You puzzle me with this one.
Zoom is Zoom
10X is more powerful than 3X
regardless if it optical or digital.
Digital zoom has little value.
Anything it can do, you can do equally well with software.
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Which is more powerful 3x zoom or 10x zoom?? Just want to make sure that the opposite is true in the case of lenses.

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