Digital verses Optical Zoom by Stephen Orgill
When buying a digital camera in today's market one of the factors that you will undoubtedly be looking at the power of the zoom function. Unfortunately people who are not so experience in this field are starting to be a little mislead. Manufacturers are claiming a zoom function called digital... The only zoom to compare is optical zoom of one camera to the optical zoom of another. ... How would you compare digital cameras If you are comparing digital cameras in the shop or on the internet ready to make a purchase then in terms of the zoom function its only really worth looking at the...

What To Look For When Buying A Digital Camera by Ricky Lim
It seems that every month, there is a new digital camera on the market claiming to be the best digital camera. Much like cell phones, there seems to be a lot of features in today’s digital cameras. So how do you know which is the best and which one is suitable for you? ... 2) Zoom Most digital cameras nowadays have both optical and digital zoom features. ... Be sure to select a higher optical zoom since it is better than digital zoom. ... Most digital cameras have an optical zoom of between 3 to 10x.

Digital Cameras: Hot Gear with the Coolest Features! by Dale L
Cameras: still known for taking pictures but assumed as digital still today. We have to understand cameras are just as important today as they have always been to us. Most photographers thought when the digital age began; we would be taking fewer pictures because there would not be the wasted... Terms like mega pixel, optical zoom, LCD size, movie mode all have been adopted easily and quickly in our rush to get a digital still camera. ... In the past, a camera limited us in many ways, but today a digital still camera, with brands like Nikon, Canon, Sony and others, who have embraced the...

Comparing Digital Camera Features by Steve Gargin
More people are able to afford digital cameras because their prices are falling but the number of characteristics is rising so it is important to be able to compare digital camera features. The first step in being able to compare digital camera features is to decide what you want to get out of... This is best done if you compare digital camera resolution with the size of the images that you want to print and you will find that a 1-mg camera can create a 3-by-5-inch (7.5 by 13 cm) photo-quality print; a 2-mg camera will make a 5-by-7-inch (13 by 18 cm) print; a 3-mg camera will make an...

A Guide to Digital Cameras by Mike Bryant
When my wife and I first found out a few years ago that we were going to have a baby, we both automatically shifted to baby-prep mode. She spent her time buying pretty things for the nursery and shopping for cribs and car seats. Like the ultra geek that I am, I started shopping for a digital... When buying a digital camera, I completely ignore the digital zoom capabilities, instead looking only at the optical zoom. ... There is a very real difference between optical and digital zoom. ... Optical zoom means that the camera’s lens will zoom in on the subject, retaining the original quality...

Features To Look For When Buying A Digital Camera by Syed Abedin
First of all we must distinguish between two types of cameras: Digital Cameras and SLR Professional cameras. If you want a decent camera that you will use to take pictures within the family, holiday pictures or simply even taking pictures of items to list on eBay, then a digital camera is for you. ... For a digital camera, the optical zoom is on average 3.0-5.0 (odd cases of special digital cameras have an optical zoom of 6.0-10.0, but are in the region of £350). ... DIGITAL ZOOM: This feature enables the photographer to zoom in on the centre of the picture removing the edges of the image...

Inside Camcorders: Terms, Definitions, DVD Formats/Capacities - What Camcorder is Best for You? by Jennifer Johnston-Giuliano
WHAT IS THE CAPACITY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MINIDV AND FULL SIZE DVD’S? DVD’s come in Two Sizes. The mini CD size of 80 mm (about 3 1/8” in diameter) and the Standard CD size of 120 mm (about 4 ¾” in diameter). The Full Size DVD’s look just like Standard CD’s. ... A digital camcorder's optical zoom involves the use of actual moving lenses to zoom in (like in a binocular) while the digital zoom goes in closer digitally and enlarges the picture electronically. ... WHAT IS THE DIFFERENT BETWEEN OPTICAL ZOOM AND DIGITAL ZOOM?

Scoping Out the Best Digital Camcorder by Morgan Hamilton
I put a lot of research into purchasing my first digital mini DV because I wanted to have the best digital camcorder. At that time, I thought that it would be cool to become an amateur filmmaker. I had some success with the few movies I made. My movies had been shown at local film festivals and... The equipment I purchased wasn't one of those digital optical zoom pieces of junk. ... A lot of pawnshops now have stolen digital camcorders available. ... Tragedy struck as I was shooting what I thought would be the best movie with the best digital camcorder.

Getting more Battery Time from your Digital Camera Battery by Ziv Haparnas
Like other portable consumer electronic devices digital cameras use batteries as their power source. All batteries have one major drawback: they only last for a limited time. In this article we will explain what camera features consume the most energy and how you can squeeze more life time out... Digital cameras have motors the move the lenses either to change the zoom or to focus. ... Turn off the LCD and use the viewfinder: Use the optical viewfinder instead of the LCD for composing your photos.

The MEGXON MX7 Digital Camera by Alan King
The MEGXON MX7 Digital Camera is a powerful camera with a number of useful features. The camera produces a maximum eight megpixel resolution, 3264x2448 in an interpolated mode. It can also support true 7 megapixel 3072x2304, 5 megapixel in 2560x1920, 4 megapixel in 2304x1728, 3 megapixel in... The camera has a 3x optical and 5x digital zoom. ... The camera has a built in timer, flash and microphone and the usual playback modes. ... The camera can take normal pictures, black and white, sepia and RGB.