What is the difference between 3.5-8mm zoom and 27x zoom?

Sensor Size is 1/3 Inch and zoom is 3.5-8mm:
http://www.lightinthebox.com/700tvl-hd-box-camera-with-3-5-8mm-varifocal-lens_p603677.html

Sensor Size is 1/4 Inch and zoom is 27x:
http://www.lightinthebox.com/540tvl...th-1-4-sony-ccd-high-speed-focus_p244451.html

 

Hello,

The 27X has this in the specifications:

3.2-86.4mm manual varifocal lens
27X optical zoom and 10X digital zoom

This is a much higher range as the 3.5-8mm zoom, wich would be a zoom range of 2.3 X

Bertus

 

I presume you're referring to the varifocal lens? Higher number means longer focal length and narrower angle of view.