The new Prizm Sporting Clay looks interesting, similar purple base to the old G26 but without the pretty iridium. In a Tombstone so far.

Review

Oakley Tombstone Spoil with new Prizm Sporting clays lens.

I'm a competition Sporting Clays shooter. My First impressions on the Sporting lens is that it's darker than I expected. I also have a pair of M-Frames with a few different shades and comparing the sporting clays lens to say my G30 Iridium, it is a bit darker. If I was to guess on the available light transmission of this lens I would say it is in the 24-26% range. G30 being 30% and VR28 being 28%. Maybe not quite as dark as the TR22 lens, but close.

The other immediate difference is the clarity and contrast it provides. This is a very high contrast lens. Orange just plain POPS!! while green colors are dampened noticeably. One of my issues with lens colors from the various lens/glasses combo's I've tried on over the years has always been with orange targets against a bright blue sky. Just plain seems fuzzy and targets appear out of focus. Purple tints from other brands that i've used in the past have helped some, but when used against a green background really were of no help.

The Oakley Prizm Sporting clays lens seems to have solved this issue at least for my eyes. Blue sky contrast is excellent while not giving anything up when looking at green backgrounds. I can honestly say it beats the pants off both my VR28 and G30 Iridium M-Frame lens when it comes to blue sky. Below I posted a couple of pics of a clay target thru the sporting lens and my G30 Iridium. Camera settings were identical for both pics and I only sharpened up each photo a bit. Sun was to my back for both pics.

Both are considered contrast lenses. Note: The camera looking thru the lens is going to be different than what one would actually see if you were actually wearing them, but you can still see a difference. Though slightly darker than the G30, you can tell how much better job the Sporting lens does with contrast and that Orange just POPS!! from the sporting lens.

Love the no frame lenses, although I never had an issue with my M-Frames as far as that goes. Overall a nice large lens that covers a wide angle up/down or side to side.

Now to the frames/ear stems. Mark my words, these are no M-Frame... nope. They are very light in weight, but do not fit my head anywhere near as secure as the old M-Frame. Might be that my head is narrow :shock: , i dunno. They just feel a bit flimsy and loose on my head. A work around to that for myself is to tuck the end of the ear stems under my hat which snugs things up a bit.

Final thoughts.

Are they worth the money.... I would say that if it weren't for the excellent Sporting Clays Prizm lens offered, I would probably have said no. Vision in sporting Clays is vital and I'll take any advantage I can get. :D Otherwise, I just don't see enough of an advantage over the tried and true original M-Frames. That Sporting Prizm lens truly is an improvement over anything else i've tried from Oakley in the past.





G30 Iridium Lens




Prizm Sporting lens

Thanks for the pics. Looks like the Sporting Clay is one of the most effective Prizm lenses there, like Golf.

Wow, I think that last photo speaks for itself. Hadn't heard of the Sporting Prizm yet aside from Mark's earlier comment. Something I need to check out.

Keep in mind this is a digital camera looking thru each lens so it's not going to be the same as if you were actually wearing them and looking thru them. Camera and light conditions can play tricks and i'm not a photo expert by any means. But the contrast difference is real.

What is accurate is how much the orange stands out and I think it's even better when your wearing them. Green is dampened or flattened out as well creating a high contrast between the orange clay and the background.

To be fair, my G30 Iridium lens is a lens i have used for number of years along with a VR28 and VR50 for lower light conditions and all have served me well. It's the proverbial "you don't know what your missing till you have it" with regards to the Prizm Sporting. I have looked thru the TR45 and TR22 Prizm lenses as well, although I don't own any, they really didn't offer nearly as much in the WOW factor as did this Sporting Prizm.

I use TR22 as an everyday lens. It's basically become a replacement for the other increased contrast lenses in my collection like Gold or VR28.

Cameras will color balance automatically unless you have a manual setting, but they will do so consistently, so with the way the orange pops, it should give a good idea.

Wow, I think that last photo speaks for itself. Hadn't heard of the Sporting Prizm yet aside from Mark's earlier comment. Something I need to check out. - Dann

I think because it's in Tombstone only and with a very limited application and no real world usability outside that, it's not been promoted very much, if at all. None of that stops me wanting to get one and just go out and look at orange things!!

Yes, this really a shooting lens and clay target shooting lens to be even more specific, so I doubt it will be heavily promoted as are other popular Oakley lenses. There are very few Prizm Sporting lenses out the moment. The dealer I placed an order with a month ago had just received these a few days ago with a big order he had placed months ago. They seem to trickle in little by little and I was lucky enough to be toward the top of the list. Still have to go thru Oakley SI or one of their dealers to get them as far as I know.

I suspect in time they will become available for other frames as production catches up. My guess is the Radar and the SI M frame will be next.

Photo of the Maritime Prizm posted by oakleysi on Instagram

Wow the maritime prizm is awesome!

The Maritime is pretty cool. Light transmission? I take it the Maritime is polarized?

UPdate for those interested. Shot a round of Sporting today under overcast skies and still the Sporting Prizm lens was able to provide enough light and that great contrast to see everything very clear. This course had a lot of green background and the orange target stuck out like a sore thumb.

I found this site that had some specs on all the different shooting Prizm lenses including the new sporting clays lens. Darker than I thought with 21% light transmission compared to the TR22 at 22%.


http://www.thefirestore.com/store/product.aspx/productId/28694/Oakley-SI-Tombstone-Reap/

Oakley SI Prizmâ„¢ technology uses formulated dye compounding technology, producing a color-tuned contrast lens specifically for shooting
Prizm technology strategically blocks wavelengths along the color spectrum in order to maximize contrast between colors, providing the user with enhanced vision
Boost visual recognition of targets while blocking a variety of neighboring backgrounds such as dirt, trees, and sky
Allow the shooter to reduce eye fatigue and strain, while improving the ability to see reticle scope patterns more clearly
Are made from Plutonite®, Oakley’s high purity optical grade polycarbonate
Block 100% of UVA, UVB, and harmful violet-blue light up to 400 nm wavelength
Feature Oakley’s HDO® Optics to ensure razor-sharp clarity at every angle of vision

Available lenses:
Black iridium: excellent all-purpose lens for truer color perception in sunny conditions and extremely bright light. Features an iridium coating to reduce glare. Transmits 10% of visible light.
Gray: excellent all-purpose lens for truer color perception in sunny conditions and medium to bright light. Transmits 18% of visible light.
TR22: perfect for bright light. Transmits 22% of visible light.
TR45: perfect for low light and overcast conditions. Transmits 45% of visible light.
Clear: perfect for very low light or indoor use only. Transmits 93% of visible light.
Sporting clay: perfect for use when shooting sporting clay. Transmits 21% of visible light.

Great find! Oakley has been a little hesitant about posting transmissions since they want to focus on the color balance, not just the sum. Guess the same way a rainbow and grey palate might have the same luminance, but certainly aren't the same thing for other reasons. Thanks for reposting that so I can get it into the database. I hate adding things that aren't complete.

That Maritime is pretty! Doesn't look like either the Shallow or Deep H2Os (albeit that shallow has green iridium too).

They've since changed it to the Chromance Lens, but this was a screenshot as of last night. Also heard reports of it in print, which isn't as easy to swap out as a website banner.

not surprised just surprised they waited this long to start

I am not surprised. It's the smart thing to do, share technologies across the portfolio. Still, other than marketing, I don't know if Prizm provides any benefits for non-sports related applications, I certainly don't see it being better than the typical Oakley lens for driving or walking down the street. Maybe it's just my eyes.

this Is the Prizm Jade (for shooting)

Do you know if Prizm Rose is the non iridium base used in Prizm Jade and Prizm Black

So I have a pair of Falk 2.0 with several lenses, one of those being baseball prizm. Not because I play baseball, I just really like the deep red color. Very striking.
I went shooting today and was having issues with my EOTech sight. I could barley see the red dot. I changed out the batteries and still no difference. Confused as hell, I removed the Flaks to get an unobstructed view of the scope and BAM! The dot was present and red as ever. Whatever filters are in the baseball prizm lens blocks the red dot on the EOTech.

They mey be great for baseball, but not so much for red dot style optics.

I imagine they're doing a lot to boost greens, so others might be muted.

Prizms are wonderful since they're very specialized in what they do, but they're poor for some other activities and general use (other than the Daily Polarized).

The Prizm lenses are really meant to be used for the environment they were created for. Other than Prizm Daily & to some extent Prizm road they are not well suited to multiple environment use.

Prizm Field (aka basebal) tones down reds and ups greens and blues to pull out the white ball so that would explain why you lost your red dot.

Certainly not a knock to Prizm lenses... More impressed than anything as to how they could manipulate certain colors. Proof of technology as opposed to gimmicky marketing.

I have not used Prizm Daily but TR45 and TR22 are great lenses for daily use I think.

I used the TR45 Ti in the M Frame Alpha and it was a great driving lens for the late afternoon/evening.