How to change my FreeLook camera so it zooms into the third person shoot position

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I have a free look camera working great out of the box for my third person shooter.
It follows the Player, it LooksAt a position around the neck of the Player and it has the Offset extension to be off to the right of the character. Looks good work well.

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Now I want to zoom the camera in to an over the shoulder shot for when they aim their gun. Like this Remnant screenshot shows

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I am struggling to make the camera transition perfectly so it will be looking at the exact same position as the first camera and won’t make the character be aiming at a different position.
Is there an existing setting that I can change in the current camera or should I set up another Free Look camera with new settings?
Is that 3rd person aim extension useful here?
Should I use a different Cinemachine camera for this part?
What is the general best way to do this? I’m sure it is a common thing people are doing with Cinemachine but I can’t get the perfect transition to not lose the player aim position.
Thanks

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FreeLook is not the best choice for over-the-shoulder cameras with precise aiming because it’s difficult to control, as you’ve discovered… I would strongly recommend that you use the 3rdPersonFollow component, but the paradigm is a little different. Here is a good tutorial:

Also the Third Person Starter Assets package implements this.

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Thanks. That has worked perfect!