We are now equipped with one of only 6 installed TrueSight Optical Dispensing Towers in New Zealand, and the only one in the South Island! So why are we so excited and what exactly does the TrueSight Tower do? It’s an amazing piece of technology that helps you choose your frames and lenses. Furthermore, it provides us with exact data to manufacture and dispense the best possible glasses personalised, just for you. So what exactly does it do?
If you are one of those people who can’t see when trying on frames, then our TrueSight Dispensing Tower is of great benfit. The Tower takes images, frontal and side view) of you wearing various styles of frames. You can then wear your own glasses to see the images. This allows you to make real comparisons between different frames.

But that’s only the beginning! After you have chosen a frame, the TrueSight Dispensing Tower takes images of you wearing your frame of choice and with the help of a small reference jig clipped to the frame, it takes extremely accurate measurements of your frame and lens positions, providing us with all required facial measurements to manufacture individualised glasses for you.

The TrueSight Dispensing Tower then uses 3D animations to illustrate the advantages of different lens materials and lens options. This includes animations to demonstrate various progressive lens designs, from the budget versions to the modern high end designs.

Selecting of your new glasses will no longer be guess work. It is lots of fun! When you are in town, come in and experience it yourself, the experience is free!

Well, just recently we found an exciting range of laminated acetate frames and felt we definitely had to add some of the frames to our collection. It doesn’t happen very often, but every now and again, we see something that really catches our eye. These frames certainly fall into that category. They are just different in every way, their shapes, the use of material and the choice of colour. There is a hint of retro, a hint of classic style, a hint of extravagance and a lot of quality. The mix is perfect and will certainly suit the person who values these three ingredients. ... read more

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Well, after a couple of frantic weeks over Christmas, we are now back in the shop. I know, I know, we should have used the Christmas break to just sit back and relax, but we had decided a few months ago that we wanted to become “real Motuekans”, so we have used this time to move from Richmond to Motueka instead. Anyway, it’s good to have the shop open again and we would like to thank all our customers once again, for their support over the past 21 months! Wow, it’s almost 2 years already since Claudia K Opticians started and we can honestly say that we are enjoying every minute of it. Motueka is such a nice place and the longer we stay and work here, the more we come to love the place and the people. ... read more

Another year is almost over and we would like to take the oportunity and say a big “Thank You” to all our  friends, customers and readers. We wish all of you a wonderful time over the Christmas Holidays with many hours to relax and reflect on the really important things in live, as well as health and happyness for the coming year! ... read more

These days, your eye care professional  has the luxury of being able to recommend lenses for you from a huge catalog of different lens manufacturers and lens designs. Specific lenses should not be recommended solely based on the prescription of the end user. A good Dispensing Optician will ask many questions before making an educated recommendation for a specific client. For example we find that more and more people are now using computers on a daily basis and in many cases for several hours at a time. Although I could not find any confirmed statistics for New Zealand, a reasonably recent survey* in Australia showed that 75% of Australians are now using a computer or the internet on a regular basis. ... read more

Here are some of the new Lindberg Acetanium frames that were introduced just in September this year at the International Optical Fashion Fair SILMO in Paris. They are now available in the shop and we challenge anyone to find nicer, lighter and more comfortable plastic frames than these Acetaniums. The material Acetanium combines the lightness and comfort of the Lindberg titanium frames, with the creative and modern look of retro plastic frames. All Acetanium frames feature adjustable  nose pad arms which are fitted with small cushions made from medical silicon. ... read more