On the streets of Shanghai with the Sony RX10

Ever since he got his hands on a new Sony RX10, my friend Ralf Meier in Washington DC has been brushing up his street-tog cred. He recently took the super zoom, with its 1in sensor, to China and these shots are a record of street life in Shanghai. They are reproduced with Ralf’s permission.

Shanghai with its 30-million inhabitants is the largest city in China and is a fascinating contrast of old and new. Ralf says that much has been heard about the Chinese tendency to bulldoze tradition but he feels that in Shanghai, at least, they are starting to preserve the more important aspects of the past. The French Concession area is one which definitely has a European feel, thanks to the pre-War commercial activity and influx of European traders, and is now one of the major tourist attractions in the city.

在上海的街道上，由索尼RX10拍摄。

自从我来自华盛顿DC的朋友Ralf Meier入手了一台新的索尼 RX 10，他就近乎疯狂的开始了他的“扫街”。最近，他带着这台有1英寸传感器超大变焦镜头的相机去了中国，这些照片就是上海街头的记录。所有照片都经过Ralf的许可而进行了再处理。

拥有三千万人口的上海是中国最大的城市，新潮与古典的结合使这座城市变得令人炫目。Ralf说他一直听说中国人倾向于摆脱传统，但当他来到上海，他感觉到当地人已经开始意识到了保护历史和传统的重要。由于战前繁忙的商业活动及欧洲商人的涌入，上海的法国租界区充满了欧洲格调，吸引了众多游客前来，成为当地热门景点之一。