My black 2ss [COTW 6/20/11]

[speedster]

Originally Posted by ddavis

I know!, lucky me

I was getting bored with my current wallpaper so decided to mess with a pic I took a while back of my ride. I needed something fresh on here

Once again - fantastic pic !!

How to take a bad@$$ car and make it look even nastier.

Plus, at first glance it looked almost like you had notched the side Gfx for side exhaust. Just the reflection.

[2010rod]

Just noticed this; congrats Dustin!

[GEEo]

Originally Posted by ddavis

I know!, lucky me

I was getting bored with my current wallpaper so decided to mess with a pic I took a while back of my ride. I needed something fresh on here

Great pic man!!

what Camera are you using if you don't mind me asking?

[ddavis]

Originally Posted by speedster

Once again - fantastic pic !!

How to take a bad@$$ car and make it look even nastier.

Plus, at first glance it looked almost like you had notched the side Gfx for side exhaust. Just the reflection.

Thanks Speedster, I was thinking the same. You know, I think the camaro could work with some side exhausts if done right.


Thanks Rod!

[ddavis]

Originally Posted by GEEo

Great pic man!!

what Camera are you using if you don't mind me asking?

I shoot with a Sony A33 now a days. Its lightweight, and takes great shots. Pretty much sony or minolta lenses, they interchange. I have some old minolta gems from the the 1960's I shoot with at times that i converted over to my new dslr. Funny how the glass back then takes better pics then some of my new lenses . I always shoot in RAW format and adjust them a bit in lightroom.

[battlekat]

those wheels look great, what's the offset on them?
congrats on cotw btw.

[Tx1Lt]

Originally Posted by ddavis

I shoot with a Sony A33 now a days. Its lightweight, and takes great shots. Pretty much sony or minolta lenses, they interchange. I have some old minolta gems from the the 1960's I shoot with at times that i converted over to my new dslr. Funny how the glass back then takes better pics then some of my new lenses . I always shoot in RAW format and adjust them a bit in lightroom.

I've read good things about that camera. And judging from your pics, everything I've read is true. Awesome pics man. They have style.

BTW I found some old minolta lenses that my father-in-law left behind after he passed away. The camera's there too, but how can I use those lenses with a newer camera?

[ddavis]

thx man. Do you know what lenses they are?

[Tx1Lt]

Originally Posted by ddavis

thx man. Do you know what lenses they are?

Here's some pics of one of the telephoto lenses...

[ddavis]

Ok, thats a MD lens. MD/MC need a adapter to work on the new sony dslr lineup. Any A mount lens from minolta will mount up fine though. There is a following of guys over at the Dyxum forum that could prob build you what you need to make it work. Thats how I got my 1.2 58mm rokkor onto my camera. They had to put a chip in the lens for it to benefit from the anti shake and to alert me when the lens has been manually focused correctly. Its hard to focus some of the older lenses, so the chip really helps out in low light.

If your interested in trying to convert it over to a sony dslr i suggest posting over there at dyxum to see what you come up with. Also I have a name of someone that does conversions, I can drop you his email if you think you want to try a conversion. Usually its more trouble then its worth for certain lenses, but for me it was the only way to get a 1.2f since nobody makes a lens that fast anymore for sony. For a 100-200 you have plenty new options that will out perform it, so your money might be better spent on a newer model.

What camera are you shooting with now?

[michschi]

The black and white pic looks sick.

[Blk-Ice]

Originally Posted by ddavis

Thanks, its a pain to keep clean, but personally nothing beats a clean black car, good choice.

+1 Nice ride Bro.....i'm a novice at the engine mod thing but i'm learning a lot from guys like u!

[Tx1Lt]

Originally Posted by ddavis

Ok, thats a MD lens. MD/MC need a adapter to work on the new sony dslr lineup. Any A mount lens from minolta will mount up fine though. There is a following of guys over at the Dyxum forum that could prob build you what you need to make it work. Thats how I got my 1.2 58mm rokkor onto my camera. They had to put a chip in the lens for it to benefit from the anti shake and to alert me when the lens has been manually focused correctly. Its hard to focus some of the older lenses, so the chip really helps out in low light.

If your interested in trying to convert it over to a sony dslr i suggest posting over there at dyxum to see what you come up with. Also I have a name of someone that does conversions, I can drop you his email if you think you want to try a conversion. Usually its more trouble then its worth for certain lenses, but for me it was the only way to get a 1.2f since nobody makes a lens that fast anymore for sony. For a 100-200 you have plenty new options that will out perform it, so your money might be better spent on a newer model.

What camera are you shooting with now?

I'm shooting with a Canon T1i, with a couple of lenses. Just starting to use light room too. I've been using cs5 and dynamic HDR for photo editing. I found tons of presets for lightroom and im going to give it a shot for awhile. Got any presets you can send my way?

[ddavis]

Nice camera!

I do all my settings myself and save them as custom presets for some reuse later on, but thats secret stuff