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Originally Posted by syeatman
Agree that digital zoom is a waste of time, but to say that you do not need more than 3X dig zoom and 3MP's is not true.
Plenty of people buy cam's with 8-10x dig zoom, and it is very handy to have. I can;t think of a reason why it would not be a good feature.
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The way digital zoom works is exactly like on a computer. Take a photo at whatever res you want, without any digital zoom. Then put that on your computer. Then take the same photo with the digital zoom. Now if you compare them, you will see that the original photo, with "computer zoom" will be just as detailed as the one you used the Camera's digital zoom. Because all it is doing, is zooming into the "original" photo image, so you may as well take a big photo without the zoom, and when you get it on the computer zoom in yourself.
As for the 3MP thing, I still think this holds true for anyone not wanting to spend a fortune on a camera, which is what he stated. 3xOptical zoom ir good, anything more is obviously better.
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