Will above specs give you a total of 60X zoom power ?

These feature on a SANYO digicam that I'm planning to get.

yes, 5 optical X 12 digital = 60x zoom

but bear in mind, the digital will cause the image resolution drop
digital zoom is actually same with computer zoom function..
if you zoom 1200% on your computer, you will see the image become really blur...

basically digital zoom is only recommended if the camera have a high effective pixel.

This post has been edited by cpteoh: May 30 2007, 05:45 PM

Only look at optical zoom. Digital zooms are just pure gimmicks.

cpteoh told you a very good point. Pls don't rely on digital zoom.

all the advices by the above sifu are rite, i disabled digital zoom feature on my dc so that i won't use it accidentally

for picture yes, digital zoom is useless, you can crop and enlarge the image yourself using any image program.

but i find digital zoom quite useful for video when i just wanna focus on specific area, eventho it doesnt do any real zooming, very troublesome to do it in video editing prog.

This post has been edited by greyPJ: May 31 2007, 08:41 AM

ok noted.

just wanted to clarify that is it not 5 + 12 = 17x zoom.

camcorder mode...probably using 320 X 230 resolution reording.

This post has been edited by thechallenger: May 31 2007, 09:05 AM

Get higher Optical zoom if u wanna but dont get those wif high Digital Zoom.

Pics u take using digital zoom will come out pixelised.

I never wanna use digital zoom for both my Digiacam & View Cam.

If ur freind have a digicam, I recommend u to try it out first, then u'll know wat i mean.

what model u plan to get?

i just won XACTI CA-6 (sanyo) at lelong.com.my

have yet to received unit.
but got extra splash proof...can use at beach or near waterfall..

will review it later.

i hope the pic quality is good.

for making youtube short movies project.

you can obtain better "digital zoom" using photoshop instead.

haha KY... this is Ken here...from St Cloud....ngek ngek ngek.