Do the camera features work? Are the lens able to zoom?
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No, there is no lens in it and it doesn't have moving parts, so it cannot zoom. It's just a metal cup inside of a very convincing, yet molded plastic. Regardless, I still love mine and use it frequently (and by frequently, I mean nearly every day). My dad and I shot an event one day, and I was using this mug. I handed it to him and asked him to hold it as I dug through my camera bag. I started noticing what felt like splashing on my legs, and turned around to see that he was dumping it all over the ground without realizing it because he was engaged in a different conversation and assumed that I was just handing him my 24-70 lens. THAT is how convincing it is :) No, there is no lens in it and it doesn't have moving parts, so it cannot zoom. It's just a metal cup inside of a very convincing, yet molded plastic. Regardless, I still love mine and use it frequently (and by frequently, I mean nearly every day). My dad and I shot an event one day, and I was using this mug. I handed it to him and asked him to hold it as I dug through my camera bag. I started noticing what felt like splashing on my legs, and turned around to see that he was dumping it all over the ground without realizing it because he was engaged in a different conversation and assumed... » Read More No, there is no lens in it and it doesn't have moving parts, so it cannot zoom. It's just a metal cup inside of a very convincing, yet molded plastic. Regardless, I still love mine and use it frequently (and by frequently, I mean nearly every day). My dad and I shot an event one day, and I was using this mug. I handed it to him and asked him to hold it as I dug through my camera bag. I started noticing what felt like splashing on my legs, and turned around to see that he was dumping it all over the ground without realizing it because he was engaged in a different conversation and assumed that I was just handing him my 24-70 lens. THAT is how convincing it is :) « Show Less
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No,this is a mug that looks like a camera lens,but does not work like a camera lens.
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No, there is no lens in it and it doesn't have moving parts, so it cannot zoom. It's just a metal cup inside of a very convincing, yet molded plastic. Regardless, I still love mine and use it frequently (and by frequently, I mean nearly every day). My dad and I shot an event one day, and I was using this mug. I handed it to him and asked him to hold it as I dug through my camera bag. I started noticing what felt like splashing on my legs, and turned around to see that he was dumping it all over the ground without realizing it because he was engaged in a different conversation and assumed that I was just handing him my 24-70 lens. THAT is how convincing it is :)
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I have no idea I bought it for my daughter-in-law and she never said.Sorry not much help
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There are no features on this; it's not a real lens...it's a plastic mold of a camera lense and serves its purpose as a mug. However it does look real in person. I hope this help.
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I am not sure - but the zoom did not work when I received it and I returned it...
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No. This is a solid lens, but you will need to use a tripod for low light, and a higher shutter speed if you are hand holding while zooming.
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No, the camera does not have zoom. Zooming in the app is not the same thing.
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Yes. Zoom and Focus are manual with the inner ring for the later.It s a little bit to freaky not so gradual control.Its endless so no physical connection with lens I guess.
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No. It is a fixed lens. However, the zoom level makes it a good everyday lens
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Hello.Would anyone please comment on the zoom function of the camera? I intend to take pictures from a far distance. Thank you. Corinne
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The zoom lens does have the manual focus. The small lens' do not. It is a good set
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It does have zoom, but that's where I ran into problems. Mine suddenly doesn't focus in zoom. Don't buy it, get a panasonic hx- wa03. I have one of these also. Awesome camera, awesome zoom. But I ran it over with the truck and it's getting repaired.
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The zoom is pretty good good, but up to a certain point (there is a gauge on the screen when you zoom that has a mark). when it gets past that, it changes the resolution so it's not quite a clear, but I've taken wonderful pictures with the zoom. We use it for work everyday, it's a tough little camera and takes great pictures!
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No, it does not. However, the zoom works well taking photos. Hope that helps.
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I have one. It is VERY smooth and you can zoom from camera or the handle and you can program the speed of the zoom. Fast on camera, slow on handle. NICE NICE NICE
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It will work, but in some focal distances it will produce a black area on the corners. For some people this is like "it doesn't work", but you can easily remove this border in any image editor that can crop. The lens has also a button to be used on cropped sensor cameras, as 7D, to guarantee operation restricting the zoom only to those proper focal distances that will fill the full picture frame, without black borders.
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Personal opinion only, I think you'd find this camera would perform fairly well. It seems to do fairly well in low light situations and of course with the super zoom, you can zoom in on the target from considerable distance. Given the relative low price of this camera (compared to others with this zoom capability), your investment would be fairly low and you could always come back and sell one as "used" right here on Amazon.
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No, the whole point of this camera is that its fixed zoom is versatile enough to cover almost any situation, without the need to carry and change bulky and expensive lenses. For the price I'd say it does an admirable job of it!
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Yes, it does and I bought it for that reason, and also usesregular AA batteries, which I find to be a plus! Takes greatpics and the zoom feature is terrific!
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No zoom, simply 3.6 wide angle camera does work well day and night. Decent image quality As usual amazon has them up for a good price I use 8 of these type in my home system