[elky] Re: Race car (Monte Carlo)

  • From: Ray Buck <rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:15:51 -0600

I dunno what ya call "really expensive" but this is my main camera:



It's a Canon 7D with an 18-200mm lens (I bought them separately), a 2-battery pack and a 430EX strobe (I almost always use the Sto-Fen diffuser on it).  I also use a 100-400 mm "L" series lens for road racing (like there's gonna be any of that this year...sure...the local track has lost all its major races except for NASCAR West and Superbike) and salt flats.  The thing holding the lens up is a tripod mount.  The camera's quite a bit bigger than my little pocket Panasonic (LH20, 14 megapixels for $200) but it's a workin camera.

I've got several thousand dollars tied up in it.  I also have a Canon 20D and a 40D.  I shot this with the 20 and its built-in strobe.  You can see the corner of the 40D in the photo.  It needs to go into the shop for some work.  It got hammered pretty severely last year.

Chris' suggestion of the T1i (or any of the Rebel series for that matter) is a good one.  The 7D is a pro camera without the presets for action, landscape, portrait, etc.  Yer on yer own when it comes to that.  But it's an 18mp sensor and I've blown half-frame crops up to 20"x30" with great results.  I wouldn't recommend this camera for a beginner, tho...a 50D or 60D, yes, but not the 7, 5 or 1D models.  (I can't afford the 5 or 1...they're the absolute top of the line.)

r


On 3/14/2011 9:37 AM, CTSVMONGO wrote:

Ray, I am incredibly jealous of your photos, Are you using a really expensive camera to take these shots?  I adopted a couple black puppies this past couple weeks and… well I am getting very frustrated with all 3 cameras I have and use and their inability to photograph a black dog. 

Just curious, and thanks!!!

 

From: elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Dos
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 10:35 AM
To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [elky] Re: Race car (Monte Carlo)

 

Looks good.. while you were in the garage, I was working on the bath vanity..

Stay warm.. 

 

From: elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ray Buck
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 6:39 PM
To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [elky] Race car (Monte Carlo)

 

It might not seem like a lotta progress to some folks but it was a huge win for me today.  I finally got the damned PB booster hose connected and the carb bolted down.  I ended up using a couple of the blue anodized fittings one was an NPT elbow that had the screwy threads.  I finally chased them clean enough to make it work, then used a -6 AN hose fitting for the vacuum line. 



Then I got the tv cable bracket onto the anodized spring/throttle cable bracket, put both the throttle cable and tv cable in and I think that when I get the studs for the carb lever, the tv cable adjustment will be pretty darned close.  I may have to grind on the throttle cable end a bit to get it to clear the return spring mechanism, tho.



Then I did a bit of tidying up....screwed the heater fan motor back in, cleaned up a tiny bit of the cable mess and tightened and aligned the pressure regulator.  I'm happy with how it sits now...the gauge is upside down when viewed from the passenger side, but big deal.  The whole thing is very solid and is both clear of the plane of the fan belt as well as the valve cover and far enough away from the stud on the alternator that I'm ok with it.



So I'm wiped out, but I'm pleased with the progress.  I may eat my nightly salad (I've lost about 10 pounds, so the diet's working) and watch the truck race from Darlington that I recorded last night.  There's also something about the Daytona 200 bike race that was red flagged for tire safety concerns...I recorded that, too, so I'll see what happened there.

Ray

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