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ottischwenk · 06-12-2021, 01:35 AM

- I am not aware that a "broadsheet newspaper" is an "electronic device," and
- I would have to squint quite a bit not to see a dot twice in 34.3 cm and this is quite exhausting with the eye lenses set to infinity* and
- what has squinting got to do with attachment lenses on a camera?
- I have never seen anyone using a 13.3 inch EInk device at less than 60 cm reading distance.

Apart from that, 227 dpi is not designed for a reading distance of 30-36 cm, unless the reader values a pixelated image - 0.11 mm are not clearly visible from such distances only by an extremely poor sighted person.

I suspect that here the pixel size plays a decisive role for the use of the reading distance.

Aber jeder, wie er glaubt!

* Edit: afterwards, I thought of another possibility why it might not be important for you - the eye lens is set to infinity and reading at a distance of 34.3 cm; there are people who see only with one eye despite having two functioning eyes - such a handicapped person naturally does not need to squint when seeing nearby.

06-12-2021, 01:35 AM	#107
ottischwenk Wizard Posts: 2,910 Karma: 3933245 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Salzburg AT Device: Bigme 3/3, Boox 4/14, Like-/Meebook 2/8, Tolino 1/10, Ki/Ko 0/8	- I am not aware that a "broadsheet newspaper" is an "electronic device," and - I would have to squint quite a bit not to see a dot twice in 34.3 cm and this is quite exhausting with the eye lenses set to infinity* and - what has squinting got to do with attachment lenses on a camera? - I have never seen anyone using a 13.3 inch EInk device at less than 60 cm reading distance. Apart from that, 227 dpi is not designed for a reading distance of 30-36 cm, unless the reader values a pixelated image - 0.11 mm are not clearly visible from such distances only by an extremely poor sighted person. I suspect that here the pixel size plays a decisive role for the use of the reading distance. Aber jeder, wie er glaubt! * Edit: afterwards, I thought of another possibility why it might not be important for you - the eye lens is set to infinity and reading at a distance of 34.3 cm; there are people who see only with one eye despite having two functioning eyes - such a handicapped person naturally does not need to squint when seeing nearby. Last edited by ottischwenk; 06-12-2021 at 04:05 AM.