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Drove 10 miles the long way into town (3.25 mi normally) to by lottery tickets .......... :rockon:
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Found the Voltage reading 11.6. Hooked up the charger to the cables from the battery positive terminal and chassis ground. Power light lit red; charging light was orange-ish for half-an-hour or a little more, then showed steady green. All as expected from reading the User's Guide, which also says the green state should be maintained for an hour, before use, ideally twelve hours for full charge. No problem letting it go twelve hours: don't get around much any more.

Cables were routed in such a way that no cutting or drilling was required for attachment of the charger without opening the hood.
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I need to figure out how to do polarizing on a 'phone camera lens.
 

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Found the Voltage reading 11.6. Hooked up the charger to the cables from the battery positive terminal and chassis ground. Power light lit red; charging light was orange-ish for half-an-hour or a little more, then showed steady green. All as expected from reading the User's Guide, which also says the green state should be maintained for an hour, before use, ideally twelve hours for full charge. No problem letting it go twelve hours: don't get around much any more.

Cables were routed in such a way that no cutting or drilling was required for attachment of the charger without opening the hood.
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I need to figure out how to do polarizing on a 'phone camera lens.
Being you know the term, polarizing I assume you also know that will require a filter.

The question is 1 how to attach, 2 in such a way to allow the polarizing to be adjusted.

With the picture seen, what beings this to mind ?
 

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Took the factory PP2 with Cup 2's off and put on FP equivalent rims with brand new same size all corners PS4S's and drove to my home track this afternoon...... Lime Rock. Today was a good day still on break-in. I now have 145 mi. on this Race Red. Will be tracking it here in the months ahead. Sunny and temp in the low 40s.

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Sweet! I live not far from Lime Rock, just over the border in Great Barrington, MA.
 

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Being you know the term, polarizing I assume you also know that will require a filter.

The question is 1 how to attach, 2 in such a way to allow the polarizing to be adjusted.

With the picture seen, what beings this to mind ?
Reflections in the windscreen distracted from the point of the image.

I dug out the 77mm polarizer I liked to use with a CANON 5D and 70-210 lens. Held it in front of the 'phone's lens for each exposure, rotated the two elements by hand between shots. The difference might have been more dramatic in brighter light; sun was hiding, uncharacteristic for this location.

The retracted garage door still makes an appearance, but now you have to look for it, rather than past its reflection. It's also clear you can mitigate reflections in one plane or another, but not both simultaneously.

I haven't searched, yet, but I'll bet someone makes a polarizing lens to fit 'phone cameras.

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Reflections in the windscreen distracted from the point of the image.

I dug out the 77mm polarizer I liked to use with a CANON 5D and 70-210 lens. Held it in front of the 'phone's lens for each exposure, rotated the two elements by hand between shots. The difference might have been more dramatic in brighter light; sun was hiding, uncharacteristic for this location.

The retracted garage door still makes an appearance, but now you have to look for it, rather than past its reflection. It's also clear you can mitigate reflections in one plane or another, but not both simultaneously.

I haven't searched, yet, but I'll bet someone makes a polarizing lens to fit 'phone cameras.

Gray Car Windscreen With Reflections x600 IMG-1416.jpg


Gray Car Windscreen Without Reflections x699 IMG-1380.jpg
Cool, I prefer DSLR like the control it offers. You do have a good idea, research it make yourself some $$$
 

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Wait...you have a 5D...but you use a phone to take pictures?
Yes. Today when I picked it up for the first time in years. I was surprised at how much heaver it has become. I remember whipping it out, squatting, climbing to get a viewpoint, all that youthful, healthy, productive stuff. It'll be a while before I can do it again, but I'm headed that direction.

Cool, I prefer DSLR like the control it offers. You do have a good idea, research it make yourself some $$$
Yes, real photography requires real camera equipment, no doubt. You have to have the basic capabilities to carry it off, however.

Someone—several someones—have beat me to the polarizing lens for 'phone cameras.. That's the not-so-good news. The good news: the basic ten-item kit with numerous lenses and a circular polarizing filter is only $29.00. At that price, if it's no good (reasonable chance of that) I can throw it away.
 

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Dang we are talking about cameras now. :) I have a 5d Mark iii and a 7d and somehow I don't take them out as often as I used to. I guess it is because I am not really doing a lot with the photos, as I was doing a few years ago. For posting on forums, yep most people find the phone cameras to be adequate. I do promise myself I will put one of my cameras in the car.
 

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That sucks big time.

Someone took my canon d8000 or 7000. I forget, swiped it out of my backpack at the track. I was away for 2 minutes.
 

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Yep, lost any desire to own another camera after that. it really bummed me out. I have a little canon point and shoot now for anything worth taking photo of.
 

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Yep, lost any desire to own another camera after that. it really bummed me out. I have a little canon point and shoot now for anything worth taking photo of.
I don't know why nobody takes me seriously when I sit in the inside of T3 with my Yashica 120mm format dual-lens with manual focus and wind-up shutter good for 1/500. The cornerworkers get real pissed when I dash out onto track to hold my lightmeter up close to the passing cars to get a reading. I just have a bear of a time finding someone to develop the film and give me some good 8x5 prints. Where's that gal from 1hr Photo when you need her? I quit taking photos when I could no longer find Kodakrome 35mm for my Minolta Maxxum 7000 which had that fancy-pants auto-focus motor thingy and 3 programable modes.
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