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Digital Camera Glossary - Digital Zoom

by Michael Carr
for About.com

Definition: Enlarging of an image that requires the camera to double the size of the pixels. Due to the doubling of pixels the image begins to become fuzzier and fuzzier as you enlarge.
Examples: I try to avoid using digital zoom because the image suffers.

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