The Super Multi-Layer Coating reduces flare and ghosting, ensuring sharp, high contrast image quality even under severe conditions such as taking photos against or towards the sun.

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"The anti-reflective coating requires multi-layer coatings which are slightly more complex than the typical single-layer ones, " Lin told CNN.

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