Patw28 Loc: PORT JERVIS, NY

Anyone know how to display the current zoom setting without changing it?
best I can do is to nudge the lens ring as carefully as possible. That’s probably close enough as the only reason I want to know the setting is to set the minimum shutter speed. .???

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

display the zoom setting where? In the meta data, somewhere else? The viewfinder? I do not think one needs the setting in it, it pretty much shows you that by the viewing angle displayed.

Patw28 Loc: PORT JERVIS, NY

In order to set the shutter speed.
I’m 90 years old. SoI’ve doubled my targeted minimum shutter speed setting to be TWICE the reciprocal of the focal length. e.g. If I’m at 200mm zoom, I’d like my minimum shutter speed to be 1/400. It’s the first setting I make when I shoot in manual/Auto ISO.
My do-all camera has become the Lumix FZ2500 bridge camera and so far the only way I’ve found to display the digital value of the zoom setting in the LCD screen is when I change the zoom. But I want to be able to check it without changing it because that will determine my minimum shutter speed..
(My auto ISO is set to go no higher than 3200.)

Wingpilot Loc: Wasilla. Ak

Does the FZ2500 have the ability to change the display? Most digital cameras that have the rear dial wheel have a position on the wheel to change the display. For example one position displays every setting you have the camera set to, another displays minimal shooting information, and another may show nothing but the image you're looking at, and then there may be a selection to blank the rear display screen. I don't know if the FZ2500 has this ability, or if it does, if the zoom setting will show along with all your other shooting settings.

Patw28 Loc: PORT JERVIS, NY

I have six display screens. None of them includes the. zoom position.
The. ONLY time the zoom position is displayed in the LCD screen is immediately after you set the zoom and that is only momentary.

Thanks for the response.
Your moniker intrigued me. I served in the USAF for 20 years, retired in 1967 with a 100%
permanent disability.

Wingpilot Loc: Wasilla. Ak

I was a U.S. Army helicopter pilot, with two tours in Vietnam. That's the "pilot" part. I rode Honda Gold Wing for 20 years, that's the "Wing" part. Then I figured that the closest you can come to flying is riding a motorcycle, so I combined the two and came up with Wingpilot.

When I asked about the control wheel on the back of the camera, that's usually where the "display" selection is. My A6300 had a position at the top of the wheel that provides several different screen and EVF information displays. Sometimes that's located at the bottom of the wheel, as on my Canon G16. So I just wondered if the FZ2500 was similar. But you are likely correct that it only shows the zoom setting when you zoom the lens.