Xiaomi Might Come With A Smartphone With Retractable Camera Lenses In The Future

By Roxana Ion

Posted on November 12, 2020

It’s not a secret anymore, Xiaomi love experiencing with phone cameras and has been focusing on generating such innovative technology to integrate into its devices, for over the top camera capabilities.

Just recently, the phone manufacturer teased a retractable 120mm-equivalent wide aperture lens and a 50mm-equivalent telemacro via a Twitter post. The video posted on Twitter unveils a device with cameras on its back, with the lens popping in and out of the device, fully spread and retreated within a second.

‘Inspired by traditional camera designs’, the 120mm-equivalent retractable wide-aperture lens are equipped with a bigger aperture and upgraded stabilizer, for amazing portrait shots.

https://twitter.com/Xiaomi/status/1326016920110329856

There is also a video illustrating how telemacro lens – a 2-in-1 telephoto and macro lens that zooms in closer to a subject, allowing the photographer to optimize focus when ready – works, for smart photography users.

We are also proud to introduce this powerful telemacro lens that could help to archive professional-level photography experience. Would you like to see more technology like this in the future? #InnovationForEveryone pic.twitter.com/3Xd6SSJG13
— Xiaomi (@Xiaomi) November 10, 2020