No lights on my rock!

When I see a state troopers with the lights on both the blue and red are just as bright to me. It all depends on the power, lens and cone.

Green night vision googles where probably first designed for the military. The display monitors for combat system and air traffic control displays were shades of green(monochrome) probably because it was determined to be the best color to resemble the grey scale along with less strain on the eyes due to its color properties. The green googles are a spin off to these inheirt properties

The mind of NIB :claps: yes, the shallow sandy beaches of CC, with no cover, and miles of darkness, sudden light intrusion has a negative effect.
Constant low light, near the fish piers, or shore front establishements near the inlet, cove, estuary, bay, openings, no problem. Most of the backside of the cape has no light, no waterfront buildings, no shore front roads, so it is real dark. Other places have more light intrusion, and light is not as much of an issue, I am just speculating, but I think that NIB nailed it.

I carry a small handheld penlight, and have a head light, (don't wear it, just sling around neck) with the red, dimwhite, bright white, the 12.99 Ray-O-Vac.. yes, the red does not screw up the eyes adjutment to low light, as much as the white does. Try Real Hard to NOT use Any light.

Some people cuss at beach fires too.. I have no problem with the camp fires, it's fairly constant, and I've found if you fish the edges of the light it throws on the water.. well.. :D

But, again, I think NIB nailed it, different types of shore front, deep vs. shallow, rocky vs. sandy, built up vs. open... light will have different effects in different locales.

Also hate to use lights for the reason that some guys see the light, they come a crowding on over, thinkin your into fish. some locations, I guess your used to fishin a crowd... I'm not.

Also... Steve.. glad to see ya posting, finally, Welcome.

Is it Steve or another shape changing thing by Bill?



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More stuff to chew on:

Green or Red for Better Night Vision?

A red light has been the traditional choice for retaining your night vision since before WWII when the military settled on red as the best choice. Recently, there has been a move to green and blue-green light, precipitated in large part by the military's change to green, which itself has been primarily motivated by the increased use of night vision equipment. As it turns out, green light also offers some advantages over red as a means to retain night vision capability. However, it isn't cut and dried.

Total brightness, or illumination level, of the light has a potentially more significant effect on night vision retention than does the choice of red or green. Because your eyes are more receptive to green light, we gain better visual acuity at lower light levels than when using red light. Green also allows for differentiation between colors that red does not and the magenta used on aviation charts, for example, is readily readable under green light, not always the case with red.

Most of the race boats I'm on these days have switched to green nav station lights for this exact reason, you can actually read the freaking charts.... Also a green light in the plug bag for the plug bag only would work in this same instance.

Both reasons contribute to the fact that pilots and many others generally seem to prefer green over red, it simply makes it easier to see and read in the dark cockpit. The potential problem is with the actual illumination levels we use, not the color of the light. The brighter the light, the more negative impact on night vision, both in our capacity to see and in how long it takes to gain back optimum night vision. This is true regardless of whether it is red or green.

Ideally, you want to use only as bright a light, red or green, as is necessary to perform your chores and no more. However, if you have a brighter light than you actually need, a brighter green light will generally have a more negative effect than an equally bright red light. Green or blue-green has a greater capacity to adversely effect night vision because the eye is about 100 times more sensitive to these colors, so even moderately too bright light can have a serious deleterious effect.

Another complication is that individuals' visual acuity at low light levels varies quite a bit, so what would be perfect for one, might be too bright or too dim for another. In other words, without some means to vary intensity, odds are no light will be perfect. Bottom line is that red or green will both perform adequately, but what you really should be more concerned about is to avoid very high illumination levels, of either color, if retaining night vision acuity is your goal.

Well, I'm from the old school. Red Lights mean there is some hanky-panky going on at that location!!!!!

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My light has a green bulb and I can't tell the diff from red...both work well for most tasks, although I don't think green helps with the plug color selection any more than red.

95% of the display lights in my car are red. It's great for night driving...

-spence

Don't you mean East B Street? :hihi:

red, blue,green, white, black purple,pink....


whatever the color keep them off to a bare minimum

It is interesting that so much response has occured in regard to lights. Some of the responses are very well thought and contain much information. As far as what everyone said about the color red I wonder why red is popular because red is the first color in the sprectrum to dissipate under any stress. Meaning that if you placed many different colored lights in water and sank them red would be the first color to disappear. I would imagine the same to be true if in total darkness all of these same lights were set on something and when walking away from the lights red would be the first color you would lose sight of. So what makes red so effective close up?

To See or not See, or is it See or be Seen
 

First of all my eyes don't see anywhere near as well as they did 40 years ago or for that matter 30 or even 20, that sux. If I remember correctly when I was in the army nearly 40 years ago we were told that it took about 20 - 30 minutes for your night vision to be at it's best after being exposed to a bright light. So less bright = a quicker return to optimum vision. I need all the help I can get. I try to use the minimum amount necessary to tie a new knot or pick through my plug bag, it helps me to see better sooner which is comforting out there on the edge of the world in the dark. The other thing is that I believe, that the less visual presence I have out there, the better chance I have of tricking a nice fish into eating something that really isn't good for it to eat, so that I can eat it. For that reason I use a very dim red headlamp that I point down at my hands and that only when necessary. As far as when it's time to move or go I'm a white light man all the way. Neck light points to my feet and the head light points wherever I'm looking. Saftey first. As I said, I don't see as well as I uesd to and I HATE to fall down.

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