Aha.

Digital zoom is no good. Even with a higher resolution sensor, you will still wind up with blurry images when using digital zoom. Digital zoom essentially magnifies the existing image similar to cropping and zooming in a photo editing program.

In this case, better photos will likely require better equipment.
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