Does the Hero 2 have zoom capability? I want to videotape my son's football games from vaious distances.
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It does not have a zoom. It is more geared towards wide shots. You can pick your format and that does change the width of the captured image, it's explained in the manual. There are 3 settings but they are not available in all modes. Full, Medium and Narrow Field of View, Full is 170 degrees (very wide), medium is 127 degrees and narrow is 90 degrees. In the sales lit this is referred to as FOV or Field of View and that's essentially your zoom.
906355
Yes, you can zoom in while recording, but you do hear the zoom sound on the recorded video. I'm sure there's a way to remove that sound if you are an editing expert, which I'm not. So it's more annoying than anything really. Overall, I am still happy with the camera.
1672504
I haven't used the video all that much but seems OK to me. Yes, you can zoom in and out during video recording.
423993
Yes and no... The camera does have this capability, but the quality of focus while zooming in and out (during recording) does not appear to be all that consistent/reliable. I just did a little test before replying to this question; there were places within the zoom range where the camera simply could not/would not focus.
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Hero2 does have motorsports edition. But Hero3 was just released so you have more options.
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.
240201
yes, it has zoom. I do not know the details on the zoom but it has been a perfect little runaway with me camera/recorder.
160800
Thanks, John. Now if only I had pockets big enough both to purchase the S5 IS *and* to hold its bulk. :-/ So I guess I'm still wondering: Just what the heck IS the reason none of the pocket-size digi-cams seem to allow zooming in video mode? Too expensive? Too noisy? Simply not possible due to some technical constraint? If anyone has a good answer, I'd still like to know. Thanks for the good discussion so far...
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Did you try zooming in? Cause that's really all you can do. These cameras are not the top of the line I am going to add one that can do what your asking but it's about 300.00 ouch
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I'm sorry I can't help because I never use video except by mistake. I only take pictures and I have loved this camera and features. I would like a longer optical zoom so I gpt anoter camera for special occassions, /I wish I could be of help on the video.
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Yes, full zoom in video. Takes the autofocus a little time to catch up while zooming in video, but true of most cameras in this class.
1672506
I have tried and can't get it to zoom in and out during video recording. Hope this helps.
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Play back has no zoom via iPhone....I'm not sure about zoom capabilities if you are viewing playback via the screen that is hooked up directly to the DVR (rarely use the direct access to DVR, but rather do everything through iPhone)I believe that I'm getting 5 days of continuous recording for 4 cameras, 1080p, 30 frames per second.Search speed on iphone appears to be 1x only. On a laptop as well as the screen hooked up directly to the DVR, I can search 1x, 2x, 4x, 8x and 16x in both directions.
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what about zooming in and out while video recording, I know you can do that with T700, but can you also do that with the T77?
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Yes you can zoom in, even when taking video and the image still looks great. Have fun on your trip!
48517
Yes you can use the 4x optical zoom while shooting video. I just verified this with my camera in hand.
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If you have the DJI Phantom 1 yes because the gopro is detachable , Phantom 2 no, camera is attached