wrote in
oups.com:

I've been looking at photochromic polarized prescription
sunglasses for awhile now, in my quest to find a polarized
prescription lens that I can wear as late in the day as
possible.
(In general I like a lot of light - even in the middle of the
day,
in shadowed areas I often have trouble seeing well with
sunglasses
on.)

Does anyone know of any side-by-side comparisons for
polarized
(I'm assuming photochromic) lenses that allow for the
greatest
light transmission, while still doing an effective job of
polarizing? Anyone have any anecdotal info they'd like to
share?

At one point, I tried Spotter Shades, which on their website
list
their light transmission as high as 50% (whereas usually
lenses
top out at 25% or so, meaning, 25% of light is allowed
through,
75% blocked; darker lenses are more like 8% transmission).
However, when I actually tried the Spotters on side-by-side
with
an Action Optics lens that runs about 20%, they seemed little
different.

Up until now I've been using variations of rose-colored
glasses,
which for me seem to do allow relatively more light to pass
through during darker parts of the day. (Though maybe,
probably,
that's just my perception.) Yellow lenses obviously work
great in
low light - but unfortunately they're pretty useless during
the
middle of the day, I also generally don't like how
drastically
they shift colors, and given the expense of a photochromic
polarized prescription lens, I can pretty much only afford
one
pair.

FYI - I use these mainly for fishing for trout, in eastern
rivers.

I know this is probably ridiculously specific info to ask
for, but
if anyone has any input...?

Thanks, Tim


Look for LTC(Light Transmission Control)and LTL(Light
Transmission Level)on the Tech page(link at top of the home
page).

http://www.kaenon.com/

rt