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Originally Posted by gap
If memory serves me well, this is how the large majority of zoom lenses used to work before they introduced fixed lenght zoom lenses. The old system is still in use, but I don't think it got any special name.
Talking about your idea, if I got it right you want to introduce some sort of "progressive" zooming (i.e. the scopes being able to to accept any magnification level between their max/min values). I don't think 40's German optics had such a capability, but to be sure I can do some search on the web...
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Originally Posted by Stoli151
I think it was simply called a telephoto or zoom lens and yes it would be awesome. I think you are talking about the free camera for external views and such because I dont think periscopes used it back then, am I correct?
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Not for the scopes (though it would be cool if they did have this feature so I can add it
) but a completely new 'screen' - like the Sextant. This screen would show like the Sextant but no sextant window or anything just a view and you would be able to increase/decrease zoom as wanted between some min/max value thus simulating this device I was referring to earlier. Of course you would have to be surfaced in order to use it.