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  1. M

    Veiling Glare Comparisons

    Perhaps I misunderstood, because I thought we were talking about "veiling glare" the overall milky, diffuse "glare" which drastically reduces image contrast, not peripheral crescent flares.
  2. M

    Veiling Glare Comparisons

    I wondered if they would be similar.
  3. M

    Veiling Glare Comparisons

    That was my experience before cataract surgery, and I gave up driving at night because of it. After both eyes were done, after my first drive at night, my impression was "All of the light stayed where it was supposed to be." I never thought of cataracts. They let them go for a while until they...
  4. M

    Veiling Glare Comparisons

    Well, if you decide to play with the idea more, I would be interested in the results. It could just be another crackpot theory, and I'm not sure how you would test it anyway, unless you put up a survey and ask everyone here who complained about it what color their eyes are.
  5. M

    Veiling Glare Comparisons

    Stray (off axis) light can fall on the iris, and if not absorbed be scattered into the eyeball. Light-eyed people are known to be more light sensitive for this reason.
  6. M

    Veiling Glare Comparisons

    The thought just occurred to me to ask if this phenomenon correlates with eye color. Do the people who are most bothered by it have light-colored eyes, and do the people who never see it have dark?
  7. M

    Veiling Glare Comparisons

    An obsessive and determined search for flaws will always find one or more.
  8. M

    Veiling Glare Comparisons

    That only goes on for a while, then they start burning helium. (not that it makes any significant difference to binocular users)
  9. M

    Veiling Glare Comparisons

    I have been playing in my head and thinking about seeing what I can cobble up. There isn't much room at the end of the barrel due to the presence of the third hinge. Thanks.
  10. M

    Veiling Glare Comparisons

    I wish manufacturers threaded the inside of the barrels in front of the objectives so we could use screw-in lens shades on our binoculars. Alas, they do not.
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