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COASTAL OPTICAL 60MM F/4 light falloff

January 22, 2015 By JimK 1 Comment

I think this is my last test on the Coastal Optical 60mm f/4 UV-VIS-IR Apo Macro lens. It’s a simple visual demonstration of light falloff. The camera is a Sony a7 modified for IR by LifePixel, using the Super Color sensor stack filter. I put an Expodisc on the lens and aimed it at a Fotodiox LED 5500K light source. I made exposures at f/4 through f/22.

Here they are:

f/4
f/4
f/5.6
f/5.6
f/8
f/8
f/11
f/11
f/16
f/16
f/22
f/22

There’s some noticeable falloff at f/4 and f/5.6, but I don’t consider any of it a problem.

 

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