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Small body, huge focal length: Cheap compact cameras with extreme zoom motifs get closer than ever. has the blogs ONLINE Zoom miracle of Kodak, Olympus and Pentax tried.

 

To the expensive 350 euros, half a kilo of heavy and as big as a Coke can - the new compact cameras Ultrazoom the major manufacturers are in a class by itself. They create with their fixed lenses used up a 24 - or 26-fold zoom, but also lightweight wide-angle shots.

About this design with a variety SLR wants, drags with several kilos of equipment, must be between two or three lenses to change and make sure more than a thousand euros to pay.

With the new freedom to the camera manufacturers lure buyers. The argument: wide lens for little money. Such models, many companies in this spring out: Kodak (Z980), Olympus (SP-590UZ), Pentax (X70) and Nikon (P90). They make these cheap digital cameras zooming their own competition, you might say. Finally, it was yet another argument for SLR cameras, the wide range of focal lengths with the interchangeable lenses.

Large focal length for relatively little money - what's the catch with this offer? blogs ONLINE probiert the new Ultrazoomer from: