Optical Digital Camera Zoom: Sample pics to help buyers

Before you buy your digital camera, you will want to know what the zoom capabilities are ofthe camera you are about to purchase when using it. To give you an idea I have taken the following pictures and made it easier for you to understand. The first thing you need to know is that Optical Zoom and Digital Zoom are very different. Optical zoom is magnifying an image through an actual lense, which produces a crisp clear image. Digital zoom is simply making the pixels larger through the digital option and will reduce the quality of the image. Sample Outdoor Zoom photosOutdoor zoom is a little different from indoors, in that you may not realize just how little difference to a panoramic view there is when you get to higher telephoto lengths such as 6x optical and beyond.These pictures are taken of a city, from about 15miles away,to show you how close up you can get with a zoom optical lens, and gives you an understanding so when you purchase your camera you can ensure you are purchasing the one you want..---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thispicture is Normal without any zoom---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This picture is taken with 7x Optical Zoom---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This picture is taken with 12x Optical Zoom---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This picture is taken with 12x Optical Zoom