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Is moving the camera closer really a zoom?

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  • July 22, 2018 at 3:30 am #7625
    Darrel McQuienn
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      You mentioned that you can zoom by moving the camera closer or further away.   This doesn’t seem technically correct.  

      I study astronomy and know that zooming is changing the focal length or in layman’s terms; making the Field of View [fov] narrower or wider.  

      Can you do a real zoom in blender?

      July 22, 2018 at 6:23 am #27395
      Grant Wilk
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        You’re correct in the terms of real world cameras and lenses. In the real world, moving the camera closer or fsrther from a subject would be called a dolly, and changing the focal length or FOV is a zoom.

        However, in Blender documentation and in almost all Blender educational content, moving a camera closer or farther from a subject is referred to as a zoom. 

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