The higher the optical zoom the better. Even small amounts of digitial zoom can look bad. John
I am planning to a Mini-DV camcorder. I was comparing SONY's two models. HC32 and HC42. In HC32 Video resolution is 340K Pixels; 20x Optical and 800x digital zoom. In HC42: video resolution is 690K Pixels; 12x Optical and 480x digital zoom.
I am comparing only on these parameters. Please suggest which one is better choice for Home and vacations use only.

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