I'm not sure if I understand your question Scooby. But, maybe, just maybe, if you are using the screen in live-view for taking your picture you might just be zooming on the screen. Are you actually turning the zoom ring on the lens? Or are you just zooming with the + button on the camera back? Zooming with the + button just zooms on the image in the screen while zooming with the lens actually zooms for real.