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11-17-2005, 07:15 PM
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Yeah, after reading all this my decision is made: An LDA must be mine.
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#77
11-17-2005, 07:49 PM
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 But, mostly, enjoy! Regards,
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#79
11-20-2005, 11:24 AM
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cdeaton:
Looks great! Enjoy. Try "tenting" your subject, or use a smaller light source, to get a better picture. Wrap a white hankerchief around the flash, or just cover it with a bit of cloth to spread things out a bit. "Tenting" means to put the object inside a tent - some white cloth again - and poke the camera through a hole in it. Put the light source outside the tent.... With a small digital camera with built-in flash, use a desk lamp instead of the flash and play with the color balance to get it to look a little better (it may go yellow on you). Another trick is to just back away as far as possible and use the camera's non-digital zoom capability to make a close-up out of it. This is a little tricky, but it moves the flash away and makes for a "smaller light source", too. (Digital zooming may screw up the final picture quality too much. Probably OK for a small pic, but as you get into larger ones, it's not pretty....) Now if I only had time to play with this 'cause most of my gun pictures come out pretty ugly.... Regards,
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#80
11-20-2005, 02:31 PM
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I'm no photo expert, but find natural sunlight the best light. Flash is the worst.
Flash:  Sunlight (OK, different sights, thumb safety, and mainspring housing, but the same pistol!):  (See how I sneaked this photo in yet again!)  -- Chuck
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#81
11-20-2005, 03:21 PM
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Chuck:
That does it.... Where did I put my car keys? Cleveland's not that big.... You're correct - slightly diffused sunlight will work very well. In my case it always seems to be 0330, though.... Moonlight will also work, but you need a tripod. I've got a couple, but then I wake up the dog and.... I'm what I call an "advanced amateur" in photography. Which means I've spent a mountain of money on a camera that has a "full automatic" mode and usually use it that way. (Film camera, that is.) The little digital I use has all kinds of manual modes that I've not figured out yet, but that's another story. I gave my darkroom and a couple of cameras to my daughter's girlfriend a couple years ago. She actually wanted to use the stuff. Regards,
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#82
11-21-2005, 05:25 PM
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Photo hints.
Thanks guys, but I didn't think the photo of the Warthog was 'that bad'. I was commenting on how hard it was to take a photo of the night sights glowing in the dark. I got them lined up and the exposure right but with the appature setting so high the depth of field was about 2 inches and both the front and rear were not in focus. I may play with it a little more just to do it, but I'm sure you can imagine them just sitting there glowing.
Charlie.
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#84
11-21-2005, 09:06 PM
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Chuck's right....
Actually, getting the sights to show up may be impossible without a little help from PhotoShop unless you get lucky. But, otherwise, the pics were good.... Mine tend to be pretty bad. I don't follow my own advice much. Too much going on this week, but I should try again. I wonder if the dog will let me use the tripod? Regards,
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#87
12-07-2005, 09:01 AM
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Regards Bob Hunter www.huntercustoms.com
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#88
12-07-2005, 09:47 AM
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#90
12-07-2005, 02:37 PM
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It's not as pretty as some of the others posted......but it is my CCW baby.
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#93
12-19-2005, 01:42 PM
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Para Ipsc Limited, Home built
Just finished my own Para. First self built. I have yet to shoot it but will let you guys know how it shoots when I do. Plating by Tripp.
    .40 Barsto Bull Barrel, STI slide, smoothed all edges on frame, ball milled the slide also chamfer cut the bottom of the slide. The two holes in the frame is where a thumb ledge was attached many years ago. I had this frame kicking around for quite awhile and decided to build a limited gun out of it.
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#94
12-22-2005, 12:37 AM
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Very nice
Very nice pistol! Would you be interested in doing work on someone elses pistol? I would really like to have the same thing done to mine. Please let me know, Thanks, Dave
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#95
12-22-2005, 06:54 AM
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Dave, Thank you for your kind words. It's an honor to have somebody ask to work on their pistol. Unfortunately, I am not a gunsmith. I did if fact build this Para myself but I asked alot of questions and had some pointers here and there from a local smith. He rescused me when I was a little too aggresive fitting the barrel lugs. As for all the machining of the slide and the smoothing of every edge on the frame, Any of the top end Gunsmiths could do that work for you.
I've been a Prototype machinist for 25 years and just wanted to see what it took to build a limited IPSC gun from scratch. I can see now why Gunsmiths charge what they charge. There is alot of hand work involved. I have well over 50 hours just smoothing the frame including eliminating all casting lines and surface blemishes. I know it's hard to see but if you look at a stock older Para frame and then looked at mine side by side, you would see the work. I'm sorry I cant help you out but thank you for asking. Good luck with your Para. Hamarjr.
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#99
01-21-2006, 10:30 PM
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Only one and definitely my favorite Para...stainless 12.45 LDA with Don Hume IWB & a Spare. She's just had a Wolff spring tuneup and is wanting to go out for a stretch.
1245LDA2.jpg
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