>>2669919No, you can have zoom lenses for pro cameras too.
But the smaller the sensor is, the more "zoomed in" a certain focal length is.
So on a large sensor, such as "full frame", like something in a Canon 5D, Nikon D800, sony A7, a 35mm lens going to act like a 35mm lens. But if you have a smaller sensor (An example is an APS-C sized sensor, Like in the Canon 7D, Nikon D7000, or Sony a6000) it makes the lens seem more zoomed in. So the same 35mm lens, that looks like a 35mm lens on a 5D, will act like a 50mm lens when it's on an APS-C camera. it's more zoomed in, because the sensor is smaller.
Smaller than APS-C is Micro 4/3rds. That 35mm lens on a M4/3 camera will have the same zoom level as a 70mm lens (on a full frame sensor)
So you can take a zoom lens that goes from 24mm to 70mm, when attached to a full frame camera, and you can attach it to a M4/3 camera. the lens will still be 24-70, however, because the sensor is so much smaller, it will be more zoomed in, and it will ACT like a 48mm-140mm lens.
So when your compact camera says "35-100mm" it means it's probably ACTUALLY a lens with a measurement around 10-28mm, but the small sensor "zooms" it in to around 35mm-100mm.
