MancMike
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I got the specks!
I also got the chance to take some pictures of my old lenses, around 10 years of abuse. Coatings flaking away, anti-reflective coating completely faded away, big visible scratches and basically scoured. I cleaned them properly before taking these pics, so this is the state of the lenses, not dirt.
First pics are left and right lenses with no flash, then left and right lenses with flash to light up the scratches. Crazy huh.
(Click any for full size, close view)
Putting the new ones on was like having new eyes. My prescription has gotten a little stronger, as I've gained a decade in age, being almost 30 now. Contrast is so much better and colours are richer. Mainly though, I don't have "no go" areas of the lenses anymore. The new ones are the best lenses I've had to be honest, crystal clear from edge to edge. My knackered old ones always had visual aberrations towards the edges, which I put down to the level of thinning applied.
I'm a happy boy.
PS. I tested them with a near infrared (purple) laser pointer, and that tints them instantly, you can "write" on the lenses with tinting. lol So given windscreens block UV light, and so these particular reactions lenses don't work in the car, I've ordered a small UV blacklight (UVA, long-wave, the same kind penetrates the ozone layer and triggers the lenses) which I should be able to switch on and put somewhere on the dash to trigger the tinting, when it's sunny enough to need it. It won't need to be in my line of sight, just line of sight of the lenses, maybe sat on the steering boss. Will update on how successful that is...
I also got the chance to take some pictures of my old lenses, around 10 years of abuse. Coatings flaking away, anti-reflective coating completely faded away, big visible scratches and basically scoured. I cleaned them properly before taking these pics, so this is the state of the lenses, not dirt.
First pics are left and right lenses with no flash, then left and right lenses with flash to light up the scratches. Crazy huh.
(Click any for full size, close view)
Putting the new ones on was like having new eyes. My prescription has gotten a little stronger, as I've gained a decade in age, being almost 30 now. Contrast is so much better and colours are richer. Mainly though, I don't have "no go" areas of the lenses anymore. The new ones are the best lenses I've had to be honest, crystal clear from edge to edge. My knackered old ones always had visual aberrations towards the edges, which I put down to the level of thinning applied.
I'm a happy boy.
PS. I tested them with a near infrared (purple) laser pointer, and that tints them instantly, you can "write" on the lenses with tinting. lol So given windscreens block UV light, and so these particular reactions lenses don't work in the car, I've ordered a small UV blacklight (UVA, long-wave, the same kind penetrates the ozone layer and triggers the lenses) which I should be able to switch on and put somewhere on the dash to trigger the tinting, when it's sunny enough to need it. It won't need to be in my line of sight, just line of sight of the lenses, maybe sat on the steering boss. Will update on how successful that is...
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