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As you start to shop for lenses, you'll come across the terms "prime" and "zoom." But as with most gear decisions, understanding what those are, what their impact is and what you should choose isn't ...

Vivo’s newest Ultra smartphone, the X200 Ultra, has a very impressive camera system on its own: a triple 50-megapixel lens array with (relative in the mobile space) large sensors and fast aperture. By ...

I had complicated feelings about Nikon’s narrow Z 24-105mm f/4-7.1, but I think I've come around to this cut-price, ...

One of the best features of Tamron’s 150-500mm f/5-6.7 lens is how incredibly compact it is for the lens class. At just 8.4 inches long when zoomed out (11.3 inches at 500mm) and 3.79 pounds, the lens ...

The 12-24mm zoom is a jaw-dropping effects lens with a wider field of view than the human eye. It's certainly not for all situations, but its ability to see damn near behind itself gives it an ...

When I was traveling the country back in the mid-2000s doing photojournalism internships at various newspapers, I constantly heard the staff photographers say they were going to “make” a photo. That ...

Smartphone zoom has made significant strides since the iPhone 7 series debuted a 2x telephoto camera back in 2016. In fact, a 2x telephoto shooter seems rather quaint by modern standards when we have ...

A quality telephoto lens is typically one of the first speciality lenses that a photographer adds to their gear bag. A 70-200mm lens is considered a medium-tele length and proves useful for many ...

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 ...