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mirror coating

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mirror coating [′mir·ər ‚kōd·iŋ]
(optics)
A thin film of highly reflective material spread over a correctly shaped glass surface to produce a mirror; aluminum is usually used in the visible region. Also known as reflective coating.


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Clear lenses are used indoors, while tinted lenses or clear lenses which have a mirror coating are used outdoors.
Steiner[R]'s Predator[R] C5 binoculars, available in 10x42 and 12x42, combine silver mirror coatings with dielectric coatings on the roof prism phase-corrected interference mirrors.
The mirror coating makes it looking like a sunglass, but it is just to create an illusion for the opponent.
 
 
 
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