Digital zoom - what does it mean?

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I see 3X optical zoom and 2X didital zoom on some camera spec. I can figure out what is an optical zoom, but i have no idea what a digital one is suppose to be.

Mart

-- Martin Cote (martinco@videotron.ca), July 24, 1999

Answers

It does not change the focal length of your lens - instead it uses less and less of the CCD pickup area. This means you also get less and less resolution.
Des

-- Dan Desjardins (dan.desjardins@avstarnews.com), July 25, 1999.

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