How much zoom and focus does it have? Would it do well for like flowers, trees, windmills about half a mile away?
1138420
The camera works very well, and it will work good for about 1/4 to a half mile away. Hope this helps!!
1763824
With flowers it will work very well, with insects you may want a macro a bit longer. As for quality it is superb, but like all lenses one must use sense. There is no such thing as a one does everything lens.
490162
Yes it can be focused but don't know to what degree. I never tried to focus on anything that close. Great little camera tho
142668
The zoom isn't too bad. I can see the moon very clear and the crators if the sky is clear. But you cannot zoom in as close as you would like. I'm happy with the zoom myself since it's a simple telescope.
1703220
I did not run a real test on distance. But connected up to 12v and a monitor for a test for function. Worked good right out of the box. And the lens could be focused I know from about three feet to way out there. Easy to set focus. Bet you can get down pretty close. Nice little camera and pretty good low light sensitivity too. Color turns to black and white at low light levels.
1372331
The zoom certainly helps. Makes your image appear to be eight times closer. However, say for example you are shooting a bird 100 ft. away. He still will be a long way off, for example he will not cover the whole screen. Most people shooting wildlife use lens with basically 200x. If you are shooting a deer for example at 100 feet with a 8x he will pretty well fill the screen. If you could get within say 20-30 feet your 8x would work fairly well.
1877496
This is not a zoom lens, its a short telephoto. For your purposes a 18-200 f/3.5 will do nicely.
381968
2nd answer. If you mean the closest distance you're able to focus at? I can only guess at about 15 to 20 feet. If you mean the closest distance you can calculate by using the mildot system I would again guess as close as you can get a clear focused picture. Mine gives me a very clear picture fifty yards and out but I could not honestly tell you the minimum useful distance.KT
156460
Yes, but you have to learn how to zoom, wait for the focus, use the green 'hold' button on the top right, then click. The focus takes about a second, then shooting the pic takes a second. It is not very fast, but good for the price. You have to practice with the zoom. 100 yards is about the limit of its range to get a clear photo. The faster models like the Nikon or Sony are about $100-125 more and have the range. Bottom line, this camera is not designed well for long-distance photos at 100 or more yards. I have taken some at that distance that came out OK. Others didn't, even though I thought I was focused. Go to Google and look up the reviews. It's a mixed bag.
2156015
I found the depth of field to be shallow the the F6.3. Focusing on wildlife at a distance took practice. But it is a great tool and the results are sharp.
1552225
in a micro four thirds is very good for portrait, i also like it for some landscapes. is not very fast focusing for sports or moving subjects.
943577
As everyone else says - no it's not. But, you can take some very close up "macro like" photos just because it goes to 300. You can't focus close, but at 5' or so feet away (as close as you can get to focus), you'll see the pollen on a flower stamen or fuzz on a honey bee just fine, not quite filling the frame, but close.
1763820
Yes. But keep in mind that you have to get really close to focus, which is fine for flowers but you might scare off the insects. To get the same picture quality and be able to stand back, you may want to go with a 50mm or 60mm lens. Of course this increases the price...
2247545
For the money, it's acceptable. Focus is about 2" from lens. It's not a fast acquisition lens like the EOTech magnifiers but it is a fraction of the price as well. Good enough for hunting.
378743
I believe it would work great. I use it to watch birds at my feeder, about 20 yards away. The images are sharp and clear for me.
1845477
It can focus pretty close at all focal lengths, but it doesn't have a formal "macro" position. There's a discussion of this on cameralabs site, see the review of this lens. He claims a magnification ratio of 1:2.6 is possible. I haven't measured it myself, but it is a good lens for closeups.
1476725
I'm using this lens for long range stills... like a shot of a full moon I have it mounted on a Nikon D3100 with a doubler 2X making it a 1000mm Zoom lens. The first thing I noticed was that I couldn't hold it still enough to take a picture without some sort of stabilizer (recommend a tripod), the second thing is the light was really low, which for my purpose was perfect. I haven't tried it for any moving objects.