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Originally Posted by onzedge (Post 1237635)

Nitex -- the Z looks OK but your breakfast looks absolutely phenomenal.

It absolutely was :rofl2:

http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/o...5/DSC00072.jpg

Ken, Fire... thanks for the props. Ken, I will have to look at that site shortly. I wonder how it sounds compared to my Invidia :happydance:

Nitex, awesome shots. Your food pics make me hungry. I don't know if my D60 has panoramic :(

Beach, it seems like everyone's family is from Iowa... lol.... I might be the only Asian guy in this whole state..... lol.

Pedelg, nice pillars... just like mine!!!

So at lunch, I finally got a chance to kenchan my Z to meet a few folks... I took a few pics there, but then took more at a local park and made friends with some geese... :ugh2: 'tis ok as long as they don't doodoo on my ride, I will let them live... hehe.

Here's some shots to prove to Ken that I still have my DSLR :D

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...l%205050/2.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...l%205050/C.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...l%205050/F.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...0/4noplate.jpg

^ Looks great G2Z! love the shots with the Z next to the water

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Originally Posted by Nitex (Post 1237653)

It absolutely was :rofl2:

http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/o...5/DSC00072.jpg

:tup: :tup: :tup:

Kenchaned to get estimate for wind deflector tint and car detail. Should get both done by end of next week :tiphat:

Got these. Oil pressure and water temp.

http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/...dGauges007.jpg

Went to Cars and Coffee with Paul (zero) and a Saab buddy, great times! Spohn, those are going in your custom cubby face plate right? It is going to look amazing.

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Originally Posted by pedelg24 (Post 1237533)

I wrapped the b-pillars in DI-NOC today. It was much easier to do than I thought it would be.

Looks great! I might do that... wait a minute, I don't have pillars. :tup:

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Originally Posted by fullmonty (Post 1237647)

I love this pic, one of the few I've seen that gives that shade of blue credit

Thanks full! I think those three colors are the most dificult Z colors to capture. Morning light rocks!

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Originally Posted by Nitex (Post 1237630)

Took some shots before and after breakfast with the new sony. I still cant decide if im happy with the quality. I started messing with APSM modes, maybe with practice and a filter i can do better.

:icon17::icon17:

Looks good. Defintately good shots. Here is a quick edit for you...

http://www.the370z.com/members/beach...560-nitex1.jpg

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Originally Posted by FromG2Z (Post 1237655)

Beach, it seems like everyone's family is from Iowa... lol.... I might be the only Asian guy in this whole state..... lol.

Here's some shots to prove to Ken that I still have my DSLR :D

Haha, you're killing me. You can't be the only one. I bet there aren't that may Zs there either.

You lake shots look great. I guess it's like riding a bike. :)

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Originally Posted by SPOHN (Post 1237662)

Got these. Oil pressure and water temp.

Those will look good in the custom cubby!

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Originally Posted by Nitex (Post 1237658)

^ Looks great G2Z! love the shots with the Z next to the water

Thanks Nitex!!! Water + bright sun + white car = hard to get exposure and filtering just right... :ugh2:

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Originally Posted by Fire (Post 1237661)

Kenchaned to get estimate for wind deflector tint and car detail. Should get both done by end of next week :tiphat:

What wind deflector tint, Fire???

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Originally Posted by SPOHN (Post 1237662)

Got these. Oil pressure and water temp.

http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/...dGauges007.jpg

Spohn that looks sweet. I'll need to get pointers on wiring from you.

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Originally Posted by BeachZTT (Post 1237724)

Looks great! I might do that... wait a minute, I don't have pillars. :tup:

Thanks full! I think those three colors are the most dificult Z colors to capture. Morning light rocks!

Looks good. Defintately good shots. Here is a quick edit for you...

http://www.the370z.com/members/beach...560-nitex1.jpg

Haha, you're killing me. You can't be the only one. I bet there aren't that may Zs there either.

You lake shots look great. I guess it's like riding a bike. :)

Those will look good in the custom cubby!

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

^^ 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.

I like the panoramic shots Nitex. G2Z nice shots too, looking squeaky clean!!! Nice gauges too Spohn! Im in a great mood, its been a great day. +1 to all!

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Originally Posted by FromG2Z (Post 1237733)

Spohn that looks sweet. I'll need to get pointers on wiring from you.

Got mine from here. Seems easy enough. Will be applying same to the water temp gauge.
http://www.the370z.com/diy-section-d...ure-gauge.html

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Originally Posted by Fire (Post 1237502)

Sorry for yor usb issue. I cannot say that I know how to help. I'm a tech neanderthal. I like my satalite radio but don't own an i-pod, or any other music download device. I just posted in the audio/vid section. I would like to put a nav and rear view camera screen in there. Don't even know if anybody makes such a thing that isn't a radio/cd/satalite touch screen combo. I want simple. LOL

thanks Fire... yah no problem, i ordered a lexar 8GB USB drive for cheap so i should have that all fixed by next Tues. :p i found a 1GB drive im not currently using so i put that in my G and borrowed the G's USB drive to use on the Z. :p

you might be interested in getting a doubledin HU and just swap the entire thing; that'll give you nav, CD/DVD, USB drive playability, sat radio, rear view camera, etc. :) personally i dont really use nav so i just got a cheepo garmin and modshack-mounted bracket. with this i can mount either my droidx's or the nuvi as it's using the same universal mounting ball joint. :p

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Originally Posted by onzedge (Post 1237635)

Nitex -- the Z looks OK but your breakfast looks absolutely phenomenal.

+1, that's a HUGE breakfast, Nitex! :yum:

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Originally Posted by BeachZTT (Post 1237640)

Looking forward to your shots! I could use a drive too. Took the Xterra out this morning and went kayaking with the wife and the dog.

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. :)

G2Z- nice picts!!! :tup: