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If there’s one frequent complaint I hear from my Windows-refugee friends when they switch to the Mac, it’s the behavior of that little green button in the top left. The “zoom” button has been a part ...

In all iPhones, when you’re taking a photo with the Camera app, you can zoom by putting two fingers on the viewfinder and moving them apart—the traditional pinch-to-zoom. However, the zoom level can ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Oct. 22, 2014) -- When an Army Special Forces officer-turned engineer puts his mind to designing a military riflescope, he doesn't forget the importance of creating something for ...

One of the iPhone’s many accessibility features is something Apple calls "Magnifier," which uses the smartphone's cameras to ...

In combat, seconds count and a moment’s hesitation or distraction can mean the difference between life and death. So it's no small problem that modern riflescopes often require soldiers to look away ...

Google has offered great camera zoom on its Pixel Pro phones for a while now, with the Pixel 7 Pro and later featuring a 48MP 5x periscope camera. You can even get great 10x zoom shots as these camera ...

A hallmark of some of the best camera phones is how much they can zoom. Cameras like the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra use a combination of long focal length periscope telephoto lenses, on-sensor cropping, ...

A prototype Rapid Adaptive Zoom for Assault Rifles (RAZAR) has been developed. At the push of a button, RAZAR can toggle between high and low magnifications, enabling users to zoom in without having ...