John Culleton wrote: > Optical zoom means moving the lens elements around, just as > on a film camera. I don't think this is a significant > cause of noise, but of course it will vary from camera to > camera. My Fujifilm E900 manual states that digital zoom > lowers picture quality. I have an add-on lens to avoid > overuse of digital zoom. > My sense of "digital zoom" is that it isn't zoom at all. It's really just a cropping of the sensor's data and expansion to fit the screen, and increases the likelihood if not guarantees pixelization.
Greg
