Michael Bane wears orange tinted shooting glasses - should I?

[kmitch200]

A rule from one of my first handgun instructors - wear a baseball cap. Keeps the brass out of glasses.
Ignore above rule if you are just shooting around Alfs.

I use Ray-Ban aviator green tint for 90% of my outdoor shooting because that's what I wear. (raybans are NOT safety glasses)
The other 10% is either rose or orange for shotgunning clays.
If I'm inside, regular sunglasses are too dark, then I switch to clear safety glasses.

[clarkemyers]

Michael Bane and Julie Golob are in orange tinted shooting glasses on their respective blogs. Does this mean orange is good for everybody or may it means orange is good on camera or maybe it means something else entirely?

[Henny]

Get a pair and try them is all I can suggest.

Me?  I'll take the standard clear lens.  Some colors and red dots don't play well with each other. 

[crusader rabbit]

Orange lenses are specifically to block the "blue" from the color spectrum.  They allow for greater observable contrast when the background has large elements of green as in hunting in the woods.

Yellow or amber lenses are similarly designed to reduce the blue and improve contrast in the above-described situation.  They work well as driving glasses because they enhance contrast. 

On the negative side of things, if you happen to be wearing orange lenses and you are trying to shoot an escapee from a detention facility that dresses their clients in orange jumpsuits, you will be at a disadvantage.

That doesn't come up a lot in my shooting life.

I wear yellow lenses when I am hunting or at the range (unless I accidentally leave them in another range bag back at the homestead--then I wear my regular dark glasses with a brownish tint).

All of my glasses are bifocal and, as a personal opinion, bifocals suck no matter the lens color.

FWIW

Crusader Rabbit

[Big Frank]

I read several years ago that green lenses sharpen the contrast of black and white targets and gray is neutral. Both are used in sunglasses, but if I don't need sunglasses I wear yellow or clear safety glasses. I never tried orange.

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[tombogan03884]

Micheal Bane also wears some seriously ugly shirts, so it's not much of a fashion recommendation . 
I suspect that he wears what is handy at the time, or what works best in his experience .
That's what you should do, use what works best for you.

[JoeG]

Blue light doesn't focus quite the same as red/yellow so you get two different focal planes for the two images. Our eyes are incredible and they accommodate this difference through software and working harder. If you filter out the blue with yellow or orange lenses then you eye doesn't have to work so hard. This is good for old eyes and for tired eyes as it reduces stress on the muscles. You will get less eye fatigue with these lenses over a long session. Less of in impact for young eyes or folks with very sharp vision.

BTW the prisoner with orange will stand out, the one in blue will look like he is wearing black as the blue is absorbed.

One effect is that when you take them off after a long day, your eyes will bloom like a camera with all the blue light they are suddenly receiving. Everything will have a slightly blue cast for a few minutes. I believe this is due to the chemical imbalance in your retina cells, the blue sensors have not worked all day and have stored up extra chemical sensor for blue. It takes a few minutes for my eyes to adjust to having to focus full spectrum again.

Eliminating blue also cuts glare as there is a lot of uv  in reflected glare from the sun. Probably more than you wanted to know but physics is cool.

[crusader rabbit]

physics is cool. 

Amen, brother.

Crusader Rabbit

[Solus]

Best glasses I have owned were Serengeti Aviators.  

They are blue blockers and did an outstanding job at cutting glare.  On the highway in light rain and lots of vehicle spray in a continuous line of traffic, I could clearly see 3 vehicles farther wearing the glasses than without..I could see no hint of the vehicles in the spray without the glasses.

The color/design of these lenses was also done so there there was no color shift as compared to other blue blockers.   They can also be had with prescription lenses and polarized or not.

http://www.opticsplanet.com/serengeti-sedona-velocity.html?gclid=CPfmzpS4srkCFfE-MgodIFYApw&ef_id=Ug0JwwAABLx9FWZo:20130904190700:s

http://www.opticsplanet.com/serengeti-prescription-sunglasses.html?gclid=CPrMy8u4srkCFctAMgodigIAuA&adlens_source=google&ef_id=Ug0JwwAABLx9FWZo:20130904190855:s



 

[JoeG]

Best glasses I have owned were Serengeti Aviators.  

Yea I had a pair of those years ago and loved them great driving glasses.