Wide End Of The Zoom? Long End Of The Zoom?

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yechi7 Pillar of the Community United States 717 Posts	Posted 02/17/2010 12:44 pm Wide End of the Zoom? Long End of the Zoom? A review of my Digicam, the Canon Powershot S1 IS, states that even though there's no dedicated macro mode and close focusing is very good, "the best macro performance is at the wide end of the zoom," and "it suffers from more than its fair share of focus errors, particularly at the long end of the zoom." Sorry for the newbie question. What does this mean? Which one is "zoomed in" and which one is "zoomed out"? In practical terms, for instance, does it mean I'm better off at 12" with a little zoom or 6" with no zoom? Report this Post to the Staff

wheatiefan Pillar of the Community United States 507 Posts	Posted 02/17/2010 7:19 pm My guess is that 'wide end' means no zoom at all, whereas 'long end' means zoomed as much as possible. Therefore, you'd be better off to be close up with no zoom than to be further away with zoom. You can understand how zooming distorts the image more than non-zooming. Their message would be clearer if they used the terms 'wide' and 'tight', or as you mentioned, 'zoomed-in' or 'zoomed-out'. This is just my guess. I do not often photograph coins, but have found these principles to be true while taking other close-up pics with my digicam. I look forward to other replies. -wheatiefan Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 02/18/2010 07:13 am Quote: My guess is that 'wide end' means no zoom at all, whereas 'long end' means zoomed as much as possible. This. Quote: does it mean I'm better off at 12" with a little zoom or 6" with no zoom? There's only one way to find out, unfortunately. You have to take a lot of pictures, across all the possibilities of your camera. Once you find that right combination for your equipment, though, the same basic settings will be very close regardless of what you're shooting. I'm only beginning to have any relevance as a coin photographer, and my pic archive has well over 5,000 images. And those are only the ones I chose to keep - maybe a third of what I've shot. Report this Post to the Staff
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