There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
Some shoots are planned, like the one with the golden fog at the dry dam, as I knew what the conditions would likely be, and I went out to get it. And the snow-tracks "journey", that was planned too. For those I tend to use my Sony a9 and a 17-35 mm ultra angle lens. or a flat 35, or a flat 50. But I bought the iPhone X and I am doing a LOT of experimenting with just what that can do. Because it's a fantastic camera in there.
I have to say this; I really believe that it's not so much about the camera. It's about having an "eye" for the photograph that presents itself to you. The camera/gear is about having the means to show that, (what you see), to other people, and knowing how to use the gear to do just that.