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What is the difference between optical and digital zoom? Which is better and why?

April 26, 2017difference digital optical zoom

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What is the difference between optical and digital zoom? Which is better and why?

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Optical zoom closes in on a subject and magnifies its details. Digital zoom enlarges the pixels of an image without improving detail. A digitally zoomed picture is larger, but not clearer. For this reason, optical zoom is often called “true zoom” and is better than digital zoom.