You open the camera app on your phone ready to take a photo and because the subject is a little far away, you tap one of the zoom options in the viewfinder, and settle on a 5x zoom. You frame the shot ...

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The PowerShot Zoom is Canon's digital take on the budget-end monocular range. It uses a CMOS sensor to capture images at 100mm, 400mm and 800mm focal lengths, which makes it handy for outdoor pursuits ...