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Message: <blockquote data-quote="etudiant" data-source="post: 3387198" data-attributes="member: 48052">That is exactly the point.The human eye uses a much smaller sensor than the 13x9mm  FZ 1000 sensor, so the optics can be correspondingly downsized. The dark adapted eye opens to some 5mm, about the same as the 6x5mm sensor in the 40x Nikon P 900. A more modest zoom allows relatively tiny optics, as shown by the 15-20x power zooms available in pocket size cameras such as the Canon SX 720 or the Panasonic TZ 80.</blockquote>