Rally NZ. who went? post up your pics:

[B1NZ]

Here,

http://picasaweb.google.com/DarkWolf9008/WRCNZ

more to come.

I've got 500+ photos and nearly 100 videos

Cool, Some good pics there, Let us know when the rest are up so I can go and have a look.

Out of interest what camera were you using?

[fangsport]

Leon, the point Joe is making (and I must admit I'm surprised he's brought this unfounded rumour up in a public forum)

why wouldn't you expect it from me?? controversal, obnoxious....... did i, or did i not recieve a TRD T-shirt and some rally tyre jackets for similar forum behaviour?????

with no technical inspection Saturday night, and as the Tech Dept did not apply seals pre-event, unless the car was plucked off the finish ramp on Sunday there's no way of knowing what was in it.

were the NZRC cars subject to a technical inpection Saturday nite, or were the Dept. waiting til after Sunday???
Masons are a formidable team, no doubt about it. but to also smoke guys that know how to set there cars up for the control tyre and have used them many times since the inception seems a bit suspect too many including Pirelli technicians.

[Mr Revhead]

to be honest, mason can drive the nuts off any one in nz
and a large majority of foreigners, he's proved that more often than just last weekend and im sure he also has had plenty of experience on those tyres.
so theres's no real mystery or conspiracy

[ROBODISCO_20v]

I won an all expenses paid trip thanks to BP Ultimate to the WRC this year. Had a great time. Didnt spend one dollar the whole weekend!!

Here's some pics I took
http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=58107&l=40bdb&id=613908091

A couple of my fav shots


A quick vid I also took
http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=_YlX1_LRMP4

[darkwolf]

Cool, Some good pics there, Let us know when the rest are up so I can go and have a look.

Out of interest what camera were you using?

I was using a Fuji Finepix S5700. Had it set on manual the whole event. Seems way easier that way.

I had a final count up last night 583 pics 53 vids. Thought I had more videos but maybe not.

Will be putting some more up, got a nice pic of the Nissan 240RS in the older class.

[B1NZ]

I won an all expenses paid trip thanks to BP Ultimate to the WRC this year. Had a great time. Didnt spend one dollar the whole weekend!!

Yeah I was buying ultimate to try and win that, At least I was a VIP guest of the winning team in the end haha

So just out of interest what did the all expenses paid weekend involve?

[B1NZ]

I was using a Fuji Finepix S5700. Had it set on manual the whole event. Seems way easier that way.

I had a final count up last night 583 pics 53 vids. Thought I had more videos but maybe not.

Will be putting some more up, got a nice pic of the Nissan 240RS in the older class.

Me was using a canon S5IS - had it on the sport setting most of the time, got 380 odd pics and 3 videos int he end, You mean this nissan:

[ROBODISCO_20v]

So just out of interest what did the all expenses paid weekend involve?

I got the choice of petrol vouchers or flights to Hamilton. I decided to drive down as Im only in Auckland so I got $150 petrol vouchers for my troubles. They also flew my lady friend up from Christchurch. Two nights accommodation in a 4 star hotel (saw the bill when we signed out $690!!) All meals & drinks (if it was on the menu you could have it, same went for alcohol) There was not limit to what you could have. Everything was laid on for us, absolutely everything. We got taken around the stages in a small bus (about 25 seater) by a coule of guys from M Sport. They were really cool & informative. They were telling us that a basic service on the focus (change all four corners, fluids, bumpers etc) cost 80,000 pounds!! If they have to replace the gear box you can double the cost of the service! The clutch pack was a cool 25,000 pounds. Insane numbers in anyones books.

All I can say is next year buy as much BP Ultimate as you can because you'll win the same thing but it's in Australia & it'll be a damn sight warmer than the Waikato LOL

http://www.wrcford.com

[MasCam]

All I won from the BP ultimate comp was a free cap... it is a nice cap though.

[Boost_4_Life]

i competed in the possum bourne memorial day 2. had a primo day, slow as a wet week tho we had various issues through the day then we had to withdraw on the last touring section back to official finish after breaking a control arm on a massive hole in last stage. bloody lot of fun though, wicked roads to drive. got a great shot of the old girl on the jump at mystery creek if someone wants to upload for me??

[darkwolf]

Me was using a canon S5IS - had it on the sport setting most of the time, got 380 odd pics and 3 videos int he end, You mean this nissan:

Exactly this nissan yes.

Sport setting is fine on the fuji but it takes too long to decide what settings it will use. So I set manually and left it at that. (There is probably some camera guru on here laughing their head off about us talking about our point and shoots

[B1NZ]

Me was using a canon S5IS - had it on the sport setting most of the time, got 380 odd pics and 3 videos int he end, You mean this nissan:

Exactly this nissan yes.

Sport setting is fine on the fuji but it takes too long to decide what settings it will use. So I set manually and left it at that. (There is probably some camera guru on here laughing their head off about us talking about our point and shoots

Meh, Im quite happy with the pics my point and shoot takes, Saved lots of money and with my photography skill level it's prob better than the flash one, At least we dont have to take a tralier for all the lenses etc

[ROBODISCO_20v]

I also used the sports setting on my Panasonic TZ3 to get my rally shots.
Figured out how to use the burst mode on it which is a must have for motorsport photography. Hold the button down, follow the car & you're guaranteed to get a couple of decent shots.
Wouldn't mind a digital SLR. I've used my dad's Nikon D80 & its amazing, but I cant really justify spending that much on a camera for the amount I use mine though.

[darkwolf]

I also used the sports setting on my Panasonic TZ3 to get my rally shots.
Figured out how to use the burst mode on it which is a must have for motorsport photography. Hold the button down, follow the car & you're guaranteed to get a couple of decent shots.
Wouldn't mind a digital SLR. I've used my dad's Nikon D80 & its amazing, but I cant really justify spending that much on a camera for the amount I use mine though.

That was kinda why i bought mine. It was $229, had 10x optical and was a 7.1mp. Honestly never thought I'd use it as I never did with my film cameras. But having memory is cool cos you just shoot as often as you can in the right spots and you get some really nice pictures. You also were never able to tell how good your picture was going to be on film but with digital you can at least make sure the white balance, iso etc is right.

[Leon]

Going from a good dslr camera (borrowed) to my shirt pocket Canon IXUS is driving me a bit spare. I can "see" all these great shots, and they come out looking fuzzy and washed out.

[2LTR Rona]

Going from a good dslr camera (borrowed) to my shirt pocket Canon IXUS is driving me a bit spare. I can "see" all these great shots, and they come out looking fuzzy and washed out.

If you feel the need to borrow a DSLR Leon then let me know, happy for ya to steal mine whenever ya want, hell I'll even throw in the 300 odd page user manual

[Leon]

I feel the need to own a camera like b1's, as that's 1/3 the price of a dslr, and will for me achieve 95% of what I would achieve with one

However, I spent way too much on the car, and going to the rally in the last month, so no camera for me soon.

[Bling]

if someone wants to upload for me??

email it to me, email button below

[B1NZ]

I feel the need to own a camera like b1's, as that's 1/3 the price of a dslr, and will for me achieve 95% of what I would achieve with one

However, I spent way too much on the car, and going to the rally in the last month, so no camera for me soon.

You can buy mine cheap, Comes with newly installed dust haha

[Boost_4_Life]

hopefully this works... my claim to fame, the wee harlet getting air