Liquid Lenses for Camera Phones @ The Register

[Steve]

Lenses made of liquid? How on earth does that work? Let's find out:

The lens has a simple structure: two liquids, of equal density, sandwiched between two windows in a conical vessel. One liquid is water, which is conductive. The other, oil, acts as a lid, allowing the engineers to work with a fixed volume of water, and provides a measure of stability for the optical axis. The interface between the oil and water will change shape depending on the voltage applied across the conical structure. At zero volts, the surface is flat, but at 40 volts, the surface of the oil is highly convex, Paillard said.

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[turkster]

Sounds cool . The article didnt say anything about the possibility of using it in high end digital cameras and SLRs etc. Maybe the quality isnt that good or something?

[mr_anderson187]

ill stick to glass all the way on my NIKON D70 thank all the same,

wouldnt want my lense to evaporate if i go out on a hot day either! lol