Why won’t my Olympus PEN camera zoom with the magnifier dial?
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My Olympus Digital PEN camera has a dial with a magnifier icon, but turning it doesn’t make the image zoom in or out. The attached lens only has a focus ring and no zoom ring. Does the camera body control zooming, or do I need a different lens?
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The Olypmus Digital PEN series cameras are interchangeable lens cameras. The camera itself does not perform the zooming — you can zoom only if the lens attached to the camera is a zoom lens.
It sounds like the lens attached to your camera is a prime lens. That is, it has only a single focal length, meaning it cannot zoom.
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Olympus PEN cameras are interchangeable-lens cameras, so optical zoom is controlled by the lens, not the camera body. If your attached lens only has a focus ring and no zoom ring, it is likely a prime lens with a fixed focal length, which cannot zoom.
The magnifier control on the camera is typically for magnifying the view or playback image, not for changing the lens focal length.
If you want to zoom in and out optically, you’ll need to use a zoom lens designed for the Olympus PEN system.
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