Cruisin' Grand--Escondido's Stunning Classic Car Show

[marcascensuradas]

wow nice cars

[JDtheMusicMan]

Lots of great looking cars. Thanks for uploading! I hope to be able to visit Escondido this summer and see the cars. I love car shows. With my photos nighttime shots present more difficulty with low light available. Flash usually looks unnatural so I found that a fast, bright, lens camera works best with low light & no flash, in low light. I like the Olympus C-5050 w/ F1.8 lens; the brightest lens point & shoot camera. I also do videos & have some uploaded if you care to check them out.

[Trashman242]

Thank you! I am pretty happy with how it turned out. That would be neat if you came here and made a video or something...we've got an astonishing variety every year! Where are you located? The camera I currently use (and used in this video) is a Canon A630. I had only had it a few weeks or so when I got the pics for this video so I wasn't exactly as familiar with the manual features as I am now. I did check out one of your videos...VERY NICE!

[JDtheMusicMan]

I'm in Maryland; I lived out in north San Diego county area several years in the past. Canon makes some very good digital cameras; I like Canon, Sony and Olympus. Manual controls for aperature and shutter control can help with a lot of shots, but the fast lens helps most if the camera is hand-held and used with no flash in low light. Using a tripod is a good way to get sharp, nighttime pictures with any camera, but, it's a pain to carry one around. Enjoyed it.

[Trashman242]

But wouldn't there not be enough light using your technique? When I try using faster shutter speeds without a flash in low light I end up with either blackness or a very dark picture.

[JDtheMusicMan]

It's a problem with most point & shoot cameras that have, at best, a F2.8 lens; some have F3.1. There are a few used cameras around (like the Olympus C-5050 and C-4040 that have an F1.8 lens) and you boost the ISO setting up to 400 and can generally get a good handheld picture if you have a very steady hand, good focus, and use a sufficient shutter speed. Unless a camera has the brighter, faster lens, you're forced to use the flash in low light situations, or a tripod.

[JDtheMusicMan]

Even most of the DSLR cameras come with a F3.5 lens, which is not that bright, but they have the advantage of having a larger image sensor than Point & shoot cams, so the ISO setting can be set higher with less noise, plus some have image stabilization. (A Higher ISO setting allows a faster shutter speed in less light.) For the money, you can't hardly beat a used C-5050 for low light pics with no flash. Take pics w/ Noise reduction on, set it on "Tiff" and pictures are uncompressed and awesome.

[rayunseitig]

Very nice!

[Trashman242]

thanks, I'll do it again this summer if you guys want. (Cruisin' Grand goes on only through the Fri. nights in the Summer)

[wastemanagementdude]

You can expect a video like this from me in the future. I go to alot of car shows with cars like these. I liked that '58 Corvette that you took some pictures of. That is one of my favorite cars.

[Trashman242]

Yeah they're nice...'58? My guess was '57. My personal fav is that one '57 Belair! Looked awesome in black...

[wastemanagementdude]

My Grandparents own a '57 BelAir, '56 BelAir which my Grandfather and I are currently restoring and two Chevy cars from 1939. My favorites of those are the '56 and '57.

[Trashman242]

Cool what are the colors? Can you add pics of them to your video like this?

[wastemanagementdude]

The '57 is red, the '56 is purple and white but it will be red and white when we are done, one '39 is pink but that is also going to change, and the other '39 has no color and they are still thinking about what colors would look good on it. Also the '57 and pink '39 will be in that video.

[Trashman242]

Yeah, had a model of a '57 Belair Nomad, but the wheel broke on the front. Even so, I have always loved the '57 model. And it was red, too

[LazyLightning66]

And you guys would love it here in the heart of NYC- at precisely 3:30am the 'loudmouth' garbage crew comes by, with the guy who hangs off the back ALWAYS yelling at the other guys during back-up. For about 60 secs. Average 50 trucks in 3 hours go bye my window between 12am-3am.

[Trashman242]

lol wow that's a lot! you should film some of them if you get a chance!

[LazyLightning66]

I just want to tell you guys (wmdude and trashman) that it is pretty cool that you guys are enthusiasts of 'dump trucks' and the like. Never knew there was such a category. I stumbled upon this and saw your 'garbage' videos. Pretty wild stuff.

[Trashman242]

haha thanks...pretty amazing eh? Never thought anyone would be interested in trash trucks! Glad you think it's cool...and not dumb!! :D

[LUISP1957]

now these cars are nice.

[Trashman242]

Yeah, they keep them in AMAZING shape down here!!