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Night vision article

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We had a bit of a discussion on here a couple of months ago about the merits or otherwise of blue tinged light, and it got me thinking. So I did some searching and found this article. It is adapted from an airforce report, so not surprisingly it has a pilot bent, but interesting all the same.

Also, I found this article discussing changes to the eyes function as we age.

There were a few other articles I found that discussed how certain colours of light affected certain populations of people, such as blue light intolerance and so forth. I didn't bookmark them unfortunately, but there certainly can be some physical differences to how we respond to light and how certain light can affect our vision and depth perception. But usually the percentage of affected people is less than a few percent for the range of different conditions that may exist.

I thought I'd post these so I don't lose the links, and so that others can have a read. 8)
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I think we may have found our resident google-nerd.

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Guilty as charged...I am just amazed I haven't been "promoted" to "Team Nerd" yet... :?
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Felix wrote:Guilty as charged...I am just amazed I haven't been "promoted" to "Team Nerd" yet... :?
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Post by RG »

So what is the conclusion?? I mean the vision thing, not the nerd thing. :roll:
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The first article has a list of recommendations for people flying night missions, I guess you could adapt that as much as possible. Most of it is as relevant to driving or riding. Click the link and scroll to the end :wink:
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I reckon the standard halogens are better than the blue ones and i drive mostly night 4 nites a week for the last 15 years in 12 hour shifts, maybe if you pay a gizzilion bucks for something made for a high spec bmw or something it might be better.

tried the blue ones because they where packaged better and i was poping headlights every six to 8 weeks in the cab but went back to the others because i could see better with them.
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Can someone summarise the article for me?I haven't slept much for a week... -J.
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