Clinically Clean Lenses Are Destroying What Makes Cameras Special

Years ago when I first started this website, the photo industry had a need to make clinically clean lenses. Camera manufacturers have leaned into it harder and harder. Sometimes, they've even made up their own problems. For example, when did anyone ever have a big problem with onion bokeh? Since the beginning of image creation, no one ever hated how the bokeh looked. But then camera manufacturers had to go create a new way of polishing lenses to prevent it. And in the end of it all, I sincerely ...