In photography, depth of field refers to how much of a three-dimensional space the camera can focus on at once. A shallow depth of field, for example, would keep the subject sharp but blur out much of ...

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“In optics, there was a problem,” says Amit Agrawal, a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Md. If you wanted to focus a single lens to two different points ...

A new trilobite-like camera lens has been developed, and it offers a feature that is not yet integrated into the mainstream camera devices, such as DSLRs and video cams developed by Sony, Nikon, and ...

One of the reasons to move up from a cellphone or point-and-shoot cameras to a DSLR or digital mirrorless one is the ability to exert control over your exposures with the latter. With cellphones or ...

is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Unlike most phones released these days, Apple’s new iPhone SE has just one ...

A macro lens is a photographer’s ticket to shooting exotic images without leaving your own backyard — or maybe even your living room. The environment you’ve looked at for years can feel like an ...

Photographers may be interested in a new camera lens called the K|Lens One which is being marketed as the world’s first light field imaging lens for full-frame cameras, enabling photographers to ...