What is the diffrence between a digital zoom and optical zoom??

Question

What is the diffrence between a digital zoom and optical zoom??

Answer 1

Optical zoom is the same kind of zoom as on a film camera.  It gets closer without losing resolution.  A digital zoom basically just crops the photo as you're taking it.  It reduces the quality of the photo, but can still be helpful if you need it.

Answer 2

A digital zoom can go way farther than an optical. Optical is just a regular zoom but with my digital I can zoom in a something really far away.  

Answer 3

Digital zoom is "fake" zoom. It makes the picture bigger but with loss of resolution.

Optical zoom is real zoom. The picture is bigger and the resolution is still good.