[HM] Re: Digital camera...

[Jane Sprando]

Greg, will the camera say "real optical zoom" or words to that effect?

Thanks for the 2 links. I had looked at megapixel earlier, but will check
out dpreview, too.

jane 

> From: Greg McNeil <gmcneil99 at mchsi.com>
> Reply-To: "Home Macintosh Users List"<HomeMac at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 06:30:16 -0600
> To: "Home Macintosh Users List" <HomeMac at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> Subject: [HM] Re: Digital camera...
> 
> Jane,
> With optical zoom the magnification is changed by moving the glass elements
> inside the lens just like in your standard 35mm camera. The digital zoom
> "electronically" magnifies the image and looks terrible when doing so. The
> specification for the optical zoom, 3X, 5X, etc. means that the telephoto
> maximum is X times the wide angle minimum. For example, if the wide angle
> minimum is 35mm and the zoom is a 5X then the telephoto maximum would be
> 5X35 or 175mm.
> 
> Greg
> 
>> From: Jane Sprando <janesprando at msn.com>
>> Reply-To: "Home Macintosh Users List"<HomeMac at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>> Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 17:45:21 -0800
>> To: "Home Macintosh Users List" <HomeMac at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>> Subject: [HM] Re: Digital camera...
>> 
>> Don, what do you mean by a "real 'optical' zoom lens"?
>> 
>> jane
>>