My 1M, nickname Snow. Ownership thread updates

[1MOz]

Originally Posted by Ian///M

At least u got a full tank

What! You didn't???

I was pleasantly surprised there was only 11kms on the clock too. My RS4 had 78kms on it...well, the told me the factory did a lot of testing for RS4 before leaving the factory. I found it a bit hard to swallow that one.

[sparoz]

I like your camera .

[TimMc]

Originally Posted by 1MOz

Hi, 50mm f/1.4 is a great lens you can take great photos with that.
Feel free to shoot me a pm if you want to know anything photography.

Thanks! I may take you up on this offer at a later date.

[1MOz]

Originally Posted by TimMc

Thanks! I may take you up on this offer at a later date.

No worry Tim, I never say no to cars and photography (after taking care of the family first of course).

[sparoz]

I am amazed what a difference full frame makes. Now, I should put the MkIII on my wish list.

[1MOz]

And here are a few photos of bits from our Snow 1M.

[1MOz]

Originally Posted by sparoz

I am amazed what a difference full frame makes. Now, I should put the MkIII on my wish list.

Me too, I've been very tempted to upgrade but since photography doesn't give me an income, it's hard to justify it when the 5D MkII is still so capable.

[TimMc]

Nice pics. Love the effects/narrow field of view you get with a wide open aperture.

[gazz]

Originally Posted by TimMc

Nice pics. Love the effects/narrow field of view you get with a wide open aperture.

Or he's using something like a Micro Nikkor 105mm 1:2.8.

[1MOz]

Originally Posted by gazz

Or he's using something like a Micro Nikkor 105mm 1:2.8.

Gazz, all photos were taken with Canon EF 24-70mm F/2.8 using 5D MkII. Most photos taken at F2.8.

[gazz]

Originally Posted by 1MOz

Gazz, all photos were taken with Canon EF 24-70mm F/2.8 using 5D MkII. Most photos taken at F2.8.

Ah well, it was worth a guess. I have that Micro Nikkor and it produces similar results to your shots. Like your work BTW. A touch of the dramatic with the lighting effects and depth of field used to great effect in composition. Like the headlight shot. In the wheel shot I would have focused on the ///M and left the BMW roundel out of focus. But that's just my take on it.

Do you keep your patients waiting while you compose artistic shots of their teeth?

Also, I agree with your earlier advice in using a fast 50mm as an all rounder. There are plenty of great photographers who use just one lens, whether it's a 28mm or 50mm or 100mm whatever.

I've got some fancy stuff but I find I use my Fujifilm X10 more and more. If you want to catch the moment I find that the less mucking about the better and the Fuji is a great camera to carry everywhere.

[1MOz]

Originally Posted by gazz

Ah well, it was worth a guess. I have that Micro Nikkor and it produces similar results to your shots. Like your work BTW. A touch of the dramatic with the lighting effects and depth of field used to great effect in composition. In the wheel shot I would have focused on the ///M and left the BMW roundel out of focus. But that's just my take on it.

Do you keep your patients waiting while you compose artistic shots of their teeth?

Absolutely agreed with you Gazz on the focus on ///M.
Fortunately, you can't be too artistic with teeth shot so patients usually survived the photoshoot.

[1MOz]

OK, so I was waiting for my daughter doing a school thing this morning, I thought I take a few photos as the car was parked in a nice open shade spot.

Here they are. The first side shot was taken with 24-70mm and the rest were taken with a EF70-200mm F/2.8.

[JHS130]

The second shot is an amazing composition! Very jealous of your L series lenses

[1MOz]

A few more photos from yesterday shoot.

Mods completed so far:
- Gloss Black kidney grills
- Gloss black side markers
- BMS drop-in filter
- BMWPedals
- 1M custom mats

BMW performance CF rear spoiler getting installed this week.
Still to do: BMW N55 Midpipe, BMS OCC, CDV.

[1MOz]

A close up shot of the Gloss black kidney grills, supplied by BMR Autowerkes.

[TWD]

Quang....your photograph is fantastic!!!

[ippykaye]

Congrats Quang! Amazing photos! I've bought all our Bimmers of Frankie Goh too, since the late 90s lol!

Looking forward to watching your car evolve- I'll keep an eye out for your car around the North Shore

Luster did my coding too- top bloke

[1MOz]

Snow hang out with a few 1Ms. It was a gloomy day but the atmosphere was on the high.

[1MOz]

I got myself a Cobb AP 2 weeks ago.

My main reasons for choosing Cobb are the ease of use, portability and able to maintain M button functionality. And it's good to have someone like Peter at Advan who has plenty of knowledge and able to do custom tune with Cobb down the track.

I started with the stage 1 sport map and didn't really feel much changes but when I loaded up stage 1 Aggressive stock throttle map, I am loving it. Better low end torque and throttle response and the M button still work.

Here's the throttle map of linear throttle vs stock throttle. Photos are from Cobb tuning.

[1MOz]

Originally Posted by Ian///M

Nice Quang. Do you have the before and after deltas?

Ian, that's a whole new language to me. What are deltas?

I haven't yet done a dyno run since putting on the tuned map....just waiting for something to arrive in the next few days from Texas to complete the mod then I shall do a dyno run.

[Zuzu]

Originally Posted by 1MOz

just waiting for something to arrive in the next few days from Texas to complete the mod then I shall do a dyno run.

Texas....mmmmmm Sounds like a FMIC is on its way..