Researchers have designed a new, ultrathin camera that acquires wide-angle, high-quality images using a metalens array. This approach eliminates bulky and heavy lenses, possibly enabling the ...

Wide or tele, wide or tele, hmm… That’s a tough one. Wide-angle smartphone cameras are definitely fun, but telephoto smartphone cameras can be legitimately useful. If you have to choose one or the ...

The wide-angle lens appears to be a mandatory smartphone feature in 2019. Samsung and Xiaomi just added one to their recently launched flagship handsets; Vivo did the same to its mid-range V15 Pro, ...

If you take a lot of photos, you're bound to occasionally find your camera unable to capture the entire landscape or fit everyone into a close-up group shot. For that, you'd need a wide-angle lens, ...

WASHINGTON — Researchers have designed a new compact camera that acquires wide-angle images of high-quality using an array of metalenses — flat nanopatterned surfaces used to manipulate light. By ...