What's the difference between optical and digital zoom on a digital camera?
Curious_in_TN
2005-12-09 20:05:06 UTC
What's the difference between optical and digital zoom on a digital camera?
One answer:
Mike
2005-12-09 20:07:26 UTC
A digital camera's optical zoom involves the use of actual moving lenses to zoom in while the digital zoom goes in closer digitally. When using optical zoom, there is no loss in quality, but when digital zoom is used, the image may become grainy.
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