Sorry for the crappy quality, but since my Toddler killed my good Canon I've had to borrow my daughter's camera. Here's a few pics for those who wanted to see how the paint came out:

For the record the color is BMW Titanium Silver, with the Stripes in BMW Space Gray.

I'll post better when I can get my hands on a decent camera again! Thanks for the kind words earlier. Looking forward to continuing the work!

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Hi Fred:

What for example would you consider a decent camera to be?

I'd say the pictures taken with the camera you used - most likely would have turned out even better, if you catch the Sun at the right time of day... and/or have the car in a better orientation to the light source... {not easy to do in Florida this time of year...}

The Z looks great... adding the Aero/Ground effects kit makes the car look much sleeker..

There is a good classic car show at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club this Sunday... right down town just North of the Pier. It's held in the Park just North of the Club.. very nice setting, lots of very nice people.. A few of us will be there... come on over...

FWIW,

Carl

Hi Carl. It was nice meeting you at Jim's the other day. And YOUR camera is what I consider a nice one ;-) I have something like that on my Xmas list...

I have almost no exposure control. Like you said, lighting is tough around these parts, so I like the ability to control shutter speed & aperture. I also like a camera that can provide a decent flash fill. The flash on this thing is useless outside of 7 feet away. In a past life Carl, I actually was a pro at this(working in both 35mm & large format).

Thanks for the kind words about the car. It's not a showpiece, it's a daily driver and has it's share of imperfections. You'll see, because I'm going to try to make it out there on Sunday. What time does it start?

wow that looks great!!! and so clean! can't wait to see more.

Hi Carl. It was nice meeting you at Jim's the other day. And YOUR camera is what I consider a nice one ;-) I have something like that on my Xmas list...

Hi Fred:

I had something like that on my Christmas list too - so I decided to buy it for myself now. I ask a few people about current digital camera's, then did as much research as I could on the Web... wound up buying the Nikon D40x... although the Cannon offering was also highly recommended. I bought a Nikon CoolPix 950 about five or six years ago, and it is a pretty good camera still today... so thought I'd just stick with Nikon.

You know how to use a good camera, and I have one that I don't know how to use... so we'll have to spend some time together. At the present time all I can do is point and shoot... on the fully automatic settings..

My wife tells me I need to learn how to stage the settings and pay attention to composition first - then worry about the quality of the photo itself .... (she's usually right)... Here's a shot from Jim's back yard..(of course all you can see is the low res. version on computer screen).

The St. Pete Yacht Club's show runs from registration between 8:30 and 10:30AM - then the show runs till 3:00PM... with awards directly following.

Their Web Site is: http://www.spyc.org/

Just hit the "EVENTS" tab...

FWIW,

Carl B.