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- From: Brian.E.Hannon@dartmouth.edu (Brian E. Hannon)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: eyeglasses: want info about anti-reflective coatings
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.004334.800@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 00:43:34 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov18.120450.3973@news.cs.indiana.edu>
- juyoung@kiwi.ucs.indiana.edu writes:
-
- > >some reflections although greatly reduced; 2) the most important
- > >reason: the coating causes chromatic aberration (I often see
- > >a blue band on one side of an object and a yellow band on the other.
- > >I found it extremely annoying at first although it is less
- > >annoying now.); 3) makes the lenses harder to clean. (I used to
- >
- > I do not have such problems at all for wearing it for 8 years. If you
- > see blue band and yellow band, I think it may due to the poor quality
- > or the workmanship. Try another optical shop may give you a better pair.
-
- The rainbow bands that surround bright objects, particularly in the
- periphery of the lenses are not due to the coating, but instead due to
- a process often sold along with these coatings to people with strong
- prescriptions. The process makes the lenses about 1/3 thinner by using
- a material with a higher refractive index and by making the front
- surface of the lenses almost flat. This results in a much more
- pleasing look glasses, but causes bright light to be broken into
- rainbows around the edges of the lenses.
-
- Bri
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