Notably, this is the first 3 to feature a power zoom toggle placed around the shutter button.

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There's two rings around the barrel, with the first serving as a zoom toggle and the second used as a shutter release.

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It's not all touchscreen, though -- several buttons (controlling a pop-up flash, power, zoom toggle, and shutter release) are also part of the somewhat bulky build.

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Close-up shots required switching the lens to macro mode and getting incredibly close to my subject, rather than flipping the zoom toggle and maintaining a safe distance.

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The camera itself looks very similar to the P310 -- there's a nifty mode dial up top, along with a zoom toggle, control dial, power button, stereo mics and a pop-up flash.

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Doctors and nurses manned consoles where they could toggle on high-definition video cameras that allowed them to zoom into any I.

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