AFitch, here is a DIY by caskyline himself:

https://g35driver.com/forums/body-interior-exterior-lighting-diy/153511-diy-g35-hood-damper-caskyline.html

 

Sweet, thanks! That'll come in real handy when i'm installing them, great DIY!!

 

do the cops bother you aHero4Eternity about the front license plate? i wish here in NY we could get away with it

 

nope. i havent had front plates since i got the car ~10 months ago and no problems thus far. they haven't even said anything about my license plate cover in the back.

 

Calvin.....Nice camera, and excellent photos...
Depending on your camera...if its shutter priority or aperature priority......Different applications require different techniques.

As far as buying another lense, two things to think about
a) how will you be using the lense (closeups, Zoom, low light, tripod etc)
b) What aperature you will need? the wider the range the higher the expense to purchase, but the lense will be easier to use an more versatile for multi applications.

An all around good lense would be a variable focus, say 30-100mm or maybe more of a protrait lense 40-80mm. These give you alot of versatility, and saves you the hassel of changing out lenses all the time....

Aperature is probably more important for quality photos. The larger the Aperature,(say 1.2 or 1.8) the bigger the front lense, and of course an increase in expense...

The 1.2 is ideal for soft portrait types of photography, since your depth of field is limited to the focal subject. in other words, everything in front of the focused object and everthing behind will be out of focus, or soft.

The higher the aperature, the opposite....more focus in front and behind, all the way to infinity....

A quality lense is the key to sharp crisp pictures, and it usually is free of aberations and other maladies related with cheaper quality lenses...

Canon makes a quality product, so I don't think you could go wrong with their line of lenses.....other manufacturers will probably be cheaper, but you may sacrifice a little picture quality in the process.

P.S. Good quality lense filters are a must as well, they help to calibrate UV and other reflective light that sometimes give the picture a harsh or textured look.

I still have an old Contax 35 mm camera, and it uses Carl Zeiss lenses....

The lenses I purchased so many years ago have tripled in price today....So you never lose your investment in a quality set up.
Good luck
Dennis

 

GR8TG35,

great info. thanks for your input.

now...i just how to figure out what all that means! but i will definately take as much of that as i can and consider it when purchasing my first lense.

is there a particular lense that is better for automotive photography? i don't know how well this would work out, but is it possible to recommend a lense for me by looking at these photos? being new to the photography world, i don't know much...but i'm sure i have some sort of pattern, or "style," in my pictures that a more experienced photographer could see/pick up and use to recommend a lense for me.

thanks again,
cal

 

Pics look great! They are much cleaner and more vibrant than on your old camera already

Were you using the auto setting or playing with stuff manually?

I've been looking into HDR photos a lot lately. Since you have a dslr now you should too and you can get some CRAZY pictures Google HDR photo how to and you'll see what I mean!

 

great pics.......crisp and clean shots for the most part

 

Good shots Cal. You and Grant and I should do another shoot, maybe next week or weekend, we'll just have to find a few new good locations

 

nice pics so far for your first time....

car looks good too...tasteful clean modding....ever thought of adding a light tint?

 

cal, the car is super clean, and the pictures are very nice!

try different angles next time

 

lookin good Cal. Next shoot i'll try and show you how to use the camera more.
-GP-

 

tint is coming...eventually. as a lotta people know, tint is one of the last things on my mind. i'm in no rush to get it, so i'm waiting until i have time to go to a shop by my house (i'm away for college) to get it for cheap.

that's my good side.

the passenger side is..uh..missing something so i tend not to shoot that from that side for now.

 

lol. I know how you feel buddy.

Nice shots. When are you gonna be taking pictures of my car for me?

 

side shots of the G are sickness. those dampers are pretty cool.