It may not focus on anything at all but the bokeh is pretty good. :-)
Yes, I'd try to return the pictures. I've tried that with 2 film
cameras in the past year or so only to discover the film was blank.
Chuck Norcutt
On 5/11/2012 5:16 PM, Moose wrote:
> I've got so much stuff (crap) that I try to avoid garage sales. Sunday,
> though, Carol cam in with some really nice,
> useful looking little boxes. When I expressed my envy, she said she had only
> taken two of four.
>
> So off I went, a little ways down the hill. I ca back with the boxes, a few
> other little treasures, a camera and a HD.
>
> The HD is a silvery plastic box with "WD" on the side and a tiny sticker on
> the bottom, including a model number with
> "10000" in it.
>
> Does it work?
> Yes.
> How much?
> $5, I just want it to go where it will be used.
> Sold.
>
> At home, it connects, and initialization and formatting quickly results in a
> 1TB external disk with USB, Firewire 400&
> 800 and eSATA connections!
> Fang?
>
> The camera is free as it doesn't work. A Casio EX-Z70 slim compact. Pull out
> the battery and connect it to a charger for
> a similar size, save voltage battery with clip leads for a few hours. Power!
>
> 2GB SD card has a couple hundred pictures, casual snaps, on it, ending about
> four years ago.* I don't look closely.
>
> Take it outside, adjust settings, point it at things and - oops, it isn't
> focusing. More fussing, try manual focus.
> Looking back at the pics on it, through 6/20/2008, mostly sharp, then on
> 6/29/& 7/1/2008, fuzzy.
>
> The camera is now opened up in a little tray on my desk. I suppose the
> sensor/lens module may come apart next.
>
> But then, look at the couple of test shots I took.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Home/Miscellaneous&image=CIMG2966a.jpg>
> And<http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Home/Miscellaneous&image=CIMG2967a.jpg>
>
> Hey, I've been playing with focus and softness, maybe this is fate, giving me
> my very own Impressionist camera! :-)
> Maybe it doesn't need repair after all.
>
> Impressionistically Moose
>
> * Should I try to get them back to the owner? Ah, they are images 2790-2765;
> someone has been up/downloading their
> images from this camera to internet or computer.
>
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