Something exciting & new in shooting!

Something exciting & new in shooting!



Hi again everybody, sorry it’s been sometime since our last blog. I’m going to make up for the lack of blog posts by bringing you an exciting new product!

A month ago our companies founder John Reid was out on a shoot when a friend showed him some new glasses he’s just brought. He was so impressed with his new purchase that he insisted John try them out. Once John had put them on, he instantly understood what his friend was referring to. The speed at which the lenses adjusted to the sun was astonishing and John was so impressed that he called the office to tell us to order some in as soon as possible.

I have to tell you that once they had arrived we really could see what all the fuss was about and I too was so impressed that I called up the company that makes them, KomodoPro to ask about the history of their glasses. Mick Bell at Komodopro kindly called up and told me the story behind this amazing product.

Mick explained the glasses were originally developed by a sunglasses salesman in America who noticed that his mobile phone could take photographs into the sun without becoming over exposed. He then adopted this same technology for sunglasses.

The inventor had then teamed up with a Japanese company to produce the glasses and it was at a trade show in Beijing that Mick came across this new technology that he believed could be adapted further to be used in shooting. So with the help of their Japanese partners KomodoPro adjusted the design of the glasses by having them sitting higher up the nose and giving them a ballistic coating.
Now the glasses are selling faster than ever expected and the technology is being used in skiing goggles, cycle helmets and has been specified by Boeing Airlines to be incorporated into their aircraft windows.





This new technology where by a unique sensor detects the level of UV and adjusts the lenses accordingly is really ingenious and we’re so glad that we can bring something so new and exciting to your attention.

Click the image below for more information about this great product.   


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