Pocono CSD - Concours, Pocono, PA - 5/24/09

Another year, another Memorial Day weekend, and another great event called Pocono CSD (A Celebration of Speed & Design) to raise money for a good cause (FallenWarriors.org).

During the drive up, the weather wasn't looking promising with dark clouds and overcast skies, but by the time I arrived, the sun came out and the weather turned out great. Less talk, more pics. Click here to visit the gallery from the concours on Sunday. I will have the photos up from the track day at Pocono Raceway in a few days, so stay tuned.



- Phuong

Carlisle Performance & Style, Carlisle, PA - 5/9/09

Mother Nature was kind enough to hold off on the inclement weather for Mother's Day weekend at the Carlisle Performance & Style. With a showfield of approximately 1500 cars and a wide range of events, there was enough going on to keep the spectators busy for hours. Axcelerated Motorsports brought their 248 chassis dyno for those wanting to know how much power their cars were putting down to the ground. At the autocross section, the NICO club assisted in putting on display the drifting expo. The North East Lexus Owners Club (NELOC) was also in attendance, sharing Pavilion B with the VIP crew. Throughout the day, spectators also could watch Club Games tug o' war, BMX stunt shows, dB Drag & Bass Race competitions, Street Glow ICEHouse, Street Glow neon contest, burnout contest, and of course the bikini contest.

For those that visit this site, you know my style. Less talk, more pics.

Click here for all of the pictures.

College Park Tuning - College Park, MD - 4/26/09

The College Park Tuning crew put on another great event for a great cause, raising money and food for Martha's Table, an organization that serves the DC area providing education, food, and clothing. This was my 2nd year in attendance and I will look forward for the '10 event. In attendance was a wide range of vehicles, with a great turnout from the Infiniti crew.

All of the photos can be seen here.

ECZA Spring Meet - Wilmington, DE - 4/19/09

Click here for all of the pictures.

The East Coast Z Association held it's Spring meet at the Bellevue State Park in Wilmington, DE. Gorgeous weather, nice cars, great people... all that was missing were girls posing with the cars :)

Canon 5D MKII

I finally found a distributor that had the 5D MKII kit in stock and priced at MSRP. Adorama and B&H are selling them at MSRP but both were out of stock. The other few vendors that had them in stock over the last month were charging $500-900 over MSRP. I was checking Canoga Camera on a daily basis and was surprised to see that they had stock one day. I bought my 5D MKI from them; good pricing, good service, quick to ship, so I quickly put the order in. They didn't have the battery grip in stock, so I bought it from B&H instead. I'm still waiting for the battery, which I have on back order with Adorama.

Canon also just released the 5D MKII firmware update to v1.0.7 to fix the black dot and banding issues.