hackertube.io

INCREDIBLE ZOOM | Nikon P1000 | Ben Lomond | Scotland

The Hovering Scotsman · demo · Watch on YouTube

Consumer devices & gadgetsVisual arts, photography & architecture

What it is

Footage shot with a Nikon P1000 superzoom camera showing extreme optical zoom on distant targets from Ben Lomond in Scotland.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited as an eye-opening demonstration of how much a consumer camera can resolve at long range, relevant to privacy and surveillance threads.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “Check out this zoom test and you can see people 3.5 miles away it will blow your mind.”

    Zoom test showing people 3.5 miles away.

    14, 2023-10 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: How hackable are the Meta smart glasses?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: nikon p1000, superzoom, optical zoom, photography, scotland

Also recommended by the same people