Amazing video. I've only recently started appreciating sun glasses because everything can look so pretty through different lenses and this is just the kind of video I was looking for
Finally, a worth video explaining mirror finishing colors! Thank you! For sunny days where you want to enjoy the Greens of trees, I understand the Gold finish will work better than Green finish (which will mute the Greens). Correct?
Thank you!!! Dead on, you understood completely correctly. Bronze with gold flash top is the best to give great contrast in high blue light over green situations 🙂 a close second is silver flash to dial back the contrast of the brown lens just a hair and increase darkness 😀
Glad it helped you!! Be sure to check out the other playlist on lens tech, as we did a whole series diving into each of the more common lens colors in there too! 😎
great info, only change would like to see is a review of sunglasses out in the sun. so you can actually see the effect since most of us don't wear sunglasses at night.
Thanks! Thats a video I'm working on. Harder to find time to take all these samples outside to a few different environments 🤣 talks of another shutdown soon means that may happen whether i like it or not though 🤣🤣😁 thank you for the suggestion 🥰
Would you consider a brown lens with green mirror a good choice for everyday outdoors activity? Or am I better off with a brown lens with a blue mirror instead? I currently have a brown lens w/ green mirror and I notice that when I look at grass fields, the colors don’t seem as bright. Great video btw!
Brown with green is best out ok the water, as your noticing the green mirror takes the edge off of greens by reflecting most of them away 🙃. Making a set of these for a fisherman as we speak in fact ❤️🔥💚🤎. Blue mirror will help in warming the lens and reducing the blocked greens... bonus points as they're STUNNING with the fall color change when greens aren't as pronounced as the reds come to life wildly.
I know that bronze and gold mirrors are typically placed on contrast lenses like brown, but have you ever seen them placed on a grey base lens? I recently purchased a set of replacement sunglass lenses with a bronze mirror. The description didn't say anything about the base lens but they were described as having an "optimal neutral lens view," which would suggest a grey base lens. I didn't know what to expect but was pleasantly surprised to find that the base lens is in fact grey. The lens view is a neutral grey with just a very subtle boost in contrast due to the mirror color.
I actually do these pretty often for people that want a neutral view but a different look cosmetically. Overall the bronze mirrors will normally add a slight cooling affect to the lens that isn't always desirable. (Will make a gray more blue). It takes a little tweaking to the base lens to really nail it 😁
@@ThatGlassesGuy03 That's interesting to know because whenever I see a bronze mirror I always assume it is on a contrast lens. My lenses do have a cool shift but it is definitely more subtle than what you would get with something like a red mirror on a grey base lens.
For occasional paraglider,which coloured lense is better? I want to buy extra sunglass(red). Will it be suitable itable for any of the situations in daily life?
On oakleys website it’s said that their shallow water green mirror with copper lens helps increase contrast on green and reds. But doesn’t a green mirror reflect green light away from the lens?
Correct green does reflect away some green light, BUT that doesn't mean that you aren't increasing CONTRAST on greens 🙃. It's a little harder Subject to grasp, but oalley is correct here and it's a killer shallow water combo
Loving the chill energy of your videos! I'm currently infatuated with colorful mirrored lenses and shopping for a pair of sunglasses for driving. I saw your comment recommending a gray base and blue/purple tint, but the sites I'm shopping from (zenni optical and eyebuydirect lol don't judge me) don't let you pick a base and a mirror color - just a mirror color. In that case would a blue or purple mirror color still be the best choice for driving? Also, I was planning on getting polarized lenses but I'm not sure if it's overkill/redundant to have the polarization and the mirror coating... Hoping to draw from your wealth of knowledge on the subject 😅
It’ll still warm the tonal notes a bit more than a neutral gray. Still good. Not as good. No judgement for Zenni and eyebuydirect from me, except in the case where they don’t have what you want and trying to do it anyways 🙃😂
I dont disagree based on the samples we had. The blue was sadly over a gray base with only a subtle warm shift (which some love... I'm not a fan). The greens were both over a brown base from memory and the green mirrors keep it neutral. Great choices.
I work in Florida as a real estate appraiser and use a Disto laser measuring device with a red laser. What is your recommendation for progressive transition lenses for working in the Florida sun to locate the red dot. Excellent video. Thanks
hey! Stick to the greens and avoid anything with red undertones. It'll make it easier to spot for you :) A good off the shelf option for this would be the Revo Evergreen lenses (variable darkening so you can still use it on a cloudy day to help with the diffuse blue light as well) It's a warm brown with a green mirror so won't abstruct much of the red spectrum. If you don't like a warmer lens a green base will be your next best bet, just avoid any of the red/orange mirrors, as they could make the laser reflection harder to spot blocking a portion of the red passing through the lens :) Hope that helps! (Would highly recommend the Revo Air 1 for you specifically, light, nice wrap, great color lens options for your needs)
Hi, for driving (using sun glasses just for driving) during the day with a lot of sunshine outside, which are the best for me? I don´t use or need any type of glasses, i´m just a bit sensitive to a lot of sunlight, thanks!
It varies a bit depending on what your driving conditions are, but to cover the widest range a gray base with a blue or purple mirror will offer the most benefit for bright light with a slight improvement to contrast :)
That’s a wide range to cover! I would lean toward a rose or amber or even a yellow depending on what your conditions are like when you’re riding :). Rose would be the most universal here!
I wear progressive (with thicker lense on one side) I would like to know where I can find a prescription pair in the gold / sun color. They look amazing! Thanks for a great video!
Hi Gina, first off thanks for watching! The gold mirror is pretty common, but the 14k exclusive mirror is a bit harder to find. Typically smaller independent opticals will have access to it :)
Grey or blue for darkness and a blue mirror to cut the intensity further. Makes for a warmer cool tone that kills it on the beach (Maui Jim blue Hawaii is a solid starting point of reference) varying conditions could change that, but that’s a solid covers most conditions lens.
Clear is best for night drivng.... but I digress, no one wants to hear that. 🤣. A very light yellow is incredible for hazy or dusk/dawn conditions but still reduces light making it to the retina at night (not good as we need ALL the light we can get to the cones). The Vuarnet nightlynx is one of the few dinosaurs of that by gone area that does an incredible job at enhancing contrast in low light without causing too many other issues. The old yellow canary glass is incredibly expensive if you can even get your hands on it for a prescription lens, and honestly vuarnet is the least expensive yellow glass I've seen when it comes to prescription. This almost deserves its own video.. maybe soon. 🤣
Hey love the vid! Im working in a summer camp this summer so I will be out in the sun alot and im looking for some glasses which enhance colours and make everything look brighter. Which lense is best?
In that case a specific type of lens is in order vs just a color. Serengetti and Kaenon make some of the best colour enhancing lenses and I would definitely start there! 😁
Wow, I love the amazing glasses you are wearing! Unfortunately, I do not live in the US and cannot visit your boutique. I would be grateful if you could let me know which materials (e.g., Transitions XYZ lenses color 123) and work steps my local optician needs to have and perform to make me glasses like these. Which color does your mirror coating have, and was the mirror coating already part of the lenses (e.g., like in Transitions XTRActive Style Mirrors lenses)?
This set was entirely custom, and unfortunately matching it is no simple task. Balancing the reflectance to not have a constant tint, still activate and achieve a true mirror when activated takes some finesse that honestly most labs aren't even capable of or won't be dealing with. This requires a great understanding of light principles as well as a strong connection with the lab producing it. It's not as simple as a cake recipe (which if we're talking total scratch made is still no small task and takes time to master :) ).
@@ThatGlassesGuy03 Thankyou for the quick response.... By any chance do you happen to have any video links which could show the view through such a lense? I didn't find much on that (Green G-15 Base + Midnight Blue Mirror)... I'm keen to know the color shift and contrast changes. Let me know if you have anything relevant to this.
I dont sorry, it's just I know how light is going to pass through that combination, can't say I've ever made one either. It would be a very low level boost to contrast in the midlight ranges partially just because of the added darkness tapering the intensity of the highlights and specular a bit more. 🙃😎 sorry I can't be more help than that on this one 😅
hello there, I am looking for photochromic violet lenses, is there any options I can choose from? Another question from your another video about Essilor Style Mirror, are the based colour fixed with grey or Brown? or based on the original mirror colour?? cheers
The specific style mirror lenses are only paired with a grey base. Transitions colors amethyst will be your closest to a violet lens but it looks more like old faded window tint when darkened. In the mid light it does have a nice violet shade however.
What color lenses would you suggest that I go with if I have sensitive eyes to light but I want to be able to see everything naturally bright colored just not blinded by the sun
Stick to a normal grey, and only a silver or black mirror if you want extra darkness :). That keeps the color spectrum flat assuming it's a good high quality gray used 😎
this was so informative with a practical demonstration. best video on mirrored lenses ive found. I'm considering ray ban's prescription chromance lenses for motorcycle riding. among ng their prescription line up would brown with blue lenses be optimal for clarity and color? any other brands you might recommend that have a custom prescription program?
I wouldn't get too hung up on brands because they're going to limit the options in their rx programs a lot. Oakley being one of the few with a pretty wide catalog of rx color choices. Vuarnet being another. And one I would really consider for you is serengetti, as they've always focused on driving lenses. Personally I like a high contrast lens on a motorcycle or on the road vs something more color neutral. A brown with blue mirror is going to cause some color shift, but one of my favorite on the road combos, with brown and purple being a step better for late evening and harsh sun angles 😁
This may be one of the few places you’ll see me suggest polarized but with my tongue in my teeth. The benefit of cutting the glare is also problematic as you lose some of the ability to react to slick spots by not seeing them as readily. If polarized any grey with a blue mirror will work great. If non polar I would lean towards something red mirrored (better IR/ heat rejection than the other mirrors for better comfort)
Thanks for the vid. I had to re-watch parts of it just to digest all the info. Through the lens, I have noticed a shift in color from the middle to perimeter. With Green mirrored gray, the view is a little cooler in the center and warmer towards the edge. Red mirrored blue/gray is warmer in the center and shifts cooler to the edge. What’s going on here? Does the AR coating have anything to do with that? Also, what is the significance of the AR color? It seems it is usually matching the front mirror color.
The backside ar color has almost no affect on visuals, and comes down to the cure time of the coatings, sometimes these will be run in the same batch and more closely match the front, sometimes they arent and even have no pigment at all only causing a reduction in reflections (my favorite, but good grief never request it because you'll never get it back right 🤣). For the color shift you're seeing, you do indeed have a keen eye! The mirror colors are typically not uniform and will shift as you get to the outside edge, just ever so slightly shifting the spectrum of light passing through. Greens will typically shift blue centrally causing the warmer shift like i mention in my own personal pair 😁. What your seeing in the red mirrored is the opposite of what it should be though UNLESS they're using a mirror that is more purple centrally like our custom pyro mirror here, those absolutely have that affect and its wierd but incredibly calming to the eyes. The ar color is just a largely cosmetic choice, i lean blue because, as I've mentioned before, things in the blue spectrum aren't as easily perceived by our eyes, and thus it appears to our brains the reflections are reduced that much further. (Now you know the magic behind the difference from crizal avance to sapphire 🤣) for the super acute it can be picked up on, its a difference of 0.01% in actual reflectance... so perhaps "almost entirely" cosmetic rather than just cosmetic should be used here 😁
The mirror or the mirror flash coating is a multilayer dielectric coating. The color reflected/transmitted, & the amount of reflection, is a function of the thicknesses of the multiple layers in the coating stack. When light passes through at different angles, the color reflected changes because of the different distances for oblique rays (this is both advantage & disadvantage of multilayer coatings, depending upon whether or not you want this effect). When lens is held in front of the camera, most of the light is going through perpendicular. When it is worn, the light reaching the eye is going through at different angles. The coating thicknesses are configured to compensate for the angles of the light to the eye, not the camera.
@@ThatGlassesGuy03 Comment about the mirror/anti-reflection coatings: They are all super-thin clear substances. There are no "pigments". The color is solely due to the thicknesses of the layers in the coating causing light-wave interference. Different colors have different wavelengths. The color of the transmitted light is always the complement of the reflected light. Very little energy is lost in the coating. What isn't reflected is transmitted. When you change the angle, the oblique light rays travel different distances in the layer than if it were perpendicular. That's why the reflected & transmitted colors shift with angle. The mirror coatings are not "cured". They are vaporized in a high vacuum chamber onto the lens. It is a precision process, & is almost impossible to make 2 batches exactly the same.
I'm beginning to wonder what field you're in for a career Brian 😂. So yes, that's all largely correct, there are a handful of methods to apply these coatings but the most common these days is a dip layered base hard cost followed by the vacuum chamber and ion bombardment process which zeiss patented some time back 😁. Various metals are used to tune the light to some degree, so it's not all a direct relation to the thickness of the stack, but it is a large component. Easily seen with a thin layer of water on a lens with modern anti fog treatments on an AR stack. The exact makeup of each metal in varying thickness determines the end result. SiO2 that has been recently adopted to consumer grade automotive protection has been protecting lenses for over a decade 🙃💥 As for difficulty in duplication... very very very. Environmental conditions, lens thickness from power, and lens monster makeup all come in to play. Opti cote has practically perfected repeatability and durability of mirrors. That's our mirror of choice over here ❤️🔥
@@ThatGlassesGuy03 My field started as electrical engineering & branched into most every other field of science, including chemistry, nuclear, mechanical, & optics. (You might be interested in my method of measuring eye refraction with green laser pointer, chunk of wax, & lens paddle.) In high school I did vacuum coating as hobby. 99.9% of the coatings are silicon & metal oxides or fluorides. They are transparent, but have varying indexes from 1.3 (MgF2) to 2.2 (ZrO2). Diamond-like carbon is also used as of late. In coatings with no free metal, the optical characteristics are determined solely by thicknesses & indexes. All AR coatings (& most reflection coatings) are made this way. If the coating has free metal, it has high loss, then the lens must have less. This causes high back-reflection of light from behind. It is also less stable as metal is soft with higher expansion than oxides & prone to corrosion. I subscribe to tech magazines: www.vtcmag.com, NASA Tech briefs, EDN, Electronic Design
Hello, so I mostly work in sunny conditions with occasional clouds and all, and I'm deciding on Green or Red mirror glasses. I mostly do industrial work in the sun all day, what would be the best option?
Hello, so I am interested in making my own sunglasses; because I can’t seem to find any that I like. Oakley use to offer a lens called “Torch and Iridium”, which I am completely in love with! Ultimately, I would like to have those lenses in a set of frames I currently have. It has come to my attention recently that I may have to buy the lenses pre-formed, shape them, and put them in the frames myself, which I am trying to avoid at all costs. Unfortunately, I don’t trust myself that much. I have called Opticians in my area and nobody seems to fit lenses for frames...? Do you know of a better way I could be approaching this situation? Your feedback is greatly appreciated, thank you!
That would be correct for most lenses. Theyre produced round usually in 70-80mm blanks and edged down to fit into each frame requiring special equipment or a good eye and technique on a hand stone. Any optician worth their salt can do this... if you're willing to send me the frame I can make what you're looking for. Shoot me an email and we can discuss further. Matt@thatglassesguy.net. if you're not looking for the mirror lenses like oakley and want something far better quality check out the replacement lenses tab on my online store... Www.thatglassesguy.shop 😁 best sun lenses in the industry no question, and we put them in all kinds of frames except rimless. Huge upgrade for most all sunglasses out there.
There's a couple different choices I like for that scenario, and all of these things are a little subjective. My go to starting point for thst type is a copper lens with gold flash mirror, or if you're in brighter light with more foliage and greenery to deal with a green mirror instead. It's a subtle but pleasing change that definitely helps
These are coatings made by quantum, they're not branded by big companies, and usually under house names by different labs. It's the same process you'll find from the likes of zeiss though :)
Thank you! I upgraded my mic right after this video to a yeti, so the newer videos are much better. I should go back and revisit some of these earlier ones now for a better experience :) Glad it helped, and if you have any other questions feel free to reach out to me directly! It's always great to get ideas direct from the community!
There are specific dyes for ophthalmic lenses, and they're typically applied via dipping with the dye at just around 200°F. Some lenses won't accept any dye, some can even be ruined by the process. Particularly if you're other comment (just bought for $3?) is about the glasses you want to further tint, I wouldn't bother, you'll spend more on the proper dyes, and most likely the lens can't be tinted further 😅
@@ThatGlassesGuy03 they're actually not bad, but I bought them for the sake of privacy, i don't want people to stare at me, so they are see through but only at certain angles
Of course, I never meant they were particularly bad, just the materials used at that price point usually won't accept any dye, or would be relatively very expensive vs purchase price :) particularly if it's a mirrored lens like the video samples, you would ruin the lens for sure.
How are the actual colors added to different colored mirrors? Do they all come from the same "base" substance and just have different dyes added to them?
Fun fact, the same is true for reflectance seen on "anti reflective" coatings as well, and how many brands create their signature shade of blue or green for reflectance color within some variance, excluding crizal sapphire which has a large variance from blue to purple depending on the substrate and lab making it 🤐.
@@ThatGlassesGuy03 Do you think one color is more effective (blue or green) for the AR coating or are they equal in performance? I recently got some replacement sunglass lenses and they have the green color. All of the other lenses I've ever seen have had the blue or purple color.
For the backside anti reflective it doesn't seem to make a difference in my experience. For clear lenses the more of the reflectance color that lives outside of our normal range of vision the better, thus reds and blues will outperform greens just based on how much of the reflectance is actually able to be perceived by our eyes. :) hope that helps!
The stock mirrored options offered by the style mirrors series will not create that affect. You’ll need something with more punch like the poker mirror by opticote
@@ThatGlassesGuy03 I don't want my eyes completely hidden, just harder to see. Even the normal xtractive makes eyes slightly less clear. The reflection from the unactivated flash mirror should help a little bit more. I was just wondering if the green, silver or blue flash mirror would be darker or cause more reflection for people looking at me to obscure eyes a bit more. If, not which generally look better on a bald white guy lol...?
@@stevenj6306 gotcha! In that case the green or gold tend to have the most obscuring affect. Blue looks best in your scenario 😅 but also has the least visible affect cosmetically indoors.
Hi, Thanks.My safety glasses seem to block about 40% only. I wonder if the US$ 10 to 12 dollar sunglasses (Iron Man/Tony Stark steampunk design for example) on AliExpress or Amazon will block 100% UV (UV400 spec)? Thank you. God bless, Revelation 21:4
They have to specify uv blocking to be sold in the states.. now whether direct sellers on alibaba are following that or not, or even safety testing their lenses... is another matter. Most sunglass lenses should be rated categorically with cat 2 falling around 40%-60% and cat 3 being 60-88% light blocking (subtract from 100 for VLT i.e. visible light transmittance)
Work as a Postal carrier and Im out in thr sun all day. What do you recomend for eye protection when I'm out of my vehicle and not that dark contrast when I look for something inside my vehicle where I don't have to take off my glass and start misplacing it lol. Thanks in advance.
Depending on how much you want to spend. Porche has a great lens they just released that performs well in a wide range of cases called visiondrive. Also vuarnet skilynx, Maui Jim Road, and probably the best of the bunch would be the serengetti photochromic lens 😎
I own an optical boutique and work directly with a wide range of manufacturers, not really an option for most people 😅. Of course I can have lenses custom made for you, but it isn't cheap to be certain.
@@ThatGlassesGuy03 Also, is that for the whole pair of sunglasses or just the lenses? I was hoping to get the lenses and cast my own pair of frames with aluminium/Copper
Been looking for a video like this for a while, Huh? 🤣 this one is on my list to revisit and update soon in a little better format, so keep an eye out for that! 😁
You should not put a mirror coating on a Transitions lens. When the lens is in the clear state, you will get horrendous glare (worse than glare from uncoated lens). Your selection of blue mirror/brown lens is a wise choice. For good optical performance, the lens color & mirror color should be from opposite sides of the color wheel. This way the back-reflected light from the coating will be absorbed by the lens. You need to try out the Enchroma CX3 lens (blue flash mirror, yellowish gray tint lens). Camera cannot show how this lens performs. You need to see it to believe it!
Very much a bad idea. The baking soda becomes an abrasive, combined with the acid of the vinegar it's asking for trouble, if not immediately, in the long term for sure.
Haha truer words were never spoken! I've made a newer version of this video with much better audio than the on board mic this was recorded with though, I hope you'll give the updated video a shot along with some feedback 😁😁 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-10VoIoKf-DE.html
A neutral gray works best for you guys. Yellows & Browns make all the greenery very overwhelming, but are handy for the occasional overcast day or early morning. If you want to "fine tune" things a bit, a nice grey base with a blue mirror will give a slight warm shift to the grey helping to enhance contrast slightly without the overwhelming affects of a brown or yellow... bonus points, the blue mirror reflects away most of the infra red and blue light helping to make the eyes more comfortable and feel cooler 😎
@@curtisdias2487 any sun lens is required to block UV in the US, not sure about other countries. If you mean mirror color, then yes that works very closely to the way a blue mirror would, just blocks a tick less blue light 😁
... I have a red Prius.. out under the tree in front of my in-laws.. because of situations.. that I can’t drive because of seizures.. :| Ahh ok then moving along trying to forget the car I wasted money on..
Mirror color affects lens color. and I definitely discussed more than one base color in the video. But shoot we can doa videon on th efull rainbow of base colors out there, that's not a bad idea at ALL! But, by in large in terms of what's available readily.... it's some variant like these where it's brown, grey, maybe blue, with a mirror on top.
