Does everyone have an equivalent visual acuity versus light intensity response c!


Question: Does everyone have an equivalent visual acuity versus light intensity response curve?
if 2 or more people have 20 / 20 vision under normal test conditions, would they still have 20/ 20 vision under increased light intensity or decreased light intensity? would they both be equally affected by changes in light intensity? or by a different Spectrum of light, say more bluey or orangey?

say it was a darkly lit street, would they both have say 16 / 16 vision or would one have maybe 14 / 15 vision and the other 18 / 19 vision?

or in other words does everyone respond the same to changes on light intensity in terms of visual acuity?

do you know what I mean??

well???

Answers:

Being measured as having 20/20 on an eye chart only tells how well the person can see a small, high contrast object at 20 feet. It doesn't tell how good the quality of vision is, or how that person sees lower contrast objects , such as curbs or stairs.

So, out in the real world, people with 20/20 don't all see the same. One main reason is different pupil size response from one person to another in lower light conditions. Some will have much better night vision than others , or be able to suppress any blur much easier than others.

So no, all people don't respond the same under the same conditions.

Optician




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