EOS 2000D unable to zoom in

[Blood_Designs]

• I just got my cannon eos  rebel 2000D camera kit  and decided  to try it out at the Tim McGraw  concert  I took my wife  to.  So when I zoomed in using the digital  zoom and focused the shot the pictures  came out  as if I  never used the zoom. Naturally  I  am baffled  why the shots did not take in the zoom mode but looked as if they were far Away.  Can any one help me to figure out how to zoom in and get the pictures  to stay zoomed  in like before  I  hit the shutter button. 

   

  

   

[rs-eos · Accepted solution]

DSLRs and newer mirrorless cameras don't have digital zoom that is often found in older point-and-shoot or on mobile phones.   The zoom feature you used is just to aid to achieving focus (so you can double-check that what you're trying get in focus, is).

Being able to capture distant subjects will require a telephoto lens (i.e. lenses with larger focal lengths such as 135 mm, 200mm, etc.)

[Anonymous]

The zoom feature on a DSLR camera is a ring that you turn on the zoom lens itself. It is not electronic. You can download a copy of the manual for your lenses and camera at the Canon support website.

[rs-eos]

This was not the zoom feature that Blood_Designs was using.  It was the magnification feature used to magnify the image on the rear screen so as to check for focus.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I knew that, but I was pointing out where the actual zoom control is, as he asked how to zoom in.