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That's a very hypothetical question. Modern optics require huge lenses for any sort of decent zoom (0.5m for bird photographers) and it's not budging. We would
by tormeh 12y ago
That's a very hypothetical question. Modern optics require huge lenses for any sort of decent zoom (0.5m for bird photographers) and it's not budging. We would probably have to discover something in modern physics to make it happen. I get your point, but it's not really relevant to zoom specifically.
- falcolas 12y agoNot as hypothetical as it might seem. Sure, pure optics have a very definite physical limit (and in hindsight, not the best example), but the software and algorithmical improvements to image processing are making it possible to retrieve more and more data from a simple cameraphone image (such as Microsoft's insane video stabilization, heartbeat detection, sound detection, etc). Telephoto lenses are just more relatable to their effect today, which is why I mentioned them.