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tour ×  I want to buy a new snapshot camera. Because i want a
new one with geo-tagging, I haven't such a great choice. So the
following three cameras are my favorites:,207072,208802    •
Canon Powershot SX230 HS   • Sony DSC-HX7V   • Panasonic Lumix
TZ20  But now they look all very similar to me. The biggest
difference I can see as a beginner is the optical zoom. Is this
correct? Or is there a more important difference that I can't
see?  And if it is only the optical zoom. How much is the
difference between 10x and 16x? Do I feel any difference?
share|improve this question Similar question about digital
zoom:… –  Imre Dec 19 '11 at 16:16 add comment  3 Answers  up
vote 8 down vote accepted  I never tried to hold a 384e mm zoom
on such a camera, but as @dpolitt mentioned it might be very
difficult. You may want to try that at