Stand Back! I Don't Know How Big This Thing Is Gonna Get!
February, 2003
megazoom digital cameras make even the littlest objects look largeIt's not your fault that it's so small. Until recently, the most powerful optical zoom offered on a digital camera topped out at a puny 4x. Now, as digital camera resolutions hit five and six megapixels, the optical-zoom range on a new crop of cameras has been stretched to 6x and even 10x. They will get you near the action without the unnecessary image distortion created by a digital zoom. What's more, the overall lens length is s...
