08-20-2024 11:56 AM - last edited on 08-20-2024 12:41 PM by Danny
I don’t know if this is the right community, but I have an EOS T7 with a Canon EF 50mm lens. When I use the camera’s zoom button, I see the camera zoom in on the subject via the viewer, but the resulting photo shows the subject unzoomed.
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08-20-2024 12:26 PM
I am assuming you are shooting in live view mode and using magnified view for focusing, this is just a focusing aid and does not affect image capture. The T7 doesn't have a zoom feature without using a zoom lens so the image will be captured at the focal length of the lens.
Rodger
08-20-2024 12:39 PM - edited 08-20-2024 12:41 PM
i.e., There is no "digital zoom" on the T7.
You will need to crop in post.
If this is something you do often, an actual zoom, like the EF-S 18-135 or EF-S 55-250 might meet your needs better and give you better quality, since cropping lowers the resolution, while an actual zoom will yield all the pixels your camera can provide.
08-20-2024 12:26 PM
I am assuming you are shooting in live view mode and using magnified view for focusing, this is just a focusing aid and does not affect image capture. The T7 doesn't have a zoom feature without using a zoom lens so the image will be captured at the focal length of the lens.
Rodger
08-27-2024 11:15 AM
Ok, got it. Makes sense. I'll start doing a little market research on zoom lenses that work with the T7.
08-20-2024 12:39 PM - edited 08-20-2024 12:41 PM
i.e., There is no "digital zoom" on the T7.
You will need to crop in post.
If this is something you do often, an actual zoom, like the EF-S 18-135 or EF-S 55-250 might meet your needs better and give you better quality, since cropping lowers the resolution, while an actual zoom will yield all the pixels your camera can provide.
08-27-2024 11:17 AM
Got it, cropping does work pretty well, so thanks for the tip. I'll take a look at the EF-S 18-135 and EF-S 55-250 lenses.
08-27-2024 11:26 AM
And even with those lenses you still won't be able to zoom using the buttons on the back of the camera. Zooming with a DSLR requires turning a ring on the lens barrel.
08-22-2024 12:05 AM
Zooming to take the picture is a function of a zoom lens. You don't HAVE a zoom lens.
You are confusing zooming with magnifying the image on the memory card when viewing it. Or, as was said, magnifying the image in Live View mode.
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