On Thursday 26 October 2006 03:31, David Savage wrote: > At 04:53 AM 26/10/2006, Frits Wüthrich wrote: > >On Wednesday 25 October 2006 14:41, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > This is great news! Pentax has really outdone itself this time, > > > providing a large focal range zoom without the need for a lens. > > > Revolutionary! > > > > > > Shel > > > > > > > [Original Message] > > > > From: Digital Image Studio > > > > > > > > > http://www.digitalcamerawarehouse.com.au/category149_1.htm > > > > > > > > It appears that there is new feature that were weren't aware of, 10x > > > > optical zoom, hmmm. > > > >My *istD goes to 12x, so the K10D is not an improvement in this area. I > >thought I had seen something like 20x somewhere for the K10D, so perhaps > > the 10x is an error? > > That's not optical zoom, or even digital zoom. It's the amount you can zoom > in on the preview image. > > 10x optical zoom is a selling point for P&S cameras not (D)SLR. > > And yes, the K10D has a 20x preview image zoom. > > Dave Exactly.
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