Sunday, February 17: Fog very early in the morning lifting to patchy cloud; quite warm & sunny by the afternoon
Kayaking: 22.8 km
Mangawaiiti Campground (Doc, $20)
Sleep was more fragmented last night; don’t quite know why. The pillow has a(nother) hole in it and the mattress is barely comfortable. Went through the stages of lying on the sleeping bag, lying under it, and then finally in it, and just after 6:00 it was bright enough to get up, have breakfast, and get packed, long before Ross & Sasha were up and about.
Technical challenge of the day was to get the camera shooting @ zoom 6 (35 mm/52°), then to get rawopint started. First, the gimbal had to be ready except for the batteries; camera, camera mount & screw ready to go. Second, get into the life jacket and spray skirt. Third, start the camera, set the zoom, switch to rawopint, attach the camera to the gimbal, level. Doing this I discovered that the camera height screw on the gimbal was loose, and had to be tightened. Now the tricky part: If the boat is level on the ground the next stage can be done there, otherwise the boat has to be put into the water. Next, put the batteries into the gimbal, activate it and switch to “follow” mode, & finally start the camera shooting. Today’s shooting was @ M size to fit more onto the card. Read more…
