sun shade question?

[airgunmike56]

I got the sun shades for my Athlon scopes, Not sure if its just my old eyes are not but I cant tell any difference with or with out the sun shade,,, Is it just to reduce the glare of the sun
if so it dont work on my scopes, I am talking about the 3 to 4 inch screw on the front of the scope,, Feel free to tell me what yours does for you,,
OK you can put this in the dumb question optics.. LOL.
Mike

 

[John "spysir" Blount]

NO dumb airgun question (well perhaps "what's the best airgun" with no other info given). You got it reduces glare when too close to the sun.
What helps my old eye the most is a Bisley eye cup! If you haven't tried one, DO.

John

 

[Hold_Over]

I just looked at 3 sunshades, 2 from athlon, 1 a universal fit. They provide the length. And what model they fit. And the color of the material....but no one makes any claims or statements about them functionally doing anything...

 

[Scotty1]

They work best when the sun is low and in front of you.

 

[Chief Ten-Beers]

Mine are still in the Scope boxes that they came in! lol

 

[JP806TX]

Oh they work.
I shoot field target and sometimes those devious match directors intentionally place targets where the sun's glare just wash out the target and your cross hair. You look thru your scope and it's just one big blast of white light.

Learned my lesson after the first few matches. Now I got a sun shade on my scope and I bring a hat with a brim ...just in case.

 

[jarmstrong]

like the sun visor in your car,,, how often and when do you need it? doh

 

[airgunmike56]

OK Thanks a lot guys , That answers that question,
Mike

 

[rayroz]

I deer hunt, late in the day facing the sunset they help a lot . Takes away most of the glare . Bang.
Ray

 

[Ranchibi]

Honeycomb lens shades also work in the same way just a lot smaller and compact

 

[Motorhead]

Shades / Hoods In place 100% of the time ... Nuff said

 

[JimD]

I am facing east when I shoot from my bench to my trap at home. In the morning, there are times I just cannot shoot without a sunshade on the scope and a hat with a brim. I tried a honeycomb that came on one of my scopes and it did not do anything for me. But the long sunshade that came with my Arken works great. It lets me see the target when the sun is low in the sky and would otherwise produce too much glare for me to see.

In the afternoon I do not need it at all. If I was shooting north or south I probably would not need it either. If you do not have one for a scope you want to use and want to see the effect, tape some light cardboard over the end of the scope making a tube. Not nearly as elegant but functionally pretty much the same thing.

As discussed in the field target example, when you need them, they are very handy (but if I got caught without one I would look for a little cardboard and tape).

 

[Airgunmann]

My discovery scope I think it was had a honey comb shape piece in front of objective lense it darkened the scope to much for me

 

[Aries64]

I got the sun shades for my Athlon scopes, Not sure if its just my old eyes are not but I cant tell any difference with or with out the sun shade,,, Is it just to reduce the glare of the sun
if so it dont work on my scopes, I am talking about the 3 to 4 inch screw on the front of the scope,, Feel free to tell me what yours does for you,,
OK you can you can put this in the dumb question optics.. LOL.
Mike

The primary purpose of a Sunshade is to eliminate off-axis light (any light coming at other than straight-in) from hitting the Objective Lens (the lens closest to the object being viewed). Off-axis light tends to "wash-out" the image. Sunshades can also reduce the possibility that light reflected off of the Objective will spook game, but they aren't nearly as effective as an ARD (anti-reflective device) of equal length. ARDs' have a honeycomb installed in the barrel of Sunshade, allowing an ARD to be substantially shorter in length than a Sunshade while still being effective at reducing or eliminating glare.

However, because an ARD's honeycomb partially obscures the objective being viewed as well as some light from entering the shooter's pupil, ARDs' can reduce image quality. The more efficient the design of an ARD the less image degradation. I've shot firearms with USO ARDs' on USO 3.2-17X[44]s and USO ARDs' on Schmidt Bender PMII 5-25X[56] and can attest to the efficiency of USO ARDs'. There is a slight image degradation, not nearly as much compared to Tenebraex ARDs'. I chock it up to Tenebraex ARDs' having a much tighter honeycomb (thus increasing the area occluded while decreasing the light entering the shooter's eye).


Keith

 

[MEC17670]

I got the sun shades for my Athlon scopes, Not sure if its just my old eyes are not but I cant tell any difference with or with out the sun shade,,, Is it just to reduce the glare of the sun
if so it dont work on my scopes, I am talking about the 3 to 4 inch screw on the front of the scope,, Feel free to tell me what yours does for you,,
OK you can put this in the dumb question optics.. LOL.
Mike

I use honeycomb filters to hide my sun scope flair from ground squirrels. Works great.

 

[Ezana4CE]

I deer hunt, late in the day facing the sunset they help a lot . Takes away most of the glare . Bang.
Ray

I'm glad you mentioned deer hunting with a sunshade. My question is this, in low-light areas of the woods can a sunshade lessen the amount of light transmitted through your scope diminishing image quality?

 

[kayaker]

I'm glad you mentioned deer hunting with a sunshade. My question is this, in low-light areas of the woods can a sunshade lessen the amount of light transmitted through your scope diminishing image quality?

On my Athlon's and Hawke scopes it only makes the reticle hard to pick up but I use the lighted reticle when that happens. As far as diminishing image quality not for me ymmv. I'm also talking about FFP scopes

 

[Gear_Junkie]

Photography is another hobby of mine. I've learned that, even if the sun is not in the frame of view, stray light will slightly reduce contrast. If you want maximum image quality, I say go for the sunshade. I use them on all of my scopes, including a wide-brimmed hat during FT competitions. Every little bit helps!

 

[cavedweller]

I got the sun shades for my Athlon scopes, Not sure if its just my old eyes are not but I cant tell any difference with or with out the sun shade,,, Is it just to reduce the glare of the sun
if so it dont work on my scopes, I am talking about the 3 to 4 inch screw on the front of the scope,, Feel free to tell me what yours does for you,,
OK you can put this in the dumb question optics.. LOL.
Mike

Depends on where the sun is / the angle the light is coming from

 

[Max Sand]

I got the sun shades for my Athlon scopes, Not sure if its just my old eyes are not but I cant tell any difference with or with out the sun shade,,, Is it just to reduce the glare of the sun
if so it dont work on my scopes, I am talking about the 3 to 4 inch screw on the front of the scope,, Feel free to tell me what yours does for you,,
OK you can put this in the dumb question optics.. LOL.
Mike

I have a bunch of them and they have never reduced any glare, just light from the immediate side or reflections that were immediately beside me. I have used the anti-reflective honeycomb discs that screw into the objective bell for that as well, but they reduce brightness. When I shot Hi-Power competition, guys had a barrel band from the front to rear sight that would eliminate heat mirage and reflections from the barrel finish. Sometimes if your scope is mounted too low, you will pick up the end of the barrel and think that it is light reflection.