O-Film demonstrates smartphone camera module with 85-170mm equivalent optical zoom

The zoom performance of smartphone cameras has improved dramatically in the last couple of years or but still lags behind conventional cameras, despite dedicated tele lenses pretty much being the norm on high-end smartphones these days. It's fair to say that overall, zooming on a smartphone camera is at this point still a bit of a compromise, but that could soon change, though. Chinese camera module supplier O-Film has demonstrated a periscope-style smartphone lens that provides an optical zoom ...