I've done a bit of searching on the forum and to my understanding, shallow pavilion angles such as 40.6 deg might exhibit a bit of obstruction?
I believe my pavilion angle is 40.6 deg, so naturally I got curious and tried to take pictures to see for myself. The way I took them was by wrapping a piece of paper around the lens to make a tube (roughly 3-4” diameter) and shooting through that from a distance of about 8" all the way down to about 4", the pictures are ordered from furthest to closest.
I did notice that the further away it was the more crisp the arrow heads were, and the closer I got the more crisp the arrow shafts were.
My question is, is this the obstruction issue that I am reading about, or is it just because I am way too close to the lens which seems to cause the "paddling of the arrow heads"(not sure if that’s what you call that)?
To be clear, it is not that I am noticing any visual performance issues with the diamond. It looks great to me from all angles and distances with the naked eye. However, this forum is evil in some ways, it seems like the more I read the more curious I get after the fact,
Thanks!

I believe my pavilion angle is 40.6 deg, so naturally I got curious and tried to take pictures to see for myself. The way I took them was by wrapping a piece of paper around the lens to make a tube (roughly 3-4” diameter) and shooting through that from a distance of about 8" all the way down to about 4", the pictures are ordered from furthest to closest.
I did notice that the further away it was the more crisp the arrow heads were, and the closer I got the more crisp the arrow shafts were.
My question is, is this the obstruction issue that I am reading about, or is it just because I am way too close to the lens which seems to cause the "paddling of the arrow heads"(not sure if that’s what you call that)?
To be clear, it is not that I am noticing any visual performance issues with the diamond. It looks great to me from all angles and distances with the naked eye. However, this forum is evil in some ways, it seems like the more I read the more curious I get after the fact,
Thanks!
