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Troubleshoot/Digital vs Optical Zoom
Digital vs. Optical Zoom
Optical Zoom
- The focal length changes
- Zooms in without losing resolution
Digital Zoom
- The focal length doesn't change
- The image just enlarges on the particular zoom spot and loses picture quality.
See the example below.
Please note this camera in regular view.
This is the same camera using 12x Optical zoom.
This is the same camera using 12x Digital zoom.