which is a better type of zoom on a digital camera digital or optical?
im buying a camera and one has 5x digital and the other has 5x optical. which is better please answer
Optical zoom = zooms closer to the subject then takes the photo
Digital zoom = takes the photo then zooms in on it, and makes it all pixellated.
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