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Post by siren676 » Thu Jan 30, 2014 6:08 pm

TehAshleigh wrote:Im prob not going to be shooting again until D1 next month in Taupo, now that the mx is gone im trying to save oodles of cash. Anything thats spare will be likely to go into a lens. Id be keen to check it out if you do any days in pukekohe though, im virtually up the road 90% of the time because thats where Andrew lives. I can always swing by with a body!

Is yours image stabilized though Daniel?
I was also looking at this lens - http://www.trademe.co.nz/electronics-ph ... 710428.htm . ignore the price and stuff, it was just the first one i found on trademe. I wont be able to afford one till the end of d1 season at least though. Rent to pay, etc.
Thats about the price ive seen most stabilised versions of that lens go for.
Mines non-is so you have to refrain from having too much sugar while using it :lol:

As BRM said i too have found a slightly heavier body and lens to have helped my panning a lot on longer shutter speeds.

Not having media pass is a little bit of a pain but it just makes you be a bit more creative in your positioning to get the shots.

Heres some sample shots ive taken on my 70-200mm f4 L non-is (click for full size)

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Post by Mr. Shine » Thu Jan 30, 2014 6:14 pm

BRM wrote:I feel as though the heavier lenses you can get a better handle on panning,
having a light say.. kit 55-250 compared to the weight of a 70-200,
Feels more positive?
Steadies your movements and some times more hits?

Just from what i've noticed playing with all kinds of lenses.

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You may have a good point, though playing around with an 18-105mm DX lens (probably comparable to the 70-300mm VR I'm looking at, and most 55-200mm or similar lenses) I find I grip close to the body anyway, so the lack of weight is kind of nice. D3s is a pretty heavy body though, so maybe I get stability from that while a smaller body would benefit from weight stability from a 70-200mm?
TehAshleigh wrote:Im prob not going to be shooting again until D1 next month in Taupo, now that the mx is gone im trying to save oodles of cash. Anything thats spare will be likely to go into a lens. Id be keen to check it out if you do any days in pukekohe though, im virtually up the road 90% of the time because thats where Andrew lives. I can always swing by with a body!
I'm probably going to go down to Pukekohe on the 6th, I'll flick you a message if so?

I'd definitely suggest something with some form of image stabilisation. I'd been using my old 80-200mm which was originally designed in the film era, and going from that to the Tamron with VC was pretty amazing. Image stabilisation really does help with panning I've found!

There's also the Tamron 70-300mm f/4-5.6 VC as well, if you're in the market for something cheaper. Seems to be quite sharp from others' photos I've found online, has Vibration Control and can be had from Expert Infotech for around $530. Won't be much good for still shots but would be perfect for panning at smaller apertures. I'm currently considering it or a used Nikon 70-300mm.

Just checked and my Tamron was just under $1500 brand new :)

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Post by TehAshleigh » Fri Jan 31, 2014 11:09 am

Cool thanks so much!
Ill look into everything!
Yeah, do flick me a message if youre there, chances are ill just be up the road!!

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Post by Mr. Shine » Fri Jan 31, 2014 10:49 pm

TehAshleigh wrote:Cool thanks so much!
Ill look into everything!
Yeah, do flick me a message if youre there, chances are ill just be up the road!!
Will do :)

Going to pick up a D300 tomorrow as a crop to go alongside my D3S. It's a heavy beast so having a standard-bodied DX camera will be nice for wandering around, and the extra reach will come in use for lightweight sports and wildlife!

Here's several photos I snapped at 4 & Rotary myself. Pretty lazy to go through all of my photos; I'm not much for car shows and think I prefer the action, but here's a few anyway!

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Post by SLYDIT » Sat Feb 01, 2014 9:57 am

Just did some searching and discovered that my issues are common with the 450d. Feck! Looks some manufacturing defect that softens the image.
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Post by CordedBowl » Mon Feb 03, 2014 11:38 pm

Time for a new camera SLYDIT :D?

Cleaned my cars and my friend got his R33 certed and back on the road.

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Post by Mr. Shine » Tue Feb 04, 2014 8:35 am

So crisp 8)

Shifting the darks up in tone curve works really well for those silver tones as well!

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Post by Skilfil » Tue Feb 04, 2014 9:30 am

Corded, what camera/lens were you using? Nice pictures by the way, R33 coupe is my favourite Skyline. They don't get enough love for some reason.

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Post by CordedBowl » Tue Feb 04, 2014 9:51 am

Cheers Mr.Shine, I'm going to learn about and play with the curves when I get home, I've never experimented with them before.

Thanks Skilful, I do love a well done 33 coupe!

Camera is a 550d with a 50mm 1.8, still quite entry level as most of my money seems to go into the MX5 :lol:, all of my photos are shot with the same setup.

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Post by NicF » Mon Feb 10, 2014 12:06 pm

Just got back from a 2700km road trip, all done with roof off! We passed this guy while on the scenic route south from Arthurs Pass, miles from anywhere.

You can see our car reflected in his paintwork. Sorry about the quality, taken with my phone.

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Post by Angreal » Mon Feb 10, 2014 12:43 pm

Been thinking about one day owning an old Ford from the 20s. Be mad cruising around at 30kph and the traffic accepting it ;-)

My input to the thread is that sunblock and sweat on a lens make photos blurry as i found out

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Post by NicF » Mon Feb 10, 2014 12:45 pm

We tend to be a bit more mellow down here in the south.
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Post by CordedBowl » Mon Feb 10, 2014 1:56 pm

OG hoonigan!

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Post by Mr. Shine » Mon Feb 10, 2014 3:29 pm

NicF wrote:Image
Brilliant! :D

So I finally managed to have my Auckland Zoo behind the scenes experience with Chris McLennan as the winner of the Nikon Zoo Snaps competition last year.

Had a great time and Chris brought along some of the big toys to play with, so we were wandering around the zoo with a 500mm f/4 and 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6 as well as a few other bits and pieces. Chris was really laid back and down to earth and we had someone from T. A Macalister/Nikon New Zealand with us taking some publicity shots I guess.

I can't wait to get home from this half day of work and work on the photos!

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Post by BRM » Tue Feb 11, 2014 9:03 pm

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Had a nosey around the pits in my five minutes of spare time...

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Post by Growler » Wed Feb 12, 2014 1:28 pm

BRM wrote:Image

Had a nosey around the pits in my five minutes of spare time...
It doesn't look like that now... :)

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Post by BRM » Wed Feb 12, 2014 2:15 pm

Did you see that crash?
Holy shit.
watched it happen from the pits...
Was pretty painful to see.

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Post by Growler » Wed Feb 12, 2014 4:39 pm

BRM wrote:Did you see that crash?
Holy shit.
watched it happen from the pits...
Was pretty painful to see.
Yeah...Sommet Sport on Freeview had the last 3 hours live on TV.
Was an awesome finish.

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Post by BRM » Wed Feb 12, 2014 4:45 pm

yup =)
Must have seen our car nearly collide with craig lowdes then ;)

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Post by Growler » Wed Feb 12, 2014 7:44 pm

BRM wrote:yup =)
Must have seen our car nearly collide with craig lowdes then ;)
Aha...could have been interesting if he didn't make the pass...

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Post by BRM » Wed Feb 12, 2014 8:26 pm

Yeah,
Was total lack of concentration by our guy..
He drives F5000s and F1s and all that back in UK

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Post by MrGrey » Thu Feb 13, 2014 10:01 am

hello,
I posted some of these images on the MCM forums in this thread giving full credit to the photographers.
http://forums.mightycarmods.com/showthr ... like/page2

if anyone is unhappy and would like me to remove their images then I will do so with haste. I just figured that such fine photography deserved a wider contextual audience.

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Post by BRM » Fri Feb 14, 2014 6:34 pm

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Woah that's huge!
Can't login into my photobuket..

Just found out that my hard drive that has .. like.. 150,00+ photos has shat itself...


I think some of my favorite shots are when it's raining =)

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Post by MrGrey » Fri Feb 14, 2014 7:01 pm

can windows still identify the drive but its unreadable?

I recommend a program called "getdataback" .... more info here:
https://www.runtime.org/data-recovery-software.htm

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Post by Skilfil » Sun Feb 23, 2014 2:33 pm

Heres a couple from a recent trackday, went in the yellow Integra around the track. Good fun, just a bit scary with the BMW race guys, they get pretty close and pass us like we're racing.

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Leon Cupra by Skilfil, on Flickr

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DC2 Type-R by Skilfil, on Flickr

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H22A DC2 Integra by Skilfil, on Flickr

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Gen 1 RX-7 by Skilfil, on Flickr

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MR2 GT by Skilfil, on Flickr

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