Binoculars have three main parts: the objective lens, prisms and the ocular lens. Binocular lenses are thicker in the middle and taper out to a thinner edge, which bends light toward the middle. These ...

Laowa appears to be working on a new macro lens. This in itself isn't particularly noteworthy, as according to the official Venus Optics website (the parent company of the Laowa brand), there are ...

LASER COMPONENTS supply microscope objective lenses compatible with all major brands. The objective lens is the closest optic to the observed specimen and consist of a series of lenses in a compact ...

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 ...

Who said astronomy binoculars have to be big? These quirky pocket-sized ‘constellation binoculars’ offer just 2.1x magnification yet with 44 mm objective lenses let a lot of light in. The result is an ...

The Skymaster 12x60 binoculars are great astro specialists that can zoom in on distant subjects and leave low light problems in the dust. Why you can trust Live Science Our expert reviewers spend ...

Most consumer point and shoot digital cameras say something like, "5x optical zoom," or "9x optical zoom" on the box. But, when you move up to micro-4/3s and SLRs, you lose that. It makes sense - the ...