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Offer your customers photochromic lenses with unique blue light protection.
ZEISS FOR EYE CARE PROFESSIONALS

ZEISS PhotoFusion X Lenses

Faster clear. Faster dark.1

PhotoFusion® X  – is the new and improved generation of ZEISS photochromic lenses. The  product incorporates new lens material, photochromic dyes and a unique photochromic carrier matrix made for complete light-reactive performance.

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  • Faster clear. Faster dark.1
  • Sunglass-level darkness
  • Unique blue light and full UV protection

  • Unique blue light and full UV protection

    Unique blue light and full UV protection

    Offering the highest indoor blue light protection available in a clear ZEISS lens.

    • Now with ZEISS BlueGuard lens material.
    • Blocks up to 50% of potentially harmful blue light indoors and up to 94% outdoors when fully tinted.2
    • Full UV protection up to 400 nm at all times – indoors and outdoors, clear or dark.

  • Faster clear. Faster dark.1

    Faster clear. Faster dark.

    Ensuring good vision when moving from outdoors to indoors.

    • Clears up to 2.5 x faster than a well-known photochromic brand’s latest generation.3
    • Clears up to 80% faster than before.4
    • Darkens up to 60% faster than before.5

  • Sunglass-level darkness outdoors and perfect clarity indoors

    Sunglass-level darkness outdoors and perfect clarity indoors

    Giving wearers the glare protection and comfort they need, when they need it.

    • As dark as or darker outdoors than before.
    • All ZEISS PhotoFusion X colours are fully clear indoors with up to 94% transmission.

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Stylish colour choices.

Stylish colour choices.

Photochromic glasses wearers are drawn to attractive colour and style options. Your customers can now pair ZEISS DuraVision Flash Coatings with the five main ZEISS PhotoFusion X Lenses colours, for a unique combination to suit their personal style.

The X-factor: patented intelligence

The X-factor: patented intelligence6

ZEISS PhotoFusion X Lenses in their respective colours are as dark or even darker than the previous generation ZEISS PhotoFusion, despite clearing up to 80% faster than before.4

PhotoFusion® X has two key improvements:

  • New improved, faster dye compounds (each less than 0.3 mm in diameter), need very little light energy to react.
  • The new speed-optimised carrier matrix (a more spacious resin) gives the molecules more freedom to quickly fold or unfold at their maximum level of performance.

Your customers’ satisfaction with ZEISS PhotoFusion X Lenses is proven.

  • 92%

    of consumers find that PhotoFusion® X lightens faster than the previous generation of PhotoFusion.7

  • 98%

    of consumers agree that PhotoFusion® X in their darkened state are dark enough as sun protection lenses.7

  • 93%

    of consumers agree that ZEISS PhotoFusion X Lenses in their light state are light enough as self-tinting lenses for everyday use.7

  • 85%

    of consumers find that PhotoFusion® X lightens faster in lighting than a well-known photochromic brand’s latest generation.7

  • 80%

    of consumers prefer ZEISS PhotoFusion X grey over a well-known photochromic brand’s latest generation grey.7

  • 95%

    of consumers would wear PhotoFusion® X as sun protection lenses.7

  • 91%

    of consumers agree they can combine it with all their clothing and 94% say it is appropriate for everyday situations.7

  • 91%

    of consumers agree that the darkened ZEISS PhotoFusion X Grey Lenses meet their expectation of a colour-neutral grey tone.7

  • 1

    Than the previous generation of ZEISS PhotoFusion.
  • 2

    Analyses by Technology and Innovation, Carl Zeiss Vision GmbH, DE 2021. Based on Blue Violet Block (BVB) metric that quantifies the amount of light 400-455nm blocked by PFX Extra Grey 1.6 HC form.
  • 3

    Testing by independent laboratory in USA, 2021 according to requirement in ISO 8980-3. Based on the average speed (%T/min) of fade-back from fully activated state to 80%T at 23°C in grey 1.50 index (CR607) HC only form.

  • 4

    Testing by independent laboratory in USA, 2021 according to requirement in ISO 8980-3. Based on the average speed (%T/min) of fade-back from fully activated state to 80%T at 23°C in grey 1.60 index and Polycarbonate HC only form.
  • 5

    Analysis by Technology and Innovation, Carl Zeiss Vision GmbH, DE 2021 in accordance to ISO 8980-3. Based on the average speed (%T/min) of activation from clear state to 30%T at 23°C in grey 1.60 index and polycarbonate in HC only form.
  • 6

    US Patents 5,910,516; 6,723,859; 7,521,004; other patents pending
  • 7

    Consumer preference test with N= 101 spectacle lens wearers in Germany in September 2021 by external market research institute (subjective visual assessment of lenses index 1.6 grey with AR coating, activated by artificial UV light source).