Today I learned

"DasWauto" (DasWauto) 02/21/2016 at 09:00 • Filed to: autoshow

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Full manual photography is hard (, yo!).

I love these wheels. Prefer the design of the old R8 though.

It forces you to take more time to frame your shots, set the aperture, ISO, shutter speed, zoom and focus to get a good photo. My lack of experience meant I was often forgetting one or more of those settings when shooting and re-doing several shots (when I noticed). Autofocus and image stabilization have definitely spoiled me. It’s a challenge but that’s half the fun in photography with these old lenses.

Yellow is not a good colour on the new GT, IMO.

This issue was exacerbated by the fact that I brought the wrong lens and should have used my 28mm f2.8. The 35-105mm f3.5 I brought seems like it would give me a good focal range to go from full car shots to detailed close ups.

I need dis.

In practice however, the fact that I’m using this 35mm film lens on a crop sensor meant I was working with an effective focal length of 52.5-157.5mm, which was too much zoom in a cramped auto show environment. When I wanted to shoot a car I had to be zoomed all the way out at the 35mm length and even then stand more than 3m (10') back from the subject to get the whole car in frame.

Renault Sport Spider. Underexposed, sorry.

With a healthy crowd in attendance, this requirement made it difficult to keep people from walking through the shot. As I try not to impose on others I let this limit the number of cars I actually tried to get completely in frame and instead reverted to my usual game of sitting in all the things.

So minty. 5000km on it, IIRC.

Speaking of which, 6'5" me fits in the back seat of a BMW i8... sort of. Getting in wasn’t too bad but my exit was less than graceful, much to the amusement of spectators I’m sure.

This Jaaaag was a manual. This pleases me.

Also, I fit in the new Miata. Being a lanky fucker, this is a pleasant surprise, especially considering I did not fit in the NC (knees pretty much stuck between the steering wheel and door/dash respectively on the left/right). I suspect I have Mazda’s renewed focus on light weight to thank for this; what seem like more minimal doors and dash and thinner seats all afford space for the driver. Well played Mazda, well played, you may expect me for a test drive when the nice weather returns.

Now for some of what the 35-105mm is good for - detail shots.

This little excursion was actually on Wednesday but I didn’t have the time to go through the photos and finish up my post until this morning.

Jonathan Harper > DasWauto 02/21/2016 at 09:06

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I love it! I’ve been shooting more and more fully manual. My two current favorite lenses are manual focus and I always shoot manual aperture and shutter speed anyway. But finding the focus is a fun challenge, doesn’t always work.

Flavien Vidal > DasWauto 02/21/2016 at 09:06

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Shoot in RAW too... This Renault Spider pic is easily corrected in photoshop. I personally shoot in full manual all the time, but use autofocus simply because unless I’m shooting in complete dark, the camera is better than me to determine how focused I am... (unless of course I’m doing some portrait shot in F1.4 but still...)

DasWauto > Flavien Vidal 02/21/2016 at 09:12

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These were shot in RAW actually. Not sure I have the software and definitely not the know-how to adjust it properly though.

Flavien Vidal > DasWauto 02/21/2016 at 09:14

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send me that Spider pic. I’ll show you the marvels of photoshop.

flavien.vidal at this thing called gmail.com ;)

Send me the Viper too

dsgolson > DasWauto 02/21/2016 at 09:16

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Which auto show was this? I would die to see a Renault Sport Spider.

Love the Hellcat badge shot.

PS9 > DasWauto 02/21/2016 at 09:21

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Today I learned that DasWauto is loaded.

Hellcats, GTs, Full on race cars, and an old caravan just to mix things up? Goddamn. I had no idea oppo moderating paid that well. Wish I had the money to burn on a new R8 I don’t like all that much anyway.

sdwarf36 > DasWauto 02/21/2016 at 09:23

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Back in the day (I’ve been saying that more + more lately-I must be getting old.) I used to shoot a lot of car pics. Mainly at the local dragstrip. Print them up— b+w 8x10's and sell them to the drivers. My old Honeywell Pentax didn’t even have a light meter. And my 200mm zoom lens probably weighed 5 lbs! Trying to pan-get lighting right-clicking at the right time... and you never knew if you got it right until you printed it up. And “photoshop” had to be done in the darkroom. I don’t have many pics scanned- but heres one where I starting experimenting panning + slowing the shutter speed to blur the background.

DasWauto > sdwarf36 02/21/2016 at 09:38

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While I don’t photoshop (don’t have the software, too lazy), I have to respect people who did this on film back then and did it well. Impressive shot, mine would be a complete blur and I’d have somehow managed to focus on the grass. :)

valsidalv, reminding you that infiniti is an option > DasWauto 02/21/2016 at 09:39

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I was there on Wednesday as well! Would have been nice to discuss some cars with a Jalop. Agree that yellow is weird on the GT.

Hahayoustupidludditeshutupandgohandcrankyourmodeltalready > PS9 02/21/2016 at 09:42

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Man, makes me wonder porsche9146 has by now.

DasWauto > Flavien Vidal 02/21/2016 at 09:45

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Sent the Spider. Couldn’t put the Viper in the same email because of the max attachment size limit so I’ll send another.

The Viper suffers from an issue that most of my images from that that did, too shallow of a depth of field, I should have used a smaller aperture to put more of the car in focus. A lesson for next time.

DasWauto > dsgolson 02/21/2016 at 09:45

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Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto. Today is the last day of the show so you can still see it if you happen to be in Southern Ontario.

DasWauto > valsidalv, reminding you that infiniti is an option 02/21/2016 at 09:48

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I was there with my brothers. If you saw three tall, lanky dudes walking around, you probably saw me.

Flavien Vidal > DasWauto 02/21/2016 at 09:53

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Off to bed now, but send it... I will get something real nice out of it you will see ;)

dsgolson > DasWauto 02/21/2016 at 09:56

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Hmmm... I’m in Detroit. Toronto isn’t THAT far.

I’ll have to go next year.

Xyl0c41n3 > DasWauto 02/21/2016 at 09:56

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Tuck your elbows in — up against your rib cage. Hold the lens from the bottom, and depress the shutter right as you finish exhaling. Also, don’t stand with your feet perfectly in line with your shoulders. Have one a little forward, and one a little back.

That said, it doesn’t look like you had all that much trouble shooting after all. Nice shots. :)

Are you already an author on Photography? If not, would you like to be?

DasWauto > Flavien Vidal 02/21/2016 at 09:57

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No worries. I’ve sent the Viper too. The internet here is quite slow so it took a bit to upload.

DasWauto > Xyl0c41n3 02/21/2016 at 09:59

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Thanks for the tips. I am an author on Photography but thanks for reminding me, I’ll share the post there now.

DasWauto > PS9 02/21/2016 at 10:07

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Dave the car guy , still here > DasWauto 02/21/2016 at 11:03

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I’m a dinosaur, so its all I knew for at least 20 yrs. Still have 2 old manual 35mm that usually gather dust in a closet. I occasionally burn a roll of film through the Spotmatic II with Super-Takumar 50mm 1.4f.

scoob > DasWauto 02/21/2016 at 11:46

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DAVID SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

MLGCarGuy > DasWauto 02/21/2016 at 11:52

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This is why I leave it in auto and hope for the best.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > DasWauto 02/21/2016 at 12:33

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That wood(-like) panel grand Caravan is dope as hell!

DasWauto > MLGCarGuy 02/21/2016 at 14:12

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Unfortunately that isn’t really possible with the old 35mm film lenses I’m using. Aperture, zoom and focus are all manual as required by the lenses. ISO and shutter speed the camera might be able to figure out but I had it in full manual since I had to do the rest anyway. The benefit is that these lenses cost but a fraction of their modern equivalents.

Delusion77 > DasWauto 02/21/2016 at 15:26

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Eyy the Toronto autoshow! I was there yesterday

DasWauto > Delusion77 02/21/2016 at 15:34

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Yup, good eye. Looks like there are actually quite a few Oppos in Southern Ontario. I should make a list at some point.

sdwarf36 > DasWauto 02/21/2016 at 15:50

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DasWauto > sdwarf36 02/21/2016 at 15:59

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I’m afraid my hair isn’t that amazing.

Flavien Vidal > DasWauto 02/21/2016 at 17:11

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So how do you like that? The magic of photoshop lol.Only made the pictures clearer, added contrast, more exposure on darks for the spider, lowered the exposure a bit for the viper and made the colors “pop out” a bit more. Took about 20s of work for each picture :)

Sending you the full res to your email...

DasWauto > Flavien Vidal 02/21/2016 at 17:19

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Impressive. I might have to get myself a copy of photoshop and/or lightroom and learn some of this magic. Much appreciated.

Also, I need to get a polarizer filter for my lenses. Too much glare and reflections.

Flavien Vidal > DasWauto 02/21/2016 at 17:25

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They are available through “less legal” manners if you want too ;)

And indeed a polarizer would help

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > DasWauto 02/21/2016 at 18:51

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Yeah there’s a strong Jaloppo presence down here.

JR1 > DasWauto 02/22/2016 at 21:36

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What auto show was this?

DasWauto > JR1 02/22/2016 at 21:37

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Toronto, Canuckistan.

spooljunkiev2 > DasWauto 02/24/2016 at 11:00

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I have the photographers bundle from Adobe. Comes with Lightroom and Photoshop. Worth. Every. Penny. Plus you get some extras and it is always up to date. Now if I could only figure out how to use them properly....

spooljunkiev2 > Flavien Vidal 02/24/2016 at 12:26

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Can’t wait to see!!

Flavien Vidal > spooljunkiev2 02/24/2016 at 20:25

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http://oppositelock.kinja.com/so-how-do-you-…

:)