A Silicon Valley startup is developing an optical zoom lens unit that’s thin enough to slip inside of a smartphone and won’t protrude when used. DynaOptics has spent two years working on the device, ...

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One of the top selling points of the new iPhone 7 Plus is its telephoto lens, which lets you get twice as close to the action as the typical smartphone. Other smartphones use a digital zoom to ...

Your phone has been lying to you. Every time you zoom in to catch that perfect shot of that $20 hamburger you’re not actually zooming in. The software in your phone is really just cropping the image ...

A Silicon Valley startup is developing an optical zoom lens unit that’s thin enough to slip inside of a smartphone and won’t protrude when used. DynaOptics has spent two years working on the device, ...