Wrap-around sunglasses

Do even well made wrap-around sunglasses create distortion due to the
curvature? I got some quality (expensive) sunglasses recently, and it
feels almost like they are inducing prism. It takes me a while to
adapt to them after being inside on the computer all day. But it seems
that I might be hypersensitive to this type of thing.

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"Charles" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:vjOrg.25673$FQ1.3077@attbi_s71...

> Do even well made wrap-around sunglasses create distortion due to the
> curvature? I got some quality (expensive) sunglasses recently, and it
> feels almost like they are inducing prism. It takes me a while to
> adapt to them after being inside on the computer all day. But it seems
> that I might be hypersensitive to this type of thing.

There are some who believe that wrap-around eyeglasses are crafted
in such a way that distortion is avoided. Mr. Quick, for instance, believes
that. There is previous discussion -- you could Google wrap-around.

Sunglasses are not the only kind that come in wrap-around -- high-fashion
eyeglasses of many species do also. Wrap-around progressives can be
actually quite amazing especially as they can be "aspherical" in a multitude
of ways.

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Dicky

Dick Adams wrote:
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> There are some who believe that wrap-around eyeglasses
> are crafted in such a way that distortion is avoided. Mr. Quick,
> for instance, believes that. There is previous discussion --
> you could Google wrap-around.

Anybody can Google wrap-around. Even you Dicky. I wasn't
aware that I've expressed any such beliefs. Bad batch of
home grown saline?

In a past life I drove a semi cross country. I wore polarized
neutral grey glass lenses with a double gradient mirror. The
best I had were ones made (for a short time) by Nikon with
all the stuff on the inside of the sandwich (except for the AR
I think). They were aviator style and not wraps.

Currently I wear Rudy Project shades. They are wraps. I
sacrificed some visual quality for the plastic and he ability
to change lenses. Again the primary lenses are neutral
grey polarized. I use their golf lenses for golf (not polarized)
and the racing red for very flat conditions.

Rudy, Oakley, Maui Jim? all have lens designs to mitigate
the distortion from wraps. There was a distinct difference
in the Rudy wraps from my Nikons. I don't know if it was
the wrap or the material. I adapted and it doesn't bother
me.

-Quick

Charles wrote:

> Do even well made wrap-around sunglasses create distortion due to the
> curvature? I got some quality (expensive) sunglasses recently, and it
> feels almost like they are inducing prism. It takes me a while to
> adapt to them after being inside on the computer all day. But it seems
> that I might be hypersensitive to this type of thing.

I've got two pair of Oakley M-frames and one pair of an M-frame clone.
Not prescription. No distortion.

No, of course I didn't buy $150 sunglasses new, I got them all at yard
sales, most expensive $3.00 (the M-frame Pros, which is a stupid design
unless you have a pin-head). It's always good when a ****ed-off wife
sells her husband's stuff :-)

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Cheers,
Bev
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