–Confucius
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We returned to Garage Collective for Cars & Coffee “JDM Edition.” Cars were lined up on both sides of Main Street.
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The sun was casting harsh shadows on the cars, so we decided to go inside Garage Collective.
Henri spotted TJ Hunt’s Porsche 911 GT2RS as we approached the entrance.
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Inside, we found a Nissan R33 Skyline, a Honda Civic wrapped in a Spoon Sports Livery, and a Toyota Chaser. We also found a Datsun 510 SSS in Charcol Grey (my favorite).
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Henri spotted TJ Hunt and Sabrina in the crowd, so we approached them and introduced ourselves. They were awesome. After a brief chat, Henri got a photo with TJ (Thank you).
Henri and I have attended car meets around San Diego since he was five. TJ and Calvin inspired us to launch our channel
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Next, we found a Nissan R35 GTR Time Attack build and Paul Walker’s Mitsubishi Eclipse from Fast and Furious.
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Outside, we heard the “legendary” roar from an Audi RS 4 B7. As we made our way through a row of Subies, we saw a vintage boat tail speedster cruising by (see minute 4:38).
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I made the mistake of dropping my camera settings on my Sony ZV-E10 just before heading out to Cars & Coffee. And to make matters worse, I didn’t realize the autofocus was off.
As Confucius said, some wisdom we learn the hard way.
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We had not encountered harsh sunlight before. So, after some research, I ordered a UV filter and a CPL filter to improve the color and image quality we capture going forward.
I also ordered a Moment CineBloom Diffusion filter to test if we like that “Dreamy, Film-Like Footage” for the vlog.
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TOOLS OF THE TRADESony Alpha ZV-E10 Mirrorless Vlog Camera (Black)
Sony E 15mm F1.4 G APS-C Large-aperture Wide-angle G Lens
Final Cut Pro X Motion Array