The camera bump on a cell phone is a first world problem.
Spying on people just got a whole lot easier....................
I want my flying car first. What’s taking so long?
>>Jeff Lundeen: People lug around large cameras with huge telephoto lenses.
Large cameras (especially film) have larger capture.
And not all lenses are the same.
You can have a “versitile” lens but a dedicated high performance lens (for low light, for distance, etc.) can be more suitable. Depends on the task.
I heard a millennial talk radio host joking about the “old tech” of the camera used by the astronauts on the moon. “So big like something from the 40s”. They weren’t going to have much opportunity to go back and get more high definition captures ergo use a camera with a larger negative. Probably also needed to keep moon dust out of the camera.
The article is vague on what a ‘spaceplate’ is. I suspect it is a Metamaterial with a negative index of refraction. Last I heard that had been achieved with microwaves but not yet with optical light.
I can’t quite discern if this is an improved GRIN (GRaded INdex) lens, a nano-Fresnel lens a combination of them or what?
That being said I do have an immediate application for a sheet of paper thick microscope...
Something various countries German scientists pioneered back in the 60s except with film emulsions?
I guess I ought to sell my GH 4 and related since I never turn it on anymore. Ditto the GoPro as well. It’s been a couple of years since there’s been any real reason.
Photography and videography used to be enjoyable plus I made a little extra money sometimes.
So, the walls can have eyes.
OMG, I hope that the JWST (James Webb Space Telescope) do not hear about this! It is supposed to finally launch this Halloween after a mere 14 years after the 1st planned deployment. [Now the ESA Ariane 5 is a danger point for added delay - SIGH!]
Yes, I am being somewhat sarcastic while hoping that it is successful. It will be the pits if it gets all of the way to L2 (Lagrange Point 2) 1.5 million kilometers / 932k miles / 5 light seconds anti-sunward and then has a failure. The Hubble was repaired and had a magnificent follow-on maintenance through the US Space Shuttle BUT that will be impossible for this one.
so.....there’s no actual prototype...of even the substance/lens.
I saw this somewhere a few months ago, and, as a photographer, I also always wondered when there would be some new technology that would do away with glass as lenses. I knew something would have to come up eventually. I’m glad you posted this and that it has nothing to do with steam or pit bulls.