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Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. Considering the versatility of the microscopes available ...

I have a colleague who's using an Omax A35 camera with ToupLite software to make micrographs. The issue with it is that the ToupLite software is not very good; I suspect it's a half-hearted port of a ...

We've known for a while now that Canon plans to launch a variety of unusual cameras that will target markets underserved by smartphones, which have largely decimated the point-and-shoot digital camera ...

The list of add-ons that let you to tinker with the photo taking capabilities of your iPhone is about to get even bigger with the launch of Magnifi. Rather than tacking a zoom or fish-eye lens onto ...

Back in April, we launched the “Where Do You Celestron?” campaign, asking our customers to tell us where and how they use Celestron products. We received a huge, global response; so far, you’ve added ...

Assembly has been completed on the Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) that will be the primary imager on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and will also act as the telescope’s wavefront sensor to ...

Researchers developed a new ultra-thin planar (flat) "metalens" that can potentially replace the stacked, bulky lenses used in telescopes, microscopes, smartphones, cameras and other gadgets. Despite ...

Considering the versatility of the microscopes available today, it's surprising that more people don't own one. They're handy in revealing fine detail in small objects at magnifications that a loupe ...