Optical image stabilization for mobile phones
Varioptic has developed a new liquid lens combining autofocus and optical imaging stabilization for mobile phones. With no moving parts, a liquid lens is robust and uses limited power — less than 50mW...
View ArticlepoLight developing actuated lenses for mobile imaging
poLight says its patented proprietary technology enables the production of reflowable and wafer scale active optical components based on deformable polymers. Its “Tunable Lens” can replace traditional...
View ArticleSchneider-Kreuznach developing Micro Four Thirds lens
Schneider Kreuznach plans to market new optics for compact system camera lenses. “We are placing a strong focus on the innovative market for mirrorless system cameras with their interchangeable lenses...
View ArticleNikon to zoom 800mm
Nikon announced an 800mm telephoto lens — the longest autofocus lens the company has offered. The super-telephoto Nikkor lens will have a fixed focal length and f/5.6 maximum aperture. The lens “will...
View ArticleSony closes lens plant
As part of its cost-cutting restructuring, Sony is “consolidating certain manufacturing operations and expediting measures to reduce its headcount” — and among the measures is the closing of one camera...
View ArticleThe Camera Versus the Human Eye
It’s the kind of article that makes me more aware of how little I know — and the comparison of lenses and the human eye is a reminder that my human eyes will likely soon need added lenses themselves…...
View ArticleTamron develops 150-600mm optics
Precision optics manufacturer Tamron developed a new ultra-telephoto lens that zooms 4x from 150mm to 600mm — and says the glass will “enhance the creative potential of telephoto photography, a...
View ArticleOptical image stabilization for mobile phones
Varioptic has developed a new liquid lens combining autofocus and optical imaging stabilization for mobile phones. With no moving parts, a liquid lens is robust and uses limited power — less than 50mW...
View ArticlepoLight developing actuated lenses for mobile imaging
poLight says its patented proprietary technology enables the production of reflowable and wafer scale active optical components based on deformable polymers. Its “Tunable Lens” can replace traditional...
View ArticleSchneider-Kreuznach developing Micro Four Thirds lens
Schneider Kreuznach plans to market new optics for compact system camera lenses. “We are placing a strong focus on the innovative market for mirrorless system cameras with their interchangeable lenses...
View ArticleNikon to zoom 800mm
Nikon announced an 800mm telephoto lens — the longest autofocus lens the company has offered. The super-telephoto Nikkor lens will have a fixed focal length and f/5.6 maximum aperture. The lens “will...
View ArticleSony closes lens plant
As part of its cost-cutting restructuring, Sony is “consolidating certain manufacturing operations and expediting measures to reduce its headcount” — and among the measures is the closing of one camera...
View ArticleThe Camera Versus the Human Eye
It’s the kind of article that makes me more aware of how little I know — and the comparison of lenses and the human eye is a reminder that my human eyes will likely soon need added lenses themselves…...
View ArticleTamron develops 150-600mm optics
Precision optics manufacturer Tamron developed a new ultra-telephoto lens that zooms 4x from 150mm to 600mm — and says the glass will “enhance the creative potential of telephoto photography, a...
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