43
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] xkforce@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It is supposed to mimic low quality cameras. Chromatic abberation occurs because different colors of light focus at slightly different distances from the lens. This is the same effect that causes prisms to "split" white light into its component colors. i.e the angle light is bent depends on its wavelength/color. Newer, more expensive cameras have various means of either cirrecting for or avoiding the problem.

[-] hiddengoat@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Putting on my "that guy" hat here...

The quality has nothing to do with it. Even very high end lenses can exhibit chromatic aberration under certain circumstances. Have a look at any sports broadcast. Once you see it, you can't stop, and the lenses on those cameras are decidedly NOT low quality. Or price. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1314025-REG/canon_uj86x9_3b_p01_dss_uhd_digisuper_86_broadcast.html

That said, even low-end lenses from the past decade or so have far less chromatic aberration than top-tier glass from decades back. I have an old Canon telephoto that produces crazy color fringes on anything and everything if I'm not careful, but my new cheapass Lumix zoom only does so in pretty extreme situations.

It's definitely a good time to be a photography nerd.

this post was submitted on 21 Oct 2023
43 points (80.3% liked)

Games

16652 readers
843 users here now

Video game news oriented community. No NanoUFO is not a bot :)

Posts.

  1. News oriented content (general reviews, previews or retrospectives allowed).
  2. Broad discussion posts (preferably not only about a specific game).
  3. No humor/memes etc..
  4. No affiliate links
  5. No advertising.
  6. No clickbait, editorialized, sensational titles. State the game in question in the title. No all caps.
  7. No self promotion.
  8. No duplicate posts, newer post will be deleted unless there is more discussion in one of the posts.
  9. No politics.

Comments.

  1. No personal attacks.
  2. Obey instance rules.
  3. No low effort comments(one or two words, emoji etc..)
  4. Please use spoiler tags for spoilers.

My goal is just to have a community where people can go and see what new game news is out for the day and comment on it.

Other communities:

Beehaw.org gaming

Lemmy.ml gaming

lemmy.ca pcgaming

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS