“In optics, there was a problem,” says Amit Agrawal, a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Md. If you wanted to focus a single lens to two different points ...

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 ...

Engineers at MIT, in partnership with the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, have devised a way to build a camera lens that avoids the typical spherical curve of ultra-wide-angle glass, while ...

For travel photography, I think a lens with a wide field of view is crucial, letting you capture the rolling hills of Tuscany, the frenetic neon and glass canyons of Tokyo, and the tight stone rooms ...

If you’ve ever wanted a great lens to add to your camera bag for awesome wide-angle shots, then you have two new options to ...