I have been looking at accessories for scopes. I have seen something that I was curious to get some opinions on.
Sunshades seem to be a simple extension of the telescopic tube without optics that seems to "shade" (duh) the front lens -perhaps avoiding some sun-star and glare entering the scope's view. The sunshade also seems to reduce the chance for a reflection of the optics to give away ones position thus appearing to have a very tactical purpose/benefit.
The Anti-Reflective Device ARD seems to do something similar but with a neat waffle or honeycomb filter covering the front lens face. In looking thru both - the ARD seems to be a bit darker - cutting down the amount of light coming it and with an ever so slight obscuring of the view. The ARD also seems to prevents glare and removes sunlight reflection that might give away ones position but seems to increase the chance of allowing junk to get stuck in the filter further reducing clear visibility. Seems like ARDs are cool, compact, very tactical, but perhaps not so practical for someone doing a lot of nasty traveling about without a protective cover and that seems to carry with it some risk of not having ones primary sight ready at a moments’ notice. Seems like the sunshade would be preferred in most circumstances even if it might add a bit more length to the optics system - what I am missing?
Sunshades seem to be a simple extension of the telescopic tube without optics that seems to "shade" (duh) the front lens -perhaps avoiding some sun-star and glare entering the scope's view. The sunshade also seems to reduce the chance for a reflection of the optics to give away ones position thus appearing to have a very tactical purpose/benefit.
The Anti-Reflective Device ARD seems to do something similar but with a neat waffle or honeycomb filter covering the front lens face. In looking thru both - the ARD seems to be a bit darker - cutting down the amount of light coming it and with an ever so slight obscuring of the view. The ARD also seems to prevents glare and removes sunlight reflection that might give away ones position but seems to increase the chance of allowing junk to get stuck in the filter further reducing clear visibility. Seems like ARDs are cool, compact, very tactical, but perhaps not so practical for someone doing a lot of nasty traveling about without a protective cover and that seems to carry with it some risk of not having ones primary sight ready at a moments’ notice. Seems like the sunshade would be preferred in most circumstances even if it might add a bit more length to the optics system - what I am missing?