Fuji X10: zoom during exposure

Brisbane at night. January 20, 2012. | flickr

Zoom on Fuji X10 lens is controlled manually, and it is possible to change the focal length during long exposure. The picture above is "out of camera" JPEG taken with such "changing" focal length. The image was resized in GIMP and the unsharpen mask was applied. The exposure time was 1/1.3 sec, at iso 100 and F3.2. I used spot metering and exposure compensation was set to -1.0. The camera was mounted on tripod.

It is possible to use the same trick at day light with neutral density filter.