Today, first-class observation cars with panoramic windows let leaf-peeping tourists zoom through the hill country in one day.
Other features were basic: a 2x digital zoom, self-timer and standard and night shooting modes.
The Handycams offer a new zoom seesaw level with multiple speeds for smooth, silent lens adjustments.
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If we zoom in we can clearly see the blue line even slip below zero.
The high-end Schneider lens offers a 24mm, ultra-wide focal length and 3x optical zoom.
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The Olympus Stylus 730, a 7.1 megapixel model with 3x optical zoom, a 3-inch LCD.
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You can peel back anatomical layers, zoom in, and navigate to parts that interest you.
By rotating two fingers in a turning motion on this loupe, you can zoom in closer.
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Speaking of those gestures, we found pinch-to-zoom and two-finger scrolling to be incredibly responsive.
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There's also a way to Zoom in on just a small area of the screen.
In back, the collapsible zoom lens, xenon flash, and aluminum battery cover mimic a point-and-shoot camera.
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Once items are on the press you can then resize, rotate, and zoom matching your specifications.
This results in far higher quality results than are achievable with conventional digital zoom.
You can go, for instance, to your current street address, then zoom out quickly.
However obvious the idea seems, zoom binoculars are rare in the stratosphere of sport optics.
By eliminating the need for the zoom lens, the new technique avoids this drawback.
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With Super Resolution technology, double the digital zoom is available, with virtually no image degradation.
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The 28mm wide-angle lens with 5x optical zoom aids in capturing great shots from a distance.
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Zoom 09 runs from 20th to 23rd January at five venues across south Wales.
The camera tilts and zooms, and has a zoom mode high resolution enough for reading text.
The Predator comes equipped with radar, seven video cameras, an infra-red sensor and a powerful zoom.
Zoom in on the diver in the photo and you can see a characteristic Photoshop halo.
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Only then may Nike send you information about, say, the latest Air Zoom shoe.
The 16x optical zoom of the HDC-SD10 and HDC-TM10 is supported by the Advanced O.
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Freight trains will zoom to and fro, boosting the shambling economies of southern Europe.
Not only will the costs of borrowing zoom, but terms will become much tighter.
By simply making a circular hand motion, users can control the camera's zoom functions.
The visual, often imitated, has become known as a "dolly zoom" or "trombone shot".
Zoom in, pan out, and rotate using multi-touch in any conditions and even with most gloves.
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Such gizmos have helped Rockwell zoom ahead of its bigger aerospace and defense brethren.
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