[neighbor622]

Thanks for the tips about covering portions of the lens. I'll try that. That might be my only option as it seems like the zoom on my camera is not a true physical zoom to a specific area but is just software processing where the "zoom" is just enlarging the specific area I'm looking at. I can tell this is the case because when I watch the recording back, the entire field of view was still captured without my zoom-in.

In terms of covering the lens though, won't that just create a larger dark spot that the sensor will try to compensate for? I would imagine the sensor would "sense" majority darkness and maximize the exposure to take in more light?