Swiss Cairns

Took this panorama not with the new iPhone 5 but with an M9 and stitched together the resultant photos using PTgui.  I made sure there was quite a bit of overlap between the photos but there are still some artefacts visible if you look closely.

As you can see there were a number of folks on the mountain at Gornergrat Station in the Swiss Alps.   Since the Matterhorn was covered in clouds for the full hour I was there I took photos of Monte Rosa instead.  Apparently those rock piles in the foreground are called “cairns“.

At 3000 meters in altitude the view will literally take your breath away.  If I recall correctly it was 12 degrees celsius in the middle of summer!  Can’t wait to go back there and do some hiking in the future.

Olympus OM-D E-M5, Fujifilm FinePix X100, Leica M9 Sample Image Comparisons

Olympus OM-D E-M5: 1/80 sec @ f/3.5, ISO 320

Fujifilm FinePix X100: 1/80 sec @ f/3.6, ISO 320

Leica M9: 1/90 sec @ f/3.5, ISO 320

Olympus OM-D E-M5: 1/125 sec @ f/3.5, ISO 1600

Fujifilm FinePix X100: 1/125 sec @ f/3.6, ISO 1600

Olympus OM-D E-M5: 1/125 sec @ f/1.7, ISO 1250

Leica M9: 1/125 sec @ f/1.4, ISO 1250

Olympus OM-D E-M5: 1/30 sec @ f/1.7, ISO 1250

Leica M9: 1/30 sec @ f/1.4, ISO 1250