Toshi's ride pics thread [Archive] - Page 12

Barbaton

02-23-2006, 10:31 AM

so my zoom lens choice is down to the 70-300 DO IS canon, or the 70-200L canon lenses.

L lens pros:
much cheaper ($550 vs $1100)
arguably better photo quality
pimp factor of the white lens
lower f stop, constant throughout zoom range

DO IS lens pros:
much smaller (4" vs 7") for stealth factor and portability
50% more reach
IS is a good solution to higher f stop usage

they both weigh about the same.

the DO, from reviews i've read, would appear to need more post-processing efforts to get sharper photos. i am a complete n00b @ PP stuff, and while i plan to learn at least the basics, this is a detriment for me right now. i guess the price difference is also a big one...but the portability/stealth factor could offset that. for people who have the 70-200L, do you use it a lot or find that its size precludes this?

I've been looking in very much the same space, but between the 70-300 F4 IS (non-DO) and the 70-200 F4L. Pretty much everything I've read has discouraged the DO lens, since the diffractive thing is kind of an experiment and the lens isn't as good as those alternatives. I'm leaning towards the 70-300 non-DO...

richcreek

02-23-2006, 10:55 AM

DO IS lens looks better

narlus

02-23-2006, 12:05 PM

that's a good plan. if you decide like me that you like to shoot indoors without flash, however, at some point you'll want faster lenses, particularly at the long end. f/4 is more than adequate for wide angle imo.

i guess with the DO IS being even slower it's not really a factor to sway you away from the 70-200/4, but eventually i found that f/4 was limiting, not the bulk or weight of the lens (which were non-issues). ymmv.

but the f2.8 lens is a monster! and hugely pricey to boot.

Toshi

02-23-2006, 12:14 PM

oh, i agree. that's why i went with the 135mm f/2L. sharper, faster, lighter, and not white although still L glass.

zooms are for the weak :D

Toshi

02-24-2006, 07:22 PM

mmmm

day 14 on the slopes
13" fresh overnight, 22" in the past 48" hours
blue skies
open backcountry! so fresh tracks for me

:)

Toshi

02-24-2006, 10:27 PM

people: buy my display! i don't feel like ponying up for a DVI->ADC converter (which are ugly kludges anyway) and it without one it won't work with my just-arrived macbook, so it must go.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8771431921

For auction: Apple Studio Display 17" LCD. See auction page for further details. $175 Buy it Now price!

http://toshiclark.com/forsale/ASD17.jpg

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8771431921

Barbaton

02-28-2006, 02:15 PM

aah, the things you can do with photoshop

http://fluideffect.com/

narlus

03-02-2006, 11:58 AM

WTGPhoben

03-02-2006, 12:16 PM

a new wrinkle in my lens quest.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0602/06022113canonefs1755f28g.asp

of course it'll expand my budget by nearly 50%, but it gives me more overlap w/ than the 17-40 while gaining a full stop. it would also make my 50mm prime lens probably useless, so maybe i could get $60 for that baby and buy a filter. :rolleyes:

Drool... I'd like to see the MTF chart for it, but it sounds like an excellent lens.

Toshi

03-02-2006, 01:15 PM

a new wrinkle in my lens quest.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0602/06022113canonefs1755f28g.asp

of course it'll expand my budget by nearly 50%, but it gives me more overlap w/ than the 17-40 while gaining a full stop. it would also make my 50mm prime lens probably useless, so maybe i could get $60 for that baby and buy a filter. :rolleyes:
fwiw, i personally don't shoot in that focal length range much. 50 (= 80) for portraits, sure, but otherwise i like to be at at 12 (20) or 135 (216) the majority of the time...

Barbaton

03-02-2006, 02:12 PM

a new wrinkle in my lens quest.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0602/06022113canonefs1755f28g.asp

of course it'll expand my budget by nearly 50%, but it gives me more overlap w/ than the 17-40 while gaining a full stop. it would also make my 50mm prime lens probably useless, so maybe i could get $60 for that baby and buy a filter. :rolleyes:

What body are we talking about? That's an EF-S lens so it will only fit on the 20D, Rebel XT, and presumably the new 30D. Don't know abou the 1DS, or 5D. Film bodies are out.

narlus

03-02-2006, 02:22 PM

350D (rebXT).

Barbaton

03-02-2006, 03:59 PM

350D (rebXT).

oh, you're good then. :D For some reason i thought you were talking film.

Toshi

03-02-2006, 07:57 PM

oh, you're good then. :D For some reason i thought you were talking film.
narlus is old, but he's with it ;)

narlus

03-03-2006, 06:32 AM

watch out or i'll swipe at you w/ my cane.

qualude

03-03-2006, 11:30 PM

fwiw, i personally don't shoot in that focal length range much. 50 (= 80) for portraits, sure, but otherwise i like to be at at 12 (20) or 135 (216) the majority of the time...
Don't know if you checked out the Tokina 12-24 f/4.
Recently picked it up, and was really suprised at the build quality and glass quality in the lens.

narlus

03-04-2006, 08:04 AM

well i placed the order for the 70-200 zoom last night...still on the fence for the wide angle...

in un-related news, does anyone have any good ideas on salvaging emails from a crashed hard drive? my laptop drive finally bit it last night, and it's unrecoverable. i assume that all the data's lost, eh? the only real stuff i would care about is the outlook express stuff...

this sort of thing will definitely drive me to using gmail mail for all my email needs.

:angry:

Toshi

03-04-2006, 11:27 AM

yeah, gmail + imap for other accounts for the win. qualude, i don't think the tokina 12-24 was out when i picked up the sigma

Toshi

03-05-2006, 03:41 PM

watch this with your sound turned on!

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/drum.php

and take this if you have a musical ear (or don't) and have 10 minutes to spare. it's amusing and will provide data for interesting research (on the heritability of the ability to discern same and differing fragments of melody):

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=146441

WTGPhoben

03-05-2006, 07:47 PM

Images from my Colorado trip last weekend are posted. I didn't bring the 20D, but the P&S did a pretty decent job:
http://www.phoben.com/photos/pgal/subGals.aspx?albumID=455

http://www.phoben.com/photos/archive/2006/2006_02_25/fullSize/IMG_7697.jpg

It hadn't snowed for two weeks when we got there, but conditions were still pretty good.

narlus

03-05-2006, 09:30 PM

nice photos! what's ty P&S camera?

deschutes obsidian stout... :drool:

WTGPhoben

03-05-2006, 09:39 PM

nice photos! what's ty P&S camera?

Thanks

The ones I took were with a Canon PowerShot A85 (4.0 MP)
The ones Chris took were with a Panasonic DMC-L22 (3.2 MP)

and then there was some photoshopping...

WTGPhoben

03-05-2006, 10:13 PM

just when you thought I was a good Idea to put hot water in your Camelbak (in the winter)...
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/hot_water.html

Barbaton

03-06-2006, 12:32 PM

in un-related news, does anyone have any good ideas on salvaging emails from a crashed hard drive? my laptop drive finally bit it last night, and it's unrecoverable. i assume that all the data's lost, eh? the only real stuff i would care about is the outlook express stuff...

this sort of thing will definitely drive me to using gmail mail for all my email needs.

:angry:

I just got back to town so this may be too late, but if you put the disk in the freezer for half an hour you may be able to get info off of it for a while. Try and make sure that it doesn't get wet or condensation, etc. We've done that with drives whose disk heads are going bad with frequent success in our shop here. Something about the contraction due to temperature, i guess.

narlus

03-06-2006, 01:45 PM

cool, i will give that a try.

just checked w/ adorama, the lens will be here wed!!
nice.

dG video

03-07-2006, 01:54 PM

Toshi,

I am looking into getting a WRX wagon for my next car, coming from an 4wd truck and living in VT I need something good in the snow, how does the wrx handle? Also whats the average mpg in town and highway? Another question is how big the cockpit is. I am almost 6'4'' and most cars are fairly uncomfortable to drive in. Thanks for the help, Dan

Toshi

03-07-2006, 03:15 PM

narlus

03-08-2006, 10:17 AM

new lens came in :D
http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/6753/img27696ft.jpg

Toshi

03-08-2006, 10:23 AM

excellent :thumb:

narlus

03-08-2006, 10:41 AM

it's funny...my first (albeit extremely brief) experience w/ a zoom lens. now i see what the fuss about IS is all about...

Toshi

03-08-2006, 10:46 AM

it's funny...my first (albeit extremely brief) experience w/ a zoom lens. now i see what the fuss about IS is all about...
keep the shutter speeds over 1/(1.6 x the focal length) and you should be fine. it also helps that f/4 is pretty sharp on that lens, too. i think f/5.6 or so was the sweet spot? but i might be making that up.

Toshi

03-08-2006, 12:59 PM

this is pretty sweet:

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=947406&highlight=laguna+seca

Toshi

03-08-2006, 08:18 PM

starting from later tonight i'm going to be without a computer for an indeterminate length of time. this'll be an interesting experiment...

WTGPhoben

03-08-2006, 09:13 PM

starting from later tonight i'm going to be without a computer for an indeterminate length of time. this'll be an interesting experiment...

selling it to buy mods for your car? :nonono: :D

Toshi

03-08-2006, 09:19 PM

i'm getting my macbook pro replaced with one that doesn't have a buzzing display, with any luck.

incidentally, my car is broken at the moment tho :D

WTGPhoben

03-08-2006, 10:08 PM

i'm getting my macbook pro replaced with one that doesn't have a buzzing display, with any luck.

incidentally, my car is broken at the moment tho :D

aah you told me about the buzzing. What's the deal with your ride?

Toshi

03-08-2006, 10:14 PM

it up and died yesterday. or at least had a cough that flared up: only started on the 3rd try, sounded horrible, would die every time i'd push in the clutch while off the gas. i drove it 300 feet up the driveway, decided that it should only travel on flatbed for the time being :think: and then used my uber-skillz to coast it backwards and into my parking spot with the engine off. (parking spots at my development have a angled 4ish" curb so this was a non-trivial task.)

it's getting diagnosed and hopefully fixed on friday. if it's fixed then i'm doing a track day on saturday and an autox on sunday... if not? :(

WTGPhoben

03-08-2006, 10:20 PM

Toshi

03-08-2006, 10:50 PM

i want to do radiology these days, not neurosurgery. sheesh, keep it straight. :D med students are woefully underpaid for the record ;)

narlus

03-09-2006, 09:14 PM

med students are woefully underpaid for the record ;)

it's good to see that at least some of them can afford loads of cool toys though. :D

Toshi

03-11-2006, 08:42 PM

it's good to see that at least some of them can afford loads of cool toys though. :D
ooh, your post was post # 1999909. seems like a cool number :D

in my defense i must note that i sell lots of cool toys, too :oink: : (evidence: note that most of my ebay feedback is from buyers http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=toshiclark&ssPageName=STRK:ME:UFS )

other news: the problem with my car was traced down to a flaky mass air flow sensor. hopefully a $3 can of MAF sensor cleaner took care of that problem. unfortunately, the MAF acting up caused the car to backfire, and the backfire caused a weak weld on my already-leaking uppipe (the pipe between the engine and the turbo) to fail. so now i have a big exhaust leak and slow spooling of the turbo. looking at it from a positive perspective, at least nothing major (valves, pistons, etc.) is broken, and i can still drive the car around just fine.

other news x 2: old cascade powder is too heavy for my refined tastes :D . i demand fresh powder! oh well, day 15 under my belt in any case.

other news x 3: i probably won't have a computer for another 2 weeks, and if the replacement suffers the same problem as the original (macbook pro with a buzzing lcd backlight) then i might just try to live without a computer at all... :eek: am i crazy for considering this?

Barbaton

03-13-2006, 05:56 PM

$3 MAF? hahaha

had that done last year in the Chevy and it cost me close to $300 (labor stinx)

In other news, I am officially in the car hunt. Looking for 3 - 5 yr old sedans that are reliable and relatively efficient given that I'm putting ~1K miles / month on the current car, and don't cost a fortune to repair and insure (Lex and Acura are sadly out of the picture)

So far I've looked at Toyo Camry (liked the 4cyl with stick. unfortunately they never made the 6cyl with standard), Accord, and Civic of several persuasions.

Any suggestions on the Subie front? Rumor has it they're underpowered, and I don't want a turbo. Wasn't there a Subaru sedan that had the WRX engine without the turbo? 2.5 RS or something?

What I really want is a new IS 350 AWD, but that'll have to wait until those post-med-sch radiologist checks come in. :)

WTGPhoben

03-13-2006, 06:18 PM

Toshi

03-14-2006, 10:43 AM

it won't feel cheap compared to the cavalier :think: i would suggest a 4 cyl/manual accord or camry. there's something to be said for a competent car.

as for my personal subie news the MAF cleaner didn't work, and i was stranded at the autocross on sunday (after winning my class!). oh, i was the only car in my class that day :D . in any case i've now used up 4/4 of my free AAA Plus tows so my car has to stop breaking down... right now it's dead in the driveway but i have a MAF sensor ($183, ouch) in the mail.

ALEXIS_DH

03-15-2006, 02:48 AM

there's plenty of headroom in the wrx - no sunroof helps out with that. go test one out to see if you'll fit.

its handling in the snow is superb, on the other hand. my street tires are Nokian WRs, and the combination of those tires + awd has not let me down in my skiing adventures (and there have been quite a few powdery parking lots with stuck pickups and fwd cars so far this year in the pac nw :devil: ).

finally, i'm averaging around 22-23 mpg. high was 28 mpg on an all highway cruiser up to whistler. my car's mods have an indeterminate effect on mileage, however (as does my driving style -- did i mention how fun flat foot shifting with the UTEC is? :D), so don't put too much weight on my one data point. fwiw, i used to see 16 mpg in my '96 pathfinder w/31"s.

whats up with the gasoline in the US???? (or whats up with it here?) both places sell it by the US gallon (3.7L).

a couple wrx (with the round headlights like yours and basically stock) i know get 15-20mpg...
hey, i used to suspect something, i have some evidence for now...

a friend just imported a 2004 US sti.. he said he was getting 18 mpg while he drove it in the states... but over here, the same car gets around 13-14mpg...
my evo (6, it was a japanese right hand drive originally) used to get 13-15 mpg, and my buddies evo5 (original left hand drive) gets about the same....

toshi, what was you said were the different octane ratings and stuff...

Toshi

03-15-2006, 02:58 AM

huh. 100 octane RON (japanese and probably your "100 octane") is roughly equivalent to US 92 or 93 octane (which is RON + MON all over 2). i don't know why the mileage would be so much worse on your gasoline, however -- the roughly equivalent octane in each mean that there exist roughly the same # of energy.

one possible theory might be that your suppliers are "watering down" the product, so to speak, and that the cars' engine computers are responding to inferior gas by pulling timing in response to knock. i'm not sure exactly how this would affect mileage, however, so i'm just waving my hands basically. :D

enkidu

03-15-2006, 08:03 AM

Maybe Peru's high altitude has something to do with the engine efficiency?

Toshi

03-15-2006, 11:15 AM

Maybe Peru's high altitude has something to do with the engine efficiency?
i don't think that should affect turbo cars: their turbos pump in air until a certain pressure is reached. it may take more pumping since the air is less dense, so turbos might wear out faster, but it takes a negligible amount of energy to spin the turbo. this is because it makes use of the energy in the rapidly moving, cooling stream of exhaust gases, energy that is otherwise wasted.

thus an equivalent amount of air is packed into the engine in turbocharged cars, whether at low altitude or high. in response the engine should meter out the same amount of gas.

on the other hand, i do think turbo cars run slower times on the dragstrip at high altitude, so maybe my theory here is wrong, too

Toshi

03-15-2006, 12:23 PM

http://www.ohgizmo.com/2006/03/14/buggy-rollin-is-the-new-x-sport/

http://www.ohgizmo.com/images/buddyrolling.JPG

ALEXIS_DH

03-15-2006, 11:44 PM

i don't think that should affect turbo cars: their turbos pump in air until a certain pressure is reached. it may take more pumping since the air is less dense, so turbos might wear out faster, but it takes a negligible amount of energy to spin the turbo. this is because it makes use of the energy in the rapidly moving, cooling stream of exhaust gases, energy that is otherwise wasted.

thus an equivalent amount of air is packed into the engine in turbocharged cars, whether at low altitude or high. in response the engine should meter out the same amount of gas.

on the other hand, i do think turbo cars run slower times on the dragstrip at high altitude, so maybe my theory here is wrong, too

i think turbos meassure delta of p, rather than absolute pressure of the admission.
so at sea level a turbo at 1 bar, means the pressure at the tb is 1 bar (turbo) + 1 bar (current atm pressure) = 2 bar absolute pressure...
if at 10000ft is 0.9 bar (or whatever atm pressure is up there) + 1 bar (turbo) =1.9 absolute pressure and so on.

lima is a coastal city, so no high altitude situation here.

i think the energy available in the gasoline here is lower than that in the US, independent from the octane rating...
must be watered down at somepoint.. and if they do, i wonder what they use to water it down... but seeing basically all of the gasoline burned in Lima comes from the same state owned refinery, so you get about the same mpg regardless the brand of gas (and i find it extremely hard to believe there is a nationwide conspiracy to water down the gas at the gas stations all at the exact same rate)... i still wonder what is exactly going on.

narlus

03-16-2006, 10:03 AM

since this has become the de facto photog forum, i'll solicit criticism from the experts.

i tried my 1st low-light/club setting shots a couple of nights ago, and posted some of the better ones here:

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=147660

i only did post-processing on the 1st (made it b/w, and sharpened once, via Picasa). clearly i need to learn a bit more on PP. any other ideas? i ended up shooting most full-open @ f/1.8 and max ISO of 1600; otherwise, i'd get blurry shots (and they weren't the most energetic band on stage either!).

Toshi

03-16-2006, 10:32 AM

what white balance setting did you shoot with? shooting a grey card first, then shooting raw for the rest of the night (then click-balancing or futzing around with K values when converting) is the way to go, imo. also, a couple of them look front focused. to avoid this try manually selecting only the center focusing point and be deliberate about focusing on their faces. i quite like that last one, btw :thumb:

narlus

03-16-2006, 11:01 AM

i used auto wb...stuff like 'shooting a grey card', 'RAW' and 'K values ' (is this referring to light temp, in Kelvin?) aren't in my lexicon yet. :)

sometimes i definitely forgot to change the AF point on a couple, esp when changing camera orientation.

Toshi

03-16-2006, 11:13 AM

here's a gray/grey card: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=231564&is=REG&addedTroughType=search

raw is what you should be shooting :D instead of jpeg. it lets you screw around with exposure, contrast, sharpening, white balance (!!) when converting the images on the computer. and yes, K is color temperature in kelvin.

narlus

03-16-2006, 11:20 AM

RAW seems like a lot of work. i'm a busy guy, you know? :D

WTGPhoben

03-16-2006, 04:41 PM

RAW seems like a lot of work. i'm a busy guy, you know? :D

WARNING: I'm about to agree with Toshi.

RAW is definitely the way to go if you have time. It takes *most* of the guesswork out of color correction. If you insist on shooting JPEGs and happen to have photoshop, you can use the curves tool to easily correct a group of images with your gray card:

1. when you get to your venue, set your WB manually (I think you can actually use a gray card to measure and set a custom WB on the 20D, but I never use the feature, so you'll have to check the manual). The important thing is that you don't use the Auto WB, because it will change the WB in every image.
2. Take a full frame shot of the gray card
3. Shoot the rest of your pics.

Now when you get your pics into photoshop, you break out the curves tool and, using the gray (middle) eyedropper, click the image (you can click anywhere because it's all gray). This will correct your image so it actually appears gray. Save these settings and apply them to all your other images to correct their color. You may have to do a little extra tweaking in really extreme situations, but generally it'll work out nicely. Then you can also use the curves tool to correct the whie and black points...

narlus

03-16-2006, 09:53 PM

Toshi

03-16-2006, 09:57 PM

in that kind of lighting condition your best bet is to shoot RAW and worry about white balance later :D

WTGPhoben

03-17-2006, 12:31 AM

so when you shoot the grey card to set the WB, i imagine you do it in the light conditions you will eventually be shooting in? for instance, between sets, there's more lights on in the venue, but when the band gets on, the house lights dim and the stage lights are the sole source. at that point, does it matter where the grey card is, relative to the light source? ie. you can't set it on stage and shoot it.

You have to be shooting the gray card in the light source your subject is in, so yes, in the stage lights. If the house is totally dark, you theoretically could shoot it anywhere, but sunce that's not ever the case you'd want to have the light from the stage lights reflected off the card and that's only feasible where you're able to get near the stage. Of course all this hassle could be avoided by shooting RAW and fixing it later. It's pretty likely that once you start shooting RAW you'll never go back...

Toshi

03-20-2006, 12:06 AM

free dvd anyone? http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2016681#post2016681

Barbaton

03-20-2006, 04:03 PM

now this guy is nuts

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5417019303200331106

Toshi

03-20-2006, 07:56 PM

that was pretty sweet, thad :thumb:

and this is as well. make sure to watch the whole video, it gets really good!

http://metacool.typepad.com/metacool/2006/02/unabashed_gearh.html

:drool:

narlus

03-23-2006, 09:44 AM

ok,i am not done w/ my wide angle lens search yet...here's a post i threw up on FM, but the responses were a bit lacking so i figured i would solicit info from you guys:

i am debating which lens to add to my bag next. currently i have:

18-55 kit lens
50 f1.8
70-200 f4

i will be going to visit family in Rome in a few months, and want something which can handle tight cityscapes well, and be usable in challenging low-light indoor situations (churches, etc). i'd also like to spend roughly 500-600 dollars. maybe i am asking too much.

the candidates i have in mind are:

canon 10-22 f3.5-4.5
tokina 12-24 f4
tamron 17-35 f2.8-4
canon 24 f2.8

i tossed the sigma 10-20 f4.5-6 from consideration as being too slow. i was also considering the 17-40L canon lens, but fear too much overlap with lenses i already have. the new 17-55 canon lens which is coming out looks intriguing, but it's very expensive, unproven, and may not even be available when i need it. plus, i might as well toss my kit lens in the bin if i get that, and it might not be as wide on the low end as i may need.

any advice is appreciated!

the canon 10-22 seems to be a winner based on reviews, but is it fast enough? the widest prime i can find is the 24, and that's not very wide. i don't want to overlap too much w/ existing glass, but if i need to make my kit lens (18-55) useless, so be it.

Toshi

03-23-2006, 12:02 PM

wide angles don't need to be fast, and are generally not sharp unless stopped down anyway (except for maybe the canon 16-35L. maybe.). i rarely shoot below f/9 on my 12-24 or previously on the 15mm fisheye... also, there exist 17mm and even 12mm primes by tokina and sigma/canon, respectively.

narlus

03-23-2006, 12:36 PM

well, i guess i was mentioning 'fast' in terms of trying to capture low-light/indoor stuff such as church interiors, w/o a tripod.

toshi, at f/9 stops or so, for indoor or cloudy days, do you need a tripod or just crank the ISO up?

Toshi

03-23-2006, 12:38 PM

you only need 1/(focal length * 1.6). at 12mm that's not too hard to get at ISO 800 or 1600, and you can always use noise reduction. i am pretty sure any of those lenses at f/4 would look pretty poor...

Toshi

03-23-2006, 03:03 PM

what's the consensus on the updated avatar btw? :D i'm proud of it, heh

Toshi

03-28-2006, 09:58 PM

thad, you may be interested to know that my macbook pro is gone. yes, 2 mbps, 4 weeks, 2 returned as dead on arrival. admittedly both problems were ultimately minor but i was not about to accept anything but a perfectly working machine for my hard-earned money (well, i'll have to work hard to earn enough to pay back the loans eventually :D).

so instead i now have a mac mini 1.66 duo/1 gb/100 gb sitting in a box in my room. uh, and no monitor at the moment -- i'm reduced as i have been so often in the past month to using the computers at school.

what's in the mail for the mini:

http://www.billigdrucker.de/images/hardware/monitor/dell-2405fpw-links.jpg

mmmmm 24" :drool: at 1920x1200

narlus

03-29-2006, 09:17 AM

apple roxors11!!!1!1!!!

:D

narlus

03-30-2006, 01:02 PM

ok...another photog question.

tripods? worth the $ and hassle of lugging and using them? or not?

what to look for (other than 3 legs)?

Barbaton

03-31-2006, 04:36 PM

Staaation Waaagon....

But, you are correct. The 2.5RS is a non-turbo. It'll be plenty zippy compared to the cavy, although it feels a little tinny (construction-wise).

Anybody know anything about the Subaru Impreza Outback Sport Wagon?

Toshi

03-31-2006, 09:41 PM

tripods: i'd recommend the bogen 3001 or 3021 plus any ballhead to start. the remote shutter release cable is also very useful, and both will lead to more thoughtful shots w any luck.

the obs is like any other non turbo impreza, plus/minus body cladding, a bit more ride height, and tires. they're good cars.

my wrx apparently isn't, however. the shop thought they had it fixed on wednesday but it died again yesterday, giving it a total of 2.5 days it has been running since march 7. :dead: at some point before i start rotations in july i may have to seriously consider selling it and getting something more reliable, such as a stck late model civic such as yours, tim.

WTGPhoben

03-31-2006, 11:18 PM

tripods: i'd recommend the bogen 3001 or 3021 plus any ballhead to start. the remote shutter release cable is also very useful, and both will lead to more thoughtful shots w any luck.

I'd go with a 3-pivot head (I'm not sure what the 'real' name is, but it's the one with two perpendicularly linked arms, one for X and one for Y direction, then a swivel for Z direction) instead of a ballhead. It's a little more awkward to use, but gives more range of motion and can hold a heavier set-up.

narlus

04-01-2006, 07:32 AM

WTGPhoben

04-01-2006, 07:40 AM

how often do you find yrself using a tripod? good ones seem to run at least $300, so it's not a purchase i wanna do if i find i almost never use the thing. and do you need a remote shutter release when using one?

I use somewhat frequently, but unless you're doing things with super slow shutter speeds or want absolute perfection, there's really no need to by a rediculously expensive one. I got a cheap one from a friend for free and bought a nice head for $30. Seems to work fine.

Toshi

04-05-2006, 11:44 AM

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2006/apr/05bootcamp.html

this is a very cool development , no?

Barbaton

04-05-2006, 02:23 PM

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2006/apr/05bootcamp.html

this is a very cool development , no?

Yes. We're glad we can discuss it now. :)

Toshi

04-05-2006, 02:35 PM

heh, nda? nice. i'm sad that i'm just a plebe now :(

btw one last attempt at fixing my car (fuel pump) and then begins the stripping and selling process. next up: mini cooper non-s? :think:

Barbaton

04-05-2006, 02:41 PM

Re your MBP:

http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1647

WTGPhoben

04-08-2006, 03:00 PM

Photos from my trip to South Africa are posted:
http://www.phoben.com/photos/pgal/gallery.aspx?AlbumID=477&type=Date%20Folders&subs=False

http://www.phoben.com/photos/archive/2006/2006_03_30/fullSize/IMG_7779.jpg

Toshi

04-08-2006, 03:46 PM

cool pics and nice panorama, keith. why were you there?

i have new pics up, too: http://toshiclark.com/images/daily/boggled%20expressions%20-%20spring%202006/

mmm 24" :drool:

http://toshiclark.com/images/daily/boggled%20expressions%20-%20spring%202006/Images/IMG_1797.jpg

i'm also selling a bunch of junk on ebay. will post a link to the auctions in a bit

WTGPhoben

04-08-2006, 03:58 PM

cool pics and nice panorama, keith. why were you there?

I went out to see Emily on her vacation.

Toshi

04-08-2006, 04:15 PM

justsomeguy

04-08-2006, 04:26 PM

Photos from my trip to South Africa

Ah, memories of Table Mountain. It looks like the dollar has weakened vs. the Rand since I was there in 12/01. We felt like we were living like Trump getting 11 Rand per Dollar.

http://www.paradigmhosting.net/images/table1.jpg

http://www.paradigmhosting.net/images/table2.jpg

WTGPhoben

04-08-2006, 05:26 PM

Ah, memories of Table Mountain. It looks like the dollar has weakened vs. the Rand since I was there in 12/01. We felt like we were living like Trump getting 11 Rand per Dollar.

http://www.paradigmhosting.net/images/table1.jpg

That's the image I missed. The weather was so nice when I went that I didn't get a chance at that shot (The one night there was any cloud cover at all I didn't have my camera)

When did you go to SA?

Toshi

04-08-2006, 05:34 PM

When did you go to SA?
from the quoted post, "since I was there in 12/01"

WTGPhoben

04-08-2006, 06:14 PM

from the quoted post, "since I was there in 12/01"

Sorry, let me rephrase... What brought you to SA?

Toshi

04-09-2006, 12:45 AM

thad, have you messed around with adobe lightroom?

http://labs.macromedia.com/technologies/lightroom/

looks nice, and is a universal binary... no windows version as of yet, sorry keith :D

justsomeguy

04-09-2006, 03:51 PM

What brought you to SA?

A friend's wedding. She was co-managing a private game reserve (http://www.ulusaba.com/) so we sepnt four days in the bush before heading to Capetown for the wedding.

http://www.paradigmhosting.net/images/us1.jpg

http://www.paradigmhosting.net/images/us2.jpg

Toshi

04-10-2006, 02:06 PM

so my car finally seems to be running acceptably again. a list of parts replaced in the last two months or so related to its problem in roughly chronological order:

fuel filter
mass airflow sensor
sundry fuses and relays
all four coil packs
spark plugs
aftermarket engine computer (swapped back to mine after it was revealed to not be a contributor to the problem)
fuel pump

in addition the car received a new uppipe, downpipe, and copious spot welds to fix worsening exhaust leaks from rusted components.

:dead:

if it breaks down one more time related to this same stumbling issue then i'm really going to strip and sell it... on the other hand, most of the components that do tend to fail or need replacement around this mileage (80k) have been looked at or replaced, so maybe it's good to go now.

narlus

04-10-2006, 03:31 PM

damn, why did you have to replace all that eletrical stuff (fuses & relays)?

Toshi

04-10-2006, 03:40 PM

ALEXIS_DH

04-11-2006, 09:34 PM

the computer wasn't throwing any helpful codes so it was anyone's guess whether the problem was in spark or in fuel. turns out the plugs were pretty fouled and the fuel pump was failing, so i guess the answer was that both were faulty.

what kinda of fuel pressure are you getting?

what kind of number have they gotten by meassuring o2 in the exhaust? do you have a wideband o2 sensor?

Toshi

04-11-2006, 10:57 PM

Toshi

04-12-2006, 07:25 PM

about the aperture dispute:

http://toshiclark.com/amex.gif

WTGPhoben

04-12-2006, 08:29 PM

about the aperture dispute:

Heh... I can't believe I never knew about the "-masa"

ALEXIS_DH

04-13-2006, 07:33 AM

when i had the car dyno tuned they were aiming for stoichometric (sp?) in closed loop, 11.5:1 in closed loop iirc. but that was before these problems started.

the shop didn't have means to test the fuel pressure in real world situations, and the pump was only intermittently bad (until tuesday, when it wouldn't support the car running for more than, say, 30 sec before it shut off).

good luck with the car now that its running.

if it dies again, maybe the next thing to be suspicious of would be the crank position sensor or the camshaft position sensor (i dont remeber what the imprezas use).

WTGPhoben

04-13-2006, 10:43 PM

I spent all day sunday playing matchmaker (for parts)

The participants:

http://www.phoben.com/photos/archive/2006/2006_04_10/fullSize/IMG_7875.jpg

The results:

http://www.phoben.com/photos/archive/2006/2006_04_10/fullSize/IMG_7884.jpg

http://www.phoben.com/photos/archive/2006/2006_04_10/fullSize/IMG_7890.jpg

My old Beater with the ovalized headtube became the "Jamis", which I sold for $350. The Shogun got the old stem from my road bike, which I am replacing with 15deg rise salsa (because my road bike is too small), a new seat, some bar tape, and my third set of Time pedals, which I found on craigslist for $20. More pics of the shogun to come eventually...

Also in the news, my superlight only has one leg! As I was tuning it up I found this HUGE crack in the chainstay (it goes 2/3 of the way through):

http://www.phoben.com/photos/archive/2006/2006_04_10/fullSize/IMG_7892.jpg

The swingarm has since been amputated:

http://www.phoben.com/photos/archive/2006/2006_04_10/fullSize/IMG_7893.jpg

http://www.phoben.com/photos/archive/2006/2006_04_10/fullSize/IMG_7895.jpg

and I have a new one in the mail from santa cruz for a cool $250 after barraging them with voicemails and emails all day monday until the man with the magic parts bin was kind enough to give me a call (Willie, you rule!).

Toshi

04-13-2006, 10:47 PM

all those big drops to flat finally caught up to you eh? :D hehe

WTGPhoben

04-13-2006, 10:56 PM

all those big drops to flat finally caught up to you eh? :D hehe

At least it's easier to diagnose and cheaper to fix than the dragmobile. :love:

Toshi

04-13-2006, 11:01 PM

true. who would have thought that your vw + superlight would prove to be less of a pain than my subaru + canfield*?

* i had many chainline issues with it before i sold it, for the record

WTGPhoben

04-13-2006, 11:12 PM

true. who would have thought that your vw + superlight would prove to be less of a pain than my subaru + canfield*?

* i had many chainline issues with it before i sold it, for the record

We all knew, we were just too polite to talk you out of either of them:) .

...but speaking of chainline issues, I had to respace and redish the rear wheel on the shogun (did I mention I got it for $120 on craigslist), as it was a SS conversion from a 6spd freewheel and had a less than ideal chainline. Had to cannibalize two old hubs for spacers. A good reminder of why I never throw bike parts away...

...speaking of which, did you recognize the chainring on the "Jamis"?

Toshi

04-13-2006, 11:18 PM

no, i don't. where's it from?

WTGPhoben

04-13-2006, 11:28 PM

no, i don't. where's it from?

You gave it to me about 4 yr ago because it had a bent tooth. It's been on my beater ever since. I finally bent back the tooth when I put it on this build, and it's as good as new.

narlus

04-14-2006, 09:49 AM

wtg -

i never had good luck w/ the xy race face post; invariably the saddle tilt would get thrown out of whack.

two bolt heads are the best design, imo.

WTGPhoben

04-14-2006, 10:00 AM

wtg -

i never had good luck w/ the xy race face post; invariably the saddle tilt would get thrown out of whack.

two bolt heads are the best design, imo.

I agree. My MTB and my road bike both have two-bolt posts (thompson, american classic). I got that post on the original build of my superlight, which I never even rode before I stripped and rebuilt it with parts from its predecessor (I'll post a before and after when I get home). I was happy to sell the XY.

Toshi

04-14-2006, 03:47 PM

a heads up on a thule/sportworks sale ending tomorrow:

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2059384#post2059384

i just (back)ordered up a 1 1/4" T2 for my wrx, in anticipation of my journeys (with bikes) throughout the west this upcoming year. yes, i haven't had a bike rack the whole time i've had this wrx, since august. yes, this means i haven't been on a trail ride since at least then :eek:

WTGPhoben

04-14-2006, 04:17 PM

Toshi

04-14-2006, 04:25 PM

yeah. and the dbr is rigid these days.

random addition since i just uploaded it, a track my quintet recorded last week. you can hear a solo by me from 1:53 to 2:31. it's not often you get to hear a mainly classical/legit player do not one but two lip trills in a piece ;)

Black Diamond Brass - Don't get around much anymore.m4a (http://toshiclark.com/BDB%20-%20Don't%20get%20around%20much%20anymore.m4a) (use iTunes)

Toshi

04-15-2006, 07:16 PM

fair enough. :thumb:

the aforementioned junk i'm selling (3 items [monette C2, monette mouthpiece case, sony ericsson T637], wait a minute if only 2 show up):

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZtoshiclarkQQhtZ-1

http://toshiclark.com/forsale/C2.jpg
the above items actually sold for pretty decent prices :) : $33 for the ugly, scratched cell phone (which i got for free from amazon initially so this basically earns me back the activation fee), $42.07 for the mouthpiece case (surprisingly high), and $131.45 for the mouthpiece (which is just about right given past experience).

random addition since i just uploaded it, a track my quintet recorded last week. you can hear a solo by me from 1:53 to 2:31. it's not often you get to hear a mainly classical/legit player do not one but two lip trills in a piece ;)

Black Diamond Brass - Don't get around much anymore.m4a (http://toshiclark.com/BDB%20-%20Don't%20get%20around%20much%20anymore.m4a) (use iTunes)
listen to the solo and comment! :oink:

Toshi

04-16-2006, 08:28 PM

oh, i managed to toast the front wheel bearings on my rolf vectors. this is cool for two reasons: first, that they're sealed and thus this represents a feat of sorts :D ; and second, because this gives me an excuse for being previously slow. i'm sure my commute average will jump significantly up from 13.4 mph after i get the bike back, heh

Toshi

04-16-2006, 10:13 PM

http://www.gravityseries.com/pages/10/index.htm

cool! :thumb: i had no idea soapbox racing was still around...

http://www.acg.co.uk/IMAGES/209_BGR.jpg

this is also cool in a similar, whimsical way:

http://www.pistolwimp.com/media/44210/

WTGPhoben

04-17-2006, 10:37 AM

if anyone listening needs disc adapters for SRAM 9.0 wheels, I'm selling some:

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2062466#post2062466

WTGPhoben

04-20-2006, 09:20 AM

Check out the V-Brake Mod I did on the Superlight:

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2068712#post2068712

Toshi

04-20-2006, 10:40 AM

Check out the V-Brake Mod I did on the Superlight:

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2068712#post2068712
pretty cool that you found a workaround for a poor design ;) . have you been reading the patineto threads?

WTGPhoben

04-20-2006, 11:55 AM

pretty cool that you found a workaround for a poor design ;) . have you been reading the patineto threads?

I had only seen the tandem before today, but I just did a search and he's done some crazy-cool stuff.

Toshi

04-21-2006, 01:45 AM

omg :eek:

http://www.specmiatavideos.com/Race%20Videos/mcollins_smpt_4_06.wmv

watch the first lap at least. it's amazing.

(discussion: http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=985721 )

Toshi

04-24-2006, 01:06 PM

from my post in this thread: http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=151820 . here's a breakdown of what came on the car and what i've had done since getting it.

'02 WRX

Engine:

IHI VF34 ball-bearing turbo
Tial 38mm external wastegate
TurboXS front mounted intercooler
TurboXS UTEC (user tunable engine computer) piggyback
TurboXS DTEC-BC Pro electronic boost controller
Walbro 255 liter per hour fuel pump
Ultimate Racing 600cc fuel injectors

Transmission and exhaust:

STi RA rally-specification gearset in the gearbox (stronger and shorter - 2.7k rpms at 60 mph in top gear)
STi limited slip center differential, not adjustable however
ACT Street Disc clutch
Custom catless uppipe
Invidia bellmouth catless 3" downpipe (with the external wastegate plumbed to it)
BPM 3" midpipe with one catalytic converter, one resonator
Prodrive 2.5" axleback exhaust

Stats:

The target boost is 18-19 psi from 3500 to 5500, then tapering down to 15 and change at redline. 284 whp/262 lb-ft. on a dynojet in February (running straight 18 psi for this pull):

Dyno chart: http://toshiclark.com/images/miscellaneous/random/Toshi-Clark-dyno.jpg

The previous owner dragged the car (I haven't, as I've just stuck to autocross) and his best time was 12.6xx @ 111 mph.

Brakes and suspension:

Stillen drilled rotors up front, Powerslot slotted rotors out back, stock size for 16" wheel compatibility
Hawk brake pads iirc
Stainless steel brake lines throughout
D2 Racing coilovers, 7k/5k spring rates (about twice as stiff as stock)
Helix solid endlinks in the rear
Whiteline 24mm front swaybar, Perrin 20-22-24mm adjustable rear swaybar
Replica front and rear strut tower braces

Wheels and tires:

STi 17x7.5" BBS rims with 225/45/17 Nokian WR all season tires for the street
Rota Slipstream 16x7" rims with 245/45/16 Kumho V700 Victoracer R compounds for autocross. I'm selling this wheelset due to lack of time for racing, however...

Cosmetic and other:

Valentine 1 hard wired
Game Boy Advance SP, used to control the DTEC boost controller
iPod and Game Boy dashboard mounts from www.proclipusa.com
Seibon carbon fiber hood with requisite hood pins
35% tint all around, with a cutout for the radar detector
'05 Legacy GT shift knob
Kartboy short shifter kit
Battery relocated to the trunk for weight distribution
TurboXS KnockLite knock/shift light
Exhaust gas temperature and oil pressure gauges
Japan-market STi replica grille, "i" Impreza badge
Hella Supertones horns, 118 dB!
Tein hydraulic hood dampers (so the hood stays open on its own)
Fog lights deleted to make way for the intercooler plumbing
"Subaru" on trunk shaved for cleanliness

Stereo:

Dynamat Extreme in the trunk, cabin, and doors
No head unit! instead the iPod is wired directly to the amps:
JL Audio 300/4 and esomethingorother amplifiers
MB Quart Reference 6.5" components in the front doors
Stock, junk rear speakers just for fill

narlus

04-24-2006, 01:15 PM

all yr mods probably add up to more than i spent on my car :D

Toshi

04-26-2006, 01:15 AM

a thread idea patterned after narlus' "song[s] of the day":

classical track of the day for april 26 (http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2078651#post2078651)

my first pick: john adams' "short ride in a fast machine".

Toshi

04-27-2006, 01:53 AM

day two of the classical track of the day:

classical TotD, april 27 (http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2080697#post2080697)

Gustav Holst, London Symphony Orchestra. The Planets - Mars, the Bringer of War...

:devil:

Toshi

04-28-2006, 12:45 AM

day three of the cTotD:

april 28 (http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2082649#post2082649)

Claude Debussy, London Symphony Orchestra, Nocturnes.

Toshi

04-29-2006, 12:58 PM

day for of the cTotD:

april 29 (http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2084629#post2084629)

Glenn Gould and the Julliard String Quartet (not together!), #1 and #9 from Bach's The Art of Fugue (Die Kunst der Fuge).

oh, i also have new pics coming once i process 'em! got a late start on it yesterday and was stuck in hideous traffic for many an hour, but i and two friends wanted to get to the coast before nightfall yesterday, and that we did. driving on the beach is fun :devil:

Toshi

04-29-2006, 05:56 PM

http://tinyurl.com/g57yl

http://toshiclark.com/images/events%20and%20concerts/ocean%20shores,%20or%20no%20one%20got%20shot%20-%20april%2028,%202006/Images/IMG_1829.jpg

Toshi

04-30-2006, 12:32 PM

cTotD for april 30 (http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2085177#post2085177) - ravel quartet in F, 1st mvmt

http://jeffcovey.net/music/scores/ravel/string-quartet/previews/ravel-string-quartet.preview.png

Toshi

05-01-2006, 03:53 PM

may 1 cTotD (http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2086951#post2086951)

today's classical track of the day comes from the Romantic period, from the pen of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. or something close to that spelling in any case:

PI Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique - IV. Finale - Adagio Lamentoso - Andante (http://download.yousendit.com/5E042F2A6F41EBA8) - played by the Berliner Philharmoniker, or Berlin Philharmonic if you prefer

narlus

05-02-2006, 02:49 PM

http://toshiclark.com/images/events%20and%20concerts/ocean%20shores,%20or%20no%20one%20got%20shot%20-%20april%2028,%202006/Images/IMG_1824.jpg

so did you squeeze them?

Toshi

05-02-2006, 04:16 PM

:oink:

.

and onto today's classical track of the day, martha argerich playing prok[ofiev] 3 (http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2088921#post2088921)

Toshi

05-02-2006, 10:35 PM

thad,

need cheap 512 DDR2 RAM? i'm selling some... :sneaky:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=9721249543&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT

Toshi

05-02-2006, 11:16 PM

the wind was pretty brisk today:

http://toshiclark.com/May-2-wind.png

as you might have guessed, i was out on the water for the period marked in yellow. :) i earned my intermediate singlehanded dinghy rating today thanks to the wind -- you can't get higher ratings unless the wind is blowing sufficiently strong to make things difficult. this is cool because it doesn't expire unlike the novice ratings, i can now go out of my own accord in wind up to 15 knots, and can now venture outside of the local bay and into lake union itself, where the wind is often stronger.

score.

starting tomorrow, i learn how to sail catamarans, too... it's amazing the time you free up when you don't go to class.

oh, the really cool thing about getting my rating today was that the chief who administered the practical test (on the water) asked me afterwards if i want to teach! which was a nice ego boost, even if it may mean that they're short on instructors. in any case, i think i'll look into that in about 14 months or so after i re-emerge from the cave of 3rd year.

Toshi

05-03-2006, 11:20 AM

may 3 (http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2090317#post2090317) cTotD: strauss "vier letzte lieder" / berlin / abbado / matilla.

now off to get my car dynoed. it won't match the previous 284/262 numbers since it's a lower reading dyno. STis put down 220-230 when stock on this dyno, i hear, so i'd be quite happy with 240 or 250...

Toshi

05-03-2006, 02:12 PM

ugh. disappointing results on the Mustang dyno today: 229 whp, 191 ft.-lbs. of torque, 24% lower than what i got on the Dynojet dyno in portland. the official word is that stock STis pull 229 on the nose so at least that's comforting. (Mustang and Dynojet are two different dyno manufacturers, and results vary, as you can see.)

there was more power to be had but the boost wasn't where it should have been -- i had it set to peak at 19 psi and taper to just shy of 17 psi at redline, but instead was seeing about 3 psi lower across the board. i'm not sure what this is showing.

http://tinyurl.com/kzza8 has the pics in any case.

in the dyno chart below:

pink = boost, axis is on the right.
black = air:fuel ratio, which you can ignore
blue = torque. at least this looks better (in terms of shape) than before in portland. now there's ~95% torque available from 3800-5400 rpm.
red = horsepower, again measured at the wheels. were it not for the weird disappearing-boost problem it would have climbed until redline instead of peaking at 5500 and going down as you see here.

http://toshiclark.com/images/events%20and%20concerts/on%20the%20dyno%20at%20Kito%20Auto%20Sport%20-%20may%203,%202006/Images/Kito_Auto_Sport_Mustang_dyn.jpg

http://toshiclark.com/images/events%20and%20concerts/on%20the%20dyno%20at%20Kito%20Auto%20Sport%20-%20may%203,%202006/Images/IMG_1851.jpg

narlus

05-03-2006, 02:52 PM

so does this mean yr penis isn't as big as you thought it was?

:D

Toshi

05-03-2006, 02:58 PM

no. my ePenis has severe shrinkage issues. :( heh

WTGPhoben

05-03-2006, 04:11 PM

so does this mean yr penis isn't as big as you thought it was?

:D

LOL! you are my hero.

Toshi

05-04-2006, 12:43 AM

the boost wasn't where it should have been -- i had it set to peak at 19 psi and taper to just shy of 17 psi at redline, but instead was seeing about 3 psi lower across the board. i'm not sure what this is showing.
and it looks like the low boost was my fault for coming up with a wack DTEC map. it worked fine on the road, but under the higher load of the dyno the duty cycles i came up with were insufficient. i'm going to try to head back tomorrow before heading up to whistler to see if i can put down some better numbers with proper boost control.

from 3rd gear pull on an onramp just now:

2755 rpm, 6.3 psi
3046 rpm, 8.0 psi
3121 rpm, 10.2 psi
3270 rpm, 12.4 psi
3360 rpm, 13.6 psi
3448 rpm, 14.3 psi
3564 rpm, 17.5 psi
3652 rpm, 18.0 psi
... followed by small fluctuations centered around 18 psi, ranging from 15.6 to 19.8, ending up with the following:
5657 rpm, 16.7 psi
5777 rpm, 18.2 psi
5864 rpm, 15.4 psi
5999 rpm, 17.1 psi
6092 rpm, 15.5 psi
6212 rpm, 18.3 psi

seeing 1 bar of boost by 3500 rpm is pretty decent considering that the car has the big front mount intercooler, as the turbo has to fill up all the space in the piping and the intercooler itself before the engine gets its share.

:)

Toshi

05-04-2006, 02:16 AM

trivia night (http://toshiclark.com/images/daily/trivia%20night%20-%20may%203,%202006/)

http://toshiclark.com/images/daily/trivia%20night%20-%20may%203,%202006/Images/IMG_1897.jpg

Toshi

05-04-2006, 09:08 AM

may 4 cTotD: the adagietto from mahler 5 (http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2091678#post2091678), cleveland orchestra.

WTGPhoben

05-06-2006, 10:51 PM

Today's adventure: 65 miles, one gear. Man are my legs tired...

Toshi

05-07-2006, 04:46 PM

you are nuts, keith.

other thoughts of the moment:

- spring skiing at whistler is still a Good Thing(tm), but i've been spoiled by the good snow that we've had the rest of this season
- the halfpipe is harder than it looks! in both senses. luckily, i didn't fall...
- many pics to come after many pages to be written for class :dead:
- i had to break into my apartment by climbing on the roof! pics to come of this as well

Toshi

05-07-2006, 10:29 PM

please admire my turgid e-member, all

http://toshiclark.com/images/events%20and%20concerts/on%20the%20dyno%20at%20Kito%20Auto%20Sport%20-%20may%203,%202006/Images/IMG_1898.jpg (other pics in progress)

Toshi

05-08-2006, 03:35 AM

http://tinyurl.com/e74zf

some highlights:

http://toshiclark.com/images/trips/spring%20skiing%20at%20whistler%20-%20may%202006/Images/IMG_1912.jpg

http://toshiclark.com/images/trips/spring%20skiing%20at%20whistler%20-%20may%202006/Images/brianne_sequence_1.jpg

http://toshiclark.com/images/trips/spring%20skiing%20at%20whistler%20-%20may%202006/Images/IMG_0039.jpg

Toshi

05-09-2006, 10:40 AM

may 9 - stravinsky serenade in A (http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2100662#post2100662)

and

may 10 - dvorak 8, mvmt 1 (http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2103029#post2103029)

goes with the above:

http://toshiclark.com/images/miscellaneous/random/Dvorak-8.gif

may 11... (http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2105200#post2105200)

may 12 (http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2107490#post2107490)

Toshi

05-09-2006, 11:43 PM

i finally have a bike rack once again... :) and just might go on an xc trail ride this weekend! shocking, i know.

Toshi

05-10-2006, 03:10 AM

an unusual set of images, of my very own ankle!

http://toshiclark.com/images/daily/flesh,%20blood,%20and%20bone%20-%20may%209,%202006/Images/Picture_1.jpg

http://toshiclark.com/images/daily/flesh,%20blood,%20and%20bone%20-%20may%209,%202006/Images/Picture_2.jpg

http://toshiclark.com/images/daily/flesh,%20blood,%20and%20bone%20-%20may%209,%202006/Images/Picture_4.jpg

Toshi

05-14-2006, 02:32 PM

whoa: http://www.lotekkicks.com/lotek_mixtape1.mov

also, this is pretty cool. some poor photography, some awesome shots...: http://www.polarinertia.com/ . i particularly recommend casitas, border survey, and product murals from the bottom/current issue, and hong kong noodle shops, ephemeral city, oblivion, and hong kong housing from the left. i haven't delved through the archives yet...

until june 30 you can watch full episodes of some ABC shows for free: http://dynamic.abc.go.com/streaming/landing . works under os x/safari, too.

a compilation of top gear video links: http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=152074

this site has some nifty line/watercolor drawings of old and recent subarus: http://www.subaru.co.jp/square/gallery/kabegami/bow/index.html

http://www.subaru.co.jp/square/gallery/kabegami/bow/imgs/3_1.jpg

Toshi

05-15-2006, 02:12 AM

woohoo, geometry at work: http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2110152#post2110152

:)

chicodude

05-15-2006, 02:19 AM

Soo...I know I have asked this, but do you even own a bike anymore?

Toshi

05-15-2006, 02:24 AM

yeah, i still have the old dbr axis xc bike kicking around in its best fully rigid 1996-vintage style. i haven't been on a xc ride in many, many moons, however. i also still have a road bike, and that gets regular use in my commute.

without the willing photo subjects of WTGPhoben or Barbaton at hand i just don't seem to take any riding pics any more...

chicodude

05-15-2006, 02:58 AM

Toshi

05-15-2006, 03:04 AM

Why did you sell le big bikey? I really dug that canfield...
somewhere along the line i got old all of a sudden, and lost the desire to downhill. well, not so much lost the desire as that finger and shoulder pain that i'd have previously shrugged off suddenly became important in my mind. i only got up to whistler 4 times last summer, for instance, as opposed to the probably 30 times i made it up to whistler/the shore/post canyon the summer before that.

given that there are essentially no legal riding spots within washington and that i knew i'd be a lot busier this year (which has proved to be true) it made sense to dump the bike while i could still a decent return for it.

chicodude

05-15-2006, 03:13 AM

somewhere along the line i got old all of a sudden, and lost the desire to downhill. well, not so much lost the desire as that finger and shoulder pain that i'd have previously shrugged off suddenly became important in my mind. i only got up to whistler 4 times last summer, for instance, as opposed to the probably 30 times i made it up to whistler/the shore/post canyon the summer before that.

given that there are essentially no legal riding spots within washington and that i knew i'd be a lot busier this year (which has proved to be true) it made sense to dump the bike while i could still a decent return for it.

Sounds legit enough. I fell the need to dump my DH bikey for an XC rig every now and then but i can never bring myself to do it. More power to ya.

What the hell are you doing still being up and all?

Toshi

05-15-2006, 03:15 AM

Sounds legit enough. I fell the need to dump my DH bikey for an XC rig every now and then but i can never bring myself to do it. More power to ya.

What the hell are you doing still being up and all?
what are _you_ doing up? :D

i'm trying to crank out another case study (a problem set in as many words) for pharmacology. this case is on opioid dependence.

narlus

05-15-2006, 12:47 PM

in case you were at the edge of yr seat, and in danger of toppling over, i've settled my lens dilemma (http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2022855&postcount=2813) and selected the Tokina 12-24 (http://www.thkphoto.com/products/tokina/afl-00.html)...haven't had much time to play w/ it yet; the downpour made it not so suitable for use, and it's not really much of an indoor lens, esp on a grey day.

i did rent a 85 f/1.8 from calumet though, and that got a fair bit of use...went to two different shows on sat and sun, and will have some photos up after i do some RAW processing tonight.

Toshi

05-15-2006, 01:01 PM

cool, i eagerly await the pics

narlus

05-15-2006, 01:53 PM

well, i did have some issues, so don't get yr hopes up too high.

- at the michael hurley show, i screwed up and had the metering set to partial rather than evaluation. for the entire shoot. doh! as a result, the pictures had a much brighter background than they should have.

- it was at a church, and there was a sole spotlight on the left side of the performer. this meant i got ugly mic stand shadows across the face of samara for her entire set, and about 1/2 of hurley's set (after he moved the stand when he played fiddle); tara stood and played, so it was not an issue w/ her. it was such a quiet, intimate setting that i felt uncomfortable moving around to get different perspectives, and my shots suffered accordingly.

- at the mogwai show, i had the lens on MF for a few shots and forgot to reset it back to AF....wasted a bunch of shots there

- the strobes played havoc w/ the metering and focus for some of the mogwai shots, so i ended up going manual, both exposure and focus, and doing some burst shots. a few came out halfway decent.

- the 85 on a 1.6 crop body meant it was too long to get full images of the performers for the main part, and i either got face shots or partially cropped guitars. i swapped lenses to the 50mm for some shots, and that improved the situation. i was 2nd from the stage, and it was jammed so i couldn't really move backwards w/ the 85 and still get an unobstructed stage view (i wish i was a foot taller).

- on the plus side, i can now pretty much operate all my camera's controls and settings in the dark.

Toshi

05-18-2006, 01:25 AM

i thought those pics (posted in the lounge) turned out pretty good! :thumb: you're definitely being more strict in self-editing what to post vs. earlier concert shoots.

on an entirely different subject, this video is awesome:

http://www.thebeachcats.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Downloads&file=index&req=getit&lid=27&POSTNUKESID=dde201e308de330156265d9ee3452c09

what is also awesome is that me and my sailing partner almost pitchpoled the hobie 16 we were flying (ie, windward hull out of the water). then we thought that was fun enough that we did it a few more times. ahha :thumb: what a day. finally i am convinced that catamarans are more fun than lasers.

in pictures (watch the video, too!):

lasers:

http://homepages.rya-online.net/Abbey-SC/images/laser.jpg

hobie 16s:

http://www.asv.rwth-aachen.de/images/boote/amstart.jpg

a single hobie 16, flying the hull:

http://membres.lycos.fr/jla/hobie__16.jpg

a pitchpole about to happen:

http://www.catsailor.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10005/normal_BillRoberts_sm.jpg

a pitchpole in progress (view from behind the boat as it flips over frontwards):

http://www.catsailor.com/images/Tradewinds/2005/pitchpole.jpg

and into the drink:

http://westlakesailingclub.com/albums/Misc-Pics/Toms_h16_pitchpole.jpg

Toshi

05-19-2006, 12:03 PM

holy mother of god :eek: . dave mirra is the man.

http://www.bangpictures.com/movs/mirraco.mov

Toshi

05-22-2006, 12:27 AM

holy mother of god x 2

http://www.colorado.edu/studentgroups/mamabird/video/Beau_Jumps_Over_A_Guy.mov

narlus

05-22-2006, 09:41 AM

damn, that pic of the cat going in is great.

Toshi

05-22-2006, 10:55 AM

this is cool, a QTVR of the opening of the monolithic Apple cubeoid store in nyc. apple4life! :oink:

http://www.panoramas.dk/newspanos/f20-apple-store.html

narlus

05-22-2006, 12:37 PM

Toshi, what lenses do you currently own?

Toshi

05-22-2006, 12:40 PM

haven't changed anything in my setup in a bit (getting a softbox to shoot a friend's wedding tho):

canon:
20D (switched from D30 after it died)
420EX and ST-E2 for off-camera
28/1.8 usm
50/1.4 usm
135/2L usm (switched from the 70-200/4L usm)

sigma:
12-24/4.5-5.6 hsm (switched from the 15/2.8 fisheye)
180/3.5 hsm macro

narlus

05-22-2006, 02:10 PM

was that 135/2L usm a trade from the 70-200?

i'm tempted to land either the 28/1.8 or 50/1.4 or both, to aid in my low-light concert shooting endeavors. it'd be nice to have a wide angle available (my new tokina is far too slow @ f/4). how's the focusing capability in low-light for either?

Toshi

05-22-2006, 03:22 PM

i sold the 70-200 outright, then bought the 135 brand new for a good price from some taiwanese guy on the fredmiranda.com forums who apparently had connections. it had/has a warranty card and all. unfortunately his operation has been shut down -- i guess he got sloppy later on and didn't ship items on time.

the 28 focuses better than the 50/1.4, which tends to hunt quite a bit. something about the 50 not having a true ring-type usm? however, the 50/1.4 is critically sharp within its depth of field, even close to wide open. the 28 is most definitely not -- it's great for web work, but just recognize it's not that sharp.

Toshi

05-24-2006, 11:17 PM

i had another awesome day sailing today. the wind can be seen below, yellow marking the time period in which i was actually out on the water:

http://toshiclark.com/May24wind.png

it was the last day of the catamaran class (hobie 16) that i've been taking, so today was the day to show our stuff. i intentionally paired up with the other hotshot in the class, a freshman math major that happens to like sailing. and we tore it up -- we were the only ones to get an intermediate rating today, while others got a novice rating. (this is key for me since the intermediate rating doesn't expire, while the novice rating would expire while i was doing peds in pocatello...).

the wind was good and we were pushing it, so we actually ended up pitchpoling twice! (see previous posts in this thread for explanation of pitchpoling) once with her at the tiller, once with me at the helm. in between our two impromptu capsizes we also had to demonstrate one on purpose for the instructors, so it was quite the workout. given that we were out there for a couple of hours 2 unintentional capsizes isn't bad at all. we got pretty good at riding that edge where the boat is keeled up on one hull but isn't quite ready to flip.

:) what a day. (i also took final #3 of 4 today. but sailing is much more interesting.)

extra notes: the hobie 16 is a small catamaran for 2 people. you need 280 lbs of combined weight to flip one back upright if you capsize, and we were pretty close to that limit so it was a struggle. pitchpoling is what happens when the prow of your leeward hull (as opposed to windward -- leeward is the side away from the wind) digs into the water. the boat instantly stops and goes vertical, and if you are on the trapeze wires as we were today, then you go flying! i flew off the front of the boat, and my sailing partner almost hit the front of the hulls, a good 8 feet away, during one of the capsizes. finally, trapeze wires are wires that hang down from the mast that let you lean way out to the side of the boat in order to stay upright in high winds.

Barbaton

05-25-2006, 11:04 AM

Toshi, I'm stealing your sailing terms and applying them to biking, as in: "Keith pitch-poled yesterday." :) Seemed to be particularly descriptive... :cool:

narlus

05-25-2006, 11:43 AM

Toshi, I'm stealing your sailing terms and applying them to biking, as in: "Keith pitch-poled yesterday." :) Seemed to be particularly descriptive... :cool:

i hope that didn't happen in the Fells...near the Sheepfold...
:help: :rofl:

Barbaton

05-25-2006, 12:18 PM

i hope that didn't happen in the Fells...near the Sheepfold...
:help: :rofl:

I wasn't on the ride, so I don't know. Would have been about 8am i think. Were you a witness?

Toshi

05-25-2006, 12:26 PM

heh. you did it AGAIN, keith? :D

narlus

05-25-2006, 12:37 PM

I wasn't on the ride, so I don't know. Would have been about 8am i think. Were you a witness?

no, i was more commenting on the term 'pitch pole', coupled w/ the type of denizen that part of the Fells is known for. :D

Toshi

05-25-2006, 12:39 PM

heh :thumb: . don't get impaled on the pitch pole when you crash, keith!

Barbaton

05-25-2006, 01:42 PM

no, i was more commenting on the term 'pitch pole', coupled w/ the type of denizen that part of the Fells is known for. :D

Huh. hadn't thought of that. nor was i aware of that reputation...

though i have heard stories of nightime naked running guy

Toshi

05-25-2006, 02:03 PM

Huh. hadn't thought of that. nor was i aware of that reputation...
you thought those half naked guys were just complimenting your ass out of mere courtesy? :rofl:

Toshi

05-25-2006, 08:15 PM

yes, i really am this ghetto

http://toshiclark.com/stamps.jpg

Toshi

05-26-2006, 12:56 AM

if any of you guys need microsoft office i'm selling a fully legit, new in box, retail, non-oem, non-academic version of office 2003 pro:

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2129104#post2129104

or directly to ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=9732354703&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT

http://toshiclark.com/forsale/office.jpg

WTGPhoben

05-28-2006, 08:45 AM

Huh. hadn't thought of that. nor was i aware of that reputation...

though i have heard stories of nightime naked running guy

I've SEEN daytime naked running guy. Hewas unable to pitchpole me.

WTGPhoben

05-28-2006, 08:49 AM

I'm selling the 27" wheels from my singlespeed. I built up some 700s and have it configured as a fixed gear now.

buy my wheels (please) http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2131213#post2131213

Toshi

05-29-2006, 03:20 AM

WTGPhoben

05-29-2006, 10:52 PM

i'm still getting it back up to speed with updating galleries and regenerating subject pages, but tjclark.ath.cx is pretty much back on its feet. now with 100% less hard drive failure! (had two disks die in a year)

http://tjclark.ath.cx/

It's currently down for me, which is an unhappy coincidence since I was trying to get on it to find a photo just a minute ago.

dump

05-30-2006, 12:56 AM

down for me too....

handle it :D ;)

Toshi

05-30-2006, 03:51 AM

ugh. why must the server act up right after i leave the place? (it's in oregon. flew back from there in a cessna 182Q!)

Toshi

05-30-2006, 11:04 PM

crazy crash of a wrx at a local rally (video not by me, quite good quality footage!)

http://www.subiegal.com/rallyteamnews/rallyvideo/Mike%20Goodwin%20crash.mpg

Toshi

05-31-2006, 12:14 AM

down for me too....

handle it :D ;)
it's back up! for how long, who knows...

update: just got the counters working again, including the infamous stalker count feature:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/stalkerCount.html

Toshi

06-01-2006, 11:23 AM

here's a pretty cool (albeit annoying -- stupid flash transitions) sequence of a cat pitchpoling in the strait of juan de fuca, close to seattle.

http://www.pacificfog.net/Temp/CatSass.swf

entire sequence is over 21 sec.

Barbaton

06-02-2006, 03:06 PM

how come this thread is the top of the list of threads similar to the boob thread in the lounge? :think:

Toshi

06-04-2006, 03:41 PM

mmmm

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2678/1252/1600/baconband.jpg

Toshi

06-04-2006, 11:41 PM

my sister graduated from med school this last weekend. :)

http://tinyurl.com/geytz

highlights:

my sister:

http://toshiclark.com/images/events%20and%20concerts/eiko's%20medical%20school%20graduation%20-%20june%202,%202006/Images/IMG_2018.jpg

me and big sis:

http://toshiclark.com/images/events%20and%20concerts/eiko's%20medical%20school%20graduation%20-%20june%202,%202006/Images/IMG_2077.jpg

the whole family picking fuzz off of my shirt:

http://toshiclark.com/images/events%20and%20concerts/eiko's%20medical%20school%20graduation%20-%20june%202,%202006/Images/IMG_2014.jpg

and a random macro shot from dinner to finish off the lot:

http://toshiclark.com/images/events%20and%20concerts/eiko's%20medical%20school%20graduation%20-%20june%202,%202006/Images/IMG_2005.jpg

Toshi

06-05-2006, 01:41 AM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v115/ikilicki/MySpace/Signs/719f23e2.gif

appropriate since that's my first rotation...

:dead:

Toshi

06-09-2006, 01:13 AM

http://www.ronpatrickstuff.com/

jet powered beetle. crazy.

WTGPhoben

06-09-2006, 02:33 AM

http://www.ronpatrickstuff.com/

jet powered beetle. crazy.

pretty sure you've posted this before....

habitatxskate

06-09-2006, 09:44 AM

there is no way that is street legal..and if it is, i'm putting a 100" inch lift in my truck

Toshi

06-09-2006, 10:24 AM

pretty sure you've posted this before....
it is old, yeah. my hippocampus is free of previous memories of this particular site, however. :D

from fluff: http://www.sodall.co.uk/BBC/parody/index.htm :oink:

Toshi

06-13-2006, 12:13 PM

we caught a live one!

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=157593

heh.

who thinks i should rock a "Hippie lesbians love granola" sticker on my subaru? :D

Barbaton

06-14-2006, 11:23 AM

Some of you may remember my desire to make a winter bike with a ski in the front and a big ass wheel on the back (Lately I've been thinking a Pugsley frame might be the way to go). Looks like someone's gone and beat me to it :cool: , though I hadn't thought to tread it:

http://www.mbaction.com/archive/smobike1.jpg

http://www.mbaction.com/detail.asp?id=1726

and

http://www.snomobike.com/pages/home.html

I have to say I think the tread looks too narrow to get much float

EDIT: they say it's 4", which is pretty damn wide

habitatxskate

06-14-2006, 04:18 PM

Bartaton, thats a sick bick..make one like that!

Toshi

06-16-2006, 01:23 AM

this is most definitely worth watching

http://www.vorb.org.nz/ftopicp-746890.html , link at the bottom of the first post as an attachment

last one made me go :eek:

Toshi

06-16-2006, 07:21 PM

i actually went riding for a reason other than transportation today! put in 25.26 tiring miles on the burke-gilman trail...

WiSaM-MaNsON

06-17-2006, 01:02 PM

thank you for this bike
hhhhhh

Toshi

06-17-2006, 01:03 PM

say what?

brungeman

06-17-2006, 07:43 PM

this is most definitely worth watching

http://www.vorb.org.nz/ftopicp-746890.html , link at the bottom of the first post as an attachment

last one made me go :eek:

TOSHI YOU SUCK!!! I almost puked watching that!!! when the one guy at 1:47 plows into the wall, and gets up with his arm dangling!

then again it was kinda entertaining!

Toshi

06-18-2006, 03:29 PM

ahha this is brilliant, absolutely brilliant

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=31414033&MyToken=9f7f1533-ce62-4027-9cc1-e483483bad10

Ivan Basso, Valverde, Floyd Landis, it doesn't matter. No one can drop the hammers on the climbs AND the time trials like the Jan. It is being like the Highlander. Or like Lance's nuts.

There can be only one.

WTGPhoben

06-18-2006, 06:01 PM

I promised I'd post a bar tape tutorial for Toshi two months ago...

here it is: http://www.phoben.com/photos/pgal/gallery.aspx?AlbumID=506&type=Date%20Folders&subs=False

http://www.phoben.com/photos/archive/2006/2006_06_17/fullSize/IMG_8054.jpg

Toshi

06-18-2006, 06:05 PM

thanks, keith :thumb:

Toshi

06-18-2006, 11:44 PM

http://tinyurl.com/pjo3q

http://toshiclark.com/images/daily/unwind%20-%20june%2018,%202006/Images/IMG_2091.jpg

narlus

06-19-2006, 11:03 AM

concert shots from a Japanese band:

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2164287&postcount=1

Toshi

06-19-2006, 11:57 AM

concert shots from a Japanese band:

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2164287&postcount=1
i just posted in that thread, but i really like this one :thumb:

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/2158/IMG_0094.jpg

narlus

06-19-2006, 12:11 PM

the drummer used mallets pretty much the entire time.

i wish i was about 6-8" taller...taking lowlight photos on tippie-toes is not an easy task.

Toshi

06-20-2006, 12:35 PM

anyone care to disagree with my characterization of boston/other places here?

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2166598#post2166598

narlus

06-20-2006, 03:48 PM

boston (cambridge, not the depressing suburbs):
- decent xc riding really close by

if by 'really close by' you are excluding these 'depressing suburbs', i'd say your riding options are limited to the Fells and maybe belmont.

good riding, but there's plenty of better stuff in the dolorburbs. :D

also, nice adder w/ the pics.

Barbaton

06-20-2006, 04:04 PM

anyone care to disagree with my characterization of boston/other places here?

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2166598#post2166598

Friends of mine might disagree with you on the climbing. They seem to find lots of good close places (everything's granite here), but you might still have to drive...

Toshi

06-20-2006, 04:20 PM

oh, i meant climbing as in mountains to climb on an xc bike, not rock

Barbaton

06-20-2006, 04:34 PM

oh, i meant climbing as in mountains to climb on an xc bike, not rock

Aah, I see. Lynn Woods goes up to 940 feet... :rolleyes:

Toshi

06-22-2006, 11:07 PM

Toshi

06-27-2006, 02:35 AM

after coming back from a few days of driving a honda CR-V around the throttle response on my WRX doesn't feel bad at all. the clutch (on my car, not the cr-v) was amazingly heavy, tho. either that, or my left leg suffered serious atrophy secondary to too many lungfuls of boston-area haze. sorry, guys, didn't have any time outside of the wedding festivities and was stuck in carlisle for most of the time.

many pics to come tomorrow

Toshi

06-27-2006, 03:07 PM

many pics to come tomorrow
http://tinyurl.com/md98t
http://tinyurl.com/mrsnd
http://tinyurl.com/prbe4

some highlights of this, my first professional wedding gig (albeit for friends), since there are a TON of photos, especially if you don't know the people as i do :)

the bride:
http://toshiclark.com/images/events%20and%20concerts/hazel%20and%20steve's%20wedding%20-%20the%20ceremony%20-%20june%202006/Thumbs/IMG_2119.jpg

the groom and his older brother:
http://toshiclark.com/images/events%20and%20concerts/hazel%20and%20steve's%20wedding%20-%20the%20ceremony%20-%20june%202006/Thumbs/IMG_2126.jpg

a cute kid x 2 (not theirs!):
http://toshiclark.com/images/events%20and%20concerts/hazel%20and%20steve's%20wedding%20-%20the%20ceremony%20-%20june%202006/Thumbs/IMG_2200.jpghttp://toshiclark.com/images/events%20and%20concerts/hazel%20and%20steve's%20wedding%20-%20the%20ceremony%20-%20june%202006/Thumbs/IMG_2201.jpg

everyone and their mom has a digital camera now. good thing the secret is in the lighting (i shot just about everything with a softbox), angles, and postprocessing :)
http://toshiclark.com/images/events%20and%20concerts/hazel%20and%20steve's%20wedding%20-%20the%20ceremony%20-%20june%202006/Thumbs/IMG_2167.jpg

the groom's mother, pleased as punch:
http://toshiclark.com/images/events%20and%20concerts/hazel%20and%20steve's%20wedding%20-%20the%20ceremony%20-%20june%202006/Thumbs/IMG_2111.jpg

the groom with nice natural "hair lighting"
http://toshiclark.com/images/events%20and%20concerts/hazel%20and%20steve's%20wedding%20-%20the%20ceremony%20-%20june%202006/Thumbs/IMG_2110.jpg

tossing the bouquet -- note how all the "old girls", my college friends, are well back. no one wants to be the next to get hitched!
http://toshiclark.com/images/events%20and%20concerts/hazel%20and%20steve's%20wedding%20-%20the%20dinner%20-%20june%202006/Thumbs/IMG_2259.jpg

my old orchestra conductor and music theory/composition prof:
http://toshiclark.com/images/events%20and%20concerts/hazel%20and%20steve's%20wedding%20-%20the%20dinner%20-%20june%202006/Thumbs/IMG_2234.jpg

general rowdiness, all the college crowd:
http://toshiclark.com/images/events%20and%20concerts/hazel%20and%20steve's%20wedding%20-%20the%20dinner%20-%20june%202006/Thumbs/IMG_2242.jpg

a wannabe cover shot for the band playing at the reception (the keyboardist was the groom's brother):
http://toshiclark.com/images/events%20and%20concerts/hazel%20and%20steve's%20wedding%20-%20the%20reception%20-%20june%202006/Thumbs/IMG_2329.jpg

Toshi

06-29-2006, 09:09 PM

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7477398372572962859&q=super+7

whoa. (lotus super 7 on a gymkhana course. like autocross but with stuff you have to go through backwards, etc.)

Toshi

07-01-2006, 03:53 AM

i called 911 tonight: saw a drunk bicyclist bite it at 20ish mph on a road being resurfaced. she was unresponsive albeit breathing for a solid three minutes or so. don't drink too much, kiddies...

Toshi

07-03-2006, 11:13 PM

w00t. in fairbanks since last night. gonna see mt. mckinley tomorrow!

HarryCallahan

07-04-2006, 12:03 AM

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1031564

:drool:

also, i've decided that linear throttle response is a good thing. as in the next high powered car that i own (however many years that may be away :) ) will probably be naturally aspirated.

Take it for what it's worth from an old guy: Back in the day, I learned to drive stick in a Porsche 912 (4 banger). The rule was watch the tach and don't upshift below 3,000 rpm. With the turbo VWs and Subarus, I've heard it is more like 4 or 5K rpm.

Toshi

07-04-2006, 12:13 AM

Take it for what it's worth from an old guy: Back in the day, I learned to drive stick in a Porsche 912 (4 banger). The rule was watch the tach and don't upshift below 3,000 rpm. With the turbo VWs and Subarus, I've heard it is more like 4 or 5K rpm.
yeah, you can see that the torque really jumps up at 4k or so (dyno chart here (http://toshiclark.com/images/events%20and%20concerts/on%20the%20dyno%20at%20Kito%20Auto%20Sport%20-%20may%203,%202006/Pages/IMG_1898.html)).

i've "solved" the problem paradoxically by lowering the revs below 4k, by pulling out of spirited corners in 3rd gear instead of 2nd. in 1st and 2nd the car is simply too violent when it comes on boost for most roads. it's a lot easier to be smooth in 3rd even if it comes at a slight expense in pure speed -- it feels more satisfying to have a long, smoothly ramping up pull from 3k to redline in 3rd vs. two violent, short pulls in 2nd and then 3rd.

but this is all a moot point, as my car is in storage some 2750ish miles away from me for the next 6 weeks. :)

narlus

07-06-2006, 12:05 PM

some pictures (http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2188816#post2188816) from my Rome trip. keith, you might see some familiar shots. ;)

Toshi

07-07-2006, 01:39 AM

http://tinyurl.com/qqgmf

i'm going to post a general-interest thread in the lounge on this, but here i'll share more technical details and whining on my july 4 trip to Denali.

the light was very poor for the most part, as were shooting conditions: private cars are not allowed more than 15 miles into the park, while the access road stretches at least 90+. instead it is serviced by these buses:

http://toshiclark.com/images/trips/denali%20national%20park%20-%20july%204,%202006/Thumbs/IMG_2355.jpg

the buses were quite full -- i arrived there at 6:15 am after leaving fairbanks at 4, and was just able to snag the last ticket for the 7:30 bus when the ticket counter opened at 7. who were the buses full of, you ask? old people. with cameras. annoying, they were, especially when they made the bus stop repeatedly on sighting of sheep or other pedestrian beasts literally a mile away across a valley. picture this: "look at those white dots!" followed by frenetic snappings-away on shutter buttons...

in addition to that annoyance, the landscape itself wasn't as dramatic in most places as i might have expected of mighty alaska. there were a few nice vistas, however, and here's an example at ISO 200, 12 mm, f/13, 1/80. note that i really have to clean my sensor :dead: -- the dirt shows up especially in the stopped-down landscapes and the later macros...

http://toshiclark.com/images/trips/denali%20national%20park%20-%20july%204,%202006/Thumbs/IMG_2353.jpg

yes, macros: i decided that making my own light and concentrating on miniscule bundles of color would save the day, and ended up snapping a ton of macro shots with the ST-E2 on camera and the 420EX w/softbox held with my other hand at a 45 degree angle. here's a sample (with the sigma 180 macro) at ISO 400, f/22, 1/250

http://toshiclark.com/images/trips/denali%20national%20park%20-%20july%204,%202006/Thumbs/IMG_2369.jpg

finally, after my two batteries on the big camera were used up and my legs were spent after a two hour hike up and down a small mountain, we ran across a bear and her cub. this bear obliged by moseying on by the bus, and i snapped away vigorously with my old S30, which still had some juice in it:

http://toshiclark.com/images/trips/denali%20national%20park%20-%20july%204,%202006/Thumbs/CRW_2340.jpg

i'll make another post linking to the lounge thread once that's up. it'll have a different selection of photos + text which i'll mirror on my xanga (or just look at all of them in the gallery link atop this post if you don't like words and such :D)