Welcome to my three-minute film of the sights and sounds of Konstanz (English: Constance) in Germany, taken while I was still getting used to my new Nikon P900 Coolpix digital camera. This is a university town on the western shore of Lake Constance (Bodensee in German), close to the border with Switzerland. If you like traditional historic architecture, the variety of age and style in Konstanz’s buildings should delight you.

The famous Romanesque cathedral alone exhibits elements from several other periods: the Gothic and Renaissance styles are there, and the theme continues in the Old Town (Niederburg); just walking the streets looking is a popular pastime, and no wonder: the frescoes on the Town Hall and other buildings make the Old Town into an open air art gallery. About halfway through the video there are some modern buildings, co-existing happily with their historic neighbours. Mozart (who else?) provides the soundtrack, along with some background street noise and at times, birdsong.

The later part of the movie was shot down at Konstanz’s lake-side gardens and port. Here I get a chance to show what the Nikon can do: as the excursion boat leaves Konstanz, I zoom out with the P900 from 2,000 mm (83x optical zoom) to just 24mm, and the ship becomes a tiny dot in the far distance.

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