Get closer and reveal incredible detail and a stunning background – even without a full-frame camera ...

A macro lens is a photographer’s ticket to shooting exotic images without leaving your own backyard — or maybe even your living room. The environment you’ve looked at for years can feel like an ...

YouTuber Macro Room recently shared a slick little video featuring a miniature X-Wing fighter blasting through a trench-run-style obstacle course, and the result looks surprisingly cinematic. Using ...

I used a phone and a macro lens to get these great close-up shots of insects and plants. Here are some tips on how to do the same whether you use an iPhone or an Android phone. Andrew Lanxon Editor at ...

How to choose the right lens Most standard zoom lenses give a maximum magnification factor of about 0.3x. Zoom lenses, and even some prime lenses with a ‘macro’ badge, give a greater magnification of ...

In a nutshell, macro photography refers to close-up, magnified images of tiny things. Common examples are images of bugs, in which you can see them in so much detail you can even tell the minuscule ...

Point-and-shoot cameras are known for their simplicity and compact size. But the compact camera format often also hides a capability that many casual users don’t realize they have in their pockets: ...

Canon today unveiled a new macro lens for its APS-C DSLRs and an updated compact superzoom camera, the PowerShot SX730 HS. While the SX730 is a slight upgrade over the outgoing SX720 HS, the EF-S 35mm ...

Don't think that beautiful, close-up shots can only be done with a digital SLR. You can still get some excellent close-up shots with a standard point-and-shoot model by using macro mode. It can ...

Macro lenses provide a unique ability to magnify tiny details to their true-to-life size, or at times even larger than life. They can reveal details our eyes may not be able to pick up on, allowing us ...