Jim/Mark Having just recently gone to the optometrist with my kids, and deciding to get a check-up myself, I discovered I have mild astigmatism (unequally curved eye optics that give a slight blur). I've had it all my life it sees, but only when the optometrist put me through the paces, switching all those lenses around in that contraption they put in front of your eyes, did I really notice how much better my vision could be.
The question of what to do when flying and driving came up - and I decided to go for convertible glasses with a magnetic clip-on pair of polaroid lenses that are fitted in front of the prescription lenses. So now I have "six-eyes" instead of four when wearing glasses while driving/flying. They seem to work very well and the magnets are sufficiently strong that the polaroid lenses do not come off when performing high-G maneouvres like loops. I was also warned against those "Transitions" lenses they advertise on TV - it seems that while they change tint depending on the light level, it is triggered by the UV intensity rather than that of the visible wavelengths, and since most modern cars have slightly polarised glass, they actually don't work very well when driving (which was never really explained in the TV ads) Cheers Jason Armistead On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 22:51:21 +0930, Mark Newton wrote > Jim Kelly wrote: > > The sun's finally beginning to emerge :-) > > > > Anyone know if these (prescription) sunglasses are available in > > Australia currently? > > I've never really had any luck getting polarized prescription > sunglasses. > > But I've had excellent results with contact lenses and yellow-tint > mirrored polarized sunglasses. Brings out contrasting colours > really well when you want to spot an aircraft against the ground, > and slightly tilting your head changes the sky color to really > highlight aircraft against the sky. > > Had 'em for years now. I'm surprised I haven't lost them :-) > > - mark > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > I tried an internal modem, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > but it hurt when I walked. Mark Newton > ----- Voice: +61-4-1620-2223 ------------- Fax: +61-8-82231777 ----- > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
