[Daneel]

Lighting was low last night so I tried to take a few HDR shots. They didnt come out as well as I would have liked; have some work to do I guess.

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[Doolallygirl]

Lighting was low last night so I tried to take a few HDR shots. They didnt come out as well as I would have liked; have some work to do I guess.

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Wow! Very artistic! Don't suppose you took them using an Eos camera too?!

 

[eos3]

Lovely! what's HDR? When I went up the CN tower some 20+ years ago, I'd never had imagined driving an EOS... Ok I think you've started a competition for EOS pictures at sunset... ;-)

 

[CIB]

Very moody and beautiful - I love the skyline; I think you got it just right. Of course, the car would look good ANYWHERE which is lucky for me who has no idea about taking a photograph artistically!

 

[Daneel]

Thanks all!

HDR = high dynamic range. Your eye balls have the ability to view a scene with very different light levels (dark up front with a bright sky); but a camera cannot. To take a HDR photo, you take a few pictures, each at differnt exposures (to get the different light levels) - don't move the camera! Then you combine them into a single picture (with photoshop).

These arent the best exapmles, but I'm learning (wasnt supposed to be moody CIB)

 

[John_F]

Daneel,
Great photos even if your HDR is not up to scratch!
I notice you have the AVIC F900 BT set. Do you have any problems with it? I find that the AM reception is virtually non existant. When using the phone, recipients can hardly hear me & I wonder if there is any way of increasing the sensitivity of the microphone. The microphone is situated in the main instrument binnacle, directly under the tachometer. Other than that, I find it a great unit & the 3D on the SATNAV is great.
Kind regards,
John.

 

[Eos_Up]

So, what's the story with the license plate? Doesn't look like any Canadian plate i've ever seen? At first, I thought the background was somewhere in China.

 

[E O S]

As I can see it should be the new EU style german licence plate. However, it's a fake that's a real one.

 

[Daneel]

Yup - Plate is a faker! The car is registered in New York State, so I kind of circumnavigated the Ontario (I'm in Toronto now) "front plate" law. Digits on the plate match the NYS registration and back plate though.

I just liked the look of the plate with that width vs. N. American plates. I still have to get rid of the chrome line underneath the badgeless grill, but painting that requires the removal of the whole front bumper. Summer project.

John, I like the AVIC-F900BT, but (I think I posted on another thread here) the blue-tooth is pretty useless. No matter where you mount the mic, no one can hear you. The AVIC-F900BT was pretty useless before the firmware updates, now it works moderately well. I think their GPS is the best around (map and nav wise) and the iPod control is better than any other system I've seen but the whole thins is still slooowww.

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[John_F]

Daneel,
Have to agree with your comments regarding the GPS & the Ipod controls. I think they are great. Shame about the Bluetooth - it seems to take 2 clicks on the phone for it to recognise that it wants to make the connection. Although I can hear the recipients of my calls very well, they can hardly hear me. I'll leave a note on their website & see if they can upload an update to sort this.
Thanks for your comments.

 

[Daneel]

Daneel,
Have to agree with your comments regarding the GPS & the Ipod controls. I think they are great. Shame about the Bluetooth - it seems to take 2 clicks on the phone for it to recognise that it wants to make the connection. Although I can hear the recipients of my calls very well, they can hardly hear me. I'll leave a note on their website & see if they can upload an update to sort this.
Thanks for your comments.

Good luck trying to get a response from Pioneer. I'm sure they have moved on from the AVIC series firmware updates. I would be surprised if they publish another one.

You may get more / better info from: http://www.AVIC411.com

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