BTTF Marty Sunglasses

[formula388]

Could the issue be not taking into account the curvature of the lens frame when "tracing" from the website? Any slight angle of the camera will skew the sides not to look correct and the shape to be off, take pictures of a regular pair of glasses from slightly different angles and you will see different lens shapes. You're flattening an image and that doesn't always work correctly.
Don't get me wrong, I'm still down for a pair and think they are coming along great but the method of determining frame shape doesn't work that way.

 

[TheRealMcFly]

Yes it aligns to the lens distortion and all. The piece across the nose is only 17mm.

 

[Roland]

Found these two pictures of real Zeiss sunglasses. Time to restart the discussion about the reflective properties of the glass.

 

[formula388]

Yes but Roland, how do we know there weren't different lens types even with the black frames?

 

[TheRealMcFly]

You're right. Those are from my Instagram. The top is a dark glass lens, no coating or white "Zeiss West Germany" on the left lens. Sami image I posted earlier in this thread. The bottom are new old stock and are a lighter lens marked anti-reflective, and have the Zeiss text. The gold pair I posted earlier in this thread is yet another version, same lighter lens w text, no coating. I would say only the dark versions have a chance of being like the movie.

I will take some more images but it is still hard to know. I can get the dark lenses to look just like the movie but not the 1955 outdoor promotional shots. In my opinion the best evidence that they are coated is from the movie trailer. There's a sort of smudge on the edge near the nosepad that seems to catch the light in a way that only a coated lens would. Then again it's shot in a very high contrast dream-like way. A lot of how the lens appears has more to do with how much light is in front, and with a dark background almost anything is possible. Attached is the full-res of the new old stock.

What I have not yet been able to accomplish is setting up a lighting scenario similar to the movie trailer. I have borrowed a portable Lowel-Light setup and I'm going to use my Delorean, cracked binnacle shame and all. It will be a fun experiment, but conclusive?

EDIT: On a white background they look very different but you can get an idea of the lens differences, both glass.

 

[J EM]

I don't doubt the possibility of the original lenses in a pair having been swapped out for mirror coated ones for the teaser and promo shots. But now, thanks to RealMcFly's photos, I've changed my mind yet again. All this time I thought the lenses on the garage scene were mirror coated black lenses, but maybe this is one of those instances in movies where brown ends up looking black. Say the glasses seen in the beginning didn't have mirror coated lenses and what they're reflecting is all the set lighting. In this photo, do any of you doubt the possibility of the lenses being dark amber like RealMcFly's pair?

Spoiler

Maybe we won't ever figure out what lenses were used because maybe multiple versions were used. If the lenses were problematic due to not lighting up how a Bob wanted, one would switch the lenses to see what works, right? There are a few Zeiss aviator models that look exactly the same to one another, lens shape-wise. Do any of you know if any of the other pairs came with mirror coated lenses? Anyway, I think the people interested in buying should settle on the lens they think is best, if Indy Magnoli wouldn't offer different options.


By the way, not sure if this would matter anymore, but the "West Germany" part of the logo on the bar is in Akzidenz-Grotesk font.

 

[maton]

Here is our design overlaid onto the Zeiss glasses from Vintage Sunglasses Shop:
The plastic bridge piece, as we mentioned above, definitely needs to be a bit narrower and perhaps the nose-pads longer, but everything else seems to match up pretty well.

Any updates? :cool

 

[TheRealMcFly]

I am back from work and correcting the factory's diagram today. Magnoli's not going to believe until he's sees it.

 

[maton]

I am back from work and correcting the factory's diagram today. Magnoli's not going to believe until he's sees it.

Sounds good! :cool

 

[jhk1976]

I'm game for a pair of these. Any idea how much they'll cost?

 

[Indy Magnoli]

Our glasses tend to run in the $75-$85 range (shipping included).

 

[jhk1976]

Our glasses tend to run in the $75-$85 range (shipping included).

Sounds reasonable

 

[MitasTouch]

Any updates?

 

[maton]

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Any updates Magnoli :cool

 

[Indy Magnoli]

Any updates Magnoli :cool

Any updates @TheRealMcFly?

 

[maton]

Any updates @TheRealMcFly?

D

 

[MitasTouch]

Any updates Indy?

 

[Indy Magnoli]

TheRealMcFly has promised me some tweaks to my specs... just waiting on his confirmation.

 

[MitasTouch]

I hope he follows through.

 

[chuck2003]

Any update really want some mcfly glasses