SMITH is a performance eyewear and helmet brand for those inspired to pursue new and deeper connections with the outdoors.
Born on the mountain, built from innovation, we’ve been outfitting communities with the confidence to experience more since 1965.
When you see more you can do more. Our proprietary lens technology enhances clarity and natural color to let you effortlessly see more detail. More detail gives you the advantage needed to perform confidently and have more fun.
ChromaPop™ improves our natural color recognition and gives us an experience that we cannot get on our own. It filters light waves to enhance definition, color and brightness for a crisper visual experience. It allows us to see color in a truer form.
Ride, run, ski, hike, fish or sail, the thrill is grounded in the visual experience. ChromaPop™ defines subtle features in the snow, so you can anticipate changes in conditions. It increases definition on rocky trails, so you can choose the best line. It reduces eye fatigue over long days on the water, so your eyes stay sharp longer.
ChromaPop™ literally enhances the visual experience by creating a more vibrant world with increased visual definition.
SMITH is one of the few players in the eyewear market with proprietary color enhancing lens technology. ChromaPop™ was developed and patented by SMITH and sets SMITH sunglasses and goggles apart from the competition.
Standard sunglass lenses simply darken your field of view, creating a dulling effect on your vision. In contrast, ChromaPop™ lenses filter specific light waves to maximize your view, offering more definition and brighter, crisper, truer colors.
Our eyes have trouble perceiving color where the blue and green and red and green light wavelengths crossover. This results in reduced definition and clarity in our vision.
ChromaPop™ lens technology works with each lens tint to filter these specific color crossovers, allowing us to see greater definition, have better depth perception, see truer colors and experience increased clarity.
Our ChromaPop™ Polarized lenses are optically tuned to give you visual comfort and impact protection with enhanced glare reduction – while also offering anti-reflective, water and oil resistant coatings. 100% UV protection.
All lenses are made from a Polycarbonate material that provides exceptional impact resistance.
SMITH Rx Progressive lenses are designed for peak visual performance outdoors, in dynamic and fast-moving environments. SMITH Progressive lenses have an expanded distance zone and superb dynamic vision.
Advanced digital technology ensures the widest possible visual fields, minimizes peripheral distortions, and virtually eliminates swim effect. The lens can be optimized for any frame, including very wide or wrap styles, without compromising vision quality.
Benefits
Extra-wide distance visual field
Precise and comfortable focus in any direction of gaze
Near elimination of peripheral blur
Smooth transition between visual fields
Superior visual quality for viewing digital devices
Higher image stability for greatly reduced swim effect
Adapts to the customer’s chosen frame
Measurements
Please provide MPD and Fitting Height. The design uses pre-set values for Wrap Tilt, Back Vertex Distance and Pantoscopic Angle.
Our digital progressive lenses are created in our own optical laboratory using the latest in lens optimization technology.
Together, these technologies deliver a highperformance customized lens that is perfect for our customers’ active lifestyles.
Exceptionally sharp, dynamic vision
Precise vision at every distance and in any gaze direction
Digital ray-tracing technology ensures that the customer perceives the correct prescribed power not only when looking through the center of the lens but also when looking away or to the side.
Maximum clear viewing area
The lens calculation also considers the eyes’ own focusing ability (accommodation). Even when this is reduced, as in presbyopic patients, the intelligent use of the remaining power enables wider zones of optical clarity and reduced peripheral blur.
The lens design optimizes the range within which an object can be moved closer to or farther away from the eye without a noticeable change in the focus of the image. This ensures customers experience clear and sharp vision even in dynamic environments where objects are constantly changing position.
The lenses should have ink markings and the frame should be adjusted. If the markings are missing, retrace them using the appropriate centration cutout chart.
The fitting cross should be at the pupil center when the eyeglasses are on the wearer.
If necessary, adjust the frame to raise or lower the fit. Recheck frame adjustments: pantoscopic tilt, wrap angle, back vertex distance.
Natural, stable vision even on the move
SMITH Rx progressive lenses include groundbreaking image-steadying technology which greatly reduces the image distortions that cause “swim effect”. Vision feels comfortable and natural, for complete confidence while on the move.
Explain how to use a progressive lens
Inform the patient about the adaptation period. Explain that with today’s new technology the adaptation period is shorter than with previous generations.
Provide information on how to wear and care for the eyeglasses.
Educate and explain how to use the lenses: the extent of the visual fields, the transition between fields, and side-to-side head movement for peripheral viewing.
Digital free-form technology enables us to adjust the fitting of each lens according to the customer’s prescription and chosen frame.
Frame Fit
Our technology adjusts the lens design structure to fit the specific parameters of the frame the customer ordered.
When selecting frames, please note that the B measurement of Chromapop blanks is 55mm.
1. Demonstrate the distance vision by having the patient look at an object at least 6 m away.
2. Demonstrate the intermediate vision by having the patient read the progressive reading card or view a computer screen at arm’s length, or about 60 cm.
3. Demonstrate the near vision by having the patient read the progressive reading card at about 40 cm away.
The fitting cross is aligned perfectly with the wearer’s pupil center
The fitting cross does not match the pupil center
It is recommended to check the location of the pupil cross when delivering a new pair of eyeglasses to your patient.
Lens Fit
We optimize the aesthetic appearance of the lens by using the optimal base curves and thinning prism, resulting in the thinnest possible lenses, even with a high prescription.
4. Demonstrate the decrease in power at the periphery by having the patient hold their head still while moving the progressive reading card from side-to-side.
Possible causes Remedies
The add is too weak: Increase the add power and redo the lenses.
The PD is wrong: Very the PD measurement.
Redo the lenses if necessary.
The lens design changed: Redo the lenses to match the patient’s previous MFH.
The corridor is too long: Redo the lenses with a shorter corridor.
Possible causes Remedies
Undercorrected hyperope: Repeat the refraction. Redo the lenses if necessary. Overcorrected myope: Repeat the refraction. Redo the lenses if necessary.
Pupils are not centered in the DRP: Verify the pupil is positioned in the center of DRP. Redo the lenses if necessary.
The seg height is wrong: Verify the seg height measurement. Redo the lenses if necessary.
Possible causes Remedies
The lenses are mounted incorrectly: Verify the pupil is at the DRP. Swap out the lenses if necessary
The PD is wrong: Verify the PD measurement. Redo the lenses if necessary.
Possible causes Remedies
The seg height is wrong: Verify the seg height measurement and make sure the pupil is at the DRP. Redo the lenses if necessary. The seg height is too high: Adjust the frame. Redo the lenses if necessary.
Possible causes Remedies
The add is too strong: Repeat the refraction. Redo the lenses if necessary.
Possible causes Remedies
The PD is wrong: Verify the PD measurement. Redo the lenses if necessary.
The seg height is too low: Verify the seg height measurement. Adjust the frame.
Redo the lenses if necessary.
There is not enough pantoscopic tilt: Adjust the frame and increase the pantoscopic tilt.
The Rx is wrong: Verify the Rx. Redo the lenses if necessary.
Possible causes Remedies
The PD and/or seg height are wrong: Verify the PD and seg height measurements. Redo the lenses if necessary.
There is not enough pantoscopic tilt: Adjust the frame and increase the pantoscopic tilt.
There is not enough facial wrap: Adjust the frame and increase the facial wrap. There is an adaptation issue. Redo the lenses in a different progressive design.
Redo the lenses in a softer design.
Possible causes Remedies
The PD is wrong: Verify the PD measurement. Redo the lenses if necessary.
The seg height is too low: Verify the seg height measurement. Adjust the frame. Redo the lenses if necessary.
How to measure frame wrap Ztilt
Place the frame, top side down, over the highlighted gray frame image. Ensure the frame is placed as it is shown in the picture. Record the angle of frame wrap from the extreme right side of where the lens ends, not where the frame ends.
SMITH Rx Single Vision lenses deliver superb clarity at all distances and in any direction of gaze.
Vision without limits.
SMITH Single Vision lenses are digitally personalized to deliver optimal vision across the whole lens surface.
Personalization is especially important for sport frames to reduce the aberrations induced by the tilt position and curvature of the lens.
SMITH Single Vision lenses can be optimized for any frame, including very wide or wrap styles, without compromising vision quality.
Benefits
Exceptional visual quality, even for high prescriptions and wrapped frames
Comfortable and accurate focusing, at all distances in any direction of gaze
Significant reduction in peripheral blur
Adapts to the customer’s chosen frame
How to measure frame wrap Ztilt
Place the frame, top side down, over the highlighted gray frame image. Ensure the frame is placed as it is shown in the picture. Record the angle of frame wrap from the extreme right side of where the lens ends, not where the frame ends.
Originating from Sun Valley, Idaho, SMITH was founded in 1965 with the invention of the first snow goggle featuring a sealed thermal lens and breathable vent foam. With 50 years of innovation and design experience, SMITH is widely known today as an industry leader that pioneers advanced eyewear and helmets that incorporate dynamic technologies, optimized performance and clean styling to fuel fun beyond walls.
SMITH seeks to power thrilling experiences in snow, surf, bike, fish and peak performance outdoor adventures with a comprehensive collection that exudes modern style and vibrant personality. To SMITH, the experience is everything. SMITH is part of Safilo Group. Additional information is available at smithoptics.com.
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