In the Venus Engine LSI, we improved diagonal resolution by 50% over earlier models by extracting luminance signals from all of the pixels – red, green and blue. And the Venus Engine III even goes a step further. By adding the luminance signal from the green pixels in areas with horizontal or vertical lines, we have raised horizontal or vertical resolution by 10% compared to the previous engine while preserving the superb diagonal resolution. The result is fine, detailed image rendering with no color bleeding.

Chromatic aberration occurs due to different color wavelengths. Magnified chromatic aberration appears as color shifts at the image edges. This becomes more prominent at greater focal distances, so correcting it is a key to capturing sharp ultra-telephoto shots.
With wide-angle lenses, the light tends to be less intense at the image periphery, and thus image quality is lower. This is true of all lenses, no matter how precisely they are manufactured. The Venus Engine III incorporates technology that minimizes this distortion to deliver the finest images possible.