What's the difference between optical zoom and digital zoom?
The main difference between digital zoom and optical zoom is that optical zoom uses the movement of the lens focal length to achieve 10 times closer to the shooting target, which can clearly enlarge the image without any loss of image quality. The digital zoom function can enlarge the image 120 times. But the image quality is affected. When a digital camera with optical zoom zooms at a long distance, the sense of space and layering of people or things is better than that with digital zoom, but digital zoom products are more convenient to use.
A camera with optical zoom brings the image closer before you capture it. Your camera does this by moving different lens parts relative to each other. That's why the lens moves when you zoom in with an optical zoom. This brings you closer to the image without losing quality. Note: not every lens allows you to zoom in completely without getting lens errors. Examples of lens errors are.