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Jim Magay |
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In the beginning there were smoked lenses, then Grey 1, 2,
and 3 glasses. Green was popular, as were the Cruxite and
Softlite shades for office use. Then along came G-15,
TruColor glass and plastic, and a bit later on - like magic,
we entered the realm of adaptable tints with Photogrey glass
from Corning followed by Photogrey Xtra and Photobrown Xtra,
then onward to Transitions in plastic in all their forms –
and I would like to say how much we like the new Transitions
Vantage.
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My 8-year-old granddaughter has the first pair we dispensed
and she is enjoying them. My second fit was a soccer referee
with a progressive pair, he bought them (Rudy Project Frame)
for sports but likes them so well he is wearing them as an
everyday pair – the red and black temples look really sharp.
In looking over current catalogues we now have incredible
choices with tints. (26 color options in the Rudy Project
catalogue alone). Kaenon offers 6 outdoor tints, while Julbo
has 4 options.
Got to love the versatile clips available today as well.
eClips has a great selection of 8 colors, 6 in Polarized
form and you can add 3 different mirrors to them.
Remember when Corning came out with color technology for
ocular problems in the 80’s? It is now called CPF
GlareControl. They are photochromic glasses or clip-ons that
absorb ultra-violet light and varying amounts of HEV and
come in 5 versions that range in color from yellow to brown.
These were quite the thing when first introduced, and today
they are marketed for a variety of conditions ranging from
albinism to retinitis pigmentosa.
A pioneering expert in health and light; John Ott, in his
book, Health and Light states:
“Certain ailments of the eye have also been related to
excessive exposure to the ultraviolet in sunlight, and (as
noted earlier) the practice of wearing sunglasses is
becoming increasingly prevalent. It would be difficult to
find an optician today who did not sell one brand or another
of eyeglasses designed to filter out this so-called
‘harmful’ ultraviolet radiation and prevent it from entering
the eyes. Yet the paradox of this theory about the harmful
effects of ultraviolet from sunlight is that scientific
studies relating a high rate of pterygium, an abnormal
growth on the eyeball that destroys vision through exposure
to high intensity sunlight in the tropics, did not take into
consideration whether or not those people with pterygium
wore any kind of eyeglasses or sunglasses which would
protect the eye from the ultraviolet part of the sunlight
spectrum. Even ordinary eyeglasses filter out much of the
ultraviolet in sunlight.”
He goes on to say: “Could the lack of the normal amount of
ultraviolet in sunlight received through the eyes possibly
cause a condition of hormonal or chemical imbalance and in
turn make the skin hyper-sensitive to sunlight as far as
skin cancer is concerned? It is known that some drugs and
certain ingredients in soaps and cosmetics make people more
sensitive to light. The question of any possible connection
between different conditions of light sensitivity and
hormonal imbalance or malfunction of the endocrine system
might well be worth further investigation.”
Whoa, with the entire tint arsenal available wouldn’t it be
a killer if it were harmful to block all UV? |
