Zoom long video lens. | eBay Café

cee-dee · 2026-03-25T20:48:08.930000Z

I wonder if there's many on here that like or watch wildlife programmes and marvel at the shots obtained at great distances?The lens often used costs over £40,000 and it sure does an excellent job.... however.... I find that the filmmakers often zoom in really close, so close that although the subject is superbly captured (on video) but in concentrating so closely means you don't see "any of the action".For instance, they could be filming a Lion (a Leopard, a Cheetah, a Hyena or a Wild Dog etc) on the hunt and then the chase, during which the subject is superbly followed on camera but so closely that you don't get to see the object (of the chase) or the actual capture (or escape). You're then left with either the hunter standing over its victim or it standing there annoyingly staring at what's probably it's rapidly departing victim making it's escape before the cameraman then changes shot to show that. Surely it would be better to show a wider angle to actually capture all of the scene?I just wonder what anyone else has to say? OK, so the old RT doesn't generate as many comments as in the past but I hope that some of the many viewers will perhaps "join in"?

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