Is eight enough?

It seems so long ago now that 5-megapixel digital cameras were all the rage General Public's All the Rage was released in 1984 by I.R.S. Records. Track listing

"Hot You're Cool"
"Tenderness"
"Anxious"
"Never You Done That"
"Burning Bright"
"As a Matter of Fact"
"Are You Leading Me On?"
"Day-to-Day"

. Now, eight might not be enough. Nikon's Coolpix 8700 is an 8-megapixel digital camera that features an 8x optical zoom Changing the focal length of a camera by adjusting the physical zoom lens. All zoom lenses in film cameras and digital single lens reflex (DSLR) cameras are optical zoom. Digital point-and-shoot cameras as well as consumer and prosumer video camcorders have optical zoom, but they also lens and 4x digital zoom Simulating a longer focal length in a digital camera via software. The digital zoom is accomplished via image enhancement software within the camera itself rather than the inherent mechanics of the physical zoom lens. For more details, see optical zoom. , and produces images at resolutions up to 3,264 x 2.448 pixels. ($999.95; www.nikonusa.com)

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Title Annotation:	Hot Picks
Author:	Donaldson, Sonya A.
Publication:	Black Enterprise
Date:	Jun 1, 2004
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