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supercarfreak · 10-23-2004, 10:31 PM

Originally Posted by BADMIHAI

Nice dealership! Too bad you picked a shitty day to go there (not enough light).

yeah. fortunately & unfortunately the 3 supercars were inside so the outside weather didn't affect them

and i can't really choose which days i go, i only have the weekends off, and the dealerships are only open 2 of those 3 days, i looked at the weather for fri & sat and it was basically the same

KaBlookie · 10-23-2004, 10:44 PM

hey, I personally like the look of the Beetle RSi...it's very unique, even though it's based on a Beetle. I read a review about it somewhere, and it does seem like a very potent car with quite a bit of potential. It's far lighter than the stock Beetle and has an amazing suspension/chassis setup...it's more of a handler than a high-speed performer.

SilviaEvo · 10-23-2004, 10:47 PM

wow many exotics for a week old dealership! a bit late to start selling Ferrari's isnt it?

supercarfreak · 10-23-2004, 10:51 PM

Originally Posted by SilviaEvo

wow many exotics for a week old dealership!

well, they've actually been around for years if not decades, they just moved so that was their current inventory from the old location

Originally Posted by SilviaEvo

a bit late to start selling Ferrari's isnt it?

you mean in the season? hey, its the best time to buy

low prices, especially drop tops im sure

Wutputt · 10-24-2004, 08:47 AM

That's a nice dealership

Thanks for the pics

Originally Posted by KaBlookie

hey, I personally like the look of the Beetle RSi...it's very unique, even though it's based on a Beetle. I read a review about it somewhere, and it does seem like a very potent car with quite a bit of potential. It's far lighter than the stock Beetle and has an amazing suspension/chassis setup...it's more of a handler than a high-speed performer.

It's far heavier than a normal new Beetle without extra's. It weights something about 200 - 300 kg more than a Beetle 1.6 or 1.8T. Or at least it is so for the European verions. Of course the racing verions of the Beetle RSi weight less, but the one shown on the picture is a road version.

TT · 10-24-2004, 10:46 AM

Originally Posted by BADMIHAI

Nice dealership! Too bad you picked a shitty day to go there (not enough light).

Actually his pics are perfect IMO. No idea if it's just a steady hand of a tripod

.. and basically a very sunny day is not ideal to take pics.. cloudy ones are better IMO, less useless reflections and so on

And anyway with a tripod there is always enough light

BADMIHAI · 10-24-2004, 11:03 AM

Originally Posted by TT

Originally Posted by BADMIHAI

Nice dealership! Too bad you picked a shitty day to go there (not enough light).

Actually his pics are perfect IMO. No idea if it's just a steady hand of a tripod

.. and basically a very sunny day is not ideal to take pics.. cloudy ones are better IMO, less useless reflections and so on

And anyway with a tripod there is always enough light

But that's the thing. Some of the pics are underexposed. They're still nice, but a bit underexposed.

supercarfreak · 10-24-2004, 12:01 PM

I did not take a tripod with me.

i do not claim to be a professional photographer, if i did i'd own a $5,000 camera and i'd take a tripod every time

just trying to give you some decent pics of cars located at a dealership that is 330 miles from my house.

TT · 10-24-2004, 12:08 PM

And they are gorgeous don't worry

the tripod isn't really needed afterall

but for a dealership trip I would take it with me just in case

supercarfreak · 10-24-2004, 12:20 PM

Originally Posted by TT

And they are gorgeous don't worry

the tripod isn't really needed afterall

but for a dealership trip I would take it with me just in case

thanks, im not worried

i've had a few situations where i actually needed a tripod to take pics (didnt want to use flash) in the very middle of a poorly lit showroom but i couldn't because i didn't bring a tripod

otherwise i dont need a tripod because i have a very steady hand, ive learned to hold the heavy f828 pretty good

TT · 10-24-2004, 12:24 PM

Actually I think it is easier to have steady hands with a nice and heavy camera than with those small feather weight ones

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supercarfreak · 10-24-2004, 12:24 PM

Originally Posted by TT

Actually I think it is easier to have steady hands with a nice and heavy camera than with those small feather weight ones

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yeah, you are right, i didn't think about that

BADMIHAI · 10-24-2004, 07:11 PM

Originally Posted by supercarfreak

I did not take a tripod with me.

i do not claim to be a professional photographer, if i did i'd own a $5,000 camera and i'd take a tripod every time

just trying to give you some decent pics of cars located at a dealership that is 330 miles from my house.

You took it the wrong way! I really appreciate your effort and the pics are dam nice. They're almost professional quality! If you don't want me to ever criticize them again, just say so. And you have steady hands indeed...if those were taken without a tripod and flash in those lighting conditions! 8)

supercarfreak · 10-24-2004, 07:46 PM

haha thanks, i didn't mean to over-react

i'm more than open to criticism
i think i chose the correct white balance, i remember selecting it so that it matched what my eyes were telling me. it must have been yellowish in the showroom, but i had a friend apply a white filter in photoshop and the pics look so much better. oh well, that's what i get for posting pics before i edit them haha

eraser · 10-25-2004, 01:34 AM

NICE....I was just there over this past weekend as well and thier new facility is amazing. I took lots of pics so hopefully they come out well, although I will need help getting them posted on here. Thanks to all the nice folks at FCI for making me feel right at home.