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Re: Has "digital zoom" finally come of age?

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From: david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid (David Taylor)
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Subject: Re: Has "digital zoom" finally come of age?
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2023 08:40:10 +0100
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by: David Taylor - Mon, 19 Jun 2023 07:40 UTC

On 19/06/2023 03:50, RichA wrote:
> I remember when we ridiculed this in P&S cameras, because all it did was re-frame the image at the same linear resolution. A crop in other words so you could avoid doing it out of camera. A time saver really. But no extra resolution was possible in any given area of the image.
> Now, it's possible they've improved this function (despite its "bending the laws of physics" feel) so that resolution increases have been achieved. Or it could just be A.I. at work.
> You have to view the image here at the "Large" size setting on Pbase to see it all, then "Original" for full resolution.
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> https://pbase.com/image/173740288

I have to admit that I would not have chosen such a subject for this test.
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Cheers,
David
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