Electronics Hardware This ingenious lens lets you swap prime focal lengths on the fly No more lugging around multiple lenses By Zo Ahmed, August 23, 2024, 9:01 AM
Electronics Nikon introduces full-frame Z 28-400mm superzoom lens A versatile, compact superzoom By Shawn Knight, March 28, 2024, 12:50 PM
Mobile Electronics Samsung's 200MP periscope telephoto camera expected to bring whopping 200x digital zoom to new phones Vivo devices typically don't come to the US, but we may see this on OnePlus smartphones By Kishalaya Kundu, December 28, 2023, 9:41 AM 14 comments
Electronics Nikon's new super-telephoto lens reaches to 600mm but won't break the bank An affordable super-telephoto for wildlife and sports enthusiasts By Shawn Knight, June 21, 2023, 12:48 PM 20 comments
Electronics Nikon announces 85mm f/1.2 S portrait lens and 26mm f/2.8 pancake for Z mount cameras High-end primes By Shawn Knight, February 7, 2023, 11:58 AM 7 comments
Electronics Fujifilm announces XF 50mm lens with f/1.0 aperture A very fast 50mm prime for X Series cameras By Shawn Knight, September 4, 2020, 1:15 PM 9 comments
Electronics Olympus announces OM-D E-M10 Mark IV micro 4/3 camera, new 100-400mm super-telephoto lens New camera gear from Olympus By Shawn Knight, August 4, 2020, 10:25 AM
Electronics Science SmartMicroOptics' Diple lens platform turns your smartphone into a microscope Its 150x lens can allow for up to 1000x times magnification when combined with digital zoom By Cal Jeffrey, November 21, 2019, 3:44 PM
Software Google Chrome now uses AI to describe images for users with vision impairment Powered by Google Lens, which can identify over a billion objects By Cal Jeffrey, October 10, 2019, 12:48 PM
Science Wearable Tech Researchers create 'adaptive metalens' that can outperform human eyes The 'breakthrough' could shake up the lens industry By Cohen Coberly, August 21, 2019, 4:47 PM 12 comments
Science Electronics Scientist solves centuries-old problem that will lead to cheaper, sharper lenses Correcting spherical aberration By Shawn Knight, August 8, 2019, 10:12 AM 15 comments
Electronics Sony fills out lens lineup with new 35mm f/1.8 prime A bit more expensive than anticipated By Shawn Knight, July 10, 2019, 2:50 PM
Electronics Sony announces its 49th E-mount lens, the 135mm f/1.8 G Master An enticing lens for portrait photographers By Shawn Knight, February 26, 2019, 12:45 PM
Electronics Building a 270-degree fisheye lens from scratch This lens can literally see behind itself By Shawn Knight, February 21, 2019, 1:11 PM
Google AI Google Lens can detect over 1 billion objects Tens of billions of facts are searched by a Lens query By Greg Synek, December 20, 2018, 9:32 AM
Mobile Tech Culture Snapchat accused of racism again, this time over its 'Yellowface' filter By Rob Thubron, August 11, 2016, 8:30 AM 18 comments
Electronics Panasonic announces its widest MFT prime lens, the Leica DG Summilux 12mm f/1.4 By Shawn Knight, June 15, 2016, 6:15 PM 13 comments
Science Electronics This camera lens breakthrough could lead to smartphones that outperform DSLRs By Shawn Knight, June 4, 2016, 9:45 AM 27 comments
Electronics Science Scientists create flexible sheet camera that captures images as it bends By Shawn Knight, April 18, 2016, 12:30 PM
Electronics Sony's new RX10 III offers 3x the zoom range of its predecessor By Shawn Knight, March 29, 2016, 6:15 PM 10 comments
Mobile Electronics Huawei partners with optics specialist Leica to 'reinvent' smartphone photography By Shawn Knight, February 25, 2016, 1:30 PM 8 comments
Apple Mobile Apple's plans for an iPhone with DSLR-quality camera all but confirmed with LinX acquisition By Shawn Knight, April 15, 2015, 7:15 AM 18 comments
Industry Electronics Drone maker DJI joins Micro Four Thirds standard group, improved aerial photography inbound By Shawn Knight, February 11, 2015, 5:00 PM
Apple Mobile Next-gen iPhone may feature dual-lens camera system capable of DSLR-quality photos By Shawn Knight, November 19, 2014, 7:00 AM 9 comments
Electronics Mobile Panasonic introduces Lumix CM1 smartphone with a 1-inch image sensor, Leica lens By Shawn Knight, September 15, 2014, 2:45 PM 13 comments