My phone has 5x zoom, why do I need a Dotlens?
One day, we came up with the idea of using our smartphones to take some of our biology sample slides, we figured that zooming in the camera would give us a clearer, microscopic pictures, it turns out that the digital zoom of smartphones does not enhance the resolution of a camera, it simply magnifies the image to make it appear larger without providing extra detail in the image. That's why blown up images show up blurry.
So, we decided to move the smartphone camera closer, what we didn't realize until then was that the way smartphone camera optics are manufactured generates a blindspot roughly 4 inches in front of the camera in which it cannot focus. This is when we decided to go out and see what we could do!
So, we decided to move the smartphone camera closer, what we didn't realize until then was that the way smartphone camera optics are manufactured generates a blindspot roughly 4 inches in front of the camera in which it cannot focus. This is when we decided to go out and see what we could do!
3D printing comes to lens making
Technology has advanced so much in recent years that we are able to afford a 3D printing system. We were having lots of fun with it when we realized that other than interlocking gears, and wrenches, why not make a lens!
After more than a year of effort (this is the geeky part), we now have a proprietary 3D printing system to print novel optopolymers without the layering defects that can be seen on typical extrusion-based 3D printers. The same system that makes cool figurines of yourself can now be used to print lenses!
After more than a year of effort (this is the geeky part), we now have a proprietary 3D printing system to print novel optopolymers without the layering defects that can be seen on typical extrusion-based 3D printers. The same system that makes cool figurines of yourself can now be used to print lenses!
Quality you can trust
We've also developed an advanced computer algorithm, that can fine tune and provide feedback to our system when an anomaly occurs, such as lenses that are too flat or too large. Any defects are removed from the production line (by a human) as soon as they are found, so rest assured that you are getting what has been tested!
Powerful R&D
We love our 3D printer, and we love what this lens can do, we also want to hear more of your ideas! So let us know what you want to see, and we will put our efforts into developing the next coolest thing!
