Official Automotive Rigs - DIY Thread

willbaroo wrote in post #12564109
Any one ever thought of one of these...

http://www.manfrotto.c​o.uk …tends_from_210c​m_to_370cm

Spied a rig shot shoot on Facebook today with Team Japspeed. Wondered what boom was being used as it looked telescopic, downloaded photo - zoomed in and bobs ur uncle!

Yeah its minimum length is 210cm but that will fit in my boot through the arm rest!

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Well unbelievably this car has just been stolen from a performance car show!

Apologies its not quite thread related - but still!

They've just found it: https://www.facebook.c​om/teamjapspeed?sk=wal​l

I just got my parts minus one super clamp that Amazon decided to send me an ac adapter instead for, so I'll have everything thursday and I'm looking forward to contributing to this thread soon. I see some friendly faces in here already

I really need to work on my PP and pole placement.

Butch10x wrote in post #12522411
im liking the colors.

synth19 wrote in post #12524609
^ +1

3DZukini wrote in post #12524653
^ +1 also, except that bit of lighter, more saturated area on the ground by the front wheel is bugging me. I think it's drawing attention away from the car... maybe clone it out to match the rest of the ground? It could just be me, I don't really know what I'm talking about, lol. Great shot!

I noticed that as well, and it's bugging me a bit now...Thanks, guys!

Phunky Phong wrote in post #12524677
That s2k shot is sweet! Hi-res?

potncil wrote in post #12531287
very nice s2k! Here are recent shots I did

http://www.slickpic.co​m …McD2YD5/1000/p/​223051.jpg

http://www.slickpic.co​m …EU0AEE0/1000/p/​221423.jpg

http://www.slickpic.co​m …NYWAN1w/1000/p/​223052.jpg

http://www.slickpic.co​m …QzYzOz/1000/p/2​23109.jpgg

I appreciate it!

i'm selling my rig if anyone is interested
https://photography-on-the.net …p?p=12588775#po​st12588775

I've noticed alot of people seem to shoot rigs with a CPL, how do you guys find the CPL works at such wide angles? can you get away with adjusting the CPL to remove some reflections from the car without getting weird banding in the sky?

I have a B+W ND110 but worried it will be too heavy unless shooting in the middle of the day, I plan on picking up a B+W Slim CPL aswell as a B+W 106 ND to give me more flexibility for shooting at different times of the day. I don't want to stray too far from about f5.6 if I can help it.

rcubed, do like this shot but the first thing that I noticed was the road appears over sharpened.

There is no use shooting an automobile in any day circumstance without a CPL, as it's the only thing that gives you control over reflections. Nine times out of ten, without it, the windshield will be complete reflection, which you don't want. I have never had a problem with using my old Hoya CPL on my Tokina, or my B+W on my Nikkor.

While we're on the topic of CPL's, has anybody tried the $40 Rocketfish CPL's at Best Buy? Just curious if they're any good, possibly made by one of the good companies and re-labeled, or just crap?

There is no way I'd stick a $40 CPL on my glass. Think about it for a minute. Looking at your sig, I'd spend the coin for a B+W.

$40 is about £25, is that really considered cheap for a CPL? All of mine have been bought second hand for about £10each at the most, I didn't think they'd cost a whole lot more brand new.

The Ran wrote in post #12591386
$40 is about £25, is that really considered cheap for a CPL? All of mine have been bought second hand for about £10each at the most, I didn't think they'd cost a whole lot more brand new.

mine cost me £219

Zilly wrote in post #12591902
mine cost me £219

Holy crap. Was that like an 86mm from a high end (read "overpriced") manufacturer? My 72mm was actually the only one that cost me £10, my 58mm and 49mm were only actually about £5 each. Sure they're not amazing or from some well known brand and the 72mm and 49mm are actually linear polarisers, but the thought of a £220 filter just doesn't seem right to me.

well try this "french" site...
I will soon buy a "marumi's one" wich is well.....

http://photoaddict.fr …-special-grand-angle.html

The Ran wrote in post #12591386
$40 is about £25, is that really considered cheap for a CPL? All of mine have been bought second hand for about £10each at the most, I didn't think they'd cost a whole lot more brand new.

Hope you didn't spend much on your lens...