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It took me longer to get this album together than I wanted, but here it is. I spent the first weekend of March at the Carolina Motorsports Park with the Carolina Porsche Club. A very nice day with a rather impressive display of cars. I never get tired of seeing the Porsche GT3, however there were several other beauties which made their appearance. A pair of GT3 RS machines hit the track as well as a Nissan Skyline (which I have never actually seen before), an interesting Lotus (I think), a whole slew of Porsche Caymans as well as a VW Scirocco. Some wild paint jobs were on display too, one of which was a multi-color one which changed color depending on how the light reflected off it; unusual and amusing. Even a GT2 was on hand and if you look really closely you might see a Corvette Z06 pretending to look a lot like a Porsche.

As always a big thanks to Harvey Yancey for letting me come out there, too bad I didn’t get any pictures of him on the track. Regrettably his machine suffered some mechanical issues and wasn’t quite up to track readiness. A real disappointment considering the new suspension and transmission had just been installed. And further this was the first run of the new track configuration at Kershaw.

Harvey took it all in stride and eased his sorrows by teaching his student in a Porsche GT3 (#48), tough work…

I hope you enjoy the shots!

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and don’t forget to sign up for the Porsche Parade 2008 here in Charlotte!

Wow, it wasn’t all that long ago that I bought the Sony DSC-W100 as my personal point and shoot for the times when I didn’t want all the heft an notoriety of pulling out a bigger camera. I thought the camera was impressive then with 8 megapixels, 3x zoom, and great picture quality, but this camera takes it one step further with 12.1 megapixels, Super SteadyShot and higher ISO control. Keeping up with cameras is more expensive than keeping up with computers!

Designed to make photo-viewing crystal clear, Sony today announced a
new line of digital cameras featuring a high-definition component
output.  These new Cyber-shot W-series cameras offer direct connection
to an HDTV, which is ideal for integrating full 1080 HD photo-viewing
into a home theater.

Imaging resource reviewed Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W80 and wrote:
“It’s hard to call the Sony W80 the bottom rung in the W-Series because it only gives up a few pixels for a lower price. Otherwise the Sony W80 has all the bells and whistles, making it a terrific bargain. It has a Bionz processor, face detection technology, High ISO, Super SteadyShot, in-camera editing, and HD output signal. The Sony W80 does give away detail to hold onto color at higher ISO settings, but most users won’t mind that tradeoff, particularly if you only plan to make 4×6 prints. The color that the Sony W80 holds at ISO 1,600 is pretty good. HD output — particularly when played as a slide show with the built-in special effects and music — was stunning on the Sony W80, but only for stills. This isn’t an HD movie camera, and it even has trouble playing VGA movies through the dock accessory. But to see any HD output from this camera, you’ll have to buy an accessory cable, dock, or dock/printer. Packing that big a technoload (new word, sorry) into such a small package at such a low price makes the W80 an easy Dave’s Pick.“
Read whole review here

This article is very funny, albeit incredibly sarcastic and possibly condescending – but that’s why I like it. An interesting take on how photographers are being treated these days and how common activities and common locations are raising a suspicious with those in authority.

With several cases of photographers being harassed by authorities, a new UK campaign against “suspicious” photographers, and even a whole magazine (or one issue) devoted to the supposed crime of photography, a thought popped in my head – if you want to be a famous photographer, you should get yourself arrested.

That’s why I’ve come up with these 4 tips to help you get attention from authorities. They all overlap a bit, but that doesn’t matter. What matters is that these tips work.

Click below to read the rest of the article:

How to Shoot (Photographs) Like A Terrorist