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The huge camera module houses a moving prism to switch focal length, which looks like an engineering marvel when put to use.
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Prakhar Khanna, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
The longer the focal length, the larger the sun will appear in your image, and thus the higher the resolution of the sun will be.
—Ryan French, Space.com, 22 July 2025
The company claimed that with the open-source model, users can control lighting, time of day, color tone, camera angle, frame size, composition and focal length.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2025
The 335mm focal length ensures a wide field, perfect for large targets like the North America Nebula.
—Damian Peach, Space.com, 17 July 2025
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Prakhar Khanna, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
The longer the focal length, the larger the sun will appear in your image, and thus the higher the resolution of the sun will be.
—Ryan French, Space.com, 22 July 2025
The company claimed that with the open-source model, users can control lighting, time of day, color tone, camera angle, frame size, composition and focal length.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2025
The 335mm focal length ensures a wide field, perfect for large targets like the North America Nebula.
—Damian Peach, Space.com, 17 July 2025
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“Focal length.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/focal%20length. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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focal length
noun
: the distance of a focus from the surface of a lens or concave mirror
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