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<One should not even bother with or consider digital zoom, since 
<Photoshop or any digital progam does the same thing.  


There is one small advantage to digital zoom, which may be of use to 
thruhikers.  As others have pointed out, it does nothing for picture quality or 
battery life.  

A digitally-zoomed shot uses fewer pixels, and takes less space on your 
storage device (flashcard, etc.)  The tradeoff is picture quality but, depending on 
the subject, you can use the digital zoom to get more photos on a flashcard 
before replacing it.  Just don't use it for those grand panoramas where you 
want to capture all the detail!