Well my camera's pretty old but I thought I test it out by shooting a wasps nest on a corner of the house I live in. :O I was at least 15 feet away (15 would be the length hypotenuse, not ground to the wall, to the wasp nest)
It's a kodak Easyshare dX7590 and the picture...well see for yourself O_o;
(it's not a huge wasp nest, but never really seen one before :P)
http://img325.imageshack.us/img325/7093/10005710fz.jpg
