Progressive Presentation Edited

Progressive

Lenses

BY: Brendan Buissereth

Introduction

Progressive lenses are multifocal lenses that allows the wearer to see from distance, intermediate, and near seamlessly without the visible lines and image jumps that older models of multifocals come with such as bifocals and trifocals. Progressives lenses are considered the new generation of lenses, they almost seem futuristic being able to allow the wearer to see from three different powers all in one lens. Throughout the span of Progressive lenses being available, many companies have taken the opportunity to take the progressive lens design and tailor it there liking, Essilor and Zeiss are prime examples. Progressives come in many variations, and we’re going to take a look at some of these variations from those two major lens companies, Essilor and Zeiss to see what they have to offer.

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Introducing

zeiss

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First, we are going to take a look at Zeiss’s progressive lens portfolio. Zeiss is a well respected company known for its innovative technology and it’s continuous success in progressive lens manufacturing, ZEISS has been around for over 100 years, Their mission is simple, to push and challenge the limits of human imagination by finding new and sustainable ways to improve and upgrade the way that we see. Zeiss has been continuously experimenting and researching to bring us many different iterations of progressive lenses that are immensely customizable to fit the wearer’s needs, so lets take a look at a few.

ZEISS's

Progressives

Smartlife superb

Zeiss

In this day and age technology is everywhere and people are constantly looking at their phones, computers and smartwatches. In realizing this, Zeiss has come up with a progressive lens design that allows the wearer to focus on screens while being able to see the world around them using a wider corridor, a smoother softer peripheral view and allowing an almost instantaneous transition from the digital screens to real life.

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Zeiss's

SMARTLIFE SUPERB

Introducing the Zeiss SmartLife Progressive Superb. Traditional progressive lenses have very narrow corridors which limits full vision and diminishes the wearer’s peripheral vision. With Zeiss’s SmartLife Superb lenses, it allows for a much more smoother transition and allows the wearer a softer view of the peripheral vision with a less perceived blur. This is all possible thanks to Zeiss’s SmartLife technology. This lens is completely customizable and it comes in a number of different lens materials such as Plastic/CR-39, Trivex and Glass. Overall SmartLife lenses is truly a unique creation, who wouldn’t want lenses that can fit our modern day activities?

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Zeiss's

Progressive

Precision Superb

Percision Superb

Zeiss

Zeiss’s progressive precision Superb is one of the more basic models of Zeiss’s progressive lens portfolio but, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have it’s unique features... The precision Superb utilizes three major areas,-The wearer’s eyes, -Frames of the wearer's choosing-The wearer’s facial anatomy, The combination of these three areas result in a truly one of a kind pair of lenses all done using Zeiss's FaceFit Technology. In closing, Zeiss Progressive Precision Superb lenses create an unrepeatable pair of lenses that allow the wearer to look great and see even greater at the same time.

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Zeiss's

Progressive

Drive safe

Zeiss's Best Driving lenses...

Zeiss

Drive safe

Introducing Zeiss’s best driving enhancing lenses, Zeiss DriveSafe progressives... - These lenses are one of Zeiss’s best optically clear lenses for distance. - This lens also allows the best peripheral vision possible for distance when driving even in harsh weather and at night all thanks to Zeiss's DriveSafe technology. - This lens is available in Plastic, Trivex, Polycarbonate, and High Index 1.60 & 1.67. It is also availabe in clear, photochromic and polarized. All in all, if you are someone who is constantly behind the wheel, Zeiss's DriveSafe Lenses are for you. A great overall lens that will give you one of the best driving experience you’ll ever need.

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Lens coatings and treatments

Zeiss's Sun Coatings for Tinted Lenses -DuraVision Sun UV - back anti reflective coating used with tinted lenses -DuraVision Mirror UV - Front surface coating with high residual reflection - DuraVision Flash UV - Front Surface coating with low residual reflection

A/R Coatings and treatments

Name Surname

A/R Coatings and treatments

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DuraVison Chrome UV

DuraVision Silver UV

DuraVison Platinum UV

DuraVision Blue Protect

Reduced Reflection

Toughness

Scratch and Smudge Resistant

Easy to Clean

Water Resistant

Blue Light Protection

DuraVision PhotoFusion X is Zeiss's very own photochromic lens, it comes with a number of features including... - Blue light and sunglass level UV protection - extremely quick activation from clear to dark - Becomes as dark as a high end sunglasses - Perfect clarity indoors - Comes in a number of different colors

Final Remakrs (Zeiss)

After taking a look at some of Zeiss’s progressive lenses, coatings and, treatments, Zeiss has some pretty spectacular options but lets see how Essilor stacks up…

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Let's take a trip into Essilor's Catalog...

Essilor

Introdcuing...

Essilor

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The year is 1972 in Paris, France where two optical companies (Essel and Silor) decided to merge together to create what we know now today as Essilor, one of the most well respected lens manufactures of our generation. Fast foward to 2023 and Essilor has became a staple of lens manufacturing, more specifically porgressive lenses, so let’s take a look at a few.

Essilor

If you’ve ever been fit with progressive lenses, you know that it’s a bit of an adjustment and training is a necessity to correctly wear these lenses. Although it's a bit of a change, with time these lenses become a lot more comfortable to wear so, with that being said, I’d like to introduce Essilor’s most comfortable progressive lenses...

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ESSILOR's

PROGRESSIVE

COMFORT MAX

Essilor's

Progressive

COMFORT MAX

The Comfort Max has been manufactured to focus primarily on comfortability -This lens is sporting it’s Flex Optim technology which allows the fitter to calculate your optimal vision profile and construct a progressive lens that gives you a wider range of gaze direction. This means fewer, posture changes which makes wearing these progressives a comfortable experience and less of a hassle when utilizing different powers. On top of its Flex Optim technology, the Comfort Max is also easily adaptable, sharper vision at all distances and it has a larger reading area. The comfort max comes in CR-39, HI-index 1.67 and Polycarbonate so, Overall the Varilux Comfort Max is a great option for first time progressive users if they are looking for an easy, adaptable progressive lens.

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Essilor

Progressive

Varilux x Series

Essilor's

Progressive

Varilux X Series

The Varilux X Series was manufactured to focus primarily on it’s intermediate and close up viewing. Thanks to Essilor’s XTEND technology, the X series gives the wearer an extended intermediate and close up range which allows clearer vision at arms length away and up close. Along with the XTEND technology, the X series is also debuting it’s SYNCRONEYES technology which blends prescription data from each eye and applies it to each lens which in turn allows the eyes to work together a lot more seamlessly. The X series has also been made to allow instant sharp vision, stable vision even when walking and a wider field of vision,

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ESSILOR's

PROGRESSIVE

PHYSIO W3+

Essilor's

PROGRESSIVE

PHYSIO W3+

Essilor’s Varilux Physio W3+ is a very unique lens. What makes the Physio W3+ so unique is it’s ability to seamlessly utilize a person’s prescription and mold it into a lens which allows the two separate lenses/prescriptions to work in sync. This results in smooth transitions through the three different powers despite the drastic difference in prescriptions that some people may have. This is done by using Essilor’s Synchroneyes technology, the same technology used in the Varilux X series lens. The Physio W3+ also gives the wearer a larger reading area, eliminates distortion and blurriness and sharper vision with the use of the W.A.V.E. 2.0 technology. All in all, the Physion W3+ is a great lens especially for those with unique prescriptions.

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Essilor's

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Lens coatings and treatments

Essilor’s photochromic brand is “Transitions”. Essilor has a number of different Transition types including - Transitions Gen 8 which has the most color options and becomes the clearest when indoors, - Transitions Xtractive which becomes the darkest out of all of them but has a slight tint to them - Transitions Xtractive Polarized which is a polarized version of Xtractive - Transitions Drivewear, which is always polarized and is only used for driving. Essilor also has names for the different lens materials, Trivex is Trexa, Polycarbonate is airwear and, Hi-Index is Thin&Lite. Overall, Essilor has a great selection of coatings and treatments to fit the wearer's needs and wants.

A/R Coatings and treatments

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A/R Coatings and treatments

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Crizal Sapphire HR

Crizal Rock

Crizal Easy Pro

Crizal Prevencia

Reduced Reflection

Dust Resistance

Scratch and Smudge Resistant

Easy to Clean

Water Resistant

Blue Light Protection

Crizal Rock - Also has added Impact Resistance

IN CLOSING...

This brings an end to a very interesting and informative journey. We’ve learned what exactly are progressives, learned about three major companies that have taken the progressive lens anatomy and shaped it to there own, creating one of a kind designs and learned about some of the technology behind them. We covered lens treatments and coatings and overall gave us a better idea on what some of these companies have to offer. Despite learning all of this, there are still so many more options that I haven’t covered and even more companies working on making some impressive unique designs so the question remains…What progressives will you choose?

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