Mitakon Creator 35 mm f/2
5. Chromatic and spherical aberration
The longitudinal chromatic aberration is not corrected in a perfect way and you can notice it clearly by looking at photos below. At the maximum relative aperture it’s quite noticeable but it also makes itself felt on stopping down the aperture to f/2.8. Still those results are closer to medium levels and much better than the performance of, say, the Nikkor AF-S 35 mm f/1.8G ED.
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We don’t have any serious reservations concerning the lateral chromatic aberration correction. Values we got in our test are presented in a form of a graph below.
Only the performance on the edge of the APS-C sensor after a significant stopping down might be worrisome. Fortunately f/16 and f/22 apertures are rarely used in a lens of such type. The most often used range, from f/2.0 to f/5.6, has low aberration level, no matter what detector you employ.
| Nikon D3x, f/4.0 | Nikon D3x, f/16.0 |
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Spherical aberration
The Mitakon 2/35 didn’t have any ‘focus shift’ effect as it can be clearly seen on first photos, presented in this chapter. Circles of defocused light points in front of and behind the focus are different, though. In front of the focus the edge of the circle turns quite smoothly into the background while behind the focus it ends with a noticeable rim. The spherical aberration correction is perhaps not perfect but it would be difficult to have any real reservations here.
| Nikon D3x, f/2.0, in front of | Nikon D3x, f/2.0, behind |
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