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Silver lenses

Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 4:50 pm
by Vince51
Anyone know where to get silver filter lenses? My last one is in my hood and I've grown partial to them.

Re: Silver lenses

Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 5:11 pm
by Vince51
Needing a huntsman quick slide hood with the 4x5 lense too. Heard they discontinued this model. Hate getting attached to my tools.

Re: Silver lenses

Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 6:34 pm
by Otto Nobedder
I like the silver, as well, but haven't searched in so long, I can't help.

I'm sure the answer will pop up soon, though.

Steve S

Re: Silver lenses

Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 9:20 pm
by jwmacawful
Vince51 wrote:Anyone know where to get silver filter lenses? My last one is in my hood and I've grown partial to them.
are these anything like the gold filter lenses?

Re: Silver lenses

Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 7:11 pm
by Otto Nobedder
No.

The silver provides a dramatically different contrast and flare filtering than the "gold".

Silver will show you what's going on in a 6010/6011 root like you've never seen before.

Steve S

Re: Silver lenses

Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 1:25 am
by Vince51
Found 1 silver mirror lense on the Internet. Everyone I've spoken with tells me they are not being made anymore.
I did try a gold mirror made by Phillips safety. Highly recommend it. Very good quality German glass. Closest Thing I've used to the old Lincoln hi-viz lense. Nice blue/green color and reduced flare. Puddle appears white.

Most gold mirror lenses I have used have a red color. Hard for me to distinguish puddle from base metal.

Re: Silver lenses

Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 4:49 am
by jwmacawful
Vince51 wrote:Found 1 silver mirror lense on the Internet. Everyone I've spoken with tells me they are not being made anymore.
I did try a gold mirror made by Phillips safety. Highly recommend it. Very good quality German glass. Closest Thing I've used to the old Lincoln hi-viz lense. Nice blue/green color and reduced flare. Puddle appears white.

Most gold mirror lenses I have used have a red color. Hard for me to distinguish puddle from base metal.
i have a gold lens and liked it but it was made of plastic and the gold coating was kinda flimsy and thin in spots. i saw those phillips gold lenses online and meant to order one but got sidetracked. thanks for the reminder.