As with the recent announcement from Moment, all it takes to make iPhone 6-compatible lenses work with the iPhone 7 is new mounting hardware. So goeth Exolens splitting into two lines, ExoLens Pro and Prime; the Pro lenses use Zeiss optics, while the Prime line will be the standard consumer ExoLens lenses. The Pro lenses …

After several years of sticking with a mount that takes clip-on lenses and better-than-average optics, Olloclip has announced a new mounting system and higher-quality lenses that debut with iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus compatibility. Unlike its previous system, the company’s new Connect mount system allows you to use any lens using the mount to attach to the clip that …

Now playing: Watch this: With Pixel and Home, Google gets serious about hardware 2:47 It feels like forever since the first rumors about Google’s announcements for this event started cropping up, but now we can finally lay at least some of them to rest. Just joining us? Here’s what you’ve missed thus far. The event opened with a cute video …

If you consider having dual cameras with different focal-length lenses “optical zoom”, then adding a third-party lens to your phone’s camera gives you even more optical zoom! Moment has done some testing and figured out that its iPhone lenses will work on the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus — which is great, since its lenses are pricey at $100 (directly …

With an engraved titanium body, 18-karat gold accents and 1,450 black diamonds, you’re sure to blind everyone when you pull out Gresso’s $500,000 iPhone 7 for a quick selfie. That converts to a price tag of about £$385,000 and AU$652,000. And the chances of running into someone else selfie-ing with this limited-edition model are pretty slim, since the company only …

Now playing: Watch this: A massive recall hits the Note 7, Apple is purging old… 1:14 Chinese broadcaster CCTV has accused Samsung of failing to inform Chinese Galaxy Note 7 phone owners over the exploding-battery recall the way it did US owners. The accusation came after a supposedly “safe” unit blew up in that country and after Samsung had assured …

Olympus went all out with the accessories this Photokina, revealing three new key lenses and a new flash unit. The most intriguing is the 12-100mm f4 IS Pro, which looks like an excellent general-purpose option for advanced Micro Four Thirds photographers. It’s about the same size as the 12-40mm f2.8 Pro lens — 5 inches/117 mm long and 20 oz/561 …

Sigma’s known for great lenses that generally cost under $1,000; for Photokina 2016, the company has debuted a trio of pricier models aimed at pro photographers. All of them are for full-frame Canon, Nikon and Sigma mounts, and the Nikon versions incorporate an electromagnetic diaphragm. The wide angle 12-24mm F4 DG HSM Art has all the features and build characteristics …

Hasselblad revisits its V-system square-format roots at Photokina 2016 with the V1D 4116 Concept, a prototype design for a modular 75-megapixel camera (presumably 6×6, but who knows). The design has the same aesthetic that’s informed the company’s recent cameras, milled out of a single block of aluminum. Its most notable feature is its ability to accept modules on its sides …

It seems like Zeiss has a separate lens line for every use; Zeiss’ Loxia lenses are optimized for manual focus. That’s why the company announced a new 85mm f2.4 lens while it also has a Batis 85mm f1.8 for the same full-frame E-mount — the latter is optimized for autofocus. Normally the Loxias are slightly more expensive than the Batis …