"Super Zoom" Cameras

On 2014-11-15 23:01:40 +0000, John McWilliams said:

On 11/13/14 PDT, 2:02 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2014-11-13 20:57:14 +0000, John Turco said:

With these devices now having reached 65x optical zoom (35mm
equivalent), where will it end? What's the practical limit? Will 100x
ever be achieved?

Discuss, please!

John

The old resident expert on these things seems to have dropped off the
planet, and all of us are thankful for that.

Who, Steve Young??

Nope! I speak of the troll who went by any of many shifting identities
one of which was "Superzooms". Needless to say, he was a rabid advocate
of the super zoom cameras of the 2008-2010 era and attacked anybody
shooting with, or recommending any other type of camera.

Fortunately he hasn't been around for 3-4 years now. I think his
mother's basement, somewhere in Minnesota, must have got flooded.
Most of his rants went something like this, perhaps you recall him:

"I am here to be sure to correct all the blatant misinformation,
misconceptions, and lies that you resident-troll pretend-photographer
scum (or just really crappy snapshooters) incessantly spew to the
world. Why should someone who actually OWNS or wants to buy a REAL
camera get the wrong advice from all of you totally ignorant
role-playing boobs.

Tattoo that on your forehead in case you forget tomorrow. But flip it
right to left so you can read it."

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Regards,

Savageduck