How can I know if I have passed optical zoom range and now in digital zoom? Is there someway to use optical zoom only?
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Hi Tabish, Once you press the zoom in, its using the optical zoom which is upto 30x. Once you reach 30x zoom, and Digital zoom is activated, it will now use the Digital zoom. You will notice a small horizontal line on the zoom icon which means that once you pass that line, Digital zoom is now in use. You can set your camcorder to use optical zoom only by turning of Digital zoom. -Vincent
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I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "digital zoom"?. With the 14 - 42mm X lens with electronic zoom I can use "manual focus". I have not tried other auto lenses which have the manual zoom ring in addition to the electronic zoom.
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it's 9mm to 10mm manual zoom. Don't know exactly but a guess would be closer to 10X Zoom Optical. No digital zoom.
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The camera does provide 2X digital zoom according to my google search. I personally don't/wouldn't use a digital zoom as you will lose detail. Digital zooming does not increase the amount of detail captured, only increases the size of the pixels. It does pretty much what you would accomplish if you were to hold a magnifying glass to your monitor. The better way to achieve a "digital zoom" is through cropping after the fact in the software you use to adjust your photos. It accomplishes the exact same thing with the exact same loss of quality as the digital zoom yet allows you to have better control over the portion of the image you wish to "zoom" or crop. The camera does provide 2X digital zoom according to my google search. I personally don't/wouldn't use a digital zoom as you will lose detail. Digital zooming does not increase the amount of detail captured, only increases the size of the pixels. It does pretty much what you would accomplish if you were to hold a magnifying glass to your monitor. The better way to achieve a "digital zoom" is through cropping after the fact in the software you use to adjust your photos. It accomplishes the exact same thing with the exact same loss of quality as the digital zoom yet allows you to... » Read More The camera does provide 2X digital zoom according to my google search. I personally don't/wouldn't use a digital zoom as you will lose detail. Digital zooming does not increase the amount of detail captured, only increases the size of the pixels. It does pretty much what you would accomplish if you were to hold a magnifying glass to your monitor. The better way to achieve a "digital zoom" is through cropping after the fact in the software you use to adjust your photos. It accomplishes the exact same thing with the exact same loss of quality as the digital zoom yet allows you to have better control over the portion of the image you wish to "zoom" or crop. « Show Less
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Most likely, the person who originally set up this listing simply made an error. Unfortunately, none of the subsequent sellers picked up on it and simply listed theirs for sale attached to the erroneous description. You are correct in that according to the manual it is a 5X digital zoom rather than an optical zoom.
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yes just move the lens to zoom in and out....also http://noeld.com/programs.asp?cat=video .....,the free version works great
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The short answer is "yes." The optical zoom is 21X. There is also an additional electronic zoom that extends the total zoom to 42X. Since the camera capability is 16 MP, you can get good (non grainy) photos at 42X. In decent daylight, you can easily shoot at 42X without a tripod.
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check the filter size on your lenses. it will say around the front of the lenses. right were it tells you your zoom size. it is not camera make. it is filter size of your lenses.
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There is a indentation about mid way through the device. You'll see a series of parallel vertical striations of sorts moving from left To right. That is your magnification knob. It's really my only complaint about the device. It should've been a digital zoom.
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It doesn't have optical zoom. You have to know where you want it because the only way you can adjust the image size is by moving the whole projector
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The sensor size is the one written in the description and all over the internet. Same goes for the optical zoom.
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Yes there are two things you need to be sure you do. First when you're in zoom mode allow little bit of extra time for the system to focus before pressing the shutter. Twowhen using zoom mode it's best to not go past halfway on the scale. That is your optical Zoom and it will give you a better picture if you need further magnification do that in Photoshop or whatever product to use on your PC. I find that I can get some very good zoom shots if I do the above and have had great success and enjoy the camera very much. Also be sure you are holding very still, I know that's obvious but sometimes with a light weight camera it's easy to move the camera when pressing the shutter. Good luck With these things. Yes there are two things you need to be sure you do. First when you're in zoom mode allow little bit of extra time for the system to focus before pressing the shutter. Twowhen using zoom mode it's best to not go past halfway on the scale. That is your optical Zoom and it will give you a better picture if you need further magnification do that in Photoshop or whatever product to use on your PC. I find that I can get some very good zoom shots if I do the above and have had great success and enjoy the camera very much. Also be sure you are holding very still, I know that's obvious but... » Read More Yes there are two things you need to be sure you do. First when you're in zoom mode allow little bit of extra time for the system to focus before pressing the shutter. Twowhen using zoom mode it's best to not go past halfway on the scale. That is your optical Zoom and it will give you a better picture if you need further magnification do that in Photoshop or whatever product to use on your PC. I find that I can get some very good zoom shots if I do the above and have had great success and enjoy the camera very much. Also be sure you are holding very still, I know that's obvious but sometimes with a light weight camera it's easy to move the camera when pressing the shutter. Good luck With these things. « Show Less
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Most people have the 'kit' zoom. If so, set it at 19mm and use it for a day. Don't zoom. Then set it at 30mm, and try that. It's marked, coarsely, but you can get close enough.
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No, it's much smaller but it also isn't 5x optical zoom, it's digital so I sent it back
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You can digitally zoom any image, but it has no lensing for magnification built-in. It's essentially an old-fashioned focal-plane camera, writ 'digital'.LS
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This does not give the digital data out. You can chip the mount of the lens and put in a standard answer that you can use for micro-adjustment.
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The idea of purchase a óptical zoom lens is not use never the digital zoom for have berree images. After pf I purchase this lens, not use never digital zoom