It’s Monday, so it’s time to head to class and today the always educational Don Komarechka shows us what’s behind the dreaded “diffraction” when you’re stopped down significantly with your lens.

Why do the images lose sharpness? Don shows you a couple of simple experiments to help you understand what is actually a pretty complex phenomenon.

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