To zoom with the magnifier icon on the screen you should drag- click a box around the intended zoom area. If you just click the program sometimes interprets the click as a drag-click around an VERY small area. This gives you the zoom of 2.34 E+5 problem. As stated earlier it is best not to use zoom in the directors camera. Often it "confuses" the view to the point of unusability with stretched images and wierd viewpoints that require a program restart. This is all better in C3 IMHO User friendly is more a matter of what you are used to than program design. Good Heavens some people think Amapi is user friendly! (grin, no hate mail please) Give yourself a chance to adapt (software always seems less buggy after a few months of use) and upgrade to C3: it is a MAJOR improvement. Ed