On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 16:53:20 -0500, RichG
wrote:

1. Digital zoom just makes the existing pixels appear larger, therefore
fuzzy when viewed.

2. Optical zoom actually moves the image itself onto the camera larger
( as
if you walked closer to the subject with camera in hand) ..and the
picture
is as good as the camera can display.

3. If the camera --automatically-- adds DIGITAL zoom to make pictures
bigger, they will appear fuzzier ( which was the original complaint).

If the operator turns OFF the "automatic digital zoom" feature...the
object
won't get any larger in the screen than the camera can clearly display,
but
any display will be of higher quality than a similar display using mostly
digital zoom..

I hope this explanation is somewhat clearer....regards, RichG




indeed