Re: How bad is digital zoom?

In article <42cc447f$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "per" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Most cameras have digital zoom.
> All reviewers say it's worthless.
> Crop it and enlarge it in Photoshop, and the pic will be much better, they
> say.
> Is that all there is to it?
> If you have access to the RAW file, maybe, but on a point and shoot with a
> compressed jpg output, could not the camera processor make a better jpg
> compression with less surplus input?
> Have you seen any comparisons on the web between digital zoom and Photoshop
> enlargement?

Try it and find out. Digital film is reusable, so feel free to
experiment.
.

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