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Gareth Slee - 23 Jun 2004 21:33 GMT

I'm a complete novice to this so please excuse me.
I have a CCTV camera and I'm trying to decide on what zoom lens to use with
it.

This is where things get confusing for this old brain of mine.

I've seen two different zoom lenses at a local store.
6-72mm (x12 zoom)
8-80mm (x10 zoom)

With everything else being equal which lens would make an object appear to
be nearer?

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Gareth Slee

Stupid gravity!
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John Fryatt - 24 Jun 2004 22:15 GMT

> I'm a complete novice to this so please excuse me.
> I have a CCTV camera and I'm trying to decide on what zoom lens to use with
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> With everything else being equal which lens would make an object appear to
> be nearer?

The 80mm end of the 8-80mm would give the biggest image of your subject.
Presumably the x12 and x10 are causing the confusion? These relate to the
focal length range of the zooms, not to magnification factors.

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