diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/basecamerabinsrc/gstbasecamerasrc.c b/gst-libs/gst/basecamerabinsrc/gstbasecamerasrc.c
index cf332be005..98d594e1d1 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/basecamerabinsrc/gstbasecamerasrc.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/basecamerabinsrc/gstbasecamerasrc.c
@@ -191,14 +191,11 @@ void
 gst_base_camera_src_setup_zoom (GstBaseCameraSrc * self)
 {
   GstBaseCameraSrcClass *bclass = GST_BASE_CAMERA_SRC_GET_CLASS (self);
-  gint zoom;
 
-  zoom = g_atomic_int_get (&self->zoom);
-
-  g_return_if_fail (zoom);
+  g_return_if_fail (self->zoom);
   g_return_if_fail (bclass->set_zoom);
 
-  bclass->set_zoom (self, zoom);
+  bclass->set_zoom (self, self->zoom);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -337,7 +334,7 @@ gst_base_camera_src_set_property (GObject * object,
           g_value_get_enum (value));
       break;
     case PROP_ZOOM:{
-      g_atomic_int_set (&self->zoom, g_value_get_int (value));
+      self->zoom = g_value_get_float (value);
       /* does not set it if in NULL, the src is not created yet */
       if (GST_STATE (self) != GST_STATE_NULL)
         gst_base_camera_src_setup_zoom (self);
@@ -378,7 +375,7 @@ gst_base_camera_src_get_property (GObject * object,
       g_value_set_boolean (value, !self->capturing);
       break;
     case PROP_ZOOM:
-      g_value_set_int (value, g_atomic_int_get (&self->zoom));
+      g_value_set_float (value, self->zoom);
       break;
     case PROP_POST_PREVIEW:
       g_value_set_boolean (value, self->post_preview);
@@ -522,6 +519,11 @@ gst_base_camera_src_class_init (GstBaseCameraSrcClass * klass)
           GST_TYPE_CAMERABIN_MODE, MODE_IMAGE,
           G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
 
+  g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_ZOOM,
+      g_param_spec_float ("zoom", "Zoom",
+          "Digital zoom factor (e.g. 1.5 means 1.5x)", MIN_ZOOM, MAX_ZOOM,
+          DEFAULT_ZOOM, G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
+
   /**
    * GstBaseCameraSrc:post-previews:
    *
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/basecamerabinsrc/gstbasecamerasrc.h b/gst-libs/gst/basecamerabinsrc/gstbasecamerasrc.h
index ef9ae9e871..b48628f052 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/basecamerabinsrc/gstbasecamerasrc.h
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/basecamerabinsrc/gstbasecamerasrc.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ struct _GstBaseCameraSrc
   gint height;
 
   /* The digital zoom (from 100% to 1000%) */
-  gint zoom;
+  gfloat zoom;
 
   gpointer _gst_reserved[GST_PADDING_LARGE];
 };
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ struct _GstBaseCameraSrcClass
   gboolean    (*setup_pipeline)      (GstBaseCameraSrc *self);
 
   /* set the zoom */
-  void        (*set_zoom)            (GstBaseCameraSrc *self, gint zoom);
+  void        (*set_zoom)            (GstBaseCameraSrc *self, gfloat zoom);
 
   /* set the mode */
   gboolean    (*set_mode)            (GstBaseCameraSrc *self,
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ struct _GstBaseCameraSrcClass
 };
 
 
-#define MIN_ZOOM 100
-#define MAX_ZOOM 1000
+#define MIN_ZOOM 1.0f
+#define MAX_ZOOM 10.0f
 #define ZOOM_1X MIN_ZOOM
 
 GstPhotography * gst_base_camera_src_get_photography (GstBaseCameraSrc *self);
diff --git a/gst/camerabin2/gstcamerabin2.c b/gst/camerabin2/gstcamerabin2.c
index b8c32a5370..8c2bb20c8b 100644
--- a/gst/camerabin2/gstcamerabin2.c
+++ b/gst/camerabin2/gstcamerabin2.c
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ enum
   PROP_AUDIO_SRC,
   PROP_MUTE_AUDIO,
   PROP_AUDIO_CAPTURE_SUPPORTED_CAPS,
-  PROP_AUDIO_CAPTURE_CAPS
+  PROP_AUDIO_CAPTURE_CAPS,
+  PROP_ZOOM
 };
 
 enum
@@ -531,6 +532,11 @@ gst_camera_bin_class_init (GstCameraBinClass * klass)
           "Restricts the caps that can be used on the viewfinder",
           GST_TYPE_CAPS, G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
 
+  g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_ZOOM,
+      g_param_spec_float ("zoom", "Zoom",
+          "Digital zoom factor (e.g. 1.5 means 1.5x)", MIN_ZOOM, MAX_ZOOM,
+          DEFAULT_ZOOM, G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
+
   /* TODO review before going stable
    * We have viewfinder-supported-caps that returns the caps that the
    * camerasrc can produce on its viewfinder pad, this could easily be
@@ -579,6 +585,7 @@ gst_camera_bin_init (GstCameraBin * camera)
   camera->video_location = g_strdup (DEFAULT_VID_LOCATION);
   camera->image_location = g_strdup (DEFAULT_IMG_LOCATION);
   camera->viewfinderbin = gst_element_factory_make ("viewfinderbin", "vf-bin");
+  camera->zoom = DEFAULT_ZOOM;
 
   /* capsfilters are created here as we proxy their caps properties and
    * this way we avoid having to store the caps while on NULL state to 
@@ -917,12 +924,14 @@ gst_camera_bin_create_elements (GstCameraBin * camera)
 
   g_assert (camera->src != NULL);
   g_object_set (camera->src, "mode", camera->mode, NULL);
-  if (camera->src
-      && g_object_class_find_property (G_OBJECT_GET_CLASS (camera->src),
-          "preview-caps")) {
-    g_object_set (camera->src, "post-previews", camera->post_previews,
-        "preview-caps", camera->preview_caps, "preview-filter",
-        camera->preview_filter, NULL);
+  if (camera->src) {
+    if (g_object_class_find_property (G_OBJECT_GET_CLASS (camera->src),
+            "preview-caps")) {
+      g_object_set (camera->src, "post-previews", camera->post_previews,
+          "preview-caps", camera->preview_caps, "preview-filter",
+          camera->preview_filter, NULL);
+    }
+    g_object_set (camera->src, "zoom", camera->zoom, NULL);
   }
   if (new_src) {
     gst_bin_add (GST_BIN_CAST (camera), gst_object_ref (camera->src));
@@ -1252,6 +1261,11 @@ gst_camera_bin_set_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
       g_object_set (camera->viewfinderbin, "video-sink",
           g_value_get_object (value), NULL);
       break;
+    case PROP_ZOOM:
+      camera->zoom = g_value_get_float (value);
+      if (camera->src)
+        g_object_set (camera->src, "zoom", camera->zoom, NULL);
+      break;
     default:
       G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, prop_id, pspec);
       break;
@@ -1398,6 +1412,9 @@ gst_camera_bin_get_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
       g_value_take_object (value, sink);
       break;
     }
+    case PROP_ZOOM:
+      g_value_set_float (value, camera->zoom);
+      break;
     default:
       G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, prop_id, pspec);
       break;
diff --git a/gst/camerabin2/gstcamerabin2.h b/gst/camerabin2/gstcamerabin2.h
index 66e7ba8e22..8d5c660ca0 100644
--- a/gst/camerabin2/gstcamerabin2.h
+++ b/gst/camerabin2/gstcamerabin2.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ struct _GstCameraBin
   GstCaps *preview_caps;
   GstElement *preview_filter;
   GstEncodingProfile *video_profile;
+  gfloat zoom;
 
   gboolean elements_created;
 };
diff --git a/gst/camerabin2/gstwrappercamerabinsrc.c b/gst/camerabin2/gstwrappercamerabinsrc.c
index 81baca3374..057063f432 100644
--- a/gst/camerabin2/gstwrappercamerabinsrc.c
+++ b/gst/camerabin2/gstwrappercamerabinsrc.c
@@ -295,6 +295,46 @@ gst_wrapper_camera_src_src_event_probe (GstPad * pad, GstEvent * evt,
   return ret;
 }
 
+static void
+gst_wrapper_camera_bin_src_caps_cb (GObject * gobject, GParamSpec * pspec,
+    gpointer user_data)
+{
+  GstBaseCameraSrc *bcamsrc = GST_BASE_CAMERA_SRC (user_data);
+  GstWrapperCameraBinSrc *self = GST_WRAPPER_CAMERA_BIN_SRC (user_data);
+  GstPad *src_caps_src_pad;
+  GstCaps *caps = NULL;
+  GstStructure *in_st = NULL;
+
+  /* get the new caps that were set on the capsfilter that configures the
+   * source */
+  src_caps_src_pad = gst_element_get_static_pad (self->src_filter, "src");
+  caps = gst_pad_get_caps_reffed (src_caps_src_pad);
+  gst_object_unref (src_caps_src_pad);
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (self, "src-filter caps changed to %s",
+      gst_caps_to_string (caps));
+
+  if (gst_caps_get_size (caps)) {
+    in_st = gst_caps_get_structure (caps, 0);
+    if (in_st) {
+      gst_structure_get_int (in_st, "width", &bcamsrc->width);
+      gst_structure_get_int (in_st, "height", &bcamsrc->height);
+
+      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (self, "Source dimensions now: %dx%d", bcamsrc->width,
+          bcamsrc->height);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /* Update zoom */
+  gst_base_camera_src_setup_zoom (bcamsrc);
+
+  /* Update post-zoom capsfilter */
+  if (self->src_zoom_filter)
+    g_object_set (G_OBJECT (self->src_zoom_filter), "caps", caps, NULL);
+
+  /* drop our ref on the caps */
+  gst_caps_unref (caps);
+};
+
 /**
  * gst_wrapper_camera_bin_src_construct_pipeline:
  * @bcamsrc: camerasrc object
@@ -318,6 +358,7 @@ gst_wrapper_camera_bin_src_construct_pipeline (GstBaseCameraSrc * bcamsrc)
   GstElement *videoscale;
   GstPad *vf_pad;
   GstPad *tee_capture_pad;
+  GstPad *src_caps_src_pad;
 
   if (!self->elements_created) {
 
@@ -356,6 +397,14 @@ gst_wrapper_camera_bin_src_construct_pipeline (GstBaseCameraSrc * bcamsrc)
                 "src-capsfilter")))
       goto done;
 
+    /* attach to notify::caps on the first capsfilter and use a callback
+     * to recalculate the zoom properties when these caps change and to
+     * propagate the caps to the second capsfilter */
+    src_caps_src_pad = gst_element_get_static_pad (self->src_filter, "src");
+    g_signal_connect (src_caps_src_pad, "notify::caps",
+        G_CALLBACK (gst_wrapper_camera_bin_src_caps_cb), self);
+    gst_object_unref (src_caps_src_pad);
+
     if (!(self->src_zoom_crop =
             gst_camerabin_create_and_add_element (cbin, "videocrop",
                 "zoom-crop")))
@@ -650,21 +699,20 @@ gst_wrapper_camera_bin_src_set_mode (GstBaseCameraSrc * bcamsrc,
 }
 
 static gboolean
-set_videosrc_zoom (GstWrapperCameraBinSrc * self, gint zoom)
+set_videosrc_zoom (GstWrapperCameraBinSrc * self, gfloat zoom)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
 
   if (g_object_class_find_property (G_OBJECT_GET_CLASS (self->src_vid_src),
           "zoom")) {
-    g_object_set (G_OBJECT (self->src_vid_src), "zoom",
-        (gfloat) zoom / 100, NULL);
+    g_object_set (G_OBJECT (self->src_vid_src), "zoom", zoom, NULL);
     ret = TRUE;
   }
   return ret;
 }
 
 static gboolean
-set_element_zoom (GstWrapperCameraBinSrc * self, gint zoom)
+set_element_zoom (GstWrapperCameraBinSrc * self, gfloat zoom)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
   GstBaseCameraSrc *bcamsrc = GST_BASE_CAMERA_SRC (self);
@@ -677,12 +725,13 @@ set_element_zoom (GstWrapperCameraBinSrc * self, gint zoom)
 
   if (self->src_zoom_crop) {
     /* Update capsfilters to apply the zoom */
-    GST_INFO_OBJECT (self, "zoom: %d, orig size: %dx%d", zoom,
+    GST_INFO_OBJECT (self, "zoom: %f, orig size: %dx%d", zoom,
         bcamsrc->width, bcamsrc->height);
 
     if (zoom != ZOOM_1X) {
-      w2_crop = (bcamsrc->width - (bcamsrc->width * ZOOM_1X / zoom)) / 2;
-      h2_crop = (bcamsrc->height - (bcamsrc->height * ZOOM_1X / zoom)) / 2;
+      w2_crop = (bcamsrc->width - (gint) (bcamsrc->width * ZOOM_1X / zoom)) / 2;
+      h2_crop =
+          (bcamsrc->height - (gint) (bcamsrc->height * ZOOM_1X / zoom)) / 2;
 
       left += w2_crop;
       right += w2_crop;
@@ -711,11 +760,11 @@ set_element_zoom (GstWrapperCameraBinSrc * self, gint zoom)
 }
 
 static void
-gst_wrapper_camera_bin_src_set_zoom (GstBaseCameraSrc * bcamsrc, gint zoom)
+gst_wrapper_camera_bin_src_set_zoom (GstBaseCameraSrc * bcamsrc, gfloat zoom)
 {
   GstWrapperCameraBinSrc *self = GST_WRAPPER_CAMERA_BIN_SRC (bcamsrc);
 
-  GST_INFO_OBJECT (self, "setting zoom %d", zoom);
+  GST_INFO_OBJECT (self, "setting zoom %f", zoom);
 
   if (set_videosrc_zoom (self, zoom)) {
     set_element_zoom (self, ZOOM_1X);
@@ -904,7 +953,7 @@ set_capsfilter_caps (GstWrapperCameraBinSrc * self, GstCaps * new_caps)
   if (self->src_zoom_filter)
     g_object_set (G_OBJECT (self->src_zoom_filter), "caps", new_caps, NULL);
   update_aspect_filter (self, new_caps);
-  GST_INFO_OBJECT (self, "udpated");
+  GST_INFO_OBJECT (self, "updated");
 }
 
 static gboolean
diff --git a/tests/examples/camerabin2/gst-camerabin2-test.c b/tests/examples/camerabin2/gst-camerabin2-test.c
index 1fd5e0aab5..d018afbefe 100644
--- a/tests/examples/camerabin2/gst-camerabin2-test.c
+++ b/tests/examples/camerabin2/gst-camerabin2-test.c
@@ -666,9 +666,7 @@ run_pipeline (gpointer user_data)
     }
     g_object_unref (video_source);
   }
-#if 0
   g_object_set (camerabin, "zoom", zoom / 100.0f, NULL);
-#endif
 
   capture_count++;
   g_timer_start (timer);