Show me a nice new car

[Yokosuka Mike]

X-Pro3, Fujinon XF 50mm f2 lens
Astia film simulation
Yokohama, Japan - June 2020

All the best,
Mike

 

[Ambro51]

Couldn’t get a picture....A Big Hulking Ugly SUV passed me on the AC expressway dong I’d estimate 100-120 mph. As it went by, it was a Rolls Royce SUV. Ugly as sin. I got a better look a bit ahead, as Four NJ state troopers had the thing pulled over!

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

X-Pro3, Fujinon XF 50mm f2 lens
Astia film simulation
Yokohama, Japan - June 2020

All the best,
Mike

 

[Doug]

Lovely Porsche Cayman! ^^

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

X-Pro3, Fujinon XF 50mm f2 lens
Astia film simulation
Yokohama, Japan - June 2020

All the best,
Mike

 

[Doug]

Mike, amazing how many encounters you have there with high-end and exotic sports cars! I think that white one is a Lambo...

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Mike, amazing how many encounters you have there with high-end and exotic sports cars! I think that white one is a Lambo...

Doug, I am as amazed as you and yes the last one was a Lambo.

Yokohama is not that big of a city compared to Tokyo but the amount of foreign made cars on the road is unbelievable. BMW, Audi, Mercedes, they're everywhere! I have to wait at least 10 minutes for a Ferrari to come rolling along. I don't know where all the money is coming from but they just opened an Aston Martin dealership a little way down the road from the Alfa Romeo dealership the other day.

Speaking of Alfa Romeo...

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

...here comes one now!

X-Pro3, Fujinon XF 35mm f1.4 lens
Astia film simulation
Yokohama, Japan - June 2020

All the best,
Mike

 

[Out to Lunch]

I have been seeing a few of these in Saigon: they never get out of second gear 😀

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

There are a few of these in Saigon...their drivers never get out of second gear.

Sounds familiar! 🙂

All the best,
Mike

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

The Nissan Century rolling down the road.

X-Pro3, Fujinon XF 35mm f1.4 R lens
Astia film simulation
Yokohama, Japan - June 2020

All the best,
Mike

 

[markjwyatt]

BMW i8 by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr

 

[Larry Cloetta]

^^^^^I’ve only ever seen those in California, though they must be selling them elsewhere.)

 

[markjwyatt]

^^^^^I’ve only ever seen those in California, though they must be selling them elsewhere.)

Your comment made me take a closer look at it- they are hybrids. I think California is the electric car state at this point. It is crazy to see California becoming a center for automotive design and manufacturing (especially manufacturing, there has always been some design here, but not at today's levels).

 

[Doug]

The BMW i8 is an interesting car with an interesting application of the hybrid idea. The car is made largely of carbon fiber supplied by a firm in Moses Lake, Washington just up the road from me...

I don't recall ever seeing one of these on the road.

 

[markjwyatt]

The BMW i8 is an interesting car with an interesting application of the hybrid idea. The car is made largely of carbon fiber supplied by a firm in Moses Lake, Washington just up the road from me...

I don't recall ever seeing one of these on the road.

I imagine the carbon fiber aspect is a spin-off from the aerospace industry presence in Washington. For hybrids I thought Karma Revero (Fisker Karma reinvented) was tops, but I think they are having some financial issues at this time.

 

[CharlesDAMorgan]

Finally getting to use my BMW M140i a bit more. Out on Dartmoor. M5, Summaron 35 f2.8, Acros at 64 in Pyro

 

[dourbalistar]

Finally getting to use my BMW M140i a bit more. Out on Dartmoor. M5, Summaron 35 f2.8, Acros at 64 in Pyro.

Nice, Charles, car and photo! Is that the new Acros II? I like the bite and tonality.

p.s. Now you just need a (BMW) M5 to shoot with your (Leica) M5. 😀

 

[dourbalistar]

"Nice" and "new" are probably debatable... but look at that iridescent custom paint on the side skirts! I took a B&W photo of this car with a different camera (ahem... M5), but it needed to be captured in color to be fully appreciated. 😎

1st Generation Mitsubishi Eclipse / Eagle Talon / Plymouth Laser (1990-1994).

Nikon FM2n, AI Nikkor 50mm f/1.8S, Ultrafine eXtreme 400, developed in LegacyPro L110 at 1:31 for 5.5 minutes. Three individual black and white frames shot through Tiffen #25 Red, #58 Green, and #47 Blue filters, respectively, then combined using GIMP to create a trichrome color image.


2020.05.14 Roll #245-04793-positive-trichrome.jpg by dourbalistar, on Flickr

 

[CharlesDAMorgan]

Nice, Charles, car and photo! Is that the new Acros II? I like the bite and tonality.

p.s. Now you just need a (BMW) M5 to shoot with your (Leica) M5. 😀

Ho ho! I've never had an M5, preferring the Alpina equivalents, and given the state of the roads and traffic, probably will not ever.

It's original Acros, I laid down a small stock when it was discontinued. To my annoyance, given the cost of the new stuff, I find it works exceptionally well with classic Leica glass and in Pyro. At £12 a roll here, I need to find a decent substitute!