Questions tagged “zoom”

Ask the Unique Photo creator community — gear, technique, post-processing and more.

votes

answers

254

Which lower-cost cameras support remote optical zoom and exposure control?

compact-cameras panasonic remote-control superzoom zoom

aswine

2y ago

votes

answers

231

How do I convert the Panasonic FZ70's zoom factor to focal length for the 500 rule?

bridge-camera astrophotography panasonic focal-length zoom

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

3y ago

votes

answers

289

How do I compare zoom power between cameras with different sensor sizes?

compact-cameras 35mm-equivalent sensor-size focal-length zoom

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

4y ago

votes

answers

210

Does zooming in on an iPhone 12 only save the zoomed portion of the photo?

iphone framing focus smartphone-photography zoom

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

5y ago

votes

answers

168

Can a 50x zoom camera frame a 500 m area from 6 km away?

distance field-of-view framing telephoto zoom

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

5y ago

votes

answers

185

Phone or compact camera for quick nature and wildlife photography on a budget?

autofocus wildlife smartphones point-and-shoot zoom

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

6y ago

votes

answers

126

Why do my JPEG and TIFF exports look different when zoomed in?

tiff lightroom jpeg image-quality zoom

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

6y ago

votes

answers

196

What do the zoom and focus numbers mean on a Dahua varifocal camera?

varifocal security-camera dahua focus zoom

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

7y ago

votes

answers

262

Why won’t my Canon SX740 focus when zoomed in on close subjects?

macro minimum-focus-distance point-and-shoot product-photography zoom

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

7y ago

votes

answers

278

How does a flash head’s zoom setting theoretically affect guide number?

lighting speedlight guide-number flash zoom

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

7y ago

votes

answers

165

Why won’t my Olympus PEN camera zoom with the magnifier dial?

olympus lenses beginner pen zoom

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

8y ago

votes

answers

135

Can I zoom with a Canon 77D and EF 50mm f/1.4 lens?

canon 50mm prime-lens canon-77d zoom

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

8y ago

votes

answers

143

Why does my Nikon P7700 at 42.8mm look more zoomed than my Canon 77D kit lens at 55mm?

crop-factor canon-eos-77d focal-length nikon-coolpix-p7700 zoom

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

8y ago

votes

answers

168

How can I make distant birds and wildlife look larger and clearer with a phone camera?

macro wildlife phone-photography telephoto zoom

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

8y ago

votes

answers

234

Why won’t my Canon IXUS 165 focus at full 8x zoom?

autofocus canon minimum-focus-distance compact-camera zoom

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

8y ago

votes

answers

175

What focal length or zoom do I need to photograph a 1-inch railcar seal from up to 96 feet away?

bridge-camera telephoto inspection-photography focal-length zoom

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

9y ago

votes

answers

142

How can a dual-camera smartphone be advertised as having '12x zoom' if one lens is fixed and the other is 2.3x optical zoom?

optical-zoom smartphones lenses digital-zoom zoom

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

9y ago

votes

answers

194

Why doesn’t moving the whole lens farther from the sensor create zoom?

lenses extension-tubes optics focal-length zoom

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

10y ago

votes

answers

428

What does “10x zoom” mean on a camera lens?

magnification lenses beginner focal-length zoom

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

10y ago

votes

answers

193

How do I compare optical zoom and cropping when moving from a 10× compact to a 1-inch camera?

compact-cameras sensor-size cropping focal-length zoom

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

10y ago

Page 1 of 3