Alright I thought I would ask some of you with or experience with 405nm/polycarb glasses, or others that care to speculate regarding this...
So I just got my hands on a <50mW 405nm pointer.
Also I've had some yellow tinted polycarbonate lenses that came with an Inova X5 UV LED light that I picked up several years ago.
They seem to strip the violet appearance of the 405nm with some unknown number of optical density, lessening the beam to what I would describe as ~5-10mW, and light blue beam on most surfaces.
Also, the fluorescence properties seem to be more profound and tinted different colors.
Examples:
on whites I still get a the same bright blue UV-esque fluorescence
on a yellow notepad I get more of a bright yellowish spot
on a maroon shirt I get an orangish-red kind of color
With the glasses off everything is violet on most surfaces (especially the maroon shirt, although the notepad seems to go to a light pinkish color)
Is it just that these glasses allow the true fluorescent colors (that I might not otherwise notice) to come through without being distorted by the close-to-UV wavelength or is the yellow hue playing tricks on me?
So I just got my hands on a <50mW 405nm pointer.
Also I've had some yellow tinted polycarbonate lenses that came with an Inova X5 UV LED light that I picked up several years ago.
They seem to strip the violet appearance of the 405nm with some unknown number of optical density, lessening the beam to what I would describe as ~5-10mW, and light blue beam on most surfaces.
Also, the fluorescence properties seem to be more profound and tinted different colors.
Examples:
on whites I still get a the same bright blue UV-esque fluorescence
on a yellow notepad I get more of a bright yellowish spot
on a maroon shirt I get an orangish-red kind of color
With the glasses off everything is violet on most surfaces (especially the maroon shirt, although the notepad seems to go to a light pinkish color)
Is it just that these glasses allow the true fluorescent colors (that I might not otherwise notice) to come through without being distorted by the close-to-UV wavelength or is the yellow hue playing tricks on me?
