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GroWeb wrote:
rafaelcasd wrote:
Interesting IR rendition Glen.
I have been taking photos of cars and the season is almost over, Cruising Grand ended Friday with the Rod Run. There is no weather reason that it could not continue all year.
I have been thoroughly enjoying the 1962 Vette, it is finally sorted out after many 'minor' mechanical repairs and one major one, a new positraction rear axle. Only defect left is the fuel level sender, still need to put it in.
I enjoy the conversations at the shows, this car brings memories: a gentleman stopped by and told me he bought a C1 in 1959 and took it for his honeymoon trip, it was a memory with a sad overtone as his wife had already passed..
Kids love it, look at the driver in this photo: his two brothers looking on:
The parents also loved it, they turned out to be a family on vacation from Israel, this is the mom's turn:
That in the background is a 1000HP convertible ZR1. A Chevy dealer was showing some cars, including two ZR1s so I thought parking my car in front of their exhibit would be welcome, and it was. Note my car is on a red zone, the police were next to us and they did not care for the two hours I kept it there. The dealership employees loved the extra attention their exhibit was getting with my car in it.
I hope the C9 does away with the batmobile angles.
The second person from the left in the photo below, if you read photo web pages, is Ken Rockwell. Friendly guy out reviewing some Canon gear, of couse I told him about my super rare R-Nikkor and plan to have him add it to his lens reviews. Here is a link to his pages.
https://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/nikkor.htm
Considering your direct interest as a vintage car owner and car guy, I can understand why you enjoy the conversations. I only have occasional brief conversations with people, as I have very little to contribute with my minimal vintage car knowledge. I go purely for the photographic fun and the festive atmosphere.
Here are a few visible spectrum photos from the Ocean Idlers show, all taken with the 25-50 f/4 Ai-s on my Fuji X-T4 and Lens Turbo II. Along with the IR set above, these are the only worthwhile shots I got because we (my wife and I) only caught the last half hour or so of the show (the guy in the first image below is heading home).
That chrome really jumps in that last image Glen. Super processing.
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Phong.nh wrote:
500.0 mm f/4.0 P
 _D8E7972in by blurrist lump, on Flickr
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mp356 wrote:
pbraymond wrote:
55mm f2.8 AIS Micro.
Nice image Ray. For allergy sufferers, just viewing this will make their nose itch! 
Scott
The park on my way to work has a few acres of these, with convenient parking! Lots of people (including myself) will spend a little bit of time here before or after work just to relax a little.
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saph wrote:
mp356 wrote:
pbraymond wrote:
55mm f2.8 AIS Micro.
Nice image Ray. For allergy sufferers, just viewing this will make their nose itch!
Scott
Good point Scott, especially with Ray taking the picture with a macro lens 
Up close and personal, Samy. Great to see you on here!
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jimmuller wrote:
New member saying hi. My wife and I were eating lunch in an outdoor setting when another gentleman noticed that I was carrying a Nikon, came over and said hello. That was mp356. He told me about this forum and this thread in particular. In the old days I carried a Nikkormat everywhere, bought round 1973 (I think) with a 50mm f1.4 SC lens, added a 200mm f4 Q, and eventually a 35mm f2.8 S which turns out to have been less useful than I expected. When life took other turns I parked the Nikkormat. My digital photography has been with lesser equipment, typically with limitations.
I always thought it was a shame for that great glass to go unused. So I recently picked up a Z5 II and FTZ II mount. I have much to learn. In the old days you picked your film for the expected situations and then only aperture and shutter speed hindered your (well, my) artistic vision. This Z5 has so many buttons! I'm not happy with the white balance (and don't trust my laptop's screen) but I think I figured that out. When I swap lenses it's usually because I'm in a hurry to grab a shot so I never remember to select new lens type. As a result the metadata is often wrong. Whenever I post a pic anywhere online I never know whether to leave it in native form or crop/reduce it for display on a computer screen.
I welcome any and all advice! The pics I see here are astounding. As soon as the system lets me I will post a few of my own.
Jim
Welcome Jim! I think you'll really enjoy the Z5 with the Nikon manual focus glass; it's my primary body for them.
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