Mercedes Rear Mirror , so sharp , contrasty and colorful

Mustafa Umut Sarac · Jul 15, 2014

I dont have a car and rarely get pn someone s car , public transport does the job. 15 years ago , I was at med coast and hitchhiked to a german license plate mercedes station wagon. Driver mirror was so exciting , so sharp , contrasty , very joyful to look to the scene.

What was it, technology and what did I see , time was long ago and I cant remember too much things.

It could be used as big mirror and we can record from it , it was very exciting and hitchhike to a mercedes is always good.

Umut

AgX · Jul 15, 2014

I can't say Mercedes rear mirrors being anyway special.

They are of the two-surface flipping design as mirrors of other brands too. Both planes being inclined to each other, by flipping the mirror you can chose between a bright and a strongly dimmed reflection.

You always got two images, but under daylight circumstances the dimmed one would not be perceivable. Set to dimming though, bright light from above would be visible too.

mike c · Jul 15, 2014

Zeiss T * coating maybe.

AgX · Jul 15, 2014

You really should live in Germany for a while. In spite of Mercedes, Leica and Zeiss poverty is spreading.

Even in my small town now waste bins are being searched looking for bottles with deposits.

Richard S. (rich815) · Jul 15, 2014

It was the shrooms you took 15 minutes before...

bdial · Jul 15, 2014

Agree that getting a ride in a Mercedes can be a nice thing, I would think it would be especially nice if you are hitching.

I owned one for a while several years ago, I don't remember that the mirror was anything special. But then it was 15 + years old at the time, and it had around 500,000 km on it.

BrianShaw · Jul 15, 2014

Mine is nothing very impressive. It gets the job done but isn't especially sharp, constrasty, or colorful. It is 8 years old. Maybe MBZ sends the "seconds" to Amerika; who knows. But speaking of rear-view mirrors on autos... I recently experienced a fully restored ultra high-end 1930's car that had a plain (non-dimmable) mirror that was so bright that I thought it may have been a front-surface telescope reflector mirror.

Mustafa Umut Sarac · Jul 15, 2014

I read an 1951 patent , talking about dichroic coating of the rear mirror. Is what I saw an dichroic mirror ? How it does work and what is the advantage ?

ps. I read about polarizer layers also but patent writes they are dark.

Is there liquid form dichroic coating solutions ?

Thank you,

Umut

removed account4 · Jul 15, 2014

Richard Sintchak (rich815) said:
It's was the shrooms you took 15 minutes before...

:w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t:

ROL · Jul 15, 2014

Having only been seen in the rear view mirrors of Mercedes, I have no opinion. Isn't everything better viewed from a luxury automobile? I only see in B/W anyhow.

BrianShaw · Jul 15, 2014

ROL said:
Having only been seen in the rear view mirrors of Mercedes, I have no opinion. Isn't everything better viewed from a luxury automobile? I only see in B/W anyhow.

You looked great!

tkamiya · Jul 15, 2014

With 2013 C250 and 1994 E320, I don't see anything different with rear view mirrors. It's like mirror on all other brands and models.

I can only guess, mirror on a car you drove was just cleaned. I've noticed rear view mirrors don't get cleaned very often and mine used to have thin film on it most of the time. Cleaning it WELL made it so much better with an impression of sharper and crisper image.

snapguy · Jul 15, 2014

don't know

Mercedes and Leitz parts used to be made by highly trained Elves from the Black Forest but now the workforce is made up of Turks but there is nothing wrong with that. Some people claim the Elves had a certain touch, however. Who are you going to believe?

Vilk · Jul 16, 2014

oi, dunno about racially superior mirrors, but one that really made the diff for me was mounted in a lowly peugeot 208--it dimmed in proportion to the brightness of the point sources in it. my driver friend (i only rent wheels occasionally) laughed at my awe big time, said all of them do this nowadays--do they?

:confused:

ok, back on topic, vilk!

AgX · Jul 16, 2014

I so far only drove cars with plain, not-dimming mirrors or mirrors of the flip-kind.

The Mercedes series W124 for instance still got a plain outer mirror that can become very annoying. It is highly reflective and even when not blinded by following cars it reflects the several indicator lights from the light switch.

Dan Fromm · Jul 16, 2014

Mustafa Umut Sarac said:
I dont have a car and rarely get pn someone s car , public transport does the job. 15 years ago , I was at med coast and hitchhiked to a german license plate mercedes station wagon. Driver mirror was so exciting , so sharp , contrasty , very joyful to look to the scene.

What was it, technology and what did I see , time was long ago and I cant remember too much things.

Everything was sharp, contrasty and colorful when we were young.

Truzi · Jul 16, 2014

I have a 2003 S-500, and must say, it's not anything special. The mirrors are ok, but I'd think they'd have put a little more thought into it. Perhaps the older ones were better.

At night, the rear and drivers-side mirror both dim with just about any light from behind. Personally, I use my mirrors, and like to be aware of what is around me, even at night. If headlights behind me are not too bright or reflecting directly into my eyes, there is no need for Mercedes' automatic "night" mode, as I then cannot see anything in the mirrors except for dim headlights. It will dim even when the vehicles are at a distance. It just detects light and dims.

The auto-dimming mirror is very annoying. I covered the electric eye so it does not dim (I would permanently modify it, but will need to unload this POS at some point). If lights behind me are too bright, I press a button to raise the rear sunscreen.

I'd rather have the manual style.

ic-racer · Jul 16, 2014

I remember photographing anything in the mirror on my father's 1961 Ferrari produced an instant Ernst Haas effect

E. von Hoegh · Jul 17, 2014

Richard Sintchak (rich815) said:
It was the shrooms you took 15 minutes before...

Naw, it's that new Mercedes koolaid.

Mercedes Rear Mirror , so sharp , contrasty and colorful

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