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Hasselblad X1D
Hasselblad XCD 30mm f/3.5

Aperture Series at MOD: Dolls, Focus Shift

This series at MOD (minimum object distance) assesses overall sharpness along with focus shift and secondary color aberrations.

Dolls

Adobe Camera Raw 9.8.0.692. View ACR settings.

Diffraction mitigating sharpening used for f/11.

Close range is a challenge for lenses, so MOD is the biggest challenge. Many vendors go to some effort to keep image quality high, including “floating” lens elements, and the use of optical “balancing” tricks to keep performance high. These tricks often come with liabilities, such as the one seen here: a very substantial focus shift, particularly in the center of the frame.

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