Optical Zoom
Sunday, July 24th, 2011 |
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canon EOS 30d inc CANON ef 24 105mm f 4L IS USM zoom lense |  |
16 Bids | £520.00 | 17m |
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Fujifilm FinePix S9500 Digital Camera Black 9MP10x Optical Zoom | |
0 Bid | £85.00 | 18m |
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Fujifilm FinePix E550 63 MP Digital Camera Silver | |
3 Bids | £6.29 | 18m |
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Samsung PL120 140 MP Digital Camera Silver | |
1 Bid | £40.00 | 19m |
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FUJIFILM FINEPIX A345 DIGITAL CAMERA BOXED MEMORY CARD | |
6 Bids | £9.51 | 19m |
More Optical Zoom Results At Bottom Of The Page
Is it true that when you zoom in with a digital camera you lose quality, but use optical zoom and you won't?
I have heard that if a camera has optical zoom and you zoom in with the optical zoom, you will NOT lose quality. True?
All digital zoom does is basically crop the image you take, this means you get a greatly reduced megapixel count, which equals a loss in quality, instead of using digital zoom, it's better to take the image full size and simply crop the image yourself on a computer when you get home, if you want to do so.
Optical zoom uses the lenses in the camera to increase the focal length, basically this does what it says on the tin, it zooms in, just like binoculars would do (random example), and the resultant picture has the same megapixel count as it would if you had not zoomed in, therefore there is no loss in quality.
Do note though, that when you optically zoom in, camera shake will have a greater effect on the image because you're focusing on a smaller area, and could blur the picture more noticeably (The same with digital zoom, but because of the drop in quality it would be less obvious, though to the same extent). That's why you should go with a camera that has optical image stabilisation (Usually referred to as OIS), it will greatly reduce image blur.
EDIT to Shorty below: If you get a good quality camera (High end compact, bridge camera, or DSLR) then the barrel distortion will be very minimal, if any at all.
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canon EOS 30d inc CANON ef 24 105mm f 4L IS USM zoom lense | |
16 Bids | £520.00 | 17m |
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Fujifilm FinePix S9500 Digital Camera Black 9MP10x Optical Zoom | |
0 Bid | £85.00 | 18m |
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Fujifilm FinePix E550 63 MP Digital Camera Silver | |
3 Bids | £6.29 | 18m |
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Samsung PL120 140 MP Digital Camera Silver | |
1 Bid | £40.00 | 19m |
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FUJIFILM FINEPIX A345 DIGITAL CAMERA BOXED MEMORY CARD | |
6 Bids | £9.51 | 19m |
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Fujifilm FinePix A170 102 MP Digital Camera Silver | |
2 Bids | £16.01 | 21m |
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Canon Digital IXUS 55 50 MP Digital Camera Case Spare Battery SD Card | |
3 Bids | £39.70 | 22m |
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Fuji finepix S5000 | |
12 Bids | £45.00 | 23m |
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TWO Olympus X 940 140 MP Digital Camera Black | |
1 Bid | £19.99 | 23m |
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Mustek MDC 5500 Z 31 MP Digital Camera Silver | |
3 Bids | £3.20 | 23m |
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Fuji Finepix A607 31M Digital Camera and Charging Station | |
0 Bid | £9.99 | 25m |
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Samsung Digimax S600 60 MP Digital Camera Silver | |
0 Bid | £19.99 | 27m |
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Fujifilm FinePix AV150 140 MP Digital Camera Black | |
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£42.49 | 27m |
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Fujifilm FinePix A303 Zoom 32 MP Digital Camera Metallic silver | |
0 Bid | £8.00 | 27m |
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Samsung i8 Digital Camera In Pink | |
0 Bid | £50.00 | 27m |
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Sony Cyber Shot DSC P93A 51 MP Digital Camera Silver | |
3 Bids | £4.53 | 28m |
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Sony a230 DSLR accessories | |
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£350.00 | 31m |
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SONY Cyber Shot 41 MP Digital Camera With Memoet card Silver | 2 Bids | £10.99 | 33m |
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FinePix E500 digital camera 16mb card 2 AA batteries USB lead | |
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£18.99 | 33m |
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Canon PowerShot A430 40 MP Digital Camera Silver grey | |
4 Bids | £6.29 | 35m |
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Hitachi HDC 886E 80 MP Digital Camera Black | |
0 Bid | £20.00 | 35m |
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olympus c5060 | |
2 Bids | £26.00 | 40m |
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Casio QV R61 60 MP Digital Camera Silver | |
2 Bids | £7.50 | 40m |
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Fujifilm FinePix F402 21 MP Digital Camera Metallic silver | |
0 Bid | £.99 | 40m |
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Samsung NV10 101 MP Digital Camera Black new condition | |
2 Bids | £26.00 | 41m |
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Olympus SP 590 UZ 26x zoom 12mp digital camera SUPERB CONDITION 2gb sd and case | |
1 Bid | £99.99 | 43m |
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Sony Cyber Shot DSC W530 141 MP Digital Camera Pink | |
1 Bid | £60.00 | 43m |
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Sony Cyber Shot DSC T7 51 MP Digital Camera Silver | |
4 Bids | £23.00 | 45m |
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Kyocera Finecam S4 40 MP Digital Camera Metallic black | |
0 Bid | £.99 | 45m |
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Samsung ES15 102 MP Digital Camera Silver spares repair only | |
1 Bid | £2.50 | 45m |
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Canon EOS 400D Digital SLR with 35 80 mm zoom lens | |
4 Bids | £155.00 | 46m |
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Canon PowerShoot S1 IS Digital Camera 10x Optical Ultrasonic Image Stabilizer | |
0 Bid | £89.00 | 46m |
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Fujifilm FinePix S1500 100 MP Digital Camera Black BNIB | |
0 Bid | £110.00 | 47m |
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Concord Eye Q 3340z 31 MP Digital Camera Silver | |
0 Bid | £3.50 | 48m |
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Sony Dsc R1 Digital Camer | |
1 Bid | £150.00 | 49m |
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Fujifilm FinePix M603 31 MP Digital Camera Silver | |
0 Bid | £.99 | 49m |
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Nikon COOLPIX L11 60 MP Digital Camera Matt silver | |
0 Bid | £.99 | 49m |
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Canon PowerShot A3300 IS Digital Camera Blue BRAND NEW SAMEDAY DISPATCH | |
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£69.99 | 50m |
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NIKON COOLPIX S220 100 M PIX FAULTY SPARES REPAIRS PARTS | |
1 Bid | £5.00 | 51m |
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Vivitar ViviCam 4090 41 MP Digital Camera Pink | |
0 Bid | £4.99 | 51m |
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Canon 450D with 18 55mm kit lens 8gb sd card 2 Batteries and battery grip | |
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£350.00 | 52m |
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Canon PowerShot SX40 HS 121 MP Digital Camera Black | |
41 Bids | £245.00 | 52m |
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Samsung S860 81 MP Digital Camera Silver | |
1 Bid | £.99 | 54m |
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Pentax Optio 430 40 MP Digital Camera Silver USED CONDITION | |
0 Bid | £10.00 | 56m |
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Vivitar ViviCam 5018 51 MP Digital Camera Black | |
0 Bid | £9.99 | 56m |
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Vivitar 6200W 60 MP Digital Camera Waterproof Underwater extras BOXED | |
2 Bids | £36.00 | 56m |
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Nikon COOLPIX L21 80 MP Digital Camera Champagne silver | |
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£55.00 | 57m |
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Sigma DP1 Digital CameraFinder 14 MP CompactScotland | |
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£548.00 | 57m |
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Samsung ES78 142mp silver Excellent condition Really nice camera | |
18 Bids | £36.00 | 58m |
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Nikon COOLPIX S3100 140 MP Digital Camera Black New | |
1 Bid | £58.00 | 58m |
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Praktica DC Slim 315 31 MP Digital Camera Red | |
6 Bids | £3.40 | 58m |
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Nikon Coolpix S1100pj Digi Camera with Projector BNIB 141MP 5x op zoom 3 LCD | |
0 Bid | £165.00 | 59m |
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Olympus Digital camera SP570 UZ | |
4 Bids | £37.89 | 1h |
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Fuji FinePix S9600 Zoom 90 MP Digital Bridge Camera Black Spares or repairs | |
1 Bid | £20.00 | 1h 2m |
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Sony Cyber Shot DSC W310 121 MP Digital Camera Silver | |
2 Bids | £10.49 | 1h 3m |
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Fujifilm FinePix S5600 51 MP Digital Camera Black | |
8 Bids | £38.50 | 1h 4m |
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Canon EOS 350D bundlelenses and extras | |
0 Bid | £295.00 | 1h 4m |
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Panasonic LUMIX DMC G1 121 MP Digital Camera Black Body Only | |
10 Bids | £57.31 | 1h 5m |
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Canon EOS 400D Digital Rebel Xti 101 MP Digital SLR Camera Black Kit w | |
0 Bid | £305.00 | 1h 5m |
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Panasonic LUMIX DMC FS9 121 MP Digital Camera Black Broken Spare Parts | |
1 Bid | £.99 | 1h 7m |
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Canon EOS 7D 180 MP Digital SLR Camera Black Body only | |
0 Bid | £959.00 | 1h 7m |
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Olympus 32 Megapixel Camera | |
0 Bid | £4.99 | 1h 8m |
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Canon Digital IXUS 30 PowerShot SD200 DIGITAL ELPH 32 MP Digital Camera | |
1 Bid | £1.99 | 1h 9m |
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Fujifilm FinePix L55 120 MP Digital Camera BRAND NEW 3 Cameras for sale | |
0 Bid | £44.99 | 1h 11m |
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Samsung NV3 72 MP Digital Camera Black | |
0 Bid | £30.00 | 1h 12m |
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Canon EOS 450d bundle with lenses and grip | |
0 Bid | £330.00 | 1h 14m |
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Kodak EASYSHARE C340 50 MP Digital Camera Silver VGC | |
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£29.99 | 1h 14m |
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Panasonic LUMIX DMC FP1 121 MP Digital Camera Pink | |
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£79.99 | 1h 16m |
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Fujifilm FinePix S6500fd 63 MP Digital Camera Black | |
13 Bids | £12.51 | 1h 17m |
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Sony Cyber Shot DSC H3 81 MP Digital Camera Black | |
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£84.00 | 1h 17m |
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Vivitar ViviCam 7100s 70 MP Digital Camera Silver | |
0 Bid | £15.00 | 1h 19m |
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Samsung P1200 12mp black Excellent condition Nice looking camera | |
20 Bids | £27.00 | 1h 19m |
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Vivicam 5015 | |
0 Bid | £29.99 | 1h 24m |
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Nikon COOLPIX S220 100 MP Digital Camera Black | |
8 Bids | £12.50 | 1h 26m |
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Nikon COOLPIX S3100 140 MP Digital Camera Black | |
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£64.28 | 1h 27m |
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Kyocera Finecam S5R 50 MP Digital Camera Silver | |
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£5.00 | 1h 27m |
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Fujifilm FinePix S9500 Digital Camera 28 300mm Lens | |
1 Bid | £50.00 | 1h 27m |
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Sony Cyber Shot Camera | |
1 Bid | £3.99 | 1h 29m |
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Casio EXILIM CARD EX S500 50 MP Digital Camera Brilliant grey | |
5 Bids | £11.50 | 1h 29m |
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Sony Cyber Shot DSC P50 21 MP Digital Camera Silver Case | |
0 Bid | £7.00 | 1h 30m |
Sony SX40 Handycam 60x Optical Zoom Demo