Shear field residuals when fitting 16 different modes, using simulated projected ellipsoids as intrinsic shapes, and including additional Gaussian noise. From left to right: input shear, LSQ fit and residuals, LAD fit and residuals, CHP it and residuals. Upper and lower row show e₁ and e₂ respectively. The color scale is the same in all plots for comparison and ranges between −0.247 ≤ e_1,2 ≤ 0.247. Residuals for this realization vary between ± 0.075, ± 0.066, and ± 0.14, respectively.