Clear lenses

[chippy]

Does anyone else use clear lenses anymore? At the last couple of sportings i have shot on cloudy days I think I was the only one with clear glasses.

 

[Will Hewland]

I now use prescription glasses, with reactive lenses that darken if it's bright. (Annoyingly, they darken when there is a total mass of white cloud, so a genuinely clear pair would be good too..). So basically, yes, I do. I don't miss all those colour options either. Clarity from focus is everything.

I would go so far as to say that coloured lenses are like chokes. They make a tiny difference (for many people - not all) but not the big difference folk are looking for.

 

[Doctor Lecter]

good analogy  , too much choice  with everything  these days . 

 

[ips]

Could not have put it better myself will.

Something else to worry about.

 

[chippy]

I ask the question because every time someone shows me their new hi-def pilla oakley max pink glasses and says "try these they make the clays look like dustbin lids" I put them on and the clays always look the same but usually the sky is so bright I end up squinting.

 

[Salopian]

Perhaps Ed Lyons could give us a definitive answer, but I personally prefer clear lenses for everything except bright sunshine of course.

As we get older our eyesight does deteriorate, and I am sure that I am not the only one that has to read in good daylight or put the light on?

I find that if I use yellow lenses, everything is FAR too bright!

 

[Wonko the Sane]

One, maybe "the", advantage to light colored/clear lenses is that the pupils contract and the depth perception sharpens.  Just like a camera lens - more depth at high stops.

I wear glasses for correction and eye protection.  In that scheme there is certainly a place for clear lenses and I use them.  All of the colored lenses I have or have had were the lightest shades available.

 

[Oldblaster]

I ask the question because every time someone shows me their new hi-def pilla oakley max pink glasses and says "try these they make the clays look like dustbin lids" I put them on and the clays always look the same but usually the sky is so bright I end up squinting.

I used Oakleys Polaroid glasses which were fine in the summer, till I went on a stand where the second bird was a fast quartering R to L with the sun glinting on it, and it was invisible! I thought it was a no bird, when everyone said its there! Twice I tried it took the glasses off and got the rest! Lesson don't use Polaroid!

 

[Will Hewland]

Polarised?

 

[EdLyons]

With respect to the tint question, everyone perceives colour slightly differently, each eye will uniquely focus (or distort!) light due to variations in the refracting mediums - the tear film, cornea, lens and vitreous, and each person's visual cortex will process light wavelengths in a unique way, so what tint works for one person may not necessarily be as effective for everyone.

We know that there are certain tint colours that transmit other colours better, so if you are predominantly shooting orange clays, then oranges, vermillions and purples will theoretically make these stand out more. However, we need to ensure that these work with the individual's visual system too.

​I have been doing a lot of work this year with a machine that we habitually use for Dyslexic kids and adults and this with migraine. It allows us to completely customise lens colour and has proven very useful for trap shooters. The colours selected have varied greatly from purples, reds, oranges, blues and even green!

"Conventional Optometry" advocated the use of very pale lenses, this has the same effect on your pupil as the aperture stop on a camera - a small pupil gives greater depth of field but again this is not a panacea, for example, I'm rather light sensitive so i tend to wear darker tints most of the time, otherwise i get squinty, and my eyes feel strained.

I like clear lenses for early morning or night time shooting but still tend to put a dab of colour in there to make my eyes feel relaxed  :derisive:

 

[Doctor Lecter]

ah  I thought my eyes were  iffy because I suffer with light sensitivity  ,  but reading your reply  I now know im  not alone .

 

[jake.keeling]

With respect to the tint question, everyone perceives colour slightly differently, each eye will uniquely focus (or distort!) light due to variations in the refracting mediums - the tear film, cornea, lens and vitreous, and each person's visual cortex will process light wavelengths in a unique way, so what tint works for one person may not necessarily be as effective for everyone.We know that there are certain tint colours that transmit other colours better, so if you are predominantly shooting orange clays, then oranges, vermillions and purples will theoretically make these stand out more. However, we need to ensure that these work with the individual's visual system too.
 
​I have been doing a lot of work this year with a machine that we habitually use for Dyslexic kids and adults and this with migraine. It allows us to completely customise lens colour and has proven very useful for trap shooters. The colours selected have varied greatly from purples, reds, oranges, blues and even green!"Conventional Optometry" advocated the use of very pale lenses, this has the same effect on your pupil as the aperture stop on a camera - a small pupil gives greater depth of field but again this is not a panacea, for example, I'm rather light sensitive so i tend to wear darker tints most of the time, otherwise i get squinty, and my eyes feel strained.
 
I like clear lenses for early morning or night time shooting but still tend to put a dab of colour in there to make my eyes feel relaxed  :derisive:

Superb explanation of what I'm sure is just a small part of your knowledge. Are you sure you can't come in on Xmas day?

 

[Chris Hill]

ah  I thought my eyes were  iffy because I suffer with light sensitivity  ,  but reading your reply  I now know im  not alone .

You're not. I have to make sure I always have my sunglasses with me when out and about.

One time I let home in the piddling rain, which eventually cleared to glorious sun and clear skies.

I was squinting so much my head hurt, and squished up my contacts, which was bloody uncomfortable to say the least.

The flip side to this is that I have excellent night vision, and have never had to have my pupils dilated for an eye test, they can see plenty just by dimming the lights.

At the moment I generally wear my sunglasses for shooting, unless it's cloudy or raining, or there's a target against a dark background/hedge etc, in which case I go glasses-less.