a Zoom lens is a lens on a camera (still and video both) to get a closer shot of the subject. There are lenses that have both optical zoom and digital zoom capabilities (optical zoom being the better of the two)
by DazzDeLaMorte March 09, 2007
A dolly zoom is aspecial effect on film where the camera lens zooms in, while the camera itself is pulled backward on a dolly. It creates a highly unsettling perspective shift that can be used to dramatic effect, for example in Hitchcock's Vertigo.
It's sweeps, and I've seen twenty dolly zooms this week alone. Stupid TV shows trying to be more dramatic...
by Toronto June 19, 2006
by Ziggipops October 19, 2020
"im off like a prom dress.... *zooms*"
by gears September 28, 2007
The modern day replacement of the proverbial “water cooler” where people gather and have a quick chat about current events prior to their online work call commencing.
by Capt. Bravo March 26, 2021
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by OnMENogin September 04, 2008