While I was in NYC, I went to the top of Rockefeller Plaza to take photos over the city. I had my Fuji S5200 with me, with it’s 10x optical zoom. It doesn’t sound like much, considering you can get as much as 26x now with some point-and-shoots, but it’s still pretty decent.
The following photos were taken pointed in the very same direction, looking South over Mid-town. The first is without the use of zoom, the second is at full 10x. You’ll have to look closely at the first one to make out the building that’s in the second.
I’d love to go back with a 26x Nikon Coolpix P100 sometime, although I doubt I’d be able to hold it as stable as the Fuji at 10x.
