On 10/22/05, Matthew Carless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks for your answer,
>
> I'm still a bit confused because the specification of the hardware
> states that it can capture still images @ 1600x1200.

Are you using a digital or analogue camera? I would expect that it
will capture a digital still image capture, which you'd have to
transfer digitally. You'd really need to look at the documentation
that came with your camera.

Have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAL and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTSC for more information on the format
descriptions, you're limited by the card to the standard PAL/NTSC
format.

> Is this just cards specification being hyped up by the manufactures and
> the actual resizing work is done in the windows software, a bit like
> what happens with budget scanners?

I belive most manufacturers call real zoom "optical zoom", and
software zoom "digital zoom". This doesn't usually affect the size of
the capture, it'll still be the same size (and reslution), just with
one area zoomed in on.

Cheers,

Ross

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