The optical focus is placed on the vehicle, which adjusts d Dell's Windows 8 with swinging screenynamically to even the smallest individual change.

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The Z80 features a 3X optical zoom, face detection and an intelligent focusing system that locks in the correct focus, while the Z200 rocks a 4X optical zoom and wide angle lens -- down to 28mm.

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Other features include JVC's auto-focus with face detection and an optical image stabilizer.

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So in 1996 Swarovski threw seven top birders together with a team of Austrian optical engineers for an intensive three-day focus group in Newport, R.

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One is an adaptation of a well-known effect called "optical tweezers" in which objects can be trapped in the focus of one or two laser beams.

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University College London's part in the project has been to design and build an optical corrector for the camera - an array of five massive lenses that sit at the primary focus of the camera.

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