zoom levels

[The111 1]

I just bought a 0.3x lens and am experimenting with how far I can zoom in before it blurs. I have heard people say, "I use a 0.3x lens but zoom out to about 0.45x, right before it loses focus."

First of all, am I missing something, or don't they mean zoom in to 0.45x? And second, is there a way with Sony cameras to tell what the camera's zoom level is? I know my camera (HC90) can do 1-10x, but all I have is a bar showing me I'm somewhere between 1 and 10. I wish it would show "1.5" or something, so I could multiply that by 0.3x and see where I am. Is this reasonable logic? I searched my instruction manual but am afraid it seems there is no "display zoom level" capability. I'm hoping there's a slim chance I'm wrong and someone on here will tell me so.

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[SkymonkeyONE 4]

Why are you sweating the particulars, Matt? As to the zoom "in" or "out", I believe that I am zooming "out" from the .3 I started with to the .45 I probably get before I lose focus and the camera fuzzes out. Maybe I am completely wrong, but that's just semantics anyway. You know what? Come to think of it I probably am zooming in. Whatever. What I know is that I fill more of the frame with the subject (from the same distance) if I am set at my pre-fuzzy max of around .45. You would not want to shoot tandem video at .3 unless you were docked on the pair. Ten feet away at .3 looks pretty far away.

Chuck

[Deuce 1]

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What I know is that I fill more of the frame with the subject (from the same distance) if I am set at my pre-fuzzy max of around .45

Thanks, MonoUno. We need more descriptions like this, and WAY fewer where people talk about cameras like they are linear accelerators or something.

I agree that the "pre-fuzzy max" on the .3 is almost .5.

111? Wherever the bar is at the pre-fuzzy max point is a good place to put it every time on your camera.