Tinted lenses, for sunglasses worn by a pilot for use during flying an airplane, comprising: two lens bodies each of said lens bodies having at least two distinct, contrasting tinting s between at least three field of vision areas (22,24,26), a far field of vision area tinted sufficiently to prevent the high illumination from outside said airplane's cockpit from entering said pilot's eyes that is tinted having a first filter category number between 2 and 6 corresponding to transmittance between 25% and 1.56%; an intermediate field of vision area tinted to enable said pilot to easily see a dimly illuminated instrument panel having a second filter category number between 0 corresponding to transmittance of 100% and 1 less than said first filter category number; and a near field of vision area tinted to enable said pilot to easily view maps and other information, that is tinted having a third filter category number greater than or equal to said second filter category number and less than or equal to said first filter category number; wherein the relationship between the filter category number and the transmittance percentage value is defined by European Standard EN1836:1997 wherein each of said lens bodies exhibit first, second and third discontinuous transitions in tinting density between said three field of vision areas (22,24,26), comprising, in order, the second discontinuous transition from said near field of vision area to said intermediate field of vision area and the third discontinuous transition from said intermediate field of vision area to said far field of vision area; and which are located along a line which passes through a centre of said intermediate field of vision area and a centre of said near field of vision area, characterised in that said first discontinuous transition from said far field of vision area to said near field of vision area is located either side of the said line. two lens bodies each of said lens bodies having at least two distinct, contrasting tinting s between at least three field of vision areas (22,24,26), a far field of vision area tinted sufficiently to prevent the high illumination from outside said airplane's cockpit from entering said pilot's eyes that is tinted having a first filter category number between 2 and 6 corresponding to transmittance between 25% and 1.56%; an intermediate field of vision area tinted to enable said pilot to easily see a dimly illuminated instrument panel having a second filter category number between 0 corresponding to transmittance of 100% and 1 less than said first filter category number; and a near field of vision area tinted to enable said pilot to easily view maps and other information, that is tinted having a third filter category number greater than or equal to said second filter category number and less than or equal to said first filter category number; wherein the relationship between the filter category number and the transmittance percentage value is defined by European Standard EN1836:1997 wherein each of said lens bodies exhibit first, second and third discontinuous transitions in tinting density between said three field of vision areas (22,24,26), comprising, in order, the second discontinuous transition from said near field of vision area to said intermediate field of vision area and the third discontinuous transition from said intermediate field of vision area to said far field of vision area; and which are located along a line which passes through a centre of said intermediate field of vision area and a centre of said near field of vision area, characterised in that said first discontinuous transition from said far field of vision area to said near field of vision area is located either side of the said line. comprising, in order, the second discontinuous transition from said near field of vision area to said intermediate field of vision area and the third discontinuous transition from said intermediate field of vision area to said far field of vision area; and which are located along a line which passes through a centre of said intermediate field of vision area and a centre of said near field of vision area, characterised in that said first discontinuous transition from said far field of vision area to said near field of vision area is located either side of the said line.