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Old 07-18-2011, 10:45 AM   #3901 (permalink)
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Sorry I checked out over the weekend but we were crazy busy. Do I break any rules if I try and get caught up in one post?

Ken- car looks great and congrats on the delivery of your new toy. Shots look great. You will be learning new crap for years.

azn- rig shot look really good! Building a rig is on my list of things to do.

edge- carbs/mix gas and air... good stuff. I had a 914 with dual downdrafts and boy were they a pain to tune, but worth the effort.

Nitex- looks and sounds great!

Ok, now on to what I did over the weekend. Cars and Coffee Williamsburg Saturday morning at the Williamsburg Winery (I am one of the coordinators) and a Z/G cruise along the Colonial Parkway afterwards. Just a few shots. I will post more in the Media Gallery later...








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Old 07-18-2011, 11:21 AM   #3902 (permalink)
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What did I do with my Z....

hmmm...NOT A THING! It's been in the body shop for 2 weeks now getting a bumper repaired after a fender bender. I'm having severe Z withdrawals. Every Z i spot on the road whether a 350z or 370z makes me want to be in it. I am currently driving a 2012 Ford focus 4 SEL. I like some Ford vehicles but i'm not digging this one at all. I just want my Z back.
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beach- thanks and your shots look good ... are you using circular polarizer expecially for the first and last shots? looks like you had a good time.

looks like silver is a hard color to get the exposure correct for cheap LCD viewing as it appears the high exposure area gets washed when viewing in smaller shots...

hope i can get more shots in this weekend using the exposure compensation. i have a new circular polarizer coming to me this week along with a hood to compare as well.
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hmmm...NOT A THING! It's been in the body shop for 2 weeks now getting a bumper repaired after a fender bender. I'm having severe Z withdrawals. Every Z i spot on the road whether a 350z or 370z makes me want to be in it. I am currently driving a 2012 Ford focus 4 SEL. I like some Ford vehicles but i'm not digging this one at all. I just want my Z back.
sorry to hear. yah the new focus looks pretty decent for an econobox but i too am TIRED of driving such cars. had to take the FitSport this am to drive the kids to summer camp, drop off the wife at her client's place, etc.

not a good day for kenchaning today. can't even kenchan such car... it's like a super-chef making some 3min cup noodles.
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Beach... Nice shots of ur get together. I wish I had a lot more zs in my area. What camera did u use? Filters or edits? Very nice!

Ken congrats again on ur dslr. From the shots I have seen u r on ur way to great shots.
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not a good day for kenchaning today. can't even kenchan such car... it's like a super-chef making some 3min cup noodles.
Believe me, I've tried and it just isn't the same.
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Thanks Ken... PM me grasshopper and I will enlighten you (no pun intended).

MarkeZ- very sorry to hear. I was without my TT for about a year during my build. Fortunately, my wife had a N/A Z32 that I drove to get me by. Best of luck on a speedy recovery!

Thanks G2Z! I shoot a Nikon D3. The lens I shot Sat was a 28-300mm Nikkor VR with the VR OFF and just a UV filter. I seldom us the VR feature as I find it softens some of my detail. I shoot RAW and use Lightroom for all of my editing.
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Ken congrats again on ur dslr. From the shots I have seen u r on ur way to great shots.
thanks for the encouragement, G2Z. yah, first thing i need to do is get better grip on exposure and control it. thing is out of control still...


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yah, agreed. it's very frustrating when i drive my Fit.

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Thanks Ken... PM me grasshopper and I will enlighten you (no pun intended).

Thanks G2Z! I shoot a Nikon D3. The lens I shot Sat was a 28-300mm Nikkor VR with the VR OFF and just a UV filter. I seldom us the VR feature as I find it softens some of my detail. I shoot RAW and use Lightroom for all of my editing.
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^ beach thx for info. I need to try shooting without gr.
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I found the same thing with my kit lens when VR is on, the images are slightly softer. Then again, I find that many Nikon DSLRs are set to take slightly softer images than many of the Canons too.
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i have my VR turned off on my D3100... hope that's ok. im using daylight and still picts. i dont intend to be taking any picts while im rolling.
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Took a break from my day off domestication to kenchan 25 miles out of the way to go to the Batteries Plus store and pick up some watch batteries for my hygrometers. Turned a 15 minute errand into a hour long joy ride.
I'm really diggin' the way the car feels with the Swifts, although I've noticed that the rear end now makes a lot of clunky noises of bumps and I'm developing more rattles in the hatch area.
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Took a break from my day off domestication to kenchan 25 miles out of the way to go to the Batteries Plus store and pick up some watch batteries for my hygrometers. Turned a 15 minute errand into a hour long joy ride.
I'm really diggin' the way the car feels with the Swifts, although I've noticed that the rear end now makes a lot of clunky noises of bumps and I'm developing more rattles in the hatch area.
sounds like fun!

hummm... are the springs rubbing against the spring carrier or something? would it help to turn the spring by quarter of a turn or not? ive noticed on some cars the spring rubs the carrier if not oriented a certain way.
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I haven't noticed any noises or clunking since I installed mine. I believe I twisted mine into the pocket to ensure they were seated but it has been a while. Definately no hatch rattles...
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