How do you read "X" in 2X zoom camera? "two by zoom"?
wotcha Senior Member Joined Jun 29, 2010 Member Type English Teacher Native Language Korean Home Country South Korea Current Location South Korea May 19, 2013 #1 How do you read "X" in 2X zoom camera? "two by zoom"?
emsr2d2 Moderator Staff member Joined Jul 28, 2009 Member Type English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location UK May 19, 2013 #2 In BrE, it's a "two times zoom".
MikeNewYork VIP Member Joined Nov 13, 2002 Member Type Academic Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States May 19, 2013 #3 In my world (AE), we would read it as 2 X. People will understand it.
konungursvia VIP Member Joined Mar 20, 2009 Member Type Academic Native Language English Home Country Canada Current Location Canada May 20, 2013 #4 I don't think all that many people in AmE would think of it as two ex, but two times....
S SoothingDave VIP Member Joined Apr 17, 2009 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States May 20, 2013 #5 I agree with "two times."