Most ‘standard’ zoom lenses can deliver a maximum magnification factor of about 0.3x. Here’s what that looks like on a full-frame camera body And here’s what a macro lens with a 1.0x magnification ...

I used a phone and a macro lens to get these great close-up shots of insects and plants. Here are some tips on how to do the same whether you use an iPhone or an Android phone. Andrew Lanxon Editor at ...

Macro lenses provide a unique ability to magnify tiny details to their true-to-life size, or at times even larger than life. They can reveal details our eyes may not be able to pick up on, allowing us ...

A macro lens is a photographer’s ticket to shooting exotic images without leaving your own backyard — or maybe even your living room. The environment you’ve looked at for years can feel like an ...

When he's not testing the latest phones or phone cameras, Andrew can normally be found with his own camera in hand or behind his drums or eating his stash of home-cooked food -- sometimes all at once.

Smartphone cameras have telephoto lenses, wide-angle lenses, lenses made for low-light conditions, and even monochrome lenses; but what do you do if macro shots are your thing? Most phones can get ...

June 29, 2009 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google A high-end macro lens for your camera can easily run upwards of a thousand dollars, but you can make a ...

Most common lenses used in smartphones are wide-lens, ultra-wide lens, macro lens and telephoto lens. While many often flaunt the number of lenses in our smartphone’s camera module, only a few are ...

In macro photography, the lens arguably counts for more than the camera – any camera can shoot close-ups, while many lenses can’t. Here, we’ve listed some for all the major mounts for mirrorless ...

[Samuel Sargent] built his own lens for making stacked macro images.This project, which was completed as part of his senior thesis, utilizes a Zeiss enlarger lens. The aperture ring was broken, making ...