Comments on: Science Friction: Behind Closed Doors At Alcon

By: darcy

darcy — Sun, 14 Oct 2018 13:03:43 +0000

you need something to protect the aluminum and anodizing is much more expensive compared to powder coat, you can see some of the brakes are anodized, and anodize is usually pretty fragile coating, the heat and brake dust would play havoc on it unless its hard anodize

but thats just a educated guess

By: Chris Colouryum

Chris Colouryum — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 11:41:22 +0000

Now there’s an offer Paddy!

By: Mark Riccioni

Mark Riccioni — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 10:11:25 +0000

Best advice i can give is to download a range of free Lightroom presets (there’s some good results on Google) and then tweak ‘em to create your own filters, purely because every image and camera sensor is different.

Shadows/highlights and curves produce some good dramatic differences. Failing that, split toning is always a vibe – specifically the orange highlights/teal shadows for that cinematic look.

By: Mark Riccioni

Mark Riccioni — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 10:08:39 +0000

Soon as it’s (finally) ran in… you come drive it, i’ll take pictures.

By: FredMiro

FredMiro — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 22:30:15 +0000

Sameeeeeeeee, but these, I can understand their expense. Maybe that’s why we barely see them in the world as well? Only the absolute best and most British Chaps get these.

By: DCaffarel

DCaffarel — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 14:26:00 +0000

SUPER-cool feature, I knew Alcon was top-notch and this proves they are so. As mentioned, simply pornographic images of the one-piece calipers and really, everything else. Hard to not expect the best with the plethora of high-end equipment they have on hand such as the brake dyno (???)- new one to me as well and fun to see.

By: ronin22

ronin22 — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 11:48:39 +0000

A photoshoot with both the RX7 and his GT-R, that’s what we want!

By: SuperZero

SuperZero — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 07:55:45 +0000

Great story on a company that I’ve been reading about for years now.
Also, those are some great colours and tones by Mark. Any special sauce or gear he uses on his photos?

By: Jordan Butters

Jordan Butters — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 05:57:11 +0000

Good question – I’ll add this into the pot for when we run the Ask The Expert story. Leave a comment on that story when it goes live just in case I forget!

By: Ishac Ishac

Ishac Ishac — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 03:32:51 +0000

Seeing the machined product was sexy and led me to ask a very simple question: why the don’t offer the brakes unpainted and the brand grooved on it? (maybe you can add it to “ask the expert”, please)