Sniper, you may want to try the "
MaxOptics IV for SH4 1.5" if you're using a 1.5 version of the game. It does the same type of visual changes to the views as ClayP's. I made his version specific for him, but released it in case anyone else wanted a 1.4 version.
It's possible that some other mod could be interfering with the optics mod.....I just don't know.