Joeinamillion 0 Posted February 20, 2015 If I am correct, motorized vari-focal and Zoom are not the same thing. But, could a motorized vari-focal be used as a 'limited' zoom? Or is motorized vari-focal generally only good for initial camera setup? Could using the vari-focal for more than setting the camera up cause the motor to fail after a while? Also to be clear I am not talking about a PTZ. So if the area was in the centre of the cameras frame, and a used the motorized vari-focal to get in as tight as possible would it not work like a stationary 'zoom' camera? I'm thinking of the usefulness of a motorized vari-focal lens for residential out door use. Also, is you know where your camera is going, what is needs to capture and never will move that camera, or use that for anything else is there any need/reason to pay the extra $$ is costs to get a manual vari-focal camera? In other words, if you know what lens you need [eg 2.7mm] is there and reason not to buy a fixed focal camera? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
