This part one of a series on glass in today's market. The series will continue in LabTalk magazine throughout the year - This first article was originally printed in the Feb 2023 issue. Digital Glass Glass lenses appear to have received a bad reputation. People seem to believe that glass lenses are obsolete. With the latest digital technology, however, it's easy to bring glass back to the forefront of the optical world. I'm sure you are asking, “Why would you ever want to do such a thing?” While glass may seem an odd choice for a material, there's plenty of things about glass that can make it the better choice. When we compare to plastic, glass has improved optical quality, durability, and a much better value perception from the customer. Quality I'm fairly sure that most people will agree that glass has the best optical properties out of any material currently used to make optical lenses. There is a reason most equipment, such as a phoropter, tends to have glass lenses instead of usin …