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I'm in! Living in Chicago, I never thought I would make it. Now that I am in Reno however, I just can't pass it up. Hotel is booked, plans are set, now I just need to get a roof basket, full sized spare, and a few misc. camping items.
I am getting pretty excited, and don't worry about pics. The wife and I are avid photograhers and I will be on the lookout for 2008 calander moments the entire time.
Bart
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LDub...be sure and tell Jim I said hello. It was such a great time wheeling with him last year. That 'lil red turbo brought a smile to everyones face..."I think I can, I think I can"!
And I KNOW someone will post up pics daily so I will miss Moab even more!
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Will do Billy, gonna have lunch with him in about an hour.
BTW, could you send your wife (& I'm sincerely sorry I can't remember her name) to Moab for photo duty?...I swear she's the hardest working VX picture taker on the face of the planet!!!
She impressed me big time last year...she was everywhere, taking pics all the time...& I'm pretty sure she put more miles on footwear than seat leather on every trail...what a trooper!
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We don't do to many pics since getting the video camera...we are still working on her "steady hand". Can't wait til next year to get some good action footage! And she puts in all the foot miles do to her fear of being in the VX with me on the obstacles...I don't know why
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Billy, on a side note (sorry for the jack), try this:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/steadycam/
It seriously works. I used one of these devices for several months, and then bought this book:
http://www.dvcamerarigs.com/
The book is loaded with DIY camera rigs that really work and are fairly easy to make.
From experience, I know it is basically impossible to get real steady without some sort of stabilizer...
Bart
Originally Posted by Triathlete
We don't do to many pics since getting the video camera...we are still working on her "steady hand". Can't wait til next year to get some good action footage! And she puts in all the foot miles do to her fear of being in the VX with me on the obstacles...I don't know why
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Don't worry Dub, as stated above, my wife will be along and she is a photo junky. I'll be sure that she and her Nikon DSLR are on active duty the entire time. And trust me, I bet she will be happier and less skeerd on the outside of my VX rather than in it! She doesn't really like all the ups and downs...
I will also have my Canon and my Panny 3CCD on the dash the entire time. So I will have beaucoup pics and vids from my entire trip.
However, that said, I will only be able to stay for the VX only run. So someone else will need to take over after Tuesday.
Bart
Will do Billy, gonna have lunch with him in about an hour.
BTW, could you send your wife (& I'm sincerely sorry I can't remember her name) to Moab for photo duty?
She impressed me big time last year...she was everywhere, taking pics all the time...& I'm pretty sure she put more miles on footwear than seat leather on every trail...what a trooper!
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after tuesday i'll sketch pictures of everyone on the trail. i'll just need to borrow a pencil sharpener...
(sorry - couldn't resist).
we'll have to all take turns jumping in front of bart's ride to make sure we get some vids!!! sweet.
-biju.
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Yeah, that would be funny. Hopefully I will be able to get some nice in-VX and out-of-the-VX video. I will be bringing my heavy duty tripod also, so it would be sweet to get some side trail shots of all the VXers passing by with a killer backdrop...
Bart
after tuesday i'll sketch pictures of everyone on the trail. i'll just need to borrow a pencil sharpener...
(sorry - couldn't resist).
we'll have to all take turns jumping in front of bart's ride to make sure we get some vids!!! sweet.
-biju.
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Count me IN!! Can't wait for the COZuvoy, the BBQ, and seeing everyone again/for the first time out in Moab.
WOOHOO!!!
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