EOS Rebel T7 zooming on LCD doesn't result in zoomed image on card

[Djchr]

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. 

[wq9nsc · Accepted solution]

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

[kvbarkley · Accepted solution]

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.

[normadel]

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.

[Djchr]

Ok, got it. Makes sense. I'll start doing a little market research on zoom lenses that work with the T7. 

[Djchr]

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. 

[BurnUnit]

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.