@kronin323 a little input on the Iridium mirror coatings... First of all thanks for all your hard work. You are confirming what a lot of us were thinking, also proving some people wrong in thinking that each lens color had a completely unique base tint. I'm totally blown away on the violet lens too... Going from contrast to completely neutral! The input I wanted to give is that being in the industry I've always heard the mirror coatings are applied in layers. It used to be 3 layers. Then it went to 5 layers when they added base layers for adhesion, and top coatings for durability. Now most premium coatings are 7 layers of more since adding a hydrophobic and oleophobic later. These layers do have to work together to get the desired protection, colors transmitted, colors reflected, and colors absorbed (by destructive interference). Basically each layer would have a different color, because it had a different function. Similar to anti-reflective coatings some colors will pass through the first layer of "iridium" be reflected back off the second layer, but then be cancelled out by the incoming wavelengths again. So some colors are reflected (ie violet, or blue, on violet Iridium), some colors are transmitted (like yellow/orange colors on violet Iridium), and other colors (wavelengths) are cancelled it all together while "bouncing" between the layers! Hopefully that helps explain why Ruby died what it does. It really isn't Luxottica coating less layers. I personally believe something in the formula changed years ago, and perhaps the curvature steepened 0.75-1.25 base, but I don't have any original Juliet's to compare! Thanks guys.
