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What Is Longitudinal Chromatic Aberration and Why Is it So Hard to Correct?

Close-up of a shiny metal flute on the left, and a digital illustration of curved camera lens elements with colored light paths on the right.

Have you ever looked at a photo and wondered, "What's with all the green and pink colors around high-contrast edges?" That's longitudinal, or axial, chromatic aberration. LoCA. It's common, very difficult to prevent optically and nearly as hard to remove during post-processing.

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