What's a good camera/zoom lens?

I've noticed realbaresoles gets super zoom ins. But I've always wondered how people achieved this.

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It really depends on what you intend to use it for. It's hard to tell by those two pictures you posted which camera and lens system was used. He could've been shooting relatively close to her feet or from a distance.

If you want to do video, Panasonic has some of the best cameras for that because their primary target group are vloggers, youtubers, anyone who does video more than stills. That and their 45-175mm F4-5.6 power zoom lens have image stabilisation, which is useful for steady videos. I use that lens myself. It's no good for low light though.