Hi All, I remember reading about the fact that the newborns either do not have as fast reaction of the pupil to the bright light, as most humans do, or their retina is too fragile, and that until some age (N weeks), a photo flash (especially with repeated use) might cause some damage to the retina. I cannot seem to find any "solid" source for that now, and in particular, I don't remember how many weeks that lasts.
I've found a bunch of "anecdotal" evidences that are not serious (e.g. "I was photographing my newborn son with a flash, and his vision now, past 15 years, is fine."), but I cannot find any published research on this topic. (I did find a paper from 1982 saying that the newborns have central part of the retine underdeveloped, and they have mostly pereipheral vision. And I found a paper from 80s showing that after the 34th week of gestation the pupil does change it size in response to [some] light.) I was wondering if any of PDMLers either has a reference to the source of information or knows a children's ophtalmologist with experience about these question. Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
