Hey MATT, we've got some Stainless Gold Cups coming, and you're picture is WAY better than Colts picture. Can we use your pic on our website?
Totally cool.
How does the Colt compare to your Kimber?
Kimber is heavier, Kimber has a lighter trigger.
Colt has a wider more comfortable rounded trigger, stock slide stop is easier to operate on the Colt. I changed my Kimber's to a Wilson Combat extended slide release because I found it so difficult to operate being left handed, but I am having little trouble with the Colt's, which is about the same shape as the Kimber's stock slide stop.
I took them both to the range yesterday and put 50 rounds through each. I'd say the Kimber did better than the colt, but I have more time with the Kimber and have put alot more rounds through it.
Got another not so related question. How can you take the picture of your guns? It is so nice.
Homemade photobooth. It's collapsable, made from 12 pieces of 1/4" dowel; 8 pieces at 20" long and 4 pieces at 13" long. Each piece fits into a 1" cube of wood in a 1/4" x 1/2" deep hole. The unit is not glued, so I can take it apart when I'm finished. I'm using tracing paper as the light speaders, and the back drop is art store paper, simply taped into place. There is also a 1" thick board under the backdrop to support the guns. Ignore the lights used in this older shot. I now use three incancescent lamps and use 'Reveal' 60watt bulbs. I don't always use all three bulbs though, I think most of the time I used the overhead light with one of the side lights.
I don't think it really matters what camera you use, but what is important is the ability to set the white balance and exposure. I set the white balance by zooming in on the empty white background, or a piece of computer paper and use a custom setting and set that to white. I usually have to play with the exposure and take maybe three shots at different levels. My camera has a custom affects setting and I set the Contrast, Saturation & Sharpness on high. ISO setting is usually at 100, but I honestly don't know what that does. I also set the resolution to it's highest setting, croping the picture and shrinking it seems to help sharpen it up. I use a Canon Power Shot Pro1 8MP camera.
