Top 5 Favorite Lenses

[Pyu76]

Ruby
Fire
Blue
The old positive Red
And really like polarized

What is the difference between old and "new"?

 

[Ventruck]

What is the difference between old and "new"?

Red was more true to being literally red at almost any angle. Now there's a lot of variants that show purple/blue hues when looking at the lens directly from the front, and they seem less aesthetically reflective.

 

[Dieseltech]

What is the difference between old and "new"?

Yeah the old ones were really red and the ones aren't as dark.

 

[Pyu76]

Yeah the old ones were really red and the ones aren't as dark.

You have a pic?

 

[Carrera1963]

I bought +reds in 1994 and they were largely purple/blue and only really red at oblique angles. Seems to me they were always pretty much as they are now, though a few redder batches may have gotten out.

 

[Connor Peak]

00 BIP
BIP
Tungsten Iridium Polarized
Bronze Polarized
G30 Polarized

I bought +reds in 1994 and they were largely purple/blue and only really red at oblique angles. Seems to me they were always pretty much as they are now, though a few redder batches may have gotten out.

I've noticed that +Red is a lens color that can look completely different depending on the frame shape and sometimes even within the same frame.

 

[MarcelN]

With flatter lenses Red appears more violet.blue and doesn't change to red. With curved lenses (radarlock) you still get the red looks. I don't think there was any change to howk +red looks, it's just that it looks different in different frames.

 

[Carrera1963]

I agree, the ones I bought in 1994 were in Frogs (so base 6 curve) and had just as much purple/blue as current +reds.

I reckon the amount of red depends on both the curve and the size of the lens, hence why you see more red on a Radarlock as above - on my Juliet custom +reds, it's still mainly only red at the extremities and at the right angle.

I was disappointed with how little red there was in my +red second gen Frogs at first, but soon grew to love it and it definitely has a place in my top 5.

I do think it could be misleading to talk about old +red as being more red across the board though - plenty of them weren't.

As for my top 5, i could just go back to a previous post where we ranked lenses both to look through and at but I'll post afresh and go check after to see if I've changed my mind at all.

1. +red (after I just bigged it up, I thought I better)
2. Ice
3. G30
4. Black
5. Ruby
6. OO red

Guess I'm more a fan of neutral than contrast, or I just like my contrasts subtle...

This is always a nightmare, now I'm thinking what about gold, slate, jade etc etc...

 

[Dieseltech]

Hmmm maybe I'm wrong about the + red, but I thought they used to be darker. The only pair I have now is a pair of Frogskins. But i had a pair of eye jackets back in the day that I thought was much darker. I still have the frame. Someday I'm going to get lenses cut for them. Anyway thanks for the info guys.

 

[Pyu76]

Hmmm maybe I'm wrong about the + red, but I thought they used to be darker. The only pair I have now is a pair of Frogskins. But i had a pair of eye jackets back in the day that I thought was much darker. I still have the frame. Someday I'm going to get lenses cut for them. Anyway thanks for the info guys.

Good luck.