16x zoom- same picture 14 kilometers away

[Mo]

Hi, here are 2 cool pictures of the same building. One demonstrates great zoom without a big slr lens.

The first one is a close-up:

The next is 14 km away. It is taken on 4x optical and 4x digital zoom, totaling 16x:

The zoom picture is taken with the Casio Exilim EX-P600.
I have more pictures and galleries at http://www.themotec.com/Ole/

Adam

 

[mrsid99]

For comparison, do you have one taken at 14Km without any zoom, optical or digital?

 

[Mo]

I might. I have a lot of pictures, so I'll go look.

 

[Mo]

Ok. I found it. Here is a 600 pixel version:
A added a red loop around the building. (You can barely see it, even on the big picture. But when I looked on the original 6 Megapixel, it was there.)

A larger one is here. Its 1024 pixels.

http://www.themotec.com/Ole/Temp/1000pixel.jpg

Adam

 

[mrsid99]

Now that's impressive!
BTW, I like that last pic in it's own right, nice work!

 

[Mo]

Thanks!

 

[2Stupid2Duck]

Thanks Mo. That's amazing - honestly. Nice shots - all three by the way.

 

[van]

You can definitely tell it is zoomed though with all the grain and loss of clarity. Pretty cool to see this kind of stuff though.

 

[Mo]

Yeah, digital zoom blurs the pixels. It is a bit more effective than just enlarging the pixels, though(On some cameras).