Response is slowed due to the compensation afforded by the automatic tint.

It's not a permanent situation. It takes a month or six to get the reflex
back.

Sailing sunglasses... polarized.. any tint... mirror finish to reflect back
the extra light from the waves. Get the leather side cups.....

CM

"katysails" wrote in message
...
Your pupils don't respond normally after wearing them awhile? that's not
good....

"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
news:KTH4e.4002$vt1.3894@edtnps90...
Speaking from experience..... about 30 seconds. Caution though.... they
do make for lazy pupils.

CM

"katysails" wrote in message
...
My present prescription sunglasses are gray, but very dark. I really do
not like the purple clip-ones...makes the world look like a strange
place...was wondering about the kind that darken when you go out and
lighten when you go back in and was wondering about response time...

"Red Cloud®" wrote in message
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On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 21:42:25 GMT, "katysails"

wrote:

I have to order new sunglasses this year. My old prescription glasses
are
too dark and filter out way too much light. I've been experimenting
with
some clip-ons over my glasses and tried purple and amber, but they
still
seem to filter out too much. I'm looking for some color that will work
on
both land and sea and filter glare more than light....Recommendations?

I would recommend you get gray colored polarized lenses. The reason fo
gray is
that it won't screw up how you see colors, like purple and amber lenses
will.
The polarization cuts glare, which is your biggest problem. You can
specify a
lighter shade as well. I have bi-focal polarized lenses and I got them
a shade
that is dark enough to prevent eye fatigue, yet light enough that I can
easily
read a chart without taking them off.

rusty redcloud

"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message

Response is slowed due to the compensation afforded by the automatic tint.

Hogwash. At the very most one can experience an increased sense of
photophobia with prolonged dark lens wear, but pupillary responses, either
magnitude or reponse time, are unaffected by any type of sun lens, including
the photochromics.

It's not a permanent situation. It takes a month or six to get the reflex
back.

You need to stop reading the National Inquirer.

Sailing sunglasses... polarized.. any tint... mirror finish to reflect
back the extra light from the waves. Get the leather side cups.....

I was in agreement until you got to the mirrored F1. Mirrors do reflect a
lot of light, especially if they are quality mirrors, but they also make
lenses very dark, AND they generally tend to distort the image quality
considerably. Mirrors are generally not thought well of by the legitimate
ophthalmic lens industry or by eye care practitioners. Leather side cups
are ideal if one's lenses are small and very dark, such as with high
altitude expedition glasses, where UV is brutal and must be blocked to
prevent snow blindness (solar keratitis, or UV burns of the cornea). Not
practical or necessary on a boat, unless in the tropics. Katy ain't.

Max