Why does the description on Amazon say 4X Optical Zoom and the manuel says digital zoon. I bought this specifically for optical zoom. This just bugs me.
1347024
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.
462295
It is no a zoom lens. Might be an error on the listing. It is a 30mm prime lens with largest aperture of 1.4. FANTASTIC LENS
310117
Yes the 4d version is optical. I got this one to replace a 3d and that one was not optical. I took the 4d apart to confirm that it is optical.
1029755
The sensor size is the one written in the description and all over the internet. Same goes for the optical zoom.
92049
Well, it only has digital zoom, and no real optical zooming (the lens does not move). I never use digital zoom, as it makes an already grainy image (from this camera anyway) even less sharp. If I wanted to "zoom" I would do it in post-processing in your computer's video editor, as you can crop at will.
1930808
No optical zoom. Digital zoom but essentially enlarging image. Works with blue iris per other users.
1698622
40x optical, 70x digital, just like the description says. But the more you go past 30x the more likely you'll begin to lose focus on whatever you're shooting. There is not much point in actually going all the way to 40x. This appears to be unique to jvc, as I have yet to see this with any other camcorder. JVC has really set themselves apart from the pack with this model.
886772
there is a digital zoom button you can push to zoom in, i think it's like 4x power or so. the quality goes down really far when you zoom in to the point where it's not worth using, very pixelated.
474710
I have been looking into buying one of the two as well. One of my interests is birds. The have the highest zoom Nikon 36 zoom and canon 35 zoom and all in one piece. Does anyone use either for birding?Thank you!
1332330
I'm not sure what a zoom # is. It is very nearly a 4x optical zoom ( not digital ). It will give you a field of view ( based on the 35mm film camera or FF field of view ) of 90mm to 350mm due to the m4/3 sensor size which roughly has a 2X crop factor (while a Canon 6D or Nikon 7100 has a 1.6X crop factor).
979633
Unfortunately it is fixed at 4 magnification. The only thing that is adjustable is the ocular focus and the parallax. 4x zoom still has a nice field of view.
395520
It's "CoolPix L110" btw. From the User Manual, page 73, under "Recording Movies" - number 3, 4th bullet: "Digital Zoom cannot be used while recording movies. If digital Zoom is used before recording, it will be cancelled when recording starts." Optical zoom works fine, though :D
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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
1253004
I have the exact same question. Please do post your findings. I am confused too. Apparently 18-200 is supposed to have larger zoom but I want to make sure that the quality of 18-200 matches to 18-135 at the least upto 135 mm. If so i will go with 18-200 for sure.
473926
I'm getting ready to order the 400mm. I already have the 70-200L 2.8 IS and if I wanted the extra reach with zoom, I could put my 1.4x teleconverter on it, making it a [roughly] 100-280 f4.0. I don't have the 100-400 to compare, but I'd guess the sharpness is about the same between the 100-400 and the 70-200 + 1.4x. I still wouldn't have the reach between 280-400 but I'd have the sharpness when I need it. I can always attempt to move my feet to frame a subject with a prime if I'm too close. Read the reviews and decide for yourself.
1247417
Because it's not possible...that's why. The optical zoom is what it is. If it's a 10x optical zoom, that's all you're going to get. The reviewer mentioned that she bought the camera and had no (nada) photo experience. If you are getting more than the optical rating it's because the camera is going into the digital zoom realm...
52074
Ok, short answer: If you get the kit lense, it's a 3x optical zoom, roughly (not sure where you think you saw a digital zoom rating... there shouldn't be one). Long answer follows (and you should probably read the long answer, because it's good information to have if you're looking at getting into SLRs) The zoom for an SLR is always in the lens you choose to pair with the camera's body, and that is always an optical zoom (digital zoom refers to what is, essentially, cropping the picture and blowing it up, which has an accompanying loss in resolution; you won't see digital zoom as a feature on an SLR as that essentially would amount to only exposing light to part of the sensor, which is ultimately pointless) If you look at lenses, you'll see a bunch of numbers. It might look something like 55-300mm f/3.5-5.6. That first set of numbers is the focal length, and since it's a range, you're looking at a zoom lense rather than a fixed lense (a fixed lense might just say something like 35mm or 50mm). The effective magnification of that range is roughly 6x... but 55mm is already a bit magnified, particularly on a D3100, which has a smaller DX type sensor that effectively magnifies all shots by around 1.5x. So if you got this camera with the kit lense, which is 18-55mm and a telephoto lense that is 55-300mm, between the two lenses, you'd have an optical zoom of a little less than 17x... though you would have to carry both lenses and swap between the two as needed in order to get that full range. So essentially, the point is that the zoom of this camera is up to you. If you want to, you can even buy one of those fixed focal length mirror lenses rated at 1000mm or so and get some truly incredible magnification. But if you do, get yourself a tripod too.