Nikon Nikkor Z MC 105 mm f/2.8 VR S review - Chromatic and spherical aberration

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Nikon Nikkor Z MC 105 mm f/2.8 VR S

29 May 2025

Maciej Latałło

5. Chromatic and spherical aberration

Chromatic aberration

There are as many as three low dispersion ED glass elements inside the optical construction of the Nikkor MC 2.8/105 so we expected that, with such an aperture fastness, there would be no problems concerning the correction of longitudinal chromatic aberration. Photos below prove that indeed there are no such problems. Even at the maximum relative aperture and in out-of-focus areas positioned further from the frame centre it's difficult to notice any colouring and it means that in this testing category the lens performs exemplary well.

Nikon Nikkor Z MC 105 mm f/2.8 VR S - Chromatic and spherical aberration

Let's check now the correction of lateral chromatic aberration with the help of a graph below.

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Here you deal with a constant value of about 0.04% that only weakly depends on the dimension of the detector and aperture. At the same time you have to emphasize the fact that it is a value on the borderline between very low and low level so completely innocuous. Compared to its rivals the Nikkor fares well – only the Sigma A 105 mm f/2.8 DG DN Macro could produce lower values, keeping close to 0.02%.

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Spherical aberration

First photos of this chapter don't feature any focus shift effect; it means spherical aberration levels cannot be very high. What's more, defocused circles of light we produced before and behind the focus are very similar. Both these facts allow us to say that the tested lens doesn't have any significant problems with correction of spherical aberration.