{"id":30561,"date":"2016-01-25T18:40:50","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T01:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/?p=30561"},"modified":"2016-01-25T18:40:50","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T01:40:50","slug":"a-few-from-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2016\/01\/25\/a-few-from-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"A few from 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>To Stravinsky&#8217;s Petrushka.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/153049866\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<i>Refresh your browser if there&#8217;s nothing there.<\/i><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>I note that half a dozen of these were snapped on the iPhone 6 and only expect that the percentage will rise.  The camera in that tool is outstanding and will only get better.<\/p>\n<p>2015 saw absolutely no changes in my hardware.  I remain deeply enamored of the Panasonic GX7 which remains the best street snapper I have used.  The digital Leica M2.  <\/p>\n<p>What is surprising is how often I have been &#8211; ahem! &#8211; &#8216;borrowing&#8217; my son&#8217;s Panny LX100 for its all-in-one utility.  The fixed Leica zoom on that body may not be up to the definition of the GX7&#8217;s lenses but 24-75mm is perfect for this dabbler.  <\/p>\n<p>And the sheer utility and light weight of these cameras &#8211; cell phone or not &#8211; perversely reminds me how much pure tactile joy is to be had from the big Nikons, the D2X and D3X, which I rolled out in the last week of the year.  The handling of small bodies cannot compare.  Guilt made me dust them off and pop a couple of those gorgeous old MF Nikkors in the shoulder bag <i>en route<\/i> to the City by the Bay for some year end R&#038;R.  Sore neck and shoulders apart, what better end could there be to a fantastic year?<\/p>\n<p>You can read about Stravinsky&#8217;s Petrushka ballet, in all its quirky joy, <a href=https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Petrushka_(ballet) target=_blank>here<\/a>.  If you would like more of the same in a 19th Century idiom, try Debussy&#8217;s &#8216;Children&#8217;s Corner Suite&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To Stravinsky&#8217;s Petrushka. Refresh your browser if there&#8217;s nothing there. I note that half a dozen of these were snapped on the iPhone 6 and only expect that the percentage will rise. The camera in that tool is outstanding and will only get better. 2015 saw absolutely no changes in my hardware. I remain deeply &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2016\/01\/25\/a-few-from-2015\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A few from 2015<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photographs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30561"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30568,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30561\/revisions\/30568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}