Slow Zoom

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Creep zoomOptical push

The camera stays put while the lens slowly changes focal length, tightening or widening the frame without any travel.

Camera Movement · Easy

Quiet pressure. Attention narrows (or widens) without the world moving: a documentary, observational feel.

1Lock the tripod and frame the start.

2Turn the 24-70's zoom ring very slowly and evenly; practise the speed first.

3Refocus is rarely needed: the Sigma is designed to hold focus across the zoom.

Corporate / interview

Creep in during an emotional answer when you can't move the camera.

Event

Tighten from the stage wide to the speaker from the back of the room.

Needs gear you don't own yet.

Best option

Tripod: any wobble shows during a zoom.

A7 V + 24-70 settings

Clear Image Zoom on the A7 V is digital: use the lens ring for real optical zoom.

Jerky starts: begin the turn before you hit record, then ease in.

Confusing it with a dolly: a zoom has no parallax and flattens space.

Shoot the same push twice: once zooming, once walking the camera forward. Compare the background.