GPMINIs new license plate frames

Posted on by Ian C.

MINI USA recently released GP-specific license plate frames; initially I wasn’t sure if they’d look OK but when I visited MINI of Peabody today to see the ones held for me (thanks, Scott!) I decided they looked OK after all … the red with “GP” logo is a bit bold, but the black frame matches the black surround of the rear plate nicely (close-up) …


The front works well too – especially with the red lettering of the Massachusetts plate!

7 thoughts on “GPMINIs new license plate frames”

  3. Whoa, IAN! D200!>?! Seems you cringed at the price last weekend, but looks like you got over it :-). I’m sure you won’t be disappointed. Did you buy an SB-800, as well? Nikon Capture software?

    The new photo looks great and the GP is soooo clean? Do you drive that thing, or what?

    Now that you have such a deluxe camera, if you haven’t already, check out http://www.nikonschool.com and http://www.epsonprintacademy.com for sessions in the Boston area. Both are excellent programs and more than worth the weekend and the reasonable cost.

  4. Adam,
    It was the included lens (18-200 with “VR”) which sold me to the camera. That’s a 10x zoom in my language, and image stabilisation too – I’m assuming for now it’s the only lens I’ll need.
    I looked at the Nikon school – it said no camera needed? So how does it work – have you been?

    Oh, and GPMINI is so clean because MoP kindly cleaned it after putting on the new plates 😉

  5. Ian, I took the Nikon School a couple of years ago, and it was tedious. Basically, no camera was needed because you sat in a lecture hall (Regis Collge, I recall) and watched some pros flip through 6 hours of slides.

    There were useful pointers given, as you looked at slides, but it was not as helpful as being in the field or even classroom to have someone look at a shot you just took and say “you should have increased exposure by 2/3” or pushed the flash by 1 1/3, etc.

    I mentioned Nikonians to you the other day, if you go to the Nikonians Workshops area, you’ll see some listed for Boston in May. I signed up for the D80 one the last weekend (it’s $159 I believe) and it sounds more promising than the Nikon School. I’m not 100% certain that there’s a D200 class, I know there’s a Speedlight course one day…

    Chris

  7. Ian:

    I found the Nikon school to be very helpful. The instructors are pros and I got a lot of good tips that I refer to. Nikon also offers in-the-field photo ‘theme’ vacations. I would love to take one, but have never had the chance.

    The 18-200mm lens is quite a range. Since the image sensor on these cameras isn’t ‘full-field’ comparing it to a 35mm film camera that’s an equivalent of a 27-300mm, which is fabulous.

    I will have to check into the Nikonians class – first time I’ve heard of it.

    I took a free afternoon session last year at EP Levine’s, http://www.eplevine.com on panoramic photography. There’s some very slick software for stitching photos together into panoramic images and tripod attachments specifically for panoramic shots. That stuff is on my list to get sometime this year.

    =Adam=

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