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Lenses & optics · Specialist

Chromatic aberration

ELI5

Colour fringing caused when a lens does not focus all wavelengths in exactly the same way.

Used in conversation

“Can we compare the chromatic aberration with the reference during the camera test?”

Pitch context

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