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[bullard@northnet.org (Jim Bullard)]

At 05:37 PM 11/6/2002 -0500, Bob C. wrote:
>"..."small zoom (2.8x optical, 7x digital),"
>
>  It's  my  understanding that the zoom that counts is optical. Digital
> zoom just
>  blows  up  a  portion  of  a  picture  --  something  like blowing up
> part of a
>  negative, something that always degrades print quality.

Optical zoom uses the lens to pull in the image.  Digital zoom is nothing
more than cropping the image.  I.E. If you had a 2 megapixel camera and
shot a photo at 2X digital zoom you'd have a 1 megapixel image.  At 2X
optical zoom, it is still 2 megapixels.

sAunTerer