Series 01 · Oakley Prizm

Oakley Prizm Tungsten Lens Review

Clean amber brown through the lens. Best in ultra bright, made for Everyday, driving.

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. our prescription inserts

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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-10
Category
CAT 3
VLT stated
14%
Measured
20.8% of the clear control
Look through
Clean amber brown
Mirror
Bronze
Best light
Ultra bright
Activity
Everyday, driving
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 warmest of the dark everyday tints, a clean amber brown with none of the olive cast that 24K and Ruby pick up. The closest thing in the set to a conventional brown driving lens.