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Polarized HCNB lenses

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Polarized HCNB  lenses

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Bigatmo Polarized HCNB lenses help to prevent eye fatigue by reducing glare from any surface, but especially glare from snow, sea and sand.

The key to Bigatmo’s Polarized lenses is the filter placed inside the lens. This filter, which can be likened to a tiny venetian blind, allows light to pass through the lens in the horizontal plane but not the vertical: light that has bounced off a reflective surface, such as water or snow, is filtered out, dramatically reducing glare.

Eye comfort is greatly enhanced while ‘clutter‘ reaching the eye is reduced, improving the contrast and definition of the image.

Bigatmo Polarized lenses also benefit from our High Contrast Narrow Band technology (HCNB), which uses advanced Light Management technology to make colours come alive.

How are Bigatmo Polarized lenses different?

Polarized lenses are excellent for snow, sea and sand, but standard polarized lenses do have their limitations. It is possible to lose information that we normally process subconsciously; drivers and cyclists, for example, might not be able to see a contaminated road surface. Sports players might lose valuable information that could affect their performance, such as the way the light plays on grass or water which indicates wind speed and strength.

Bigatmo Polarized lenses, on the other hand, are optimised to allow the wearer to absorb this valuable information whilst enjoying the benefits of polarization. They help to improve decision making and reduce reaction time, and ensure that you don’t lose vital visual information such as the sheen from this wet road surface:

Bigatmo Polarized lenses make it easy to spot this wet road surface

Bigatmo Polarized lenses make it easy to spot this wet road surface

Bigatmo Polarized lenses reduce glare off reflective surfaces – making it easier to see these jellyfish lurking below

Bigatmo Polarized lenses reduce glare from reflective surfaces – making it easier to see these jellyfish lurking below

 

Not recommended for flying

Bigatmo Polarized lenses are not currently recommended for flying or use on flight decks. Traditional polarized lenses are poor in the cockpit environment because the stresses in the windscreens are very visible and instrument screens, both LCD and CRT, are visually unstable. A flight deck test programme for Bigatmo polarized lens will be undertaken in due course.

Most people are aware that polarized lenses reduce glare and eye fatigue but not everyone understands just how this is done or what the benefits and limitations are.

Polarized lenses incorporate a polarizing filter which can be likened to a tiny venetian blind. This filter allows light to pass through the lens in the horizontal plane but not the vertical. It ensures light which has bounced off a reflective surface, such as water or snow, will be filtered out, dramatically reducing glare. The reduction of glare has two prime benefits: eye comfort is greatly enhanced and the ‘clutter‘ reaching the eye is also reduced which improves the contrast and definition of the image.

This is excellent for many general purpose uses but it does have limitations. It is possible to lose information that we normally process subconsciously; drivers and cyclists, for example, might not be able to see a contaminated road surface. Sports players are also likely to lose information that could affect their performance, such as the way the light plays on grass or water – providing valuable information about wind speed and strength.