You open the camera app on your phone ready to take a photo and because the subject is a little far away, you tap one of the zoom options in the viewfinder, and settle on a 5x zoom. You frame the shot ...

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 ...

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 ...

I put the Oppo Find X9 Pro’s Hasselblad telephoto lens to the test on moon shots and star clusters. Here’s what worked and ...

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 ...

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 ...

All of the best smartphones today have one thing in common: they have excellent cameras. You can get lost in the DxOMark ratings, the industry standard for camera ratings, and gripe at the minutiae of ...

The Canon PowerShot Zoom doesn’t neatly fit into any specific category. It’s sort of a camera, though Canon doesn’t call it that. It’s sort of a monocular, though it has an electronic viewfinder and ...