[Vocabulary] How do you read "X" in 2X zoom camera?

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wotcha

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How do you read "X" in 2X zoom camera?

"two by zoom"?
 
In BrE, it's a "two times zoom".
 
In my world (AE), we would read it as 2 X. People will understand it.
 
I don't think all that many people in AmE would think of it as two ex, but two times....
 
I agree with "two times."
 
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