At its annual developer conference last week, Xiaomi announced an upcoming wide-aperture lens that retracts into the body of a smartphone when not in use, promising long optical zoom without ...

Overview: Optical zoom gives better clarity than just digital zoom when capturing distant subjects.Periscope-style telephoto ...

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Xiaomi is working on a retractable lens for smartphones, promising a big increase in quality by borrowing strategies from traditional cameras that phones have in so many cases replaced. The ...

Bokeh is a Japanese term that describes the blurred effect in a wide aperture photo made from a shallow depth of field. Bokeh is typically characterized visually by the blurred refractions of light ...

Sony is always on the cutting edge of mobile camera technology, and a recent report in Nikkei Japan indicates that the company believes its breakthroughs will see smartphones match and even overtake ...

In a major update to the camera system, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says the iPhone 18 Pro's wide angle lens will be upgraded to have a variable aperture. In a blog post that he says is based on his own ...

The Xiaomi 13 Ultra will have a one-inch main camera with variable aperture tech. This feature should address a long-standing issue with large camera sensors and wide apertures. The Xiaomi 13 Ultra is ...