Christmas WishList

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Zero Ducks

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Brendan Drake and I hunted this morning. Woke up to frost and a gradual south east wind about 7 to 10 mph shortly after daybreak. Thought it would be a great morning, partly cloudy, cold and windy, but hardly saw any ducks and did not even fire a shot.

Added Fast Grass to Boat Blind

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I'm still making improvements to the Boat Blind. I added fast grass mats all around it last night and tonight I picked up some fog lights. I want to mount a fog light in the front of my boat and the kit I picked up has a led rocker switch that lights up when the lights are turned on. There is stll alot of trash in the marsh around southwest Louisiana since hurricane Ike passed and the fog light is pretty much a life saver. I'll post up some pictures of that after I have it installed.

Aiptek Action-HD 1080p Camcorder

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I picked this camera up last night after seeing another Aiptek last week. I did  a little research online before actualy making a purchased and chose this model because it is expandable up to a 32 gig SD card, has a 3x Optical zoom, and comes with a remote control. I plan on using it as my outdoor camera for hunting and fishing and did not want to spend a lot of money and this camera fell into that category thanks to an after Thanksgiving sale. So far I have to say this thing is great. The playback on my 50 inch 720p television looks excellent, although I'll mainly be uploading lower quality format to this site and burning home/hunting videos to DVD quality for archiving.

Here are a few specs:

• 1080P HD at 30fps (frames per second) Perfect for achieving an astonishing close-up


• Ideal for sports and other high-action events 720P HD at 60fps


• 720P HD at 30fps
  excelent quality for regular events like birthdays, etc... Helps you capture every detail


• DVD quality at 30fps


• CIF great for web uploads 30fps


• 3x optical zoom and auto focus


• Night Shot & LED light fucntionality Helps enable low-light recording


•  2" macro zoom lensFor close-up video or photo shooting.

I think battery gets you about 60 minutes if you are shooting at 1080p or 720p at 60fps. About 120 minutes if you shoot at 720 at 30fps, and lower resolutions get you longer recording times. The nice view finder keeps track of all this for you and gives you a heads up display of how much record time you have left.

This camcorder is definatley a big thumbs up from way back for me. I can't wait to get in the marsh for some hunting footage. All future videos should be taken using this camera.