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* wider f-stop * less chromatic aberration * less distortion generally * smaller circle of confusion

The chromatic aberration is an important but subtle effect. Remember that lenses are multiple pieces of glass, and every interface diffracts the wavelengths of light like a prism. One of the considerations in lens design is converging all those different wavelengths of light in the same place. Not just at one point, but at every point across the image plane.

Poor lenses might do the well in an area. Good lenses do it everywhere.




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