This week I've been playing with the new FinePix F770 series cameras. There are several models and colors of the F series camera which are Fujifilm's advanced consumer series cameras with a long history of performance and innovation.
One of the amazing new features is the mixture of the optical and digital zoom capabilities. The newest cameras do this very well and even with digital cropping they can get the job done. What sold me on this was the first series of photos I shot out the taxi window when stopped at a light near the Superdome. The initial optical zoom of the F770/750 is 25-500mm and with the digital zoom it brings it out to 1000mm! With further digital processing the camera can reach a staggering 68x zoom which is a 1700mm zoom from a camera which fits in your pocket.
From Zoom to Super-wide Angle, Full Range of Shooting is Available

http://www.fujifilmusa.com/products/digital_cameras/f/finepix_f770exr/
But the page with the really neat tech info is here:
http://www.fujifilmusa.com/products/digital_cameras/f/finepix_f770exr/features/page_02.htmlI am an employee of FUJIFILM North America Corporation.
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