BLOG ARCHIVE 2011
PORSCHE AND MERCEDES MUSEUMS STUTTGART GERMANY
24/09/2011
Car photography at the Porsche & Mercedes museums in Stuttgart
On the way to Stuttgart we stopped off en route at Molshaim in France, home of the Bugatti factory. The town is steeped in the super cars history, and although the factory do not permit tours at all it was still great to see the home of the most expensive car in the world, the Veyron. After lunch we headed towards our stop over for the next two nights, the Lavender apartments which are just outside of Stuttgart. After a great meal in one of the local restaurants we then headed back to the apartments to get some sleep after being up for over 18 hours.
After breakfast we then set off for the Porsche museum, the home of one of the most iconic sports cars ever made, the 911. It seems strange to see just a vast collection of cars from a company most notable for two cars, the 356 and the 911. From tractors and Police cars to Le Mans racers the display was impressive and with a workshop with a viewing area next to the cafe it really is worth a visit. Next stop and off to the even. More impressive Mercedes museum, with it's origins tracing back to Karl Benz's patent motorwagen in 1886 the display of cars, trucks and buses was amazing. We spent the whole afternoon looking through the history from the early years to the current range of family cars and AMG super cars, including the SLS roadster. After viewing the formula 1 cars that Fangio drove and the current crop of technologically advanced racers we then took a look at the new SLS roadster, today was also an official launch evening of the super car in the Stuttgart show room next to the museum. Once we had finished viewing years of automotive history we went back to the apartments, freshened up and then took a train in to the town centre for a meal in the lively heart of Stuttgart. A great few days and worth visiting for anyone who is interested in automotive history.
During the trip I had taken a recently purchased canon G12, a great compact camera that boasts all of the manual controls of a digital SLR, as well as RAW files it really is a great addition to the kit bag and as a great travel camera. The G12 produces stunning pictures, even with the restraints of the museums dark lighting it coped really well, it's flat base also makes it ideal to sit on the base of Walls and seating so that long exposures can be used on the self timer, and with the ISO of 80 producing really smooth images. It also works well at higher settings, even at 800 and above these are more then capable of being used for commercial work.
After breakfast we then set off for the Porsche museum, the home of one of the most iconic sports cars ever made, the 911. It seems strange to see just a vast collection of cars from a company most notable for two cars, the 356 and the 911. From tractors and Police cars to Le Mans racers the display was impressive and with a workshop with a viewing area next to the cafe it really is worth a visit. Next stop and off to the even. More impressive Mercedes museum, with it's origins tracing back to Karl Benz's patent motorwagen in 1886 the display of cars, trucks and buses was amazing. We spent the whole afternoon looking through the history from the early years to the current range of family cars and AMG super cars, including the SLS roadster. After viewing the formula 1 cars that Fangio drove and the current crop of technologically advanced racers we then took a look at the new SLS roadster, today was also an official launch evening of the super car in the Stuttgart show room next to the museum. Once we had finished viewing years of automotive history we went back to the apartments, freshened up and then took a train in to the town centre for a meal in the lively heart of Stuttgart. A great few days and worth visiting for anyone who is interested in automotive history.
During the trip I had taken a recently purchased canon G12, a great compact camera that boasts all of the manual controls of a digital SLR, as well as RAW files it really is a great addition to the kit bag and as a great travel camera. The G12 produces stunning pictures, even with the restraints of the museums dark lighting it coped really well, it's flat base also makes it ideal to sit on the base of Walls and seating so that long exposures can be used on the self timer, and with the ISO of 80 producing really smooth images. It also works well at higher settings, even at 800 and above these are more then capable of being used for commercial work.
