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Optical Zoom vs. Digital Zoom

Posted Feb 11th, 2007 by Chief Gadgeteer

Not All Zooms Are Created Equal
Chris Miller over at Techlore unravels the mystery surrounding Optical Zoom vs Digital Zoom.

” Walking through the camera aisle of my local electronics retailer, I notice the features tag for a modest-looking digital camera on the shelf. The tag boasts that this camera has a “40x Zoom”. 40x zoom!? Wow! That sounds really great. With such incredible zooming ability, I should be able to get great close-ups on birds in flight. Or maybe I could freak my wife out with a tremendously detailed picture of a spider in all its hairy-legged glory. Right? Well no, not necessarily…”

Source: TechLore

Read the full article over at Techlore.com.

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