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Martin Lines Posted at 1-27 08:27
Why do you need zoom for photo, just zoom the photo you have in? All that zoom for video does anyway is crop in on the sensor, you lose the resolution.
This is not (entirely) correct.
You do not lose resolution on the Mavic Air 2 when zooming video. Remember, the sensor is 8k capable, so if you can zoom 4k up to a 2x zoom and still have 4k resolution as output (and 8 times zoom at 1080p and still stay at 1080p).
Obviously, at lower resolutions you can zoom in more, and keep the resolution you were filming at. It is true that the sensor obviously can't go beyond its limits (in this case 8k) but the zoom functions for the Air 2 are all based on the resolution you are filming at, and allow you to make use of the full sensor. In the case of the Air 2 it is of extra benefit because you can't film 8k in normal video mode (and crop later) but this allows you to use the full sensor. |
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