Letters: Polarising opinion

Tom Davies having a polarised lens rant (Diary of a Spectacle Designer, Optician 17.05.24) cannot be allowed to go unanswered. After all, he is a highly successful frame designer although, as he himself admits, that doesn’t make him an ophthalmic lens expert.

UK supply optics has always been made up of fascinating partisan tribes, which makes it all the more enjoyable to spend a lifetime in the sector. Frame makers rarely mix with lens makers, even in the few companies that cover both disciplines. It’s no different within that smaller sphere of a prescription house where lens surfacers and glazers often remain worlds apart, both socially and physically.