The earliest surviving film is a static shot from 1888 captured by French inventor Louis Le Prince. It’s a snippet showing four people skipping around a secluded garden property in Yorkshire, England.

The Panasonic Lumix S 100-500 mm f/5-7.1 O.I.S. arrives not to replace primes, but to challenge if a superzoom really perform well enough to make you rethink carrying multiple lenses? In a market ...

A PTZ camera is a video camera that is operated with a remote controller. PTZ is an acronym for Pan, Tilt, and Zoom—the three primary movement functions that a camera operator would traditionally ...

In the constant battle to provide consumers the best smartphone camera, one area that Apple has yet to innovate is optical zoom, which could use a so-called "periscope lens." We explain what the ...

With a few notable exceptions, most smartphone cameras zoom either digitally or via a few optical zoom presets. That could soon change, however, as LG Innotek has announced its new Optical Telephoto ...

Virtually all Android phones have preset zoom buttons in the camera app. For example, the Google Pixel 9 offers 0.5x, 1x, and 2x levels while the Pro models have an extra button for 5x zoom thanks to ...

A PTZ camera with a powerful 10x optical zoom and a surprisingly low price of entry can change your live events.

What if you could direct a virtual camera with nothing but your words? In the world of Midjourney’s video model, this isn’t just a possibility—it’s a necessity. While the platform lacks built-in ...

You may have used FaceTime on your Apple smartphone, tablet, or computer before, but there are features you can use during FaceTime on your iPhone and iPad you may not even know about. Instead of ...

Samsung is already mass-producing a continuous zoom camera sensor for phones, but don't expect to see it on Galaxy devices anytime soon.