One of the oldest problems in optics has been solved. Rafael Gonzalez from Mexico's Tecnologico de Monterrey has come up with an almost comically dense equation that can be used to almost completely ...

Filmmaker Ryan Freeman has asked the unaskable: can you compare a $30,000 Cooke anamorphic lens with a $1,000 Zeiss spherical lens? Well, to insert a bit of a spoiler here, no, you can't. Cooke makes ...

Sapphire crystal (Al2O3) is a sought-after substrate for a range of high-precision applications; for example, for aerospace and aeronautical vehicles and high-powered laser applications, such as Er: ...

LEICESTER, U.K.—Cooke Optics has announced that its new 60mm, 90mm and 150mm Macro/i FF 1:1 lenses are now available to order as a full set. The set of three spherical complimentary macro lenses are ...

Sapphire crystal (Al2O3) is a sought-after substrate for a range of high-precision applications; for example, for aerospace and aeronautical vehicles and high-powered laser applications, such as Er: ...

Camera lenses are often described as being 'aspherical', but what does it mean, and is it the only way to design a lens? A lot of lenses are spherical, though. What we mean by “spherical” is usually ...

A popular 75mm portrait prime lens is about to make the jump from its original Sony E-mount to some new versions for other ...