A few days ago I decided to test the optical zoom (up to 30x) of my new Sony DSC-HX99. From my vantage point at the 9th floor of the CCHMC S-building I focused on certain points in the distance. Window (sorry, a bit dirty) faced west (southwest to northwest). Sorry for the background noise, I think it’s from the building’s heating system. The camera zoom is kind of noisy, but I am generally quite satisfied with the video quality of this camera, especially concerning flight recordings (used it with some new ones that I will upload soon).
A map with the different points shown in the video can be found here:
Highlights:
0:16 Westwood water tower ( (5.36mi/8.56km)
0:50 Covedale Avenue water tower? (not sure about this one) ( (6.21mi/9.9km)
1:18 Smoke from a plastics factory on the Ohio river? (also not sure about this one, as it would be) ( (11.2mi/17.9km)
1:48 Some sort of TV Tower on Cheviot Road ( (6.53mi/10.4km)
2:03 Mount Airy Tanks ( (5.04mi/8.64km)
2:29 A hospice and condominiums on Hamilton Avenue ( (3.97mi/6.35km)
2:52 The Elephant Reserve at the Cincinnati Zoo
3:32 St. Lawrence Church ( (4.19mi/6.7km)
4:16 Mercy Health Hospital and St. Ignatius Loyola Church Bell Tower ( (5.65mi/9.04km)
4:54 Don’t know what that is
5:22 Intersection of Erkenbrecher and Vine street
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