8525 Camera Questions

Originally Posted by slavetolustnyc

Is there anyway to lower or shut off the shutter sound?

Also, why can't you zoom in when in the regular picture mode?

Originally Posted by pdbogen

The 8525 doesn't have optical zoom (i.e., a physical zoom lens). All it has is digital zoom.
You can't zoom in at full res mode because it doesn't actually *do* anything. All "digital zoom" does is enlarge a portion of the picture. I.e., make half the picture twice as big.

So, you can't zoom because... you can't zoom. There's no way to get more detail out of the same picture. Digital Zoom is a lie camera makers tell you.

If you reduce the quality level, you can use digital zoom. Don't use digital zoom.

Originally Posted by slavetolustnyc

I'm very aware of the difference between optical and digital zoon. When you are in single shot mode, it won't let you use digital zoom, but it works in all the other modes. Is there anyway around this?