In the constant battle to provide consumers the best smartphone camera, one area that Apple has yet to innovate is optical zoom, which could use a so-called "periscope lens." We explain what the ...

A periscope camera lens is a lens assembly that uses prisms, mirrors, or a combination of them to redirect light before it reaches the camera sensor. In doing so, it magnifies the image more so than ...

Whenever I reach for a Micro Four Thirds (MFT) camera, it’s usually for one key reason: lots of zoom without lots of weight. The MFT sensor’s downsides are upsides when it comes to telephoto lenses – ...

If you recently acquired your first interchangeable lens camera, you’re probably already thinking about what lenses to add to your bag. As cool as your new DSLR or mirrorless camera is now, it won’t ...

When I was traveling the country back in the mid-2000s doing photojournalism internships at various newspapers, I constantly heard the staff photographers say they were going to “make” a photo. That ...

But What About Smooth Zooms? But these still photography lenses lack the ability to perform the smooth servo-motor controlled zoom--the "push" that camcorders have always provided with their built-in ...

If you’re new to the world of photography, the idea of a lens that doesn’t zoom might seem a bit odd. Even our phones have zoom lenses on them now, or a least a version of zoom thanks to multiple ...