For all the sophisticated technology humans have invented to capture images, the lenses we use on cameras still rely on 19th-century technology. All that could be about to change with the invention of ...

Curved lenses, like those in cameras or telescopes, are stacked in order to reduce distortions and resolve a clear image. That's why high-power microscopes are so big and telephoto lenses so long.

Light Lens Lab has introduced the 50mm f/1.5 "Z21" optic, which pays homage to one of the most revered and rare cine lenses in photography history: the P Angenieux Type S21 50mm f/1.5. Just recently, ...

AR and VR headsets of the future could have clearer, lighter, and wafer thin lenses, thanks to a new manufacturing process that uses nanotechnology to not only shrink the thickness of the lens, but ...

Light of different colors travels at different speeds in different materials and structures. This is why we see white light split into its constituent colors after refracting through a prism, a ...

A new type of flat, ultrathin lens designed to be free of chromatic aberrations has been developed by researchers in the US. The device has a variety of potential applications, from ultralight imaging ...

Continuing their line of fast and affordable lenses with exceptional sharpness and autofocus capabilities, Viltrox has just announced that the company is expanding its AF AF 135mm f/1.8 LAB lens to ...