A Couple From My Street

Just to show some fall colors against the blue sky. And to show that it does rain in California. Not much, but it does.

The Camera You Have With You – Sony RX100

It’s said that the best camera is the one you have with you. You can own the best camera in the world, but if you don’t have it with you (because, say, it is too heavy to cart around everywhere), it won’t be taking any pictures. With that philosophy in mind, I just bought a Sony RX100 – a pocketable camera with a large(ish) sensor:

This camera has been called the best pocket camera ever made  and and The best pocket digital compact of the year…actually…EVER! Hyperbole aside, its large sensor and fast Zeiss lens makes it a camera worth having, unlike most pocketables.

Anyway, the “best camera is the one you have with you” meme proved true this week. Here in northern California, the sky is usually clear blue from horizon to horizon. (Or occasionally gray horizon to horizon, like now.) Very nice, but boring in photos. This week I arrived at my place of work to the sky you see below.

Before I took the shot, I pictured the scene in black & white. Conversion done in Silver Efex Pro, with heavy use of the red filter.

Ordinarily I wouldn’t have had a camera with me and therefore wouldn’t have this shot. Which do you prefer? Is the B&W over-processed?