Most consumer point and shoot digital cameras say something like, "5x optical zoom," or "9x optical zoom" on the box. But, when you move up to micro-4/3s and SLRs, you lose that. It makes sense - the ...

California-based accessory maker Sandmarc has launched a new Tetraprism 72mm Lens for iPhone that adds 3x optical magnification on top of the iPhone 17 Pro's built-in tetraprism telephoto camera. The ...

This article is part of our roundup of iPhone camera lenses. I like bees. Very much. And macro photos of bees? They send me over the (magnified) moon. Photos taken with so-called macro lenses let you ...

Sandmarc’s bolt-on 72mm lens pushes the iPhone 17 Pro to 24x zoom – ideal for gigs, the zoo, and everything in between ...

This is one of the weirdest and most extraordinary new camera lenses we've ever seen. Laowa's 24 mm f/14 probe lens looks bizarre, works like nothing else we've come across, and offers a truly ...

Macro lenses provide a unique ability to magnify tiny details to their true-to-life size, or at times even larger than life. They can reveal details our eyes may not be able to pick up on, allowing us ...

Nikon announces two new Z-mount lenses for its APS-C cameras These are both firsts for the 'DX' range – an f/2.8 zoom and a macro lens Both optics are designed for video and still photography Nikon ...

Is it worth buying a full-size camera these days? The reasons to do so grow smaller and smaller as smartphone cameras get better and better. It’s getting to the point where you have to spend a ...

This article is part of our roundup of iPhone camera lenses. Surely the greatest frustration in taking photos on a smartphone versus the cheapest snapshot digital camera is the lack of an optical zoom ...