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Originally Posted by SophiaZ (Post 1238104)

FIrst burn out ever..... Figure 8 in a chuch parking lot at 2:30am.....than WOT down the street and back. What a great feeling! The smell of burnt tires are my biggest turn on ;)

:tup:

Trying to decide if we are going to drive the Z to NoVA today(GMU). Our daughter has to have her wisdom teeth pulled tomorrow and is working a summer internship up near school. We are going to stay tonight and take her to her appt tomorrow. Z or Xterra....

We took the to roadster our for frozen yogurt last night. :driving:

Passed 15k and am now getting the service alert. She will go to the dealership this week.

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Originally Posted by FromG2Z (Post 1237733)

Thanks Beach... your edit on Nitex's shot looks awesome. What did you do and how did you do it???

I use Adobe Lightroom for most of my editing. Lots of things you can do but most of what I did in that shot was exposure control.

Here is a shot with exposure change in different areas so that you don't loose all of the detail in the shadows...

http://www.the370z.com/members/beach...36599-g2z1.jpg

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Originally Posted by Nitex (Post 1237739)

^^ yes, ty beach! Looks great. One thing im noticing was over-bright metering and exposure in most shots. Im going to try to find a filter before i move on to another full on DSLR. Its nice have such a small camera but price is right there for something like a T2i/T3i.

I do have control over this with PASM modes on the NEX 5.. I guess i just need to keep tweaking it.

You should be able to change your metering/exposure compenstaion so that have less exposure. I almost always shot at -.3 or -.7 in sunlight on any Nikon body.

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1237777)

i was just doing practice shots today in raw + fine jpeg format. i wanted to compare how much more control i would have on the editor's side in extreme lighting.

i found out that there's really no magic to raw. if the exposure is f-ked up it's just as bad as doing jpg editing using levels, saturation, and some sharpening, brightness recovery. honestly my goal is to hit the shot right from the camera and do very minimal editing so im going to just use jpeg-normal format for now. :tup: it's good enough for me. :)

I almost always shoot raw (especially when shooting for a client) because it gives me greater ability to recover in the event that really blow a shot. :tup: I also find that if I am shooting a loot of zoom, you get a lot more detail which is helpful when you are cropping in close for an ultra tight shots... say soccer or wildlife.

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Originally Posted by Fire (Post 1237944)

Yup wind deflector From. First pic is the deflector(yes it's covered in fingerprints in th pic) and second pic shows where it is(it was taken before the sticker was put on). It's a vert thing:ughdance: I'm not getting my windows done cause they are onlyup when the car isn't being driven or that very short time that it is in the rain.

Looks good! I need to do mine.

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Originally Posted by Waizzz (Post 1238038)

Got the front windows tinted again after getting a ticket a few weeks back. I opted for a shade lighter than the rear windows although this pic is a tad hard to tell:

http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/u.../photo-192.jpg

Nice shot and beautiful car! Lookin good! :tup:

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Originally Posted by SophiaZ (Post 1238104)

FIrst burn out ever..... Figure 8 in a chuch parking lot at 2:30am.....than WOT down the street and back. What a great feeling! The smell of burnt tires are my biggest turn on ;)

In the Churchlady voice from SNL.... "What would make you drive your shiney sports car like that? Could it be.......SATIN?" Sorry couldn't resist. ;)

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1237782)

pedel- your b-pillars look :tup: nice job!

Thanks Kenchan!

I changed the time in my Z as it was in hour behind, but why can't we have the speed instead of the clock, I hate that and miss that with my past Z's.

Motored my Z and QD'ed afterwards. :D was a good drive. :p
Cleaned up the engine bay as well. I hate dust in there.

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1238266)

Motored my Z and QD'ed afterwards. :D was a good drive. :p
Cleaned up the engine bay as well. I hate dust in there.

:tup: I am going to be boring and just wash and dry the 370 today. ZZZZZZZ

Then I am going to try to get soem hummingbird shots at high shutter speed with the 7D.

Who is going to start the DSLR thread?

Finished remounting my left Shine add on and Evo-R diffuser and swapped out 15mm spacers for 20mm

http://i53.tinypic.com/s6ssoj.jpg

Yeah TT i need a better editing software. This sony stuff is.. ok. This was my first attempt at editing a photo, and im sure it shows :icon17:

So overall i like the shots but they are still abit soft. It is what it is for a mirrorless compact with SLR sensor/lens. Im still working on apeture, metering and so on, but im wondering if its a lost cause with this camera.

I bought the 2.8/16 to see if it made any difference over the kit lens 3.5-5.6/18-55. Most of these were taken with the new 16mm.

Problem however is a mysterious red dot keeps showing up in my shots. Could this be the editing software? I tried to get some air in there to see if it was dust. Anythoughts? (see the first shot front bumper drivers side, second shot lower left hand corner of my door panel, and in the same general location of all the shots.)

http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/o...5/DSC00118.jpg
http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/o...Zenh200001.jpg
http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/o...Zenh100001.jpg
http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/o...5/DSC00128.jpg
http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/o...5/DSC00113.jpg
http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/o...5/DSC00110.jpg

Those red dots almost look like street lights, other than that if they are not street lights then it must be the camera as editing software will not do that.

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Originally Posted by christian370z (Post 1238291)

Those red dots almost look like street lights, other than that if they are not street lights then it must be the camera as editing software will not do that.

Yeah, i see the 2 street lights in the door/fender join you mention. Its hard to see in these compressed shots. Its definately the camera.. And its going back today.

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Originally Posted by onzedge (Post 1238271)

Sounds relaxing. :D

In for humming bird shots. :tup: I suppose we can start a DSLR thread in the photography forum. :D

Nitex- looking good. :tup: I likes the bottom one. Looks like a sig pict

98- don't tell me you're using the factory wrench and cheezo jack? :icon14:
carguys should atleast have a ratchet and socket set + hydraulic jack for lowered cars. :icon17:

Beach, thanks for the tips... Adobe lightroom eh... It looks like you can adjust exposure in certain areas only and not the whole pic? If so, that is very cool. I use Capture NX2, but I didn't think you could do sectional exposure adjustment. I might have to get lightroom...

That looks so bada$s trips, wow! I love how all the matte black trim ties into each other so well, very well done. :tiphat:

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1238328)

OK -- here is a new thread for DSLR-related stuff and junk:

http://www.the370z.com/photography/4...ml#post1238407

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Originally Posted by Triple's (Post 1238375)

Installed my new UAM rear add-on spoiler :)

Wow, your car looks great Triple's!

Tripples, I really like the front picture showing the wheels and the hood. The hood looks soooo good on your car.

I added the H&R DRS spacers to the front today. 15mm set up all the way around. I probably would have been happy with 10mm. What do you think?
Crappy iphone pics SIA

http://www.the370z.com/members/zeein...tuds-tight.jpg

http://www.the370z.com/members/zeein...t-too-dark.jpg
http://www.the370z.com/members/zeein...t-too-dark.jpg
http://www.the370z.com/members/zeein...t-too-dark.jpg

Had a bit of time to add a flag mount for the camper.

http://www.the370z.com/members/zeein...-one-house.jpg

Anybody know if the UAM add on spoiler will fit the Spoiler Solutions vert wing?:rock: Oh a link to thier site would be kewl:google::worship:

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Originally Posted by FromG2Z (Post 1238353)

that's wat the pro's like Beach uses. :tup:

for me, im using the watered down version called Photoshop Element9. does basically everything you mentioned (you would use layers and paint) plus the basic photoshop editing. :p go to youtube and search photoshop element 9. some lady does some demo's with a sunflower which is pretty impressive.

for me i only use the level and highlight adjustment, saturation, sharpen if i screwed up and shook the camera a tad. :D

also play around with gimp. it's free and does basically the same things. :)

zeeingaround do you have shots of your car? :confused: :p

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Originally Posted by BeachZTT (Post 1238238)

Nice shot and beautiful car! Lookin good! :tup:

Thanks, here is a better shot to show the difference

http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/u.../photo-193.jpg

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Originally Posted by Triple's (Post 1238375)

Installed my new UAM rear add-on spoiler :)
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-t...2/DSC_0310.JPG

Nice, I have never seen something like that before, pretty cool.

I will inspect it next week :tup:

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Originally Posted by Triple's (Post 1238375)

Installed my new UAM rear add-on spoiler :)
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-t...2/DSC_0310.JPG

Reminds me of an old RX-7. I like.

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1238513)

zeeingaround do you have shots of your car? :confused: :p

Sorry about that.

http://www.the370z.com/members/zeein...quick-wash.jpg

The next pictures will be with a decent background.

oh **** he does have a nice lawn

Zeeingaround- nice～! :tup:

Looking great Everyone! No Z for me today. In the waiting room at the dentist outside Fairfax waiting for my daughter. We left the roadster at home because it was storming. Fortyfive minutes into the trip it cleared up and has been beautiful ever since. I will check out the DSLR thread when I have a little time.

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Originally Posted by ElinFC3 (Post 1238954)

oh **** he does have a nice lawn

Any mower mods??? Pics???

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Originally Posted by onzedge (Post 1239270)

Any mower mods??? Pics???

:icon18: need to lower that handdolly too.

Yesterday, installed Brian's backup camera and bypass kit and the GT-R button.

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Originally Posted by Roadster4Us (Post 1239292)

Yesterday, installed Brian's backup camera and bypass kit and the GT-R button.

Nice... :tup: please elaborate on this Brian's backup cam. :)

Man... I thought I had the best looking lawn, not only for myself, but my neighbors as well... dang, zeeingaround, now I have competition :D

So today, I drove Zena to the gym at 5:30, then on to work, as it will be a hot, humid, yet sunny day. Ahhhh... nothing like starting my day out right with some weights, cardio, and some major kenchaning......... :D

^^^Another nice lawn. Let's start a lawn thread! "What did you do with your lawn today?"

I forgot to add that yesterday, we also went on a "bruise"... a new word I invented (unless someone claims rights to it...hehe). A brunch and cruise. Decent food, but was more fun in the get together and the drive there. I'll post pics tonight.

washed yesterday after 2 weeks of rain and road trips :)

More work on my gauge install. Taking metal plate to get powder coated this weekend.

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Originally Posted by 370zproject (Post 1239343)

washed yesterday after 2 weeks of rain and road trips :)

I haven't washed mine since mid June:shakes head:

I pulled my Z outside before work to let the 3M tape cure some more. I think I'll drive it to work after I go home for lunch.

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Originally Posted by FromG2Z (Post 1239305)

So today, I drove Zena to the gym at 5:30, then on to work, as it will be a hot, humid, yet sunny day. Ahhhh... nothing like starting my day out right with some weights, cardio, and some major kenchaning......... :D

im amazed how anal you are with rock chips yet you take your wife for sushi and go to the gym to pump up, etc. :D

i started my day with more coughing from the kids so i came to work for 1/2 day and will trade places with the wife in the pm as she needs to go to work too. :rolleyes: ive used up vacation hours for wife's back last month, kids' colds... no vacation time for kenchaning for me. :crying: lol :rofl2: my vac hours are being reset this week. :tup:

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Originally Posted by onzedge (Post 1239307)

^^^Another nice lawn. Let's start a lawn thread! "What did you do with your lawn today?"

:icon18: lol! we should take closeups of grass in the DSLR thread... :D

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Originally Posted by SPOHN (Post 1239384)

More work on my gauge install. Taking metal plate to get powder coated this weekend.

nice, wat color are you thinking of doing? :)