New Year's Day Mini-meet

[monkeytaco]

yeah dude as you were leaving lol, i was the black dude starin at your car outside lol. i was in that silver e34

Lol that's awesome, my brother said "that dude has e30 envy" as we admired your 5 series lol! Now I know why you were lookin, sorry about your e30.

We should car pool up to wings Thursday this week, you can be the first r3v-er to experience my ghetto cruiser e30.

[hyperE30]

nice pictures I wish I would've made it earlier...

[S4lex]

Cool. I'll add my Alpine 325is to the next shoot. Was busy couldn't join that day.

[Atreus]

i have a nikon d60 with a tripod and some lenses if anyone cares... i'm down for local shoots... what kind of cameras do you guys have?

[blefevre]

I just got a D7000 in addtion to my D40, lots of lenses. Just got the nikon 10-24mm which will work great for car shots.

.....Yeah I am a photography nerd, it's my first hobby.

[Atreus]

does the d7k have the AF motor in the body?

[blefevre]

Yes

[monkeytaco]

I had a canon 10d that just recently died (89k shutter actuations lol). I have an interim body which is a rebel t2i, I'll be buying a 5d later this year.

I have a canon 24-70 2.8L that is getting repaired and a mess of other crappy lenses.

The t2i records 1080p vid and takes nice pics with the L lens.

[Cloudbase]

I've got a 20D w/ 17-85mm 4.5-5.6 lens and 70-200mm 4.6-5.8 lens. It's still kicking, but the sensor is getting dated. My point and shoot has a better dynamic range than the cannon! I would like to get a 5D or a 7D at some point, but that point is a long time away!

Point and shoot is a Panasonic Luminex shock proof. It's impressive for a point and shoot.

I had the previous gen Olympus shock proof point and shoot, but the pic quality was horrible. I will say I managed to drop it 1500 feet from my hang glider while stalking a flock of geese. I watched it fall, pulled in and dove all the way to the ground. It hit in a ring of dust and I had so much energy in the glider I landed two football fields away. After an hour of searching I managed to find it with an onlooker who thought I was crashing and it worked perfect! Then a month later I dropped it on a rock and it died! WTF!!

Story is here: http://cloudbaseimaging.blogspot.com...ats-day-6.html

[blefevre]

The t2i records 1080p vid and takes nice pics with the L lens.

Cool! I haven't even touched the video on the D7k yet. Maybe this weekend I will make some videos of my dog being dumb or something.

[blefevre]

Story is here: http://cloudbaseimaging.blogspot.com...ats-day-6.html

That looks SO fun. I don't think I am man enough to try it.

[monkeytaco]

I'm way to fat for hangliding, but I'll drive while you video me, Alex. Lol

I am hoping to get a gopro hd for me for my birthday in march, then I can take some some sweet vid. The hd vid is my fav part of my camera. I have a standard def camera I can mount to the bumper/fender/roof or whatever.

I'd love to make some nice vids at a track or autocross this summer...or snowrally... :)

[Cloudbase]

That looks SO fun. I don't think I am man enough to try it.

But your so close in Golden!

Taco,

Being fat actually increases your glider performance. More weight = more wing loading = faster glide speed for a given glide ratio. In comps I used to fly with shot gun lead in my harness to increase my glide speed.

You are welcome to borrow my HD Go Pro any time. I'll follow you if you want some HD footage. I just won't be able to keep up in the E30!

I just got the HD Go Pro in November. It's soooo much better than the regular Go Pro. I had a 50% success rate with my old Go Pro. If it wasn't the batteries dying it was the card being full or corrupt.

That said buy it from REI so you can take it back if it breaks. I returned a bunch of wedding gifts to get mine. I know - horrible.

Here's a vid I made at PMP in fall of '09:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ_yW27T08E

The only prob with the HD is that it is too heavy and sacraficeable to mount on my RC Heli so the regular Go Pro still has a place...

[monkeytaco]

But your so close in Golden!

Taco,

Being fat actually increases your glider performance. More weight = more wing loading = faster glide speed for a given glide ratio. In comps I used to fly with shot gun lead in my harness to increase my glide speed.

You are welcome to borrow my HD Go Pro any time. I'll follow you if you want some HD footage. I just won't be able to keep up in the E30!

I just got the HD Go Pro in November. It's soooo much better than the regular Go Pro. I had a 50% success rate with my old Go Pro. If it wasn't the batteries dying it was the card being full or corrupt.

That said buy it from REI so you can take it back if it breaks. I returned a bunch of wedding gifts to get mine. I know - horrible.

Here's a vid I made at PMP in fall of '09:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ_yW27T08E

The only prob with the HD is that it is too heavy and sacraficeable to mount on my RC Heli so the regular Go Pro still has a place...

There is so much win in that reply. The vid is sweet. I have a cam that I can mount to my rc airplane too, but it's standard def and harder to takeoff/land in small areas like mountain canyons.

Snowboarding in the powder was great today, I'm real tired but considering the idea of a future hang gliding outing. That sounds awesome.