I am happy to report that the car is running, no oil is leaking anywhere, and all idiot lights are out! Even my ABS light is out now because I replaced the relay that I blew up. Feels like a new car again. Ok wait, no....it doesn't. But I feel good that I did it all and the car is drivable and the dash is not blinding me with warning lights. Thanks again for all the help fellas!by BimmerBrad - Technical Forum
Well, bad news and good news. We'll start with the good (so far). Everything came apart just fine. No rotation of the crank was needed. Man it was a tight squeeze though. The new pump, new gasket, and pan have all been reinstalled. Giving it a good 24 hours for the copper Permatex (thanks Rick) to completely set. I don't think I used as much as I would have liked to, but I wasn'by BimmerBrad - Technical Forum
...I can do this... ...I can do this... ...I can do this... Rick- So not much changed between an '84 323 and an '87 325e? Bob- More useful info. Thanks. Didn't know about filling the pump with oil. As it sits now, the car is up on ramps, oil drained reinforcement plate removed, steering rack unbolted from subframe, oil level sensor out, plastic under side removed for coby BimmerBrad - Technical Forum
Quoterkj ....."you'll have to turn the motor over (rotate the crankshaft) as you slip the pan out, when shes almost out you have to slip in there and drop the oil pick up and let it drop in the pan. Then you can continue to remove the pan, spinning the motor over so the crank journals miss the pan ends"...... First, thanks Rick. Now on with the complaining...haha.... everby BimmerBrad - Technical Forum
Ok, so I'll save the details as to why I'm changing it, but just know that the new pump is showing up tomorrow and I'm going to get started on it. Removing the oil pan does not look like fun at all. Bentley manual reads: 1- Drain the oil. 2- Remove the oil level sensor harness. 3- Remove the two bolts that secure the steering rack to the subframe. (and then what? removby BimmerBrad - Technical Forum
Daniels seen it. Just thought I'd share. Just me and the camera. Each shot carefully planned. <object width="853" height="505"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="; type=&by BimmerBrad - Community Forum
Quotedaniel just to show the creamy bokeh for brad hahaha.by BimmerBrad - Community Forum
All good pics Cab. The second f5.6 picture is still my favorite. The f1.8 pics are the razor thin shallow DOF I was talkin about. haha One bulb is in focus and the next isn't.by BimmerBrad - Community Forum
Well, bokeh is a subjective topic for sure. How far away were you from those flowers when you took those pictures? The first two (IMO) look really nice. The second two (while not bad pictures at all!) just don't do it for me. True bokeh has a very smooth creamy background and really makes the image pop (refer to image 2). Once can create a faux sense of bokeh by zooming in on a subject, butby BimmerBrad - Community Forum
QuoteEarendil Bah! Nikon! Agreed. haha Quotedaniel the basic 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 lens i'd like to get the 70-300mm f4-5.6 lens Not enough bokeh for me. haha. f1.2 - 2.0 is more like it. Get that separation. Thats when getting good at manual focusing quickly pays off because at that aperture your focus is razor thin and auto focus isn't the best idea. (I'm just kidding aby BimmerBrad - Community Forum
Quotedaniel well i bought a d40x body for a really good price, and am selling my current camera. New old stock or used? Congrats.by BimmerBrad - Community Forum
New video. It was so beautiful out last weekend that the wife, kids, and I had to go out and enjoy it! I wanted to get some good footage of the kids playing. It was a good opportunity for me to try out some overcranking (a form of slow motion). <object width="873" height="525"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="by BimmerBrad - Community Forum
QuoteCab Treadway Thanks for the advice, but I'm pretty sure we won't be using it for video. As I said, if we want video, we use our video camera. I wouldn't expect a still camera to be particularly good at video, and vice versa, and that's not why we bought the camera. But I appreciate the advice all the same! Ok thats cool. Actually DSLR's that are video capablby BimmerBrad - Community Forum
QuoteCab Treadway As for video, we have yet to shoot even a 5 second video with the D90, although it does record in 720p. When we want video, we use our video camera, even though it's just a pathetic little SD version. Eventually I'm sure we'll get an HD camcorder. My wife prefers still photos in general, though. Although I would like to shoot more video of our daughter, sheby BimmerBrad - Community Forum
Quotedaniel QuotedanielThe next camera I will buy will definitely be a dSLR, and as with any electronic product I buy, it will be after thorough research of all my options. oh hai I don't really know why and I can't always pinpoint it, but Nikon's fail to impress me most of the time. Canon's glass tends to be better. In that little battle on engadget.....I'd rby BimmerBrad - Community Forum
QuoteEarendil Is this what you mean by a timeline? edit: didn't mean to hijack the thread... I wouldn't exactly call that a "timeline" but more of a clip organizer. This is what a true timeline looks like.... At first they may look the same, but they are drastically different.by BimmerBrad - Community Forum
QuoteEarendil iMovie over Windows movie maker any day Actually I tend to disagree in one area. The timeline. iMovie is basically made for people who just want to crop clips and slap them together. There is no timeline which in real video editing is pretty crucial. While I'm not exactly a fanboy of Microsoft right now, I like the flow of Movie Maker over iMovie. However, the Movie Maker bby BimmerBrad - Community Forum
Quotedaniel i guess i wasn't very clear by saying quicktime. they are .mov's, which, as you know, the PS3 doesn't support, so i can't easily watch them on my TV if i were to want to do that. i had another reason i can't think of right now, too. Yeah, the beautiful thing about the PS3 is that the .mts files that AVCHD produces, drops right into the PS3 bro!!! Sony recoby BimmerBrad - Community Forum
Quotedaniel what container does it use, though? as in, what is the file extension? .mkv? Its just a variation of the normal AVCHD so it should come out as .mts files. Are you just using iMovie or something? If so, AVCHD is recognized. Some further info: "Video recording has always been a highlight on Panasonic’s cameras, with the company offering widescreen and HD options for someby BimmerBrad - Community Forum
Quotedaniel oh ok, that isn't bad at all. and thankfully 16gb cards are super cheap these days anyway. AVCHD man. It's an heavily compressed format that stores a ton of information in a small space. Very complex. It takes a quadcore to edit the files in their raw form. People with duo's can transcode before they edit for a much more streamlined editing experience. Panasonicby BimmerBrad - Community Forum
Quotedaniel I still don't know what the difference between intelligent ISO and auto ISO is, but i have switched it to a semi-manual mode where I can set the ISO to 100. My only complaints have to do with the video: the audio during video sounds very muffled, almost like the mic is actually being blocked by something (and I promise it isn't my finger). My old Sony DSC-P200 took 640x480by BimmerBrad - Community Forum
Quotedaniel ooooooh modern memory films, huh? ???? Yeeaah....... Quotedaniel how about some HD skateboarding vids? Still too cold so far. I will be stockpiling footage throughout the summer and doing a final edit in the fall. Quotedaniel i just read that it records onto SD cards. how long of a video can a 16GB SD card hold? does the camera have multiple SD card slots? I have three 16gbby BimmerBrad - Community Forum
Quotedaniel That sony looks pretty sweet, but the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ28 I currently have is pretty much the same, except it does 720p video instead of 1080p (I don't even know if my video card can handle 1080p), it doesnt have the panoramic sweep feature, or that nifty tilting lens. The next camera I will buy will definitely be a dSLR, and as with any electronic product I buy, it will beby BimmerBrad - Community Forum
QuotedanielI wish I could afford a 5D MkII, but the cost is sooooo high that it is out of the question, at least until I am out of school and making lots of money. The Panasonic GH1 is rumored to be about half the cost of the 5DMKII and it actually offers more in terms of features, but only time will tell what those features will mean out in the real world. The fact alone that DSLR's justby BimmerBrad - Community Forum
Ok, so I've been diving deeper into videography. I've got some weddings booked already with clients, and some interest with high school seniors wanting video. With all that and trying to take this seriously, I just purchased my new baby.....a Panasonic AG-HMC150. My swiss army knife of video. ha ha. To those of you into photo, this is like purchasing your first DSLR. Important manual coby BimmerBrad - Community Forum
IMHO (and I really mean that) I'd be hard pressed to go with anything other than a Canon 5DMKII. Takes brilliant pictures and shoots some of the best HD video images.....period. Obtaining extremely shallow DOF gives your videos more of a motion picture film look. I almost bought one for doing mostly video. Yes, it's THAT good. Journalists are taking this thing out into the field a lot mby BimmerBrad - Community Forum
QuoteFerdinand QuoteBimmerBrad QuoteBimmerBrad...a wedding invitation DVD that we're trying to put together. Here's the video for that (it's short too)..... Wedding Invitation the video is now open to the public. We were holding it until my friend Brett Jarnigan Jarnagin Photography released it on his blog. That's clever, and funny. By the way, the link to Brett's webby BimmerBrad - Community Forum
QuoteFerdinand Quotedaniel i have recently started experimenting with photography and have thought about going into it professionally, but i feel like there is so much to learn and it is such a populated field that it might not be worth the trouble. i'll still keep it as a hobby though. There's nothing wrong with doing it as a hobby, as long as you enjoy it. But it's really, reby BimmerBrad - Community Forum
Quoteakstraw I watched the whole video. Kept waiting for the part with the e30's .... You've got a real talent, Brad. Thanks for sharing, and good luck in your new venture! Andy Thanks Andy! We'll see where this goes.by BimmerBrad - Community Forum