Just imagine you have a forklift, like those machines you see lifting heavy stuff in warehouses. Now, think about protecting it with something like an extensive cover. We call it a "National Forklift Cover." When you use a raincoat to stay dry in the rain or a jacket to keep warm, the fork...

In the context of a camera with 4x zoom, the image can appear four times closer than it would without zoom. If you're looking at something, then you use the zoom function. The object will now appear four times larger or closer in the photo than in real life. So, 4x zoom makes things look four times ...