Best sunglasses for not making things look too good!?

[Kirk Gittings]

See this thread:

http://www.largeformatphotography.in...ad.php?t=19024

[Capocheny]

How about a pair of 39mm .9 ND filters and a duct-tape frame?

Ralph,

Now, THAT would be a serious fashion statement... duct tape photographic glasses designed for the photographer who has everything and more!

Seriously, it makes sense to buy a pair of lenses that you can correlate to an actual filter, which can then be used on your camera.

Problem solved!

Cheers

[buze]

I also wish ray-ban made photo filters ! I also suffer from the "wow, lets shoot that" effect when wearing sunglasses, that can be very annoying !

Anyone has found any photographic filter that comes close to the effect ? Many times I wondered if I could find overlarge sunglasses and just rip them apart to reuse the lens

[j.e.simmons]

I have a couple of pairs of shooting glasses - made, I suppose for target shooting. They are somewhat amber/green and filter the light similarly to a #90 Wratten filter - at least to mey eye. I found these glasses at a sporting goods store that also carries firearms. I have no idea who actually made them as one pair is branded Smith & Wesson and the other Remington.
juan

[false_Aesthetic]

Oakleys with black iridium imho are the most neutral sunglasses out there--unless you're rockin the photo filters.

Eye Jackets (I dont think they make them anymore), Half Jackets and Minutes are my favs. The sport sunglasses are also strong enough to be used as safety goggles. A bonus when you're charging through the brush with your 11x14 trying to photograph those elusive Woodland furries.

Smith, Bauche+Lomb, Bolle, Spy, Arnette, Ray Ban, "el-cheepo", and a bunch more have more of those "redish" lenses.

my 2¢

[Joseph O'Neil]

As a guy who owns about 5 pairs of prescription sunglasses, a few thoughts..

1) You CAN get glass prescription glasses. As for Zeiss lenses, and if your optometrist does not handle them, look for one who does. Not cheap, but amazing good,

2) many "premium" sunglasses, prescription or off the shelf, use polarized lenses, which give you that dark sky or "better" look you are talking about. Look for something not polarized.

3) everybody sees colour a bit differently. I tis most probable that any two people chosen at random from a crowd will NOT have exactly the same colour response or range, so the only real answer is to try for yourself until you find what you like.

Good luck

[Brian Ellis]

I don't know, maybe I'm too simplistic, but when I see a scene that looks good with sunglasses on I take them off and look again.

[PViapiano]

Yes, Brian...exactly...

And I agree with the poster above about Oakley black iridium...that's what I have, extremely neutral...

[shmoo]

If you tend to use a polarizing filter, try a pair of Maui Jim's.

[domenico Foschi]

I never wear them just because of that.
It changes the realtionship between highlights, midtones and shadows.
Call me crazy...