Techno officially introduces 'Macro lens' with mechanical stretch

Specifically, last December, Chinese smartphone manufacturer - Tecno shared a teaser for the upcoming "astronomical" macro lens for smartphones. The details revealed in the image show that the new lens will feature a compressed focal length (BFL) design with mechanical stretching to provide a larger aperture, especially when performing tasks. zoom but no data loss.

At that time, the company also said that it would introduce a smartphone equipped with this lens in the first quarter of 2022. However, when everything was still at the level of leaks, the company officially introduced this new 'macro lens'.

Like photos and videos (via GSMArena), Tecno's new astronomical macro lenses are mechanically designed to extend beyond the body (typically found on some digital cameras, cameras, and digital cameras). travel.), which helps to take close-up photos of objects without having to get too close to them. The lens also supports 5x optical zoom, and the company claims that the image quality captured with the new lens is comparable to that of the main camera.

So far, Tecno has not announced the specifications of the new lens or any promotional images, but expect that more information will be available when the company launches the "special" smartphone later. this year.

In addition to the new astronomical macro lens, Tecno is also working on the first Android smartphone to feature sensor-shift image stabilization (a technology that moves the sensor, instead of the camera lens, for image stabilization. ). Currently, the same feature has only appeared on Apple's iPhone 12 Pro Max and iPhone 13 series.

Micah Soto

Update 12 January 2022