Olympus E-PM2: Small Camera, Big Surprise

amalric wrote:

knickerhawk wrote:

amalric wrote:

knickerhawk wrote:

amalric wrote:

Another feature you might find interesting is the digital 2X zoom: contrary to others it is a high quaity one, with pixel binning to give the full 16 Mpx while cropping.

I'd LOVE to see your source for this creative explanation of Oly's digital zoom function.

Here it is, from the horse's mouth:

When assigned to the Fn1 button, the digital tele-converter function produces a telephoto effect which magnifies the center part of the image by two times. The excellent pixel interpolation performance of the TruePic VI image processor makes it possible to zoom while maintaining high image quality. Using this function allows a 75 - 300 mm super-telephoto lens to provide a zooming range equivalent to 1200 mm on 35 mm camera lenses, making it easy to achieve high magnification.

http://www.olympus-imaging.co.in/products/dslr/em5/feature/05/

You do realize, I hope, that "pixel interpolation" is not at all the same as "pixel binning" and that "magnif[ying] the center part of the image by two times" means that you are not using the "full 16Mpx while cropping" as you claimed above. Sorry to burst your bubble, but there's no magic going on that allows Olympus to avoid cropping (throwing away) a large amount of the image when it does its digital zoom.

As always you are putting words in my mouth, little man.

And as always, you're bungling basic concepts.  Let's start with YOUR words from YOUR "mouth."  How is Oly utilizing "pixel binning" in its digital zoom function?  Once we clarify that, we can move on to the next part about how Oly is "giv[ing] the full 16Mpx while cropping."

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