Good bye chromatic aberration

[sirch]

The clever chaps at Harvard have created what would seem to be basically a coating that will correct chromatic aberration, it’s probably going to be a while before we can afford it but you better start saving up to replace your lenses

https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2...omatic-aberrations-across-all-kinds-of-lenses

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

As it will allow for the making of much simpler high definition lenses, it may not add much to the price overall, though that will depend on how well it lends itself to automation.
i wonder if they could compensate for diffraction in a similar way.

 

[sk66]

Very interesting; I can see it making for cheaper lighter lenses. But there is almost always some kind of tradeoff, i.e. a lower T-stop rating.

 

[woof woof]

I hope it all happens, and in my lifetime.

 

[LongLensPhotography]

All sounds good and promising, but I am afraid we may be already going down with simpler awful lenses that get a lot of corrections in software even directly in camera to achieve that clean image. Sony is already doing that with their lower end kit and Canon in some regards is not far behind.

 

[Canon Bob]

All sounds good and promising, but I am afraid we may be already going down with simpler awful lenses that get a lot of corrections in software even directly in camera to achieve that clean image. Sony is already doing that with their lower end kit and Canon in some regards is not far behind.

We can all pack up and go home when Zeiss start popping profile correction CD's into their Otis boxes.

 

[frod]

Hopefully an end to the ridiculous honking great primes that Sigma and the like are currently peddling