Superzoom compacts with 20X or higher optical zoom

Challenge #37 in the Verbs , action, and misc topics series. Hosted by barb_s.

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Showcase the long reach on a compact superzoom camera with optical zoom able to reach 20X or more. My sample image captured a tiny ant on a flower ~15 feet away, at 150 mm focal distance. I'm interested in what you can capture at a high focal distance like that.

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Feeding Butterfly

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Goes to 24X, this is very slightly less than full zoom.

Camera:	Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ150
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Submitted:	Thursday, 23rd August, 2012 19:49 (GMT)
Taken:	Wednesday, 22nd February, 2012
Focal length:	85.4 mm
Shutter speed:	1/125 sec
Aperture:	F4.5
ISO:	160
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