Since optical zoom entered the mobile market, conversations about zoom technology in smartphones have become more common. Smartphones can now implement all three types of camera zoom: optical, digital ...

In our camera shopping guide, we’ve tried to simplify the distinctions between compact cams and interchangeable lens cameras. Now, we want to tackle one factor you should consider before you buy a ...

Dual camera smartphone technology certainly isn’t new anymore, but we are seeing a new trend emerge whereby manufacturers are offering “optical zoom” capabilities inside their smartphones. Two notable ...

After over a year of feature rumors, Apple has revealed its iPhone 15 Pro Max, its largest premium iPhone using the new A17 Pro chip, a new Tetraprism camera with 5x zoom, and more. At Tuesday's ...

Some camera features are worth paying for, while others seem to exist exclusively to print big numbers on the box to sway naive buyers. When it comes to zoom — whether on a smartphone or a camera — ...

"It’s not the camera, but the person behind the camera that makes great pictures." Every seasoned photographer will bestow these words of wisdom on the less financially equipped. But in the case of ...

The advancement of optical zoom, specifically through telephoto cameras, is one of the most exciting developments in smartphone camera technology in recent years. Companies are working hard to come up ...

All of the best smartphones today have one thing in common: they have excellent cameras. You can get lost in the DxOMark ratings, the industry standard for camera ratings, and gripe at the minutiae of ...

Samsung might have everyone mesmerized by its foldable Galaxy Fold phone (for now), but if you really want to see weird and wonderful phone innovations, you need to look at what Chinese tech companies ...

Olympus’ SP-590UZ manages to exceed the once impressive 20x optical zoom of the SP-570 by upping the ante to 26x optical zoom with a ridiculous 26-676mm lens. https ...

As I was covering the iPhone announcement earlier this week, there was a moment in Apple's presentation that made me double-take. Describing the new iPhone Air, the company said: "What might appear to ...