Some phots from today...

[V6GTO]

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I hope you like looking at my car as much as I do :D I'm a lucky, lucky boy!

Martin.

[AMG Merc]

[Ash M400]

A lucky boy indeed

>> Edited by Ash M400 on Tuesday 1st November 19:02

>> Edited by Ash M400 on Wednesday 2nd November 08:19

[DanH]

nice pics.

[misterx]

DanH said:

nice pics.

Shame about the colour..........

[nick francis]

Martin, do you insure the car with a Spanish company or is it on a green card?
Im interested cos I want to take my Shogun to Spain next year and keep it there for about 8 months of the year.

cheers

Nick

[obes]

great pics mate

[kenprotheroe]

Martin, what do you do for servicing in S. Spain ?

[adrian w]

Very nice, ware were the piccies taken?

[V6GTO]

I have the car insured with a company based in Gibralter. It's bloody dear at 2000 Euros but the cover couldn't be better. If it has a heafty bash it gets put on a flatbed and goes back to the factory! A Shogun will cost only £350ish fully comp.
I've only had one service so far(6k), which coincided with the track day in March, so I drove back and had it done at the factory the following day. For any little bits I had a stroke of luck. The daughter of the Getrag gearbox company has bought her own garage (and it's a beauty!) because she couldn't get her Porsche serviced properly. My mate introduced me and now we are friends to the point she has promised totake me to the Ascari circuit next time she goes!
The pictures were taken in the hills inland from Marbella, except the ones in the Marina, which was Cabapino.

Martin.

PS - picture number three is the photo most like the true colour of the car

[m12_nathan]

There must be something up with me as the colour is growing on me!

Was pic 4 taken with a really wide angle lens? The camber on the rear wheels looks massive?

[V6GTO]

m12_nathan said:

There must be something up with me as the colour is growing on me! Was pic 4 taken with a really wide angle lens? The camber on the rear wheels looks massive?

No, Nathan, it was taken at 320mm, 1/500 @ f5.6. The one by the tall mast was a wide angle shot, 17mm, 1/160 @ f8, and the bridge was 28mm, 1/160 @ f10. HTH.

Martin.

>> Edited by V6GTO on Wednesday 2nd November 21:17

[m12_nathan]

Bugger, mean pic 5 by the mast, not 4!

Do you see what I mean about the rear wheel there?

[DanH]

I want one of these :

www.dpreview.com/news/0511/05110104nikond200.asp

[V6GTO]

A snip at £1300 with no lens!

Martin.

[DanH]

V6GTO said:

A snip at £1300 with no lens! Martin.

I want it with that 18-200mm VR lens too.

It has enough buttons that I've developed an interest in photography. How does depth of field preview work as I believe it only has an optical viewfinder? You can't preview shots on the screen right?

[V6GTO]

DanH said:

V6GTO said: A snip at £1300 with no lens! Martin. I want it with that 18-200mm VR lens too. It has enough buttons that I've developed an interest in photography. How does depth of field preview work as I believe it only has an optical viewfinder? You can't preview shots on the screen right?

That's correct...you push the button as you look through the viewfinder, and it gives you a preview of what will be in focus for the given appature. However, the image will go darker (assuming you are stopping down the lens) and makes it difficult to see exactly. Has the camera got DoF AE? This allows you to focus on the nearest point you want in focus, then the furthest point and the camera works out the appature for you...a handy tool.

Martin.

[amg merc]

Blimey, I must have tuned into Heath Robinson Camera Weekly - does anyone know the way to the Noble forum?!

[obes]

You gonna make it to Le Mans this time el jenko ?

[V6GTO]

obes said:

You gonna make it to Le Mans this time el jenko ?

Yeah but no...err...maybe!

Martin.