Series 01 · Oakley Prizm

Oakley Clear Lens Review

None, control specimen through the lens. Best in none, protection only, made for Night, workshop.

Not a Prizm tint

Ken Steiner, aka desaroxx

The verdict

Verdict pending

This specimen has been measured and photographed; the riding verdict is still being earned. Until then, the numbers and comparisons below stand on their own.

This tint is Oakley's. If you wear a prescription, our inserts clip in behind it. see the inserts we make

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How brightness is shown. Every lens was shot at one locked exposure set on the bare sensor, so True exposure is the real light transmission. Your eye adapts, so a dark lens never looks that dark in life: Eye adapted raises each image by its measured transmission (perceived = transmission^0.5). Colour only normalises every lens to the same brightness to isolate the tint.

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The numbers

Specimen
S-13
Category
CAT 0
VLT stated
93%
Measured
100.0% of the clear control
Look through
None, control specimen
Mirror
None
Best light
None, protection only
Activity
Night, workshop
Rx insert
Available

Measured figures are linear transmission against the clear control under one locked exposure, not a laboratory VLT. Oakley's stated figure is the number to quote.

What it is

The control. This is the subject surface with effectively nothing in front of the sensor. Every other image in this series is this scene, altered only by the specimen.