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Why Canon Still Grows Crystals for Camera Lenses (And What That Means for Your Photos)
Why Canon Still Grows Crystals for Camera Lenses (And What That Means for Your Photos) When I first learned that Canon has been cultivating synthetic crystals in furnaces since 1967, I had to pause and think about what that really means for photographers like us. It’s one of those behind-the-scenes manufacturing stories that reveals just how seriously camera companies take optical perfection. The Problem That Ordinary Glass Cannot Solve Here’s the thing about telephoto lenses: they suffer from a specific type of color distortion that regular optical glass simply cannot correct.