Comments on: New patented lens made of liquid paves way for slimmer digital cameras

by: vickiho.com » Aside: liquid lens

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 08:37:01 +0000

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by: Chris

Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:16:58 +0000

Macro lenses are a thing of beauty. If you’ve never seen some pictures between a quality lens, and a quality macro lens, you should check out a good article here: (disclaimer: I wrote it)

60mm Nikon Micro review .

Just look at the Christmas bulb pic for a great example. These are regular glass lenses, but it would be great to have a lighter easier to tote version on my phone

by: James Lee

Tue, 04 Oct 2005 12:57:47 +0000

Cameras using a new technology called wavefront coding CDM OPTICS made by Omnivision Technologies
will be coming to the market in the first half of 2006.
http://www.ovt.com/
http://www.cdm-optics.com/site/news.php
I would value your opinion on whether this technology is superior or inferior to fluid lens technology.

by: Dan Lowe

Sat, 20 Aug 2005 20:47:36 +0000

Henk Zwaenepoel says:
I don’t see why lens-deforming using
voltage would be inferior to this new
method. This new method will need to
pump gas or liquid into and out of the
lens. Or is power consumption then so
much less using pumps instead of voltage ?

But if you use applied voltage, you have to maintain that voltage against the material to keep it in the desired shape, yes? But one could conceive of a pump system where you apply voltage to the problem in one way or another to move into the desired shape, then the mechanism could simply be designed to lock into place when voltage is removed. So you are then only using power when you change from one shape state to another, and the rest of the time you are not using any power to maintain that shape.

by: Ali B

Sat, 20 Aug 2005 16:26:11 +0000

Great…

At last we’ll have some phones with good quality cameras..

by: Gadget News

Sat, 20 Aug 2005 14:31:05 +0000

Fluidlens Liquid Lens Leads To Thinner Digital Cameras

DigitaCamera @ 101 Reviews has some interesting news about a new form of camera lens. The Fluidlens is, as the name suggests, made of liquid and si no bigger than a contact lens. What makes it particularly interesting though is that it can manage an op…

by: Peter Trei

Thu, 18 Aug 2005 15:08:22 +0000

This should not have been issued a patent.

I can remember seeing almost exactly this
technique being demonstrated on the BBC
show ‘Tommorrows World’ back in the mid
70’s, wherein a fluid filled plastic lens
changed shape with fluid pressure. This was
used to make variable focus eye-glasses.

I suspect they were too heavy to be a commercial
success, but the idea was out there.

by: Henk Zwaenepoel

Thu, 18 Aug 2005 10:49:40 +0000

I don’t see why lens-deforming using
voltage would be inferior to this new
method. This new method will need to
pump gas or liquid into and out of the
lens. Or is power consumption then so
much less using pumps instead of voltage ?

by: Fotografía Digital

Thu, 18 Aug 2005 07:21:36 +0000

Lentes Líquidos para cámaras digitales

A través de 101 reviews veo un nuevo “invento” para las cámaras digitales que promete lograr mucha mejor calidad en mucho menor espacio.
Básicamente trabajan con presión sobre el lente y dicen que “no es mas ancho que un lente d…

by: Chadwick Ferguson

Wed, 17 Aug 2005 23:26:38 +0000

Is this only for phone cameras or will this technology be adapted to regular cameras? I would want to hold off for something like this!

by: TheRealCorsican

Wed, 17 Aug 2005 19:31:58 +0000

Seems like this is a good start on an implant which could replace a defective or damaged lens in the eye (as long as the retina and optic nerve are intact, of course).

Also, I was reminded of the “oil lenses” dreamed up by Frank Herbert…

by: Yix In The Mix

Wed, 17 Aug 2005 18:48:49 +0000

Lentes líquidas para cámaras!!

New patented lens made of liquid paves way for slimmer digital cameras
Named Fluidlens, this lens is made of liquid and is no bigger than a contact lens, but can achieve an optical zoom of up to 10 times, matching the zoom capabilities of lenses foun…