kronin323
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Contrast lenses(especially vr28BIP) makes overcasts "brighter" while making sun look "darker" dont know technically how it works, but if you wait 2-3 minutes after this post, a guy named kronin323 should tell you and me.
lol - I was putting The Kid to bed... bathe bathe night night....
It's simple really - contrast lenses have a base tint that helps you see edges / color variances to give a sharper appearance, typically by filtering out the blue haze. They tend to look some variety of brown / yellow / orange, though OEM Fire are almost maybe kinda greenish and G30 is more pinkish.
A complaint about contrast tints is they can give everything a "wash" of the base tint color. But VR28 is different - at a glance it looks brownish but when you wear them they almost seem to be a true color enhancer. Very pretty.
VR28 BIP is a great all-around lens but the BIP part brings the light transmission % down to 10% and isn't really suitable for dusk.
Standard, plain VR28 is, well, 28% trans (hence the name) and is great for cloudy days, but still may be a bit much for dusk.
I've worn VR50 in dusk conditions comfortably. But if you're really dealing with the last few minutes before it gets dark, clear may still be the best answer.
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