Four lenses and a Spatial Light Modulator allow each pixel to have a different focal length in research from Carnegie Mellon ...

For more than a hundred years, cameras have shared a frustrating limitation with human eyes: they can only focus on one ...

The depth-defying lens can focus on multiple objects at different distances.

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The sweep of technology fascinates me. In the 45 years I have spent in the business, I've seen ...

Fujifilm's X-E5 was released toward the end of 2025, and like all Fujifilm cameras, it was difficult to get your hands on at ...

Zoom lenses continue to dominate Japan's photography market, with versatile workhorse optics leading the best-selling lenses ...

2Pi Optics has unveiled a new kind of fisheye camera based on what it calls metasurface optics. The company plans to show off the tech at CES 2024, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas next week. The ...

I put the Oppo Find X9 Pro’s Hasselblad telephoto lens to the test on moon shots and star clusters. Here’s what worked and what didn’t.

Overview: Phone lenses help expand your smartphone camera’s capabilities so you can capture more creative shots.Wide-angle ...

While cameras continue to get smaller, using a lens to focus light physically limits this process, even with ultra-thin flat lenses on the way, and explains why so many smartphones have protruding ...

US researchers explain to optics.org how they have produced an "origami" lens that could form the basis of thinner cameras for mobile phones. Engineers from the University of California at San Diego ...