Series 01 · Oakley Prizm
Oakley Prizm Road Black Lens Review
Dark rose, same hue as Road through the lens. Best in ultra bright, made for Road, gravel.
The verdict
It depends
An early verdict. Its colour enhancing tuning should beat the plain Prizm Black, but in my testing so far it is the other way round: the enhancement mushes colours where Black keeps them cleanly separated and lets the eyes do the work. From the outside its violet base shines through the mirror, where Black shows a clean chrome finish.
Take instead
- Prizm Black the same darkness with cleaner colours and a cleaner mirror
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The specimen
Lens comparison
The same seven scenes, one locked exposure. This one is loaded against Prizm Road.
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-01
- Category
- CAT 3
- VLT stated
- 11%
- Measured
- 14.8% of the clear control
- Look through
- Dark rose, same hue as Road
- Mirror
- None visible, dark plum
- Best light
- Ultra bright
- Activity
- Road, gravel
- 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 darkest road tint in the set. Against Road it is the same rose rather than a different one, and otherwise near identical in hue. Too dark once cloud rolls in, which is the trade for full sun.