I looked at pics of the two Atomic low volume masks. The marketing and development of Atomic products seems to follow the policy of copying the best ideas on the current market and adding improvements or gimmicks. The results are generally good but pricey. For example, the Atomic Vision appears to be a copy of the Mares X vision. I don't know what to say about the Atomic Frameless. It seems to be more innovative than a pure clone with elements from several existing ideas.
Currently, I am interested in what will be the next generation of masks. I bought a Sphera swimmers mask for testing. This item is not a Scuba mask but shows some interesting concepts. Basically, it is a twin pane, silicone with curved lenses. The warped lenses allow twice the peripheral vision of the general line up favored by Scuba divers. However, the up/down vision of this non Scuba mask is slightly less than the frameless variety favored by divers. I haven't used it in water yet, just received. Based on prior comments, I am lead to understand that the magnification effect is cancelled but optical quality is just so-so. We'll see.
