Vignetting, also known as “light fall-off” (sometimes spelled “light falloff”) is common in optics and photography, which in simple terms means darkening of image corners when compared to the center. Vignetting is either caused by optics, or is purposefully added in post-processing in orde...
However, compromises still have to be made for such lenses. In typical fashion, Sony designed the lens with a tight image circle, meaning that the area illuminated by the lens barely covers the full-frame sensor. This results in strong vignetting, the darkening of corners and ed...