Tech Tuesday- Camera Zoom

I am afraid that these Tech Tuesday posts are just proving to you how untechnical I am. Ever since the ios5 upgrade on the iPhone, I have not been able to zoom with my iPhone camera. As often happens with each upgrade, features change. However, I could not imagine why Apple would get rid of the zoom feature. They didn't. The zoom has been there all along, it is just now hidden. Don't ask me why.

When you have your camera open, you just pinch your fingers open as you would to enlarge anything, and the zoom slider appears.

Is this like the spice store? Am I the only one who didn't know this?