Saturday 31 March 2018

point and shoot - What is a Carl Zeiss lens in a camera?


I have a Sony CyberShot camera and I don't know why they use a lens in the camera. What is a Carl Zeiss lens?



Answer



A lens is needed to focus light on imaging sensor. For example, here's an image taken without lens attached to camera:


sample image taken without lens


For comparison, same scene taken with a lens attached:


enter image description here


Carl Zeiss is a German manufacturer well known for carefully designed good quality optics; see also what makes a Carl Zeiss lens so special in a smartphone (the reasons are similar for a pocket camera).


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