How Aspherical Lenses Fix Aberrations and Improve Sharpness
What is an aspherical lens and what does it do? Canon has shared a video that explains the problems engineers face in lens design and how the company solved them using aspherical lenses.
The First Commercially-Ready Curved CMOS Sensor Has Been Developed
While the idea of a curved CMOS sensor is not new, all companies to this point have only developed them as an in-house proposal project and not as a finished, commercially-ready finished product. That has changed thanks to startup, Curve-One.
Voigtlander Unveils APO-Lanthar 50mm f/2 Aspherical for Leica M
Cosina has announced the Voigtlander APO-Lanthar 50mm f/2 Aspherical lens for Leica M-Mount cameras based on the E-Mount version the company released last year. The apochromat design is touted as able to produce "ultimate performance" of resolution and contrast.
What Are Aspherical Lens Elements?
When camera lens makers announce new lenses, one of the specs they always tout is how many aspherical elements the lens designs have. If you're not sure what those elements are and what they do, here's a short and helpful 4-minute video by Michael the Maven that'll bring you up to speed.