Philips develops fluid lenses

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Finally able to make decent pictures with small digital cameras?

 

[Aharami]

wow thats really interesting. it'd be nice to have a nice small camera with good zoom capabilities. or even camera phones with zoom (needed for zooming in for those "nice" shots )

but im sure its gonna cost and arm and a leg

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Not many people interested in camera technology today

 

[Demon-Xanth]

That's just cool. I've been wondering about the idea for a while, but they pulled it off in a way that appears to be cheap to make, easy to control, and most likely reliable. Maybe we can get some digital cameras with good optical zooms and the ability to take close up shots without looking nasty or costing large sums of money.

 

[PricklyPete]

Very, very interesting. I'm wondering what the optical quality of these lenses are. The "promotional" article doesn't really touch on how the quality of this lense stacks up against an actual glass lense. Will definitely be interesting though.

 

[0roo0roo]

yea, mostly want more mega pixels cheap

 

[Demon-Xanth]

I don't care about the number of megapixels a camera has, as much as making the megapixels MEAN something. 5MP doesn't mean anything if they picture's blurry.

 

[Whitecloak]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
yea, mostly want more mega pixels cheap