zoom, how far away can you take a picture what is 7.5 vs 36x zoom
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The major drawback of the LX-7 is that it has a very limited zoom. The lens is so fast that it doesn't need a flash, it takes crisp, clear pictures, has a good video ability (which includes being able to take stills while the video is running) and makes great panoramic pictures. For taking close up pictures it is fantastic, BUT, the zoom is very limited. the Canon SX-110 has a better zoom, but is more likely to have shaky pictures because the lens is slower.The higher numbers (120-130) have a longer zoom, but the lens is not as fast. On the front of the lens are nUmbers which follow a 1 and a semicolon (ie: 1:3.5-5.6) . The higher the numbers, the "slower" (poorer the quality) of the lense. There are two types of zoom, optical and digital. What you want is to know the optical zoom. You can do the digital zoom on your computer. I have a Pentaz K-5 camera with a 28-135 zoom lense that I use for my long distance photos. Something which would help me is to know you budget. If you want, you can look at site called digital camera review, which enables you to compare cameras and prices. In general you get what you pay for. Apart from the limited zoom, the Panasonic LX-7, and the Olympus XZ-1 are excellent cameras. Other Pasonic and Olympus compact camer have longer zooms in a compact body with good lenses. If this doesn't help, write.e me back and tell me your budget. Sincerely, John Eisenberg
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The magnification with my 18 to 55mm zoom lens set at 55mm is 6X. The distance frim the subject is about 4 inches.
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for my 7D I went with the 10-22mm USM IS and the 24-105mmL and I think that covers the majority of my ranges (I also got the 70-300mm USM telephoto zoom so I think I'm pretty well covered from 10-300mm ;-)
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if I were taking a photo across a regular type street. fairly well.. it will be clear but not seem that "close" some of the photos I have are very sharp . but I always felt like I would of liked to get closer.. my initial impression was I was disappointed . A 300 is better, but neither take a tele lens very well. if I had it over to do Id just go with a 600
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You have to be really close to what you're taking a picture of. Like 1cm away if not less.
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I believe daylight is 70'. I do not believe it will zoom, but the quality of picture is high enough that you can digitally zoom (crop and bring it up) if you have any photo editing software. I have seen no noticeable loss of quality when I have done that. I also have a Reconyx HC 600, but it is no better than the 500. I guess if you have spooky deer, the 600 doesn't even have the dim red glow of the flash in the 500. I get just as many night shots with either one, and have never seen a sign a buck shied from a dim red flash.
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Obviously better for zooming. For landscapes you would be better off with wider lense like a 35 mm lense.
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30x... goes from 24 to 270.... camera works beautifully ....actually I have the DMC-40...go to DP review to compare different cameras....
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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.
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It's hard to say, the 7X gives a wider field of view, the 10X a more detailed view...if it's across a distance, for example 50 yd + shots are common then I'd want the 10X. Personally I wish I'd gotten the zoom model myself, the optics are good so I don't think image quality would suffer to a very great extent.
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This is 45-175mm (90-350mm full frame equivalent). So at maximum zoom you get 350mm at f5.6)
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At full, 42X zoom (1,000mm), the focus distance is about 8'. But I find that if I take the zoom down just a little to 39x (928mm), I can get significantly closer. Maybe 4 or 5 feet. This may give you better results at a distance. Also, at long zoom, it is harder for the autofocus system to focus. Bright light is required.
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Amendment to my previous answer. At 64X zoom, the effective resoluion may closer to 4 megapixels, not 1 megapixel. I was just experimenting with the camera at 64X and the images aren't bad, but they absolutely do require a well-lit subject!
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f 1.4. You can take photos in lower light than the 1.8. Just an FYI, if I had to do it again, I would have bought a 35 mm 1.4 instead of the 50 mm.
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I believe you can, I used my 70 - 300 zoom to photograph my son racing motorcycles and my daughter on horses. The zoom gave me the advantage of adjusting the distance as I was panning with their movements. I hope this makes sense and is helpful. Wanda
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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).
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Image quality if very good and exceeds any other zoom I have at 28mm... but primes will generally outperform zooms at their given lengths. Also, the 28-300 shows significant distortion with edge softness at 28mm and will not perform well in low light, whereas the 28 1.8 is strong on both fronts. The 28 1.8 produces good and completely usable images at 1.8 and razor sharp images starting at 2.8 from my experience.