New Fluid Lens System...

[Digigenic]

The following link is to the Digital Photography Review of the new Philips Fluid Lens system, I think it's pretty damn interesting considering such an innovation in optics may soon be found in video cameras...

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0403/04030302philipsfluidlens.asp

 

[Kim Welch]

Interesting! A lens that changes focus by reshaping a drop of liquid, with no moving parts, sounded like science fiction in 2004. Liquid lenses did end up in some phone cameras, barcode scanners and industrial cameras, while most video lenses stayed with glass. Thanks for sharing the link.

 

[Digigenic]

The glass eye is cracking...

The glass eye is cracking...

Just under a year from their initial announcement and they're already moving into production :!:
Anyone care to speculate as to when we might see a larger variation of these liquid lenses for DV cams :?:

http://www.digitalcamerainfo.com/content/Variable-Focus-Liquid-Microlenses-in-Production.htm