Enable optical zoom with movie record? Does LZ7 zooming when recording videos?
767121
no its doesnt. you dont want it anyway. it ruins the video because you hear the zoom motor in the video. thats why they usually dont enable it in cameras.
41038
nope, no zoom while shooting video on the w290. It seems like a simple enough feature that it should be more common, but i guess manufacturers aren't really worried about it since zooming during a video shot tends to make the viewers' eyes hurt, so most people don't do it. Plus, the act of pushing the zoom buttons with your fingers on a camera this small would cause it to move around quite a bit while you're zooming, further adding to your viewers' headaches.
1055144
Yes. I just got mine and have been reading the manual and watching demos and reading reviews. Zoom works when shooting video, optical up to 5X and then digital up to 20X. (I am shooting video at 1280x720 which is HD enough for me.) Also I understand that the automagic settings continue to adjust continually while taking the video, and the image stabilization is just beyond awesome - I have a hand tremor that you would think would be extremely noticeable in a video and there is no hint of it. I am in awe of this thing.
1956149
Directly from the Z712 Manual:"Use optical zoom to get up to 12X closer to your subject. You can change optical zoom before (but not during) video recording."
2251246
it's because the zoom on the video mode fails on this camera after awhile,at least it did on mine.i took prolly 10 videos at concerts and noticed i was able to zoom while recording.then all of the sudden it didn't work anymore.u have to zoom in to where u want it now and can't adjust the zoom once u push record.
677443
Does anyone know if while zooming in during video if you hear the audio noise of the camera zooming in during playback?
734521
In video mode it does record audio-now if I can just get it to work properly
1049390
I will check again, but mine would not zoom in or it when trying to shoot video!!!!
1296522
Yes. Not only can you use the zoom you can also take pictires while you are recording a movie. You can also capture individual frames from the movie afterward.
2097363
Yes, the 890IS can zoom while filming, no problem. It's quite amazing actually - in a quiet environment, you can hear motor when you zoom, but the motor noise isn't audible in the recorded movie. Unfortunately, you do hear the sound of the zoom control lever, which leaves an audible click each time you move or release it. The still camera is a 5.0x optical zoom, but for some reason, the zoom range when recording movies is only indicated as 4.0x. The quality of the video clips looks really good but the colors seem overly vivid vs still modes. I don't know if this is a byproduct of the avi compression or perhaps I don't have the setting right yet. I've had the camera for 2 weeks and not had a chance to dig in really deep yet.
1929361
So is that a "yes you can" or "no you cannot"? I cannot tell from the YouTube videos if they are using optical or digital zoom.
980358
I have not done any video recording but I have read that the autofocus doesn't work well when in video mode. The still photos are great.
160796
The reason usually sited is that the zooming motor will cause too much noise in the audio. Cameras like the TZ1 and Fuji's S700 have an internal zoom mechanism (the lens doesn't go in and out of the camera) and therefore don't register noise at the microphone. I did find one (can't remember which) that still had an external zoom but a whisper quiet motor so it allowed for zooming during video. Some cameras won't allow mechanical zooming but digital zooming. Hope that helps.
861627
Hi, I've used a 16 Gb Class 6 Verbatim card with my ZS3 with no problems whatsoever even if recording action HD video at full resolution & quality.Just for instance, I recorded the outside view from a high-speed train running at some 217 mph at the time, and it neither missed frames nor gave any error messages, despite trees, houses, and everything passing by at dizzying speed. The resulting 1280x720 @ 30 fps HD video played smoothly on my TV and high-end PC monitor.Regards.
981418
You can zoom in and out while recording movies. This is a function of the lens, alone and has no bearing on camera function.Thanks,Joe VirgilProduct Specialist
160801
Sure, the TZ1 does it, but it won't be around forever and has, in most ways, been surpassed by the TZ3.So I guess what I meant by my first post was: Do any OTHERS, besides the TZ1, allow zooming while doing video?
1097296
Zoom mute enabled ? When you use the zoom while recording videos, the camera can record the sound of the zoom. In this case, use the Zoom Mute function. 1. In Shooting mode, press [Menu]. 2. Select "Voice" see p.67 of manual