First: "I'm not crazy"
Second: These lenses existed until late 60's to early 70's.
There is/was a polarized lens that was called "neutral Polaroid". It was approximately the color of a brown #1 or less.
The lens had an extraordianry ability to do what Polaroid does without being dark lenses. They could be worn in broad daylight or indoors. Obviously, they didn't handle the brightest light. But they substantially increased visual comfort under the majority of lighting conditions by eliminating "bright bursting".
If used today, they could eliminate glare off monitors etc. or any application where reflected glare off external surfaces would be a problem.
This is not replaceable with AR coating, as AR does not eliminate reflected glare off anything but the actual surfaces it is applied to.
If anyone knows where these lenses can be found, if at all, I would appreciate your sharing that information. There is a serious industrial sale possible and for accurate information I will JV.
Thanks oodles,
Alan
P.S. I was told KBco had them, but they said their's is 43% density or transmission (forgot to get them to clarify that). That's NOT brown #1 or less regardless.
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