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wondering if anyone has thoughts on identifying lens material and AR coat blind, and whether or not the optics are that much more superior. Base AR lets say for example-sharpview vs the crazy sapphire delux whatever they are calling it now. outside of the longevity of the coating - with the crazy price difference, if 4-5 pairs were put on and you looked through it, could you rea...

What is the most versatile titanium frame line that includes something for the ladies?

What amazing times we live after more than fifty years in this amazing industry I was blown away by a new development. I received a text message from a long term friend with a simple message you have to help these people please call them ASAP. I made the call and was amazed by what they had. After 20 years of R&D they have developed an electronic retina for macular degenerat...

hi all!
we were recently presented by our lens supplier with a material i rarely have experience with called mr8 - do any of you guys use mr8 regularly and how does it compare to cr39 or poly (which is what we typically use).

also if anyone in the community has edged mr8 in a lens edger (we use nidek/santinelli)- the options on our lens edger are cr39, poly, h...

I swear that I did not make this up to make Essilor look bad, they put this on their website regarding their new entry level progressive lens:



Oh boy, the Varilux Shift lenses are designed using both distance prescription and ADD power! Also you need to take a monocular PD and a monocular fitting height to order the Varilux Shift lens. This is revoluti...