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Old 12-08-2008, 02:00 AM
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It stands for "Extra-low Dispersion" glass. It's glass that can minimize chromatic aberration (when the glass's index of refraction is high enough, different wavelengths end up in different locations, and you get red/blue "shadows" or green/purple ones).
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