We test a lot of different types of photo equipment at PCMag, but our focus is on cameras and lenses. To properly evaluate them, we perform both standardized lab tests in a controlled environment, and ...

If you want to check if your cameras and lenses really are 4K or even 8K ready, Image Engineering has designed new 4K and 8K high resolution test charts to show the smallest structures your system can ...

If you are interested in testing your phone camera lenses and optics, you may be interested in a new testing card name, the µChart. Created by the team responsible for the iMicro Q range of microscope ...

Figure 1 (a) Structure of the mesoscopic objective, (b) Aberration distribution of the mesoscopic objective, (c) Wide-field imaging system built with the mesoscopic objective, (d) Laser point-scanning ...

For new and aspiring photographers, resolution is simultaneously the most easily understood and most misunderstood aspect of a camera. Most people know that it has something to do with megapixels — a ...

The lens wars within the DSLR camera sector just got hotter with the recent introduction of two new lenses from Olympus. The M.Zuiko digital ED 25-mm F1.2 pro and 12-100-mm F4.0 IS pro lenses are the ...

Scientists have developed novel lenses that enable X-ray microscopy with record resolution in the nanometer regime. Using new materials, the research team has perfected the design of specialized X-ray ...

The first of Zeiss’s six new full-frame, manual-focus Milvus lenses to run the gauntlet of the Popular Photography Test Lab, this is actually the third 85mm f/1.4 in Zeiss’s current catalog (and the ...

Engineers at UC San Diego have built a powerful yet ultrathin digital camera by folding up the telephoto lens. This technology may yield lightweight, ultrathin, high resolution miniature cameras for ...