Slow Motion Video Clips from Sept 26 & 27th 2009

[Mako Koiwai]

Starting to Upload some of the clips on Blip.TV: http://blip.tv/dashboard/episodes

You probably have to Register, Log-In and Search for Makofoto Episodes to find the clips. They're slowly uploading now, but also need to be "converted."

Around the Red group on Saturday afternoon.

3rd, 4th and 5th Run Groups on Sunday.

Camera Courtesy of Pete Loney!

[Mako Koiwai]

Steve's wobble wheel ... see video at 30 seconds: http://blip.tv/file/2653213

[Steve Glusman]

Wobble looking better to me.....lots of body roll....hmmmmmm

Thanks for the great video!!

Steve G :gpower:

[Mako Koiwai]

Yah ... wobble IS better. Could hardly see it on the small screen. More noticeable when using Full Screen viewing mode.

I general I don't think the video's are as good as the El Toro ones since I was just shooting from the side lines instead of being in the middle of the course ... maybe. Next time I want to try to shoot some more 600 fps clips of tires ... but need to make sure they're in full sun. Getting closer though starts creating focus problems ... since the camera doesn't auto focus while in slo-mo mode. Also the limited depth of field of the long lens becomes an issue when shooting closer. I've been holding off buying one of these cameras hoping that an improved model will come out soon.

Will try to get more vids up in the next three days ...

[Mako Koiwai]

These files slowing uploading and converting NOW:

[Mike Simanyi]

Thanks Mako -those are incredibly helpful. What's the e-mail for PayPal contributions? I know it takes a ton of time to both shoot and upload the videos.

Mike

[Mako Koiwai]

Thanks Mike ... a number of 600 fps clips of your car coming up. I think there are around 100 clips this time.

This seems to be the best link for making a small contribution: http://tinyurl.com/m56djq

For some reason folks are sometimes finding that other Paypal "gates" aren't accepting my email address: makofoto at earthlink dot net

Money is going to be used to hopefully buy the latest version of one of these neat Slow Motion/Still Camera hybrids.

[Michael Nyden]

Do these have sound during the real time sections?

[Mako Koiwai]

No ... camera couldn't do the additional processing. Wish it could ... you need to add your own music ... like Pete did here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTzG2Rm6Sao

Check out Sinclair C5! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_C5

[Michael Nyden]

I noticed you captured my car and it was titled loud_s2000, so I was hoping there would be sound so I could see how loud it really is...anyway, great cinematography!

[Mako Koiwai]

We missed you on Sunday! You could have gone up against some other very fast S2000's ... just back from the SCCA Solo National Championships. Joey ... check out his video ... was one of the top drivers.

What type of exhaust are you running ...

[Michael Nyden]

Yeah, those other s2000's are A stock prepared with hoosiers bigger than anything...I could never compete with that.

As for my exhaust, it's simply a 70mm stainless single with no cat and aftermarket header...singles tend to make the s2000 much louder as evidenced by that red ap2 s2k that was out there on saturday as well which had nearly identical mods and the same exhaust but the dual version of it. I actually felt/herd some slight knock/detonation up top since it was so hot that day coupled with my advanced timing...if I knew it were going to be that hot, I would have put some of that octane booster in my tank for insurance.

How was your car running in that heat?

[Nicole Wong]

Starting to Upload some of the clips on Blip.TV: http://blip.tv/dashboard/episodes

You probably have to Register, Log-In and Search for Makofoto Episodes to find the clips. They're slowly uploading now, but also need to be "converted."

this link works too.. http://makofoto.blip.tv/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

A little easier to get to

[Pete Loney]

Thanks a bunch Mako for taking the time and shooting on both days!! Sat. was even more brutal heat wise when you were out by the finish.

Looking forward to my Sat. coverage that you shot of me.

Thanks for the hard work you put in overall this weekend too. Your section of the course worked out great.

[Mako Koiwai]

Forget Octane Booster ... which only adds 0.1 amounts of octane. You want to mix in various amounts of 100 octane ... available at various gas stations around the Southland. Try a 93 octane mix. I believe a lot of high performance cars ecu's can recognize and take advantage of up to say 95 octane. Definitely helps to protect our engines in hot temps.

http://www.osbornauto.com/racing/100locations.htm

[Mako Koiwai]

A number of people made small contributions to Pete's course, including Mike S ... in pretty much full darkness on Saturday evening ... and Brian Peters ... trying to make our course a bit more Auto Cross like rather then, what he thought was Road Racey. ... yet the main thing was that everything flowed very nicely!

[Mako Koiwai]

next list starting to upload/convert:

[Mark Wright]

Thanks Mako, That was cool!

[Mako Koiwai]

There are a few more of your Corvair

[Mako Koiwai]

I ran out of space at Blip.TV ... so now clips are being posted on VIMEO: http://www.vimeo.com/user487437/videos

[Kurt Rahn]

Did you get any footage of the Whale? I'd love to see how much body roll it generates.

[Pete Loney]

I ran out of space at Blip.TV ... so now clips are being posted on VIMEO: http://www.vimeo.com/user487437/videos

Thanks Mako,
Looks like Tom B in my car did get a BIG wiggle out of one cone in the back offsets. No penalty.

Tom, check this one out.... http://www.vimeo.com/6803244" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Mako Koiwai]

Next group is uploading to Vimeo. Apparently it takes as long to Convert as the length of the clip. Since some of these clips are longer then the El Toro shots ... they are taking longer to Convert before being viewable.

http://www.vimeo.com/user487437/videos

[Kristoffer Gjevre]

cool, thanks Mako
except, did you really have to slow-mo it when I went in way to fast and got into the dust in the far nw corner turn... LOL

[Mako Koiwai]

Next group uploading ... a few are duplicates from the previous list because they hadn't all loaded up yet.