These dolls are at various distances from the camera — from 30 centimeters (bottom) to 3.3 meters (top) — and yet are all in focus, thanks to a new type of lens inspired by the eye of an ...

If you’ve ever held a high-quality camera lens, the first thing you notice is the weight. Thanks to layers and layers of thick glass hunks inside, they end up being very heavy.

The Lomo’Instant Wide Glass’ lens offers four focus zones including an infinity position for landscape photography and a close-up option that can focus on subjects just 0.98-feet away.

Focus-Free Camera Uses A Newly Designed Flat Lens By Shane McGlaun March 13, 2020 7:30 am EST Researchers have been able to create a new camera that doesn't require focusing using a single lens ...

They can also be used in place of more expensive ground-glass camera lenses on smartphones and laptops, reducing weight, thickness and cost of portable devices.

Modern zoom lenses work wonderfully, but crack one open and you'll be greeted by a truly terrifying degree of micro-mechanical complexity, with 20 or more polished glass elements set to move in ...

Once designed, meta-lenses can be created as part of a wider mass production process: for instance, of VR headsets or augmented reality glasses. They can also be used in place of more expensive ground ...

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You won't believe it — I didn't — but the person responsible for keeping each and every shot of a movie in focus never looks through a camera lens. "No," says focus puller Baird Steptoe. "We ...