Two weeks after my first downtown test with the Sony A7C, I was back at it from a different vantage point. Instead of walking Congress Avenue and 6th Street, featured in the last three posts, I started at the Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge.

The view from this bridge is my favorite for documenting the ever-growing Austin Skyline. I was there early to ensure I captured peak blue hour. I pushed the limits of the A7C’s modest in-body image stabilization. Leaning against the wall, I managed a 1/5-second exposure.

I’ve shot the Lamar Bridge numerous times, seen from the other side of the pedestrian bridge. And even if the skyline is in full blue hour, I can catch the last gasp of sunset facing west.

As I was walking north, I caught a lone vehicle speeding east on Cesar Chavez Blvd. with the most dramatic section of the skyline as a backdrop. This image was a 1/6-second capture using the wall as support.

Further north, past the Seaholm Redevelopment, I captured the downtown residential bustle outside Trader Joe’s. I like the formation of the three towers, and the typically distracting power lines work to form leading lines. I somehow managed a clean 1/8-second exposure without leaning on any walls.

The modest image stabilization is my biggest gripe with the Sony A7C. I can still make excellent images without it, but having a Fujifilm level of stabilization would reduce my ISO at least by half. However, even with the higher ISO on the Sony, the image quality is still better than with the Fujifilm X-S10. There is a crispness to the image that the Fujifilm lacks, which works particularly well for urban landscapes.

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