Nearly all digital cameras have a macro mode. You'll know if yours has one because one of the menu buttons will have an icon of a flower on it. This switches the camera into a special close focus ...

Yesterday, a 50x zoom was a big zoom. But the 125x zoom lens on the new Nikon Coolpix P1000 makes other superzooms seem short in comparison. The lens is the equivalent of a 24-3000mm lens on a DSLR.