.I.T Industries Established 1964 Yordan … [Read more...]
We had done previous posts on eyewear vending machines, the new reality is the 'typical' eyewear vending machine is online. The technology is being used today and the question is how can the independent eyecare provider make use of this? Bulk Vision is a technology that allows viewing of virtually any desired glasses, ideal for individual … [Read more...]
Another great all in one surfacing equipment display from Super Systems/ Fast Grind International. The Founding Fathers of Fast Grind have paved the way for savings that any ECP can appreciate, eliminating the need for costly lab expenses!” … [Read more...]
We met with John Corsini, President of Super Systems Optical Technologies and Fast Grind at the recent Executive Summit Vision Council meeting in Florida. We were relaxing with John and his wife Ginny before a “networking” event and we asked John to give us some history about the company. He is very passionate about it and was happy to talk … [Read more...]
I don't know who invented the Phoropter and can't seem to find information on who invented it. What we do have is some early shots of Phoropters and resources on where to purchase vintage optical and medical equipment . A phoropter is an instrument commonly used by eye care professionals during an eye examination, containing different lenses … [Read more...]
I saw a really interesting post on Santinelli International's Facebook page where Barry Santini of Long Island Opticians shares a link from www.optiboard.com to show what the Santinelli Me1200 edger and free form lenses can do for high RX sunglasses. The Rx details from Barry are as follows: Rx: OD -11.25; OS -11.75; add +2.25 O.U. … [Read more...]
Thank you to Santinelli International and Nidek for sponsoring today's Opti-fun Horn rim glasses post. Santinelli has a wide range of tracers each offer a variety of features and benefits for processing all kinds of eyewear frames from vintage horn rims to complicated custom designs. Individual right and left tracing ability, the LT-900 … [Read more...]
These are very opti-fun and very creative eye catching ads from AT&T. We could take a lesson from these on being a little more creative with how we advertise and promote eyewear! These images were created just using hands, a phone, paint and a lot of creativity! Fast Grind/Super Systems are experts at this type of creativity … [Read more...]
Announcing our Tool Time Winners sponsored by Optician Works, who found it very difficult to make a decision. We thank everyone for making their comments and hopefully we will have more contest like this! From Marsha Humphries: My favotite tool is the Hilco Ergonomic flat-end piece adjusting tool. My favorite set of tools is the Hilco … [Read more...]
Here is a good example of a Brain Teaser Study: If you can read this you have a strong mind: 7H15 M3554G3 53RV35 7O PR0V3 H0W 0UR M1ND5 C4N D0 4M4Z1NG 7H1NG5! 1MPR3551V3 7H1NG5! 1N 7H3 B3G1NN1NG 17 WA5 H4RD BU7 N0W, 0N 7H15 LIN3 Y0UR M1ND 1S R34D1NG 17 4U70M471C4LLY W17H 0U7 3V3N 7H1NK1NG 4B0U7 17, B3 PROUD! 0NLY C3R741N P30PL3 C4N R3AD … [Read more...]
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