[Dragaera] The Enclouding

[Howard Brazee]

On Oct 11, 2008, at 6:28 PM, Jerry Friedman wrote:

> I don't think there's much diffraction going on in a
> fencing mask.  The spacing is too big.  (I admit it's
> been twenty years or so since I last saw anyone in a
> fencing mask, and longer since the two times I've
> worn one.)  What's going on is that the mask shades
> the fencer's face while the rest of the room (including
> the mask) is well lit, and the tiny visible bits of
> the fencer's face are hard to resolve from the bits
> of mesh next to them.

I have a fencing mask.   I've not noticed diffraction, but then  
there's no reason to try to look at someone's face in such a mask.