30.08.2008, 22:01
Just like to point out that as the glass is angled towards the eye at 45 degrees the only possible source of reflection would be from below and that coming only from the glass lens of the gunsight. And for this to be of any import the sun would have to be almost directly above and a bit behind the pilots head to have any real effect, and it would be a fleeting one at best.
Any other reflection, not from the sun, would be pretty weak reflected from the lens. The uppermost lens may also have had an anti-reflection coating, known about since the early 1930's and particularly in Germany who led the world then, and still do according to some, in lens manufacture. That said, I believe in Revi's they were just plain glass. See here in a 109G-6?:
http://video.google.de/videoplay?docid= ... 9993&hl=de
There is also the smoked glass thingy on the revi when you are flying at the sun to further minimize any unwanted light. Finally there is the human phenomena where the brain filters out reflections to allow us to see through them. Try a shop windows with lots of reflections and you can see the display behind, then try and photograph the same view and you'll see what I mean.
Great work though, wish you all the best with the ongoing projects looking forward to download day!
Any other reflection, not from the sun, would be pretty weak reflected from the lens. The uppermost lens may also have had an anti-reflection coating, known about since the early 1930's and particularly in Germany who led the world then, and still do according to some, in lens manufacture. That said, I believe in Revi's they were just plain glass. See here in a 109G-6?:
http://video.google.de/videoplay?docid= ... 9993&hl=de
There is also the smoked glass thingy on the revi when you are flying at the sun to further minimize any unwanted light. Finally there is the human phenomena where the brain filters out reflections to allow us to see through them. Try a shop windows with lots of reflections and you can see the display behind, then try and photograph the same view and you'll see what I mean.
Great work though, wish you all the best with the ongoing projects looking forward to download day!