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The reason why Canon did not increase optical zoom the the flagship model is because, they have much larger Sensors 1/2.6 sensor vs 1/4 sensor... which is much smaller.

If you noticed the HFS100 lens is much larger than the original HF100 since the sensor size is much larger on the newer model.


IF you have a much larger sensor and wanted 15x optical you most vastly increase the lens size.

That's why canon separated the two various types of models.....]]>Jan 9th 2009 2:23PM