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Some Bridge digital cameras ive hard on marketing may fall under the category of 'superzoom cemeras' and describes as such, due to their large zoom ranger compared to normal compact/ Live-preview_digital_cameras.
Isn't it getting a little out-of-date now to suggest that 4× zooms and upwards are "unconventionally large"? My camera, for example (a Canon PowerShot A710IS) has a 6× zoom, but is not considered a superzoom, bridge or prosumer model. And that's not even a current model. (Yes, I know this article is about SLRs, but where do cameras like mine fit in? Bridge camera is just not the right place.) Loganberry ( Talk) 00:11, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
I've updated the article to only classify double digit zooms as "superzooms" and removed a lot of low zoom ratio lenses from that huge, superfluous product list. 69.25.29.125 ( talk) 19:09, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
Added Synthesis tag to the article because there is lots of description of a type of lens (Superzoom) but no reliable (or even unreliable) sources making these claims or describing a class of lens "Superzoom". There needs to be sources describing this as a real type, not a hodgepodge of references to articles or manufacturing docs describing high zoom lenses. Fountains of Bryn Mawr ( talk) 19:03, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
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Cheers.— cyberbot II Talk to my owner:Online 01:32, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
The list in this article is all WP:OR so I am removing it to talk, if someone wants to fulfill WP:BURDEN and supply references, feel free. So far it has NO references, an editor set the parameters, and editors add items based on those parameters. The list is also mostly a WP:LINKFARM. It was correctly removed as "unencyclopedic". "list must follow Wikipedia's content policies" WP:Source list. There was a suggestion it be move to List of super zoom lenses, but that corrects none of the problems. Fountains of Bryn Mawr ( talk) 19:01, 17 August 2016 (UTC)
Per this summary, there is a misunderstanding of Wikipedia policy here. Its not a problem of sources generated by "lens manufacturers themselves" (although that is a non-third party sources and also a problem). The problem here is citing sources that are WP:PRIMARY / "close to an event, and are often accounts written by people who are directly involved" and writing a WP:OR history from that. "Any interpretation of primary source material requires a reliable secondary source for that interpretation". So - if something that happened in 1983 was important then a current reliable secondary source has to say that. You can't cite a primary source from 1983 and then add your own original thought and claim that some event that happened in 1983 was significant. Fountains of Bryn Mawr ( talk) 00:47, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
A superzoom lens, also known as an ultrazoom or all-in-one, [a] is a type of photographic zoom lens with a large zoom ratio, which is the ratio of the longest and shortest focal lengths. [b] Typically, these span the range from wide angle to extreme long lens focal lengths, in one lens. [c] [1] [d] [2] [d]
In general, a superzoom lens is one with a zoom ratio greater than the 3× or 4× (e.g., 28-85 mm or 70-210 mm) of a standard zoom lens, with superzoom lenses typically having a zoom ratio of at least 10×. [e] [1] [d] [3] [f]
The development of superzoom lenses began in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 1984, a "superzoom lens" group review for Popular Photography gathered 34 lenses with zoom ratios ranging from 4× to 6×, nearly all released after 1982, but noted "the golden era of the single, all-purpose, superwide-to-supertelephoto lens is not yet here". [4] [g] The use of the term "superzoom" was muddled somewhat after Olympus released a bridge camera, named for "bridging the [market] gap" between point-and-shoots and single-lens reflex cameras, [5] [h] as the Infinity SuperZoom 300 in 1988, as it was equipped with a modest 38–105 mm lens (2.8× zoom ratio). [6] [7] [i] [j]
Early examples of an "all-in-one" lens included Tokina's 35-200 mm lens (5.7× zoom ratio), which was said to "[embody] practically all focal lengths you are likely to need" in 1983. [10] [m] Kiron Lenses released a 28–210 mm (7.5× zoom ratio) superzoom lens in 1985; [11] [n] in the same year, Soligor released a 28–200 mm (7.1× zoom ratio) lens. [12] [o] Tamron is credited with releasing the first autofocus superzoom in 1992, a lens covering 28–200 mm (7.1× zoom ratio) for 35mm film SLRs. [13] [p] The Tamron lens has 16 elements in 14 groups; two aspheric lenses [9] [l] and plastic components made the Tamron superzoom considerably more compact than the earlier Kiron. [14] [q]
Advantages of using a superzoom include compositional flexibility, reduced need to swap lenses, and enhanced portability by consolidating the functionality of multiple lenses into one. [4] [13] [r]
However, due to trade-offs in the optical design, superzoom lenses are noted for having poorer optical quality at the extreme focal length ranges, mostly distortion at max wide angle and long lens ranges. [15] [d] [16] [d] The long focal lengths normally have to be combined with image stabilization. [17] [d] [s]
Notes
References
Nikon's first digital-only super zoom lens has a typically generous 11.1X zoom range (27-300mm equivalent)
I have removed these added tables. Most of it is original research of commercial webpages and/or unverified, Even when you click through to the linked article. Also a large part of the information and entries are not Superzooms per led def and contained excessive listings of unexplained statistics per WP:NOTSTATS. Fountains of Bryn Mawr ( talk) 19:25, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
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Some Bridge digital cameras ive hard on marketing may fall under the category of 'superzoom cemeras' and describes as such, due to their large zoom ranger compared to normal compact/ Live-preview_digital_cameras.
Isn't it getting a little out-of-date now to suggest that 4× zooms and upwards are "unconventionally large"? My camera, for example (a Canon PowerShot A710IS) has a 6× zoom, but is not considered a superzoom, bridge or prosumer model. And that's not even a current model. (Yes, I know this article is about SLRs, but where do cameras like mine fit in? Bridge camera is just not the right place.) Loganberry ( Talk) 00:11, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
I've updated the article to only classify double digit zooms as "superzooms" and removed a lot of low zoom ratio lenses from that huge, superfluous product list. 69.25.29.125 ( talk) 19:09, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
Added Synthesis tag to the article because there is lots of description of a type of lens (Superzoom) but no reliable (or even unreliable) sources making these claims or describing a class of lens "Superzoom". There needs to be sources describing this as a real type, not a hodgepodge of references to articles or manufacturing docs describing high zoom lenses. Fountains of Bryn Mawr ( talk) 19:03, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
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Cheers.— cyberbot II Talk to my owner:Online 01:32, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
The list in this article is all WP:OR so I am removing it to talk, if someone wants to fulfill WP:BURDEN and supply references, feel free. So far it has NO references, an editor set the parameters, and editors add items based on those parameters. The list is also mostly a WP:LINKFARM. It was correctly removed as "unencyclopedic". "list must follow Wikipedia's content policies" WP:Source list. There was a suggestion it be move to List of super zoom lenses, but that corrects none of the problems. Fountains of Bryn Mawr ( talk) 19:01, 17 August 2016 (UTC)
Per this summary, there is a misunderstanding of Wikipedia policy here. Its not a problem of sources generated by "lens manufacturers themselves" (although that is a non-third party sources and also a problem). The problem here is citing sources that are WP:PRIMARY / "close to an event, and are often accounts written by people who are directly involved" and writing a WP:OR history from that. "Any interpretation of primary source material requires a reliable secondary source for that interpretation". So - if something that happened in 1983 was important then a current reliable secondary source has to say that. You can't cite a primary source from 1983 and then add your own original thought and claim that some event that happened in 1983 was significant. Fountains of Bryn Mawr ( talk) 00:47, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
A superzoom lens, also known as an ultrazoom or all-in-one, [a] is a type of photographic zoom lens with a large zoom ratio, which is the ratio of the longest and shortest focal lengths. [b] Typically, these span the range from wide angle to extreme long lens focal lengths, in one lens. [c] [1] [d] [2] [d]
In general, a superzoom lens is one with a zoom ratio greater than the 3× or 4× (e.g., 28-85 mm or 70-210 mm) of a standard zoom lens, with superzoom lenses typically having a zoom ratio of at least 10×. [e] [1] [d] [3] [f]
The development of superzoom lenses began in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 1984, a "superzoom lens" group review for Popular Photography gathered 34 lenses with zoom ratios ranging from 4× to 6×, nearly all released after 1982, but noted "the golden era of the single, all-purpose, superwide-to-supertelephoto lens is not yet here". [4] [g] The use of the term "superzoom" was muddled somewhat after Olympus released a bridge camera, named for "bridging the [market] gap" between point-and-shoots and single-lens reflex cameras, [5] [h] as the Infinity SuperZoom 300 in 1988, as it was equipped with a modest 38–105 mm lens (2.8× zoom ratio). [6] [7] [i] [j]
Early examples of an "all-in-one" lens included Tokina's 35-200 mm lens (5.7× zoom ratio), which was said to "[embody] practically all focal lengths you are likely to need" in 1983. [10] [m] Kiron Lenses released a 28–210 mm (7.5× zoom ratio) superzoom lens in 1985; [11] [n] in the same year, Soligor released a 28–200 mm (7.1× zoom ratio) lens. [12] [o] Tamron is credited with releasing the first autofocus superzoom in 1992, a lens covering 28–200 mm (7.1× zoom ratio) for 35mm film SLRs. [13] [p] The Tamron lens has 16 elements in 14 groups; two aspheric lenses [9] [l] and plastic components made the Tamron superzoom considerably more compact than the earlier Kiron. [14] [q]
Advantages of using a superzoom include compositional flexibility, reduced need to swap lenses, and enhanced portability by consolidating the functionality of multiple lenses into one. [4] [13] [r]
However, due to trade-offs in the optical design, superzoom lenses are noted for having poorer optical quality at the extreme focal length ranges, mostly distortion at max wide angle and long lens ranges. [15] [d] [16] [d] The long focal lengths normally have to be combined with image stabilization. [17] [d] [s]
Notes
References
Nikon's first digital-only super zoom lens has a typically generous 11.1X zoom range (27-300mm equivalent)
I have removed these added tables. Most of it is original research of commercial webpages and/or unverified, Even when you click through to the linked article. Also a large part of the information and entries are not Superzooms per led def and contained excessive listings of unexplained statistics per WP:NOTSTATS. Fountains of Bryn Mawr ( talk) 19:25, 27 December 2023 (UTC)