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Paid $10 for this

by orguz » Sep 4th, '08, 14:33

Passed by a chinese porcelain store that had a closing sale today. Saw this gaiwan for 12 but haggled it down to 10 dollars, 180ml volume just measured it and pretty thin walled. Not bad I thought they still have a carton left

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Re: Paid $10 for this

by hop_goblin » Sep 4th, '08, 16:08

orguz wrote:Passed by a chinese porcelain store that had a closing sale today. Saw this gaiwan for 12 but haggled it down to 10 dollars, 180ml volume just measured it and pretty thin walled. Not bad I thought they still have a carton left
Fair price. Enjoy!

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Re: Paid $10 for this

by orguz » Sep 4th, '08, 16:28

hop_goblin wrote:
orguz wrote:Passed by a chinese porcelain store that had a closing sale today. Saw this gaiwan for 12 but haggled it down to 10 dollars, 180ml volume just measured it and pretty thin walled. Not bad I thought they still have a carton left
Fair price. Enjoy!
Thanks, the first brew is Haiwan 9908 laochatao shu, all crumbles from what the customs left after ripping up the carton box. B......s :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

Camera was from my Sony K850i so the picture isn't very sharp or my hands were shaking due to my replacement of water consumption to 90% tea only as for daily fluid intake. Any advice for making sharper pics with a 5 megapixel camera?

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by Geekgirl » Sep 4th, '08, 17:03

orguz wrote:Any advice for making sharper pics with a 5 megapixel camera?[/color]
It's not the megapixels, it's the light. Slow shutter speed = blurry pictures. If you had brighter light the camera would take the picture faster and the image would be sharper. Alternately, you could bump up the ISO function. Pic would be grainier but less fuzzy.

5 megapixels is enough image size for all but poster-sized.

Very nice gaiwan btw.

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by Wosret » Sep 4th, '08, 19:58

A tripod would help, too. (Or something to rest the camera on.)

I love it! I want one.

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by tenuki » Sep 4th, '08, 20:05

Yikes, that's huge! ;)
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by orguz » Sep 4th, '08, 20:53

Thanks to Ggu and Wosret for your advice, I'll keep the pointers from both of you in mind when taking pictures in the future.

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by henley » Sep 4th, '08, 21:54

GeekgirlUnveiled wrote: It's not the megapixels, it's the light. Slow shutter speed = blurry pictures. If you had brighter light the camera would take the picture faster and the image would be sharper.
This explains why most of my night shots don't turn out well. Thank you! :D Don't see myself ever going past a "point & shoot" type photographer but this info will come in handy (& prevent me from getting mad at the camera! :lol: ).

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by Victoria » Sep 5th, '08, 00:19

Great deal, enjoy!

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by orguz » Sep 5th, '08, 10:04

Victoria wrote:Great deal, enjoy!
Will do thanks for posting comment

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by heavydoom » Sep 5th, '08, 15:11

is that the store in market village? opposite mcdonalds?

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by orguz » Sep 5th, '08, 20:12

heavydoom wrote:is that the store in market village? opposite mcdonalds?
No, it's at the old fortino's plaza

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by heavydoom » Sep 5th, '08, 20:31

orguz wrote:
heavydoom wrote:is that the store in market village? opposite mcdonalds?
No, it's at the old fortino's plaza

orguz

go and take a look at that place i am talking about, inside market village, past the food court. it's that porcelain place too, and they are also going out of business. amazing gaiwans there too. i got two of them, great stuff. i was going to post some pics but i decided not to.

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by Thirsty Daruma » Sep 5th, '08, 20:46

Ooh, I love fish/koi tea ware. Excellent find!

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