| When buying a digital camera in today's market | | | | home. It will be no better or worse doing it this |
| one of the factors that you will undoubtedly be | | | | way that it would using a digital zoom function. |
| looking at the power of the zoom function. | | | | Why use Digital Zoom? |
| Unfortunately people who are not so experience | | | | So why would you ever want a digital zoom? Well |
| in this field are starting to be a little mislead. | | | | there are some occasions when this may be |
| Manufacturers are claiming a zoom function called | | | | useful. Firstly for those of you who don't like |
| digital zoom, or they are adding up the total zoom | | | | computers or are unsure about using photo editing |
| of there optical zoom and digital zoom for a total | | | | software then the digital zoom function will enable |
| zoom function. This however is a little unfair on | | | | you to get an accurate shot of the specific area |
| the consumer as you will begin to see in this | | | | you wish to photograph. |
| article. | | | | The second reason may be that you don't wish |
| What is Optical Zoom? | | | | to print the pictures out. If this is the case then |
| Optical zoom is what I like to call true zoom. This | | | | the digital zoom may not affect your image |
| function of a camera uses the lens within the | | | | quality as much as a it would on a printed image. |
| camera to draw the image closer. Using the optics | | | | One final reason for digital zoom is that you may |
| of the camera the image is bought forward much | | | | be able to see what the subject is doing through |
| the same way as a magnifying glass, binoculars | | | | the camera a little easier while looking at the |
| and other such instruments. When using optical | | | | screen through digital zoom. Unfortunately with |
| zoom quality remains the same and the full | | | | digital zoom, what you see on the screen is |
| resolution of the camera can be used on the | | | | usually a little better quality than the final image. |
| zoomed image. | | | | How would you compare digital cameras |
| What is Digital Zoom? | | | | If you are comparing digital cameras in the shop |
| Digital zoom on the other hand is not a true form | | | | or on the internet ready to make a purchase |
| of a zoom function. The image itself doesn't | | | | then in terms of the zoom function its only really |
| actually come any closer as the optics in the | | | | worth looking at the optical zoom. Comparing |
| camera stay the same. The way the digital zoom | | | | digital zoom is a little bit of a waste of time as like |
| works is much the same way as it does on your | | | | I stated before you can alter the amount of |
| PC at home. The idea behind digital zoom is that it | | | | digital zoom in any major art package after the |
| takes a portion of the image and expand that | | | | photo has been taken very easily. |
| image to the full size of the image. What happens | | | | The only zoom to compare is optical zoom of |
| here is that the section of image that you are | | | | one camera to the optical zoom of another. You |
| looking at becomes bigger, not closer. The image | | | | will probably find a price bracket difference |
| does look closer because it has been expanded | | | | between the cameras with the different levels of |
| however all that has happened is that the image | | | | optical zoom.You should also watch out for the |
| quality has been reduced. There is nothing a digital | | | | manufacturers who advertise the total zoom. |
| camera can do that you can't do on any standard | | | | Although these cameras have an optical zoom |
| art package at home. You may as well take the | | | | function its only part of the total and you should |
| picture like you would a normal camera and then | | | | research the camera more thoroughly to get the |
| alter the zoom to exactly the way you want it at | | | | optical zoom value. |