Polarized Prescription Glasses Question

"Scott Seidman" wrote in message
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Depends on how you tend to use them. I like copper colored for rivers,
and
gray for lakes. If you fish near twilight, a bright amber might buy you
some fishing time.

Light amber/yellow is an amazing lens color. You would swear it's like
someone turning on a light bulb in the evening when light is fading.

jeffc wrote:

Light amber/yellow is an amazing lens color. You would swear it's like
someone turning on a light bulb in the evening when light is fading.

It's an illusion (i.e., not real).

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"rw" wrote in message
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jeffc wrote:

Light amber/yellow is an amazing lens color. You would swear it's like
someone turning on a light bulb in the evening when light is fading.

It's an illusion (i.e., not real).

No kidding? I mean, are you seriously suggesting that putting on tinted
glasses doesn't increase ambient light?

Wow.......ain't science grand?

Wolfgang
somebody call "scientific american"........this could be BIG!

rw wrote in news:taN0e.3376$gI5.935
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jeffc wrote:

Light amber/yellow is an amazing lens color. You would swear it's like
someone turning on a light bulb in the evening when light is fading.

It's an illusion (i.e., not real).


The contrast enhancement in fading light is real.

Scott

"jeffc" wrote in news:LtM0e.60057$_i3.3269194
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Light amber/yellow is an amazing lens color. You would swear it's like
someone turning on a light bulb in the evening when light is fading.

....I use yellow lens clip-ons for night driving, they do a great job of
cutting glare from headlights and on overcast grungy days, really brightens
things up.

Frank weak eyes Church

Sum, serious answer to your question. Try the Action Optics prescription
service.
http://www.actionoptics.com/rxCollec...ollection.html

I recommend the photochromic Clearwater Copper. They also work well for
driving. Best high end sunglasses I've ever worn.


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When the dawn came up like thunder

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"slenon" wrote:
I recommend the photochromic Clearwater Copper. They also work well for
driving. Best high end sunglasses I've ever worn.

I agree.

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"Charlie Wilson" wrote:

"slenon" wrote:
I recommend the photochromic Clearwater Copper. They also work well for
driving. Best high end sunglasses I've ever worn.

I agree.

Be careful, though.

I bought a pair of polarized prescrition sunglasses a while back, and they were
giving me headaches from day one. I went back several times to get the
prescription checked, but they kept insisting they were OK. Turns out they were
the right prescription...

.... but the polarization wasn't the same on both lenses! They were out of phase
with each other. Rather like = and //.

Check this by using another polarized item and holding the glasses out a bit
from your face while rotating them and looking through both. You should see the
same effects at the same time in both lenses.

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stands now is creaking, obsolecent, over-elaborate, decaying. The field is
static; no, worse than that, it's losing ground. By this time, our ships
ought to be sleeker and faster, and able to carry bigger payloads. We ought
to have done away with this dichotomy between ships that can land on a planet,
and ships that can fly from one planet to another." - Senator Bliss Wagoner
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On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 17:40:29 GMT, Joe Ellis wrote:

In article ,
"Charlie Wilson" wrote:

"slenon" wrote:
I recommend the photochromic Clearwater Copper. They also work well for
driving. Best high end sunglasses I've ever worn.

I agree.

Be careful, though.

I bought a pair of polarized prescrition sunglasses a while back, and they were
giving me headaches from day one. I went back several times to get the
prescription checked, but they kept insisting they were OK. Turns out they were
the right prescription...

... but the polarization wasn't the same on both lenses! They were out of phase
with each other. Rather like = and //.

Check this by using another polarized item and holding the glasses out a bit
from your face while rotating them and looking through both. You should see the
same effects at the same time in both lenses.

That is a true story that I've gone through as well. Multiple times.

It took the "technician" three tries to produce acceptable phasing of my
latest prescription polaroids, but this was something I've been well aware of
having been through two tries on my very first polarized 'scripts.

Amazingly, it's always been the same lab...

/daytripper (you'd think one of us would learn? ;-)

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 16:15:38 GMT, "slenon"
wrote:

Sum, serious answer to your question. Try the Action Optics prescription
service.
http://www.actionoptics.com/rxCollec...ollection.html

I recommend the photochromic Clearwater Copper. They also work well for
driving. Best high end sunglasses I've ever worn.

Thanks to all of you for your input. I have an appointment with the
optomitrist tomorrow morning for a checkup and some new peeps. (They
warned me I'd go blind!) I have searched for some info on polarized
lenses for fishing but most of the posts I found were almost 10 years
old. Presumably there have been some advances since then, so I really
appreciate all of your personal experiences and suggestions.

S.T.W.