In our camera shopping guide, we’ve tried to simplify the distinctions between compact cams and interchangeable lens cameras. Now, we want to tackle one factor you should consider before you buy a ...

Digital zoom is much disputed in terms of its usefulness. Here, we take a look at the pros and cons of digital zoom, where it can help, and where it is more of a hindrance. Most compact cameras have ...

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...

Apple continues to dance a sexy dance for photographers all over the world, launching better cameras with more features and higher quality. But when Phil Schiller, VP of marketing at Apple stands on a ...

Dual camera smartphone technology certainly isn’t new anymore, but we are seeing a new trend emerge whereby manufacturers are offering “optical zoom” capabilities inside their smartphones. Two notable ...

Your iPhone’s built-in “zoom” function sucks, in most ways. Digital zoom — which “zooms” simply by enlarging and cropping the image, rather than using lenses — is a half-measure that produces an ...

Google's Android phone has only one lens, but a technology called RAISR uses machine learning to help you zoom in better. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, ...

Changing the focal length of a camera by adjusting the physical zoom lens. All zoom lenses in film cameras and digital single lens reflex (DSLR) cameras are optical zoom. Digital point-and-shoot ...

Let's say you're watching your kids play in the park, and decide to take a picture. You whip out your flagship smartphone with its excellent camera, pull up the camera app, and wait for the decisive ...

Zoom is a feature common among cameras and is used to make the subject appear closer. Cameras on mobile phones often have a zoom feature as well but most often it is digital zoom. Digital zoom is ...