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Zoom vs Viewfinder - What's the difference?

zoom | viewfinder |

As nouns the difference between zoom and viewfinder

is that zoom is a humming noise from something moving very fast while viewfinder is a device on a camera that shows what will appear in the field of view of the lens; it helps the user target a subject, zoom and focus the image.

As a verb zoom

is to move fast with a humming noise.

zoom

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a humming noise from something moving very fast
  • a quick ascent
  • a big increase
  • an augmentation of a view as with a lens
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • to move fast with a humming noise
  • to fly an airplane straight up
  • to move rapidly
  • to go up sharply
  • prices zoomed
  • to change the focal length of a zoom lens
  • (used with in]] or [[zoom out, out ) to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it
  • Derived terms

    * zoom in * zoom lens * zoom out * zoomy

    Descendants

    * Dutch: (l) * German: (l)

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    viewfinder

    English

    Noun

  • A device on a camera that shows what will appear in the field of view of the lens; it helps the user target a subject, zoom and focus the image