4 Responses to “How Much Zoom Does The Canon Powershot Have In It’s Movie Function?”

1. hipp5 says:

   January 3, 2010 at 10:22 am

   My Powershot SD1000 does 3X optical and 12X with digital on movie mode.
   Normally I’d discourage digital zoom because it just degrades image quality and if it really needs to be done can be done on a computer afterward. However, with a movie it’s much harder to crop on a computer so use the digital zoom if you absolutely must. If possible use optical or get closer to your subject, but if using the digital will make the difference between a good movie and a bad movie you should use it.
2. EuroCrac says:

   January 3, 2010 at 1:32 pm

   For the video feature, digital cameras only use the optical zoom capability, in your case 3X. The 12X total zoom and means 3X optical plus 4X digital is for picture taking.
3. fhotoace says:

   January 3, 2010 at 6:43 pm

   3x is the optical zoom … the rest is digital, cropping the already tiny sensor.
4. Nancy says:

   January 3, 2010 at 11:52 pm

   Its 12x
   just checked