gary navarre on sat 9 jan 10
Hay Folks,=3D0A=3D0A The Pentax Optio W80 got here after dark on Wednesday =
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e I was out because I'd been sitting home since 6AM when it went out for de=
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livery from Iron Mountain 7 miles away. I guess they had to go to Ontonagon=
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first... I think that's way up North along Lake Superior about 40 miles Ea=
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st of Off-ta-nogen. So I charged up the battery in less than an hour, did a=
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bit of reading in the 274 page manual, and made a test shot and a video. I=
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've got a lot more reading of details on the settings so this first still i=
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s just to see how large Fotki will be able to print...=3D0A=3D0Ahttp://publ=
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otki.com/GindaUP/ca/pow80/imgp0017.html=3D0A=3D0A... and they say I can do =
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"x30" so I can make decent enlargements for show posters and framed Morel m=
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ushrooms, landscapes, and fireworks. I hope I can still get a few good fire=
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works shots like with the W30 before those tree huggin clean air freaks get=
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them outlawed too...=3D0A=3D0Ahttp://public.fotki.com/GindaUP/ca/rmwacdsee=
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/imgp1107ceclresize.html =3D0A=3D0A... so for now I'll shoot pottery and th=
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ture around here. =3D0A=3D0A Decent still pictures were not the main featur=
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was after since the W30 was doing a good job so far and I wanted to see wh=
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at the HD video looked like so I set it to 16x9 and threw a pot and demonst=
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rated one other outstanding feature with the dunk test near the end in 10:2=
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8 of video with a file size of 1.82 GB. After running it through Windows Mo=
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vie Maker I got it down to 48.2 MB and 10:27 ...=3D0A=3D0Ahttp://www.youtub=
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m/watch?v=3D3DzlxdgSkcV-0=3D0A=3D0A Just off the top of my head I think the=
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r areas of one color look a little spotty like the black in the 3 pot cover=
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s on the glaze table, seems I see reds, blue, and greens if I look close bu=
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t that could be my monitor and other settings too so a print should look di=
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fferent. I'll need more practice to get the best results.=3D0A=3D0A I want =
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ry shooting in the cold too but it's 10=3DB0F out and I'm not ready to go o=
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yet so that will have to wait until it gets above 14=3DB0F which is the lo=
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r limit of cold the battery is designed to handle. I'll probably just film =
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throwing inside until we have enough pots to finish loading the kiln and fi=
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re in the cold. Geeze, that gives me another three months to fool around in=
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here before the frost even begins to come out of the ground. Like I say, I=
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don't gotta do real quick anymore so stay in there eh!=3D0A=3D0AGary Navar=
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=3D0ANavarre Pottery=3D0ANavarre Enterprises=3D0ANorway, Michigan, USA=3D0A=
http://w=3D
ww.youtube.com/GindaUP=3D0Ahttp://public.fotki.com/GindaUP/=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A
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