Zoom in. Zoom in closer. Zoom in a little more, please. Close-ups reveal what distance can’t—details. A cute moth, a beaver approaching a dew-dripping spider web under golden light, a brown springtail ...

Higher-end phones are getting more options to take photos at a wide range of zoom settings, thanks to creative use of high-resolution sensors. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...