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Old 09-14-2004 | 08:59 PM
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Thanks for the compliments on the pics. My wife had a *great* time trying to get any good pics with the constant breaking, accelerating, and turning. IMO, getting anything was an accomplishment.

We do have a few lessons to learn from this outing and hope that each time we make it to an event, the pics keep gettin' better.

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-Dave
Old 09-14-2004 | 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Lovetodrive2000,Sep 14 2004, 05:08 PM
Hope the drive down wasn't toooooo fast

The 132 must have been in KM.... I never went above 124 mph!!
There were a few occasions where the caravan got separated and that darn defective throttle got stuck wide-open (again) causing us to get caught back up. It's amazing how it fixes itself as soon as traffic starts to come up.

As of the 132... I believe my dash has a problem where 8's look like 13's... So, it really should have been 82 MPH going down a hill.

With me being a former '93 RX7 R1 owner, it may become obvious that I don't know what to do with a reliable car, as these weird "problems" keep popping up with the S... Maybe it is just in my head. -heh -heh

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Old 09-14-2004 | 09:08 PM
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Great pics! The clarity on them is awesome.

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Old 09-14-2004 | 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by DEIGER,Sep 14 2004, 08:08 PM
Great pics! The clarity on them is awesome.

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Yeah the pics where she is not shooting through the windshield or windblocker are nice and crisp with the Canon 10D, and even some of them are surprising pretty good as well.

BTW, the video is starting to look somewhat interesting... It is a shame that all the videos that I shot were of runs where there were a lot of slow downs.... Another lesson learned... bring A LOT of tapes.

-Dave
Old 09-14-2004 | 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by daverx7,Sep 14 2004, 08:24 PM
Yeah the pics where she is not shooting through the windshield or windblocker are nice and crisp with the Canon 10D, and even some of them are surprising pretty good as well.
I know it's bad when you quote yourself... but I saw this picture from Killboy's site and I wanted to show that Laurie was taking pics throughout the dragon through all the different windows/screens.

Killboy's pic of us taking a pic of him

She's amazing by not getting seasick or injuring herself with the camera.

-Dave

(edit to correct URL address)
Old 09-14-2004 | 10:09 PM
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awesome pics!!!
Old 09-15-2004 | 12:43 PM
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Those really are good pics.

What camera?
Old 09-15-2004 | 05:01 PM
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Sweet shots
Old 09-15-2004 | 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by MrClean,Sep 15 2004, 11:43 AM
Those really are good pics.

What camera?
It's a Canon EOS 10D.

It has recently been replaced with Canon EOS 20D, so the price should start dropping or more used ones popping up on ebay... However, get ready to spend some bucks for good lenses as you can keep reusing them as the body becomes outdated (i.e. megapixels increasing).

However, watch out for some of the 10D's having a focus problem... Our first one had to be replaced because of that problem...

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Old 09-15-2004 | 07:32 PM
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Not to go OT, but if you are looking for a digital camera, you don't need over 6 megapix unless you are going to print poster size prints. If you are going to print even paper size photos or put pix on The Net, 6mp might even be going overboard.

Here are a few shots from my Digital Rebel, you can get this for 899-999 new, cheaper if you look.










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