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Hosted by TransLink and South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority, the Trans-Expo 2010 is an annual event aimed at bringing transit professionals together across Canada. This year the gathering is held at the Vancouver Convention Centre on November 16, 2010. Nearly 100 exhibitors set up booths at West Exhibit Hall C to showcase their mostly environmental-friendly products.
Quite a good number of newer and yet everyday technologies are also incorporated into the public transit system, many with sustainability features. Diesel-Electric hybrid engine, LED lighting, solar-powered devices, GPS, Wi-Fi, H.264 video codec etc. Many of these technologies are not alien to the average consumer.
So much for the new stuff, but objects that have interesting heritage values are not forgotten either. The Transit Museum Society had an on-site exhibit with a few antique transit buses on display. These are the ones that your parents or grandparents used to ride. In fact, BC has been building interurban buses over 100 years ago. In 1905, the BC Electric Railway shop in New Westminster built Car 1207 for opening of the new Steveston line by way of the Arbutus Corridor connecting Vancouver and Richmond. Many long-time residents among those communities still remember the streetcar line and some have longed for its return.
[Photos by Ray Van Eng] www.vancouver21.com
This series is part of an ongoing research on visual ways to dissolve pornographic imagery in abstraction and absurd.
For the Scrambled series, using video footage downloaded from Internet, I exploit the artifacts, errors, blurs inherent to heavy digital compression and incomplete files.
Dozens of snapshots are generated. Here, the creative process in itself rely on selecting the right images : identifiable as pornographic, but somehow deactivated.
Duration: 5 seconds.
This is an experiment to see how flickr HD deals with larger videos in non standard aspect ratios. (See also my non-HD experiment.)
The video uploaded was 1000 x 1000 pixels in size. The codec used was H264, at the highest quality setting available in Quicktime. No interlacing was used.
In HD mode it is presented in flickr at 800 x 800 pixels.
Previously, before the introduction of Flickr HD, the maximum size / dimensions were 500 x 500 pixels - which is still the default non-HD size. (That is to say, 500 pixels is the length of the longest side.)
So Flickr HD continues the creative tradition of preserving customised, non-standard, aspect ratios, a feature that other video hosting services (YouTube, Vimeo) do not offer.
The video is a CGI animation (created using Maxon's Cinema 4D) - an Emoticon of a smiling wink adapted from the default flickr "Buddy Icon". The face has been mapped into a transparent (and non-reflective) sphere, which spins and then slows to a stop. "Flickr blue" and "flickr pink" coloured spotlights illuminate the face, casting appropriately coloured shadows. The shadows have been slightly softened with a blue grey "fill" or "area" light. Reflected light does not normally illuminate in the world of CGI, because of the monumental computer processing that would be required to do this. Naturalistic lighting usually needs to be "hand crafted". This is one one of the many reasons why - despite being fabulously profitable - they don't make a Shrek movie every week.
(For me, where I am located) the playback of the video is very jerky, nowhere close to the 25 frames per second of the original. This is possibly because I live in the third world (the United Kingdom / Great Britain), with a stone age internet infrastructure. Unfortunately, the smoothest playback may be experienced in the smallest, thumbnail, photostream view.
Because Tim Berners-Lee is considered by some to be some sort of Communist (with his ideals of Universal Web Access), this may be the case forever...
Playing a flickr video a second time usually results in a smoother experience, because a version (not necessarily the best version) has already been downloaded. I have super fast internet to my local telephone exchange - but between there, and the secret hollowed out volcano where the flickr servers reside, there is usually some kind of bandwidth bottleneck...
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Photograph taken at 13:03pm on Wednesday 19th March 2025 at an altitude of sixty seven metres in the grounds of Scadbury Park nature reserve, located off Old Perry St, Chislehurst BR7 6P, in the borough of Bromley. It is also a Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation. It is over 300 acres, and is part of an extensive wildlife corridor together with Petts Wood and the Jubilee Country Park.
Here we see a beautiful Silver birch (Betula pendula)in an open pasture on a springtime afternoon.
Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length: 70mm Shutter speed: 1/400s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/10.0 Iso125 Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed Hand held with Nikkor VR Vibration reduction enabled AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Auto1, A1.00, M0.25 (5390K) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (SD) Standard (Sharpening +3.00/Clarity A+1.00) Active D-Lighting: Low
Nikkor AF-P VR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6E Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.
LATITUDE: N 51d 24m 52.7s
LONGITUDE: E 0d 5m 40.20s
ALTITUDE: 66.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 94.1MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 51.90MB
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Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)
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A guy is typing a text with a remote computer keyboard. Typing is moderate and goes along with thinking about the sense of words, sentences and the perfection of the content.
DOWNLOAD LINK: unripecontent.wordpress.com/2014/05/12/typing-a-text-with...
Dimensions: 1920 x 1080
Video codec: H.264
Color profile: HD (1-1-1)
Duration: 00:21
FPS: 25
Data rate: 20.39 Mbit/s
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Photograph taken at an altitude of One metres at 15:43pm on Wednesday 6th September 2023 from a small boat looking towards the rocky coastline just outside the harbour in Polperro, Cornwall.
Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length: 24mm Shutter speed: 1/1600s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/10.0 iso1250 Handheld with Nikkor VR Vibration Reduction enabled Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Natural Light Auto, 0, 0 Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (SD) Standard (Sharpening +3.00/Clarity +1.00)
Nikkor AF-S 24-120mm f/4G ED VR. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.
LATITUDE: N 50d 19m 24.70s
LONGITUDE: W 4d 32m 20.90s
ALTITUDE: 1.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 93.7MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 44.30MB
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Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.30 (21/07/2023) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)
HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.
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Photograph taken at 11:18am on Wednesday 19th March 2025 at an altitude of One hundred and one metres in the grounds of Scadbury Park nature reserve, located off Old Perry St, Chislehurst BR7 6P, in the borough of Bromley. It is also a Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation. It is over 300 acres, and is part of an extensive wildlife corridor together with Petts Wood and the Jubilee Country Park.
Here we see wild ivy (Hedera), growing on a tree, it's shadow captured on a beautiful sunny Springtime morning.
Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length: 155mm Shutter speed: 1/60s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/7.1 Iso160 Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed Hand held with Nikkor VR Vibration reduction enabled AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Auto1, A1.00, M0.25 (4310K) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (SD) Standard (Sharpening +3.00/Clarity A+1.00) Active D-Lighting: Low
Nikkor AF-P VR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6E Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.
LATITUDE: N 51d 24m 26.7s
LONGITUDE: E 0d 5m 23.80s
ALTITUDE: 101.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 92.9MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 40.80MB
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Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)
HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.
My last day in Venice for my vacation I decided to try doing my first time-lapse so I grabbed my Canon T4i, my Canon 10-22 wide angle lens, and a tripod and gave it a whirl. I didn't have an intervalometer but I did have a remote shutter release and a delay timer feature on my camera. Here's how I did it all:
I set my T4i timer to 2-seconds and pressed the remote shutter release as often as I could remember to while the sun was setting. This gave me a frame every 2-4 seconds which resulted in 655 .jpeg's, which I put into Lightroom just to batch crop & export as 1920x1080 - no other adjustments were made. I then took all the sunset frames, made a 'Credit' frame, and ran them all through a program called "Time Lapse Assembler" (Link below)
Once I got the .mov generated from "Time Lapse Assembler" I wanted to add some music so I imported the file into Final Cut Pro X and added some royalty-free background music I found fitting. I extended the credit frame to run to the end of the music and exported it one final time with the Apple ProRes 422 video codec.
Voila! Hope you enjoy.
Gear:
-Canon T4i
-Canon 10-22mm
-Vello Wireless Shutter Release
-Tripod
Links:
- Time Lapse Assembler (Free!):
www.dayofthenewdan.com/projects/time-lapse-assembler-1/
-Great Royalty Free Music:
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Photograph taken at an altitude of Four hundred and forty four metres at 12:56pm on Wednesday 10th May at 5932 Old Vernon Road at Kangaroo Creek Farm in Kelowna V1X 7V2, British Columbia.
This decaying old classic 1940's Dodge deluxe sedan with suicide doors, sits on the land along with several other classic decaying vehicles.
Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length 40mm Shutter speed: 1/1000s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/5.0 iso100 Hand held with Nikon VR Vibration reduction enabled Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Auto1, A1.00, M0.24 (4990K) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (SD) Standard (Sharpening +3.00/Clarity +1.00)
Nikkor AF-S 24-120mm f/4G ED VR. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.
LATITUDE: N 49d 58m 5.5s
LONGITUDE: W 119d 22m 18.70s
ALTITUDE: 444.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 91.8MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 37.50MB
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(a few years later)
Codeçoso (Codessoso) is the best restored station of the entire former meter-gauge Tâmega line. There is a small coffee shop with with local products, including wine, honey, and so forth. View from the Arco de Baúlhe side.
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Photograph taken at an altitude of One hundred and ninety three metres at 14:13pm on Thursday 7th September 2023 off the A386 in Roborough Down in Dartmoor, Devon.
Dartmoor ponies are free tom roam and graze across the landscape here and have done so for centuries. They are a single colour, hardy breed with records going back to 1012 AD acknowledging their presence and footprints being discovered that date back 3,500 years!
There are several breeds, including pedigree Dartmoor ponies , Dartmoor hill ponies and Shetland ponies .
Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length: 340mm Shutter speed: 1/1600s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/8.0 iso800 Handheld with Tamron VC Vibration Control enabled Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Natural Light Auto, 0, 0 Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (SD) Standard (Sharpening +3.00/Clarity +1.00)
Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.
LATITUDE: N 50d 27m 37.10s
LONGITUDE: W 4d 6m 24.0s
ALTITUDE: 193.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 93.7MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 55.90MB
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Canon already gave those looking for a full-frame DSLR plenty to think about recently, and now it's stirring up the movie-maker's pot. It's just announced a new member to its EOS digital cinema collection -- the EOS C100 -- and given us a better idea of when we can expect that C500 to land. The C100 essentially offers a new prospect for those with pockets not quite so deep. Unlike its 4K sibling, the C100 offers 1,920 x 1,080 AVCHD via its Super 35mm 16:9 CMOS sensor, has an ISO range of 320 to 20,000 and sports the EF mount system. Other features of interest include a push auto iris function, one-shot auto focus, a multi-angle 3.5-inch LCD and a locking HDMI output. The C500, meanwhile, has now been tipped for an October debut with that princely $30,000 price-tag. But, if the C100 sounds more your jive, then you can scoop one up in November for a slightly less tax-deductible $7,999. Canon also took the opportunity to offer up two new cinema lenses: the CN-E15.5-47mm T2.8 L S/SP wide-angle and the CN-E30-105mm T2.8 L S/SP telephoto.
www.engadget.com/2012/08/29/canon-announces-eos-c100-cine...
Press Release
Canon U.S.A. ADDS TWO NEW CAMERAS TO THE CINEMA EOS SYSTEM:
THE EOS C500 4K DIGITAL CINEMA CAMERA AND THE EOS C100 DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA
Two New Camera Models Fill Out a Well-Rounded Cinema EOS Line-up with
High-End 4K and Entry-Level HD Camera Solutions
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., August 29, 2012 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, continues its commitment to the advancement of tools for visual expression and expand its contribution to cinematic culture with the introduction of the new EOS C500 4K Digital Cinema Camera* and the EOS C100 Digital Video Camera*. The C500 will take its place as the flagship camera model in Canon's Cinema EOS System while the C100 provides another option for beginning filmmakers working on a budget. The C500 is Canon's high-end professional 4K (4096 x 2160-pixel) cinema camera capable of originating uncompressed RAW output for external recording to meet the demands of premium cinematic productions and other top-quality production markets. The C100 digital video camera is a compact, affordable entry-level model delivering full 1920x1080 HD video and integrating the popular AVCHD codec for universal compatibility with laptop and desktop editing systems. The C500 will be available in both EF- and PL-mount versions; while the C100 will be offered in EF mount only and will be compatible with the more than 70 zoom and prime lenses in Canon's EF, EF-S and EF Cinema lens lineups. All products in the Canon Cinema EOS line are engineered to provide exceptional image creation capabilities for professionals in the motion picture, television, and other diverse high-resolution digital production industries.
"We developed the Cinema EOS C500 digital cinema camera to deliver the benefits of full 4K motion capture to Hollywood's premier filmmakers, while the C100 is designed for economical productions that need sophisticated HD capabilities and optical lens diversity. As we said in November of 2011, the C300 was just the beginning to our Cinema EOS system and we now offer a more complete system of imaging solutions with a range of cameras for every level of production," stated Yuichi Ishizuka, executive vice president and general manager, Imaging Technologies and Communications Group, Canon U.S.A., Inc.
The EOS C500 4K digital cinema camera and EOS C100 digital video camera join Canon's Cinema EOS System which includes two other camera models, the EOS C300 digital cinema camera for mainstream HD production and the EOS-1D C 4K Digital SLR cinema camera for 4K and HD filmmakers favoring the SLR form factor. The Cinema EOS System also offers filmmakers optical diversity with seven EF Cinema lens models: the compact and lightweight CN-E15.5-47mm T2.8 L wide-angle cinema zoom and the CN-E30-105mm T2.8 L telephoto cinema zoom (available in EF and PL versions); the CN-E14.5-60mm T2.6 L wide-angle zoom and CN-E30-300mm T2.95-3.7 L telephoto zoom (also available in EF and PL versions); and the CN-E24mm T1.5 L, CN-E50mm T1.3 L, and CN-E85mm T1.3 L prime lenses for EF-mount cameras, in addition to the more than 60 lenses in Canon's EF and EF-S lens lines (which include macro, fisheye, telephoto, and tilt-shift models).
4K, 2K, and Full HD Image Quality
The Canon EOS C500 and C500 PL digital cinema cameras are designed to provide a versatile high-quality 4K imaging solution to high-end productions. High-quality 4K resolution imaging has become the new standard for advanced effects and is particularly important for big-budget motion pictures that include scenes compositing live-action cinematography with high-resolution computer-generated imagery. The C500 and C500 PL cameras output 4K resolution to external recorders as a 10-bit uncompressed RAW data stream, as well as offering the additional versatility of being able to output quad full-HD (3840 x 2160), 2K (2048 x 1080), full HD (1920 x 1080), and other imaging options. All of these digital image source formats fully conform to established SMPTE production standards. All 4K formats can be selected to operate from one to 60 frames per second. When shooting in 2K, the C500 and C500 PL cameras employ a 12-bit RGB 4:4:4 signal format from one to 60 frames-per-second (fps) as well. For high-speed shooting and slow motion capture the cameras can be set to a 10-bit YCrCb 4:2:2 mode, and can output 4K or 2K video up to 120 fps.
While outputting 4K or 2K video to an external recorder, the Canon EOS C500 and C500 PL digital cinema cameras simultaneously record a 50 Mbps Full HD video file in-camera to the user's choice of one or two CF cards. The 8-bit 4:2:2 in-camera recordings can be used as a proxy for offline editing of 4K projects, and they are also suitable for various projects that do not require 4K resolution. Equipped with Canon's exceptional Super 35mm 8.85-megapixel CMOS sensor, both C500 camera models are compatible with a wide range of interchangeable Canon lenses – the C500 is compatible with EF, EF-S and EF Cinema lenses for Canon SLR cameras, while the C500 PL is compatible with PL-mount EF Cinema lenses and other PL-mount lenses. Highly mobile and compact, the C500 digital cinema camera provides the same ergonomic features as the C300 model, with the exception of a fixed hand grip that incorporates a pair of 3G-SDI ports for 4K video output and another pair of video ports for monitoring purposes. Canon is working with several independent manufacturers of external video recorders to support smooth workflow options, and these recorders are expected to be available by the time the EOS C500 and C500 PL 4K digital cinema cameras ship to authorized dealers later this year.
One-Person Full HD With Automatic Functions
A cost-effective camera solution for a wide range of everyday users, the EOS C100 digital video camera is ideal for many full HD applications such as:
Low-budget television production and independent moviemaking
Museums, galleries, and film schools that utilize Full HD video
Wedding, corporate and event videography
The EOS C100 digital video camera is approximately 85% of the size of the EOS C300 model, for maximum mobility. Designed for professional operability, the C100 includes a push auto iris function, one-shot auto focus (or full manual focus and exposure control), a multi-angle 3.5-inch LCD control panel, a high-resolution electronic viewfinder (EVF), built-in ND filters, dual XLR inputs, and a locking HDMI output. These features combine with such advanced technologies as reduced rolling shutter artifacts in 60i mode, enhanced gamma modes (including Wide Dynamic Range (DR) Gamma and Canon Log Gamma), cinematic depth of field characteristics, and excellent low-light performance. The C100 records to dual SD cards contributing to the camera's reduced size and convenience.
Like its C300 sibling, the EOS C100 employs Canon's uniquely designed Super 35mm 16:9 CMOS sensor that captures individual R, G, and B channels for each full HD 1920 x 1080 frame. This high-sensitivity CMOS sensor provides creative depth of field capabilities for an excellent "bokeh" effect, and provides an ISO range of from 320 to 20,000, enabling the capture of images in low light with minimal picture noise. The Canon DIGIC DV III image processor in the C100 helps ensure high color fidelity and smooth color gradations. The camera's AVCHD codec utilizes MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 compression similar to the codec used in Canon's XA10 professional HD camcorder. AVCHD features a maximum recording bit rate of 24Mbps in full HD 1920 x 1080 and 4:2:0 color space for sharp, vivid images. Multiple recording modes, resolutions, and frame rates (including 24p) make the C100 creatively flexible for many production environments. The C100 also offers enhanced gamma modes (including Wide DR Gamma and Canon Log Gamma) for a peak dynamic range of 800% and the wide exposure latitude needed for creative post-production image processing, color correction, and contrast manipulation.
Designed for extensive operational versatility, the Canon EOS C100 digital video camera features a mobile core configuration that allows users to flexibly add accessory parts to the main camera body according to their production needs. A removable side-mounted rotating grip with start/stop button and miniature "joystick" menu control provides traditional SLR camera-style operation. A detachable handle unit connects to the top of the C100 and includes dual XLR connectors, a built-in stereo microphone, a bracket for an external microphone, audio-input level adjustments, and a tally light. The C100 records linear PCM two-channel audio or Dolby digital two-channel audio.
In addition to its ability to record to both SD cards simultaneously, or relay-record from one card to the other, the Canon C100 Cinema EOS camera can also output uncompressed digital HD to an external recording device via its locking HDMI connector. This HDMI output includes superimposed time code and 2:3 pull-down marker information. Additional outputs include a USB connector and stereo headphone jack.
Pricing and Availability
The Canon EOS C500 and C500 PL 4K Digital Cinema Cameras are scheduled to be available in October for an estimated list price of $30,000. The Canon EOS C100 Digital Video Camera is scheduled to be available in November 2012 for an estimated list price of $7,999.
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Photograph taken at an altitude of One thousand twelve hundred and forty two metres at 14:14pm on Thursday 11th May 2023 off Lightning Lake Loop at Lightning Lake in E.C Manning Provincial Park, British Columbia in Canada.
The Columbian Ground Squirrel (Urocitellus columbianus) is the second largest member of the rodent family Urocitellus, common in parts of Northwest United States of America and Canada.
Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length 600mm Shutter speed: 1/320s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/6.3 iso80 Hand held with Tamron Vibration Control set to position 1 Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Auto1, A1.00, M0.25 (4670k) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (LS) Landscape (Sharpening +4.00/Clarity +1.00)
Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Nikon EN-EL15a battery. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag.
LATITUDE: N 49d 3m 45.10s
LONGITUDE: W 120d 49m 42.00s
ALTITUDE: 1242.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 90.8MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 23.00MB
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Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)
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Photograph taken at an altitude of One hundred and fourteen metres at 10:38am on Monday 8th May off the Sea to sky highway 99 and Shannon falls Road, at Shannon falls in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada.
Shannon falls are British Columbia's third tallest waterfalls, dropping an impressive 335 metres(1,105 feet), with wonderful rock climbs to it's South face at 'Local boys do good', 'The gobsmacking wall', and 'Klahanie Crack'.
Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length 150mm Shutter speed: 1/60s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/14.0 iso64 Tamron Vibration Control set to position 1 Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Auto1, A1.00, M0.24 (6100K) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (SD) Standard (Sharpening +3.00/Clarity +1.00)
Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery. Manfrotto MT057C3-G Carbon fiber Geared tripod 3 sections. Neewer 9750 Gimbal tripod head with Arca Swiss standard quick release plate. Jessops Tripod bag.
LATITUDE: N 49d 40m 14.70s
LONGITUDE: W 123d 9m 29.80s
ALTITUDE: 114.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 91.6MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 45.60MB
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Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)
HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.
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The final step of an office coffee preparation is displayed in this free HD slow motion video stock footage clip. Brewed coffee is stired in a yellow ceramic cup with a silver spoon. A thick and heavy coffee foam covers the top of a hot drink. It seems that a tea spoon will be never let out.
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Dimensions: 1920 x 1080
Video codec: H.264
Color profile: HD (1-1-1)
Duration: 00:30
FPS: 25
Data rate: 20.10 Mbit/s
In fact this is almost usual station locomotive. There was the international division of a labor in Communist block. And Czech built ChKD Praha of 3o-3o
(or Co-Co) layout Diesel locomotive has been chosen as standard station/shunting locomotive for Soviet Railroads and for other Communist countries. In Soviet Union it was named ChME-3 (Czech-built, station, with electric transmission). It has recommended itself from the best side and circa 7500 pieces have been built. It was best Czechs' business for all their history. And now ChME-3 are carrying almost all station works in all post-Soviet countries, also being frequentely used in suburban traffic.
But this piece is unique simulteniously being 'named' locomotive. Named locomotives are not rare all over the world. But in this special case term 'named' means that this is a kind of award or moral stimulation. This practice is still kept since 1920 when for some locomotives names of war and revolution heroes have been given. Such 'named' locomotives were credited for best crews for combat heroism and labour achievements - as a sort of award, apart of honor badges, medals, etc. It was considered as a great honor for locomotives. But nobless obligee! And locomotive staff (or 'brigade' as it is called here) had to keep such locomotive in excellent technical state. And also to fulfil combat or labour feats equal to those of a hero to give his name.
Locomotive brigades were usually 'attached' to the one and the same locomotive for years and decades. It became a real second house for a staff. Therefore locomotives were beloved and pampered by crew. Locomotive shining by fresh painting and polished brass details was the subject of pride of a staff - it belongs to railroaders 'Codecs of honor'. At the steam age such cases were often when locomotive staff was unsatisfied by standard paint given by a railroad. And a crew bought some 'special' paint from it's personal funds.
We may see from these shots that nothing changed at this branch despite the change of political system. And 'named' locomotives tradition is kept almost a century.
And this locomotive is named in honor of N.E. Kalinichenko, the full Knight of Soldier fame order, receiving during the WWII the stars of all three degreess. Apropos the Soldier fame is rare award being given only for privates or sergeants and only for combat feats carried in specially hard and dangerous conditions. From 15 millions men and women who served in Red Army during WWII only 2656 became full Knights of this order - including four women.
This award system repeates exectly the Soldier's St Georgian Cross - the highest and most valuable soldier's award of Russian Empire. Both orders - Empire and Soviet were carried on the same insignia band with orange-n-black strips. So called Georgian or Guardian colors. It's well depicted on shields on both sides of locomotive.
Kahrkov-Passenger station, Juzhnaya (Southern) railroad, Kharkov. Ukraine
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Photograph taken at an altitude of Twenty six metres at 14:10pm on Tuesday 30th May 2023 off the Botanical Beach loop trail at Botany Bay on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
Botanical beach has two hundred and fifty one hectares of upland habitat and an abundance of intertidal life and is part of the Juan de Fuca Marine Trail
Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length 24mm Shutter speed: 1/40s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/10.0 iso800 Hand held with Nikkor VR Vibration Reduction set to normal Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Natural light auto, 0, 0 Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (SD) Standard (Sharpening +3.00/Clarity +1.00)
Nikkor AF-S 24-120mm f/4G ED VR. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.
LATITUDE: N 48d 31m 42.90s
LONGITUDE: W 124d 26m 57.20s
ALTITUDE: 26.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 94.0MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 49.40MB
PROCESSING POWER:
Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)
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Photograph taken at an altitude of Forty five metres at 13:53pm on Friday 26th May 2023 off Richards Trail and Herd Road at the Pacific Northwest Raptors in North Cowichan on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
The Spectacled owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata) is a large tropical owl native to the neotropics. It is a resident breeder in forests from southern Mexico and Trinidad, through Central America, south to southern Brazil, Paraguay and northwestern Argentina.
They can measure up to 20.6 inches in length and weigh up to 2.76ibs.
Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length 450mm Shutter speed: 1/160s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/8.0 iso1250 Tamron Vibration Control set to position 1 Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Auto1, A1.00, M0.25 (5370k) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (SD) Standard (Sharpening +3.00/Clarity +1.00)
Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.
LATITUDE: N 48d 49m 15.90s
LONGITUDE: W 123d 39m 36.80s
ALTITUDE: 45.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 92.2MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 47.90MB
PROCESSING POWER:
Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)
HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.
My back yard. Everybody in Albuquerque loves chile. For the past 2 days I have been testing my new Nikon P1000 camera out in my yard and neighborhood. I am very impressed. You have to haul a 3.5 lb camera and a hefty tripod. I used my Manfrotto 3130 tripod with a fluid head that weighs 8 lbs for telephoto shots. The fluid head facilitates video pans, but even it drifted down while shooting at far out lengths such as 3000 mm indicating a need for counter weights such as sand bags or a heavier duty tripod. You also have to use a remote control for shutter depressions and controlling the camera. I purchased a Nikon ML-L7 remote which did the job very well.
The Coolpix P1000 does not use .nef for raw files. It uses .nrw format. I could not use Adobe PS CS6 to read these files. I started saving files in both raw and jpg formats instead of raw exclusively as I do on my Nikon DLSR camera. I had to download Nikon Capture NX-D which came with Nikon Picture Control and Nikon Transfer 2 which I have not tested yet. I Downloaded and installed a Nikon NRW codec. I could not see NRW files in Photoshop CS6, Adobe Bridge CS6 or View NX V2. But I could see them in Capture NX-D, Windows photos, Win Explorer, Win movie Maker, Photo Gallery and Win Photo Viewer.
It pays to purchase a 77 mm clear filter cover because the possibility of scratching the huge lens looms very high.
The Jpg image size is stored in a 12:9 ratio. My other Nikon cameras are sized in a12:8 ratio. Also many functions are accessed by menu rather than buttons common on Nikon DLSR’s.
I have not tested the bird or moon modes on the P1000 yet, but they look promising on paper.
All in all I am very pleased with the Nikon P1000 and look forward to having a lot of fun with it, especially for birding.
This series is part of an ongoing research on visual ways to dissolve pornographic imagery in abstraction and absurd.
For the Scrambled series, using video footage downloaded from Internet, I exploit the artifacts, errors, blurs inherent to heavy digital compression and incomplete files.
Dozens of snapshots are generated. Here, the creative process in itself rely on selecting the right images : identifiable as pornographic, but somehow deactivated.
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Photograph taken at an altitude of Six metres at 15:39pm on Sunday 4th June 2023 off Beach Drive at Kitty Islet in Victoria on Vancouver Island in British Columbia.
The American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) is a large passerine bird species of the family Corvidae. It is a common bird found throughout much of North America. American crows measure 16-21 inches in length and are the New World counterpart to the carrion crow and the hooded crow of Eurasia
Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length: 280mm Shutter speed: 1/200s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/9.0 iso80 Tamron Vibration Control set to position 1 Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Natural light auto, 0, 0 Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (SD) Standard (Sharpening +3.00/Clarity +1.00)
Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.
LATITUDE: N 48d 24m 40.40s
LONGITUDE: W 123d 18m 26.00s
ALTITUDE: 6.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 91.9MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 30.00MB
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Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)
HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.
Nokia N900 Tech Specs
Display•3.5 inch touch-sensitive widescreen display
•800 × 480 pixel resolution
Language supportBritish English, American English, Canadian French, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Latin American Spanish, Swedish, Russian
Connectivity•3.5mm AV connector
•TV out (PAL/NTSC) with Nokia Video Connectivity Cable
•Micro-USB connector, High-Speed USB 2.0
•Bluetooth v2.1 including support for stereo headsets
•Integrated FM transmitter
•Integrated GPS with A-GPS
BatteryBL-5J 1320mAh
Processor and 3D acceleratorTI OMAP 3430: ARM Cortex-A8 600 MHz, PowerVR SGX with OpenGL ES 2.0 support
MemoryUp to 1GB of application memory (256 MB RAM, 768 MB virtual memory)
Size and weightVolume:Approx 113ccDimensions:110.9 × 59.8 × 18 (19.55 at thickest part) mmWeight:Approx 181gMass memory•32 GB internal storage
•Store up to 7000 MP3 songs or 40 hours of high-quality video
•Up to 16 GB of additional storage with an external microSD card
Keys and input method•Full QWERTY tactile keyboard
•Full QWERTY onscreen keyboard
ColourBlack
Operating frequency•Quad-band GSM EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
•WCDMA 900/1700/2100 MHz
Data networkGPRS class A, multislot class 32, maximum speed 107/64.2 kbps (DL/UL) EDGE class A, multislot class 32, maximum speed 296/177.6 kbps (DL/UL) WCDMA 900/1700/2100. Maximum speed PS 384/384 kbps (DL/UL) HSPA 900/1700/2100. Maximum speed PS 10/2 Mbps (DL/UL) WLAN IEEE 802.11b/g
Call features•Integrated hands-free stereo speakers
•Call waiting, call hold, call divert
•Call timer
•Logging of dialed, received and missed calls
•Speed dialing via contact widget
•Virbrating alert (internal)
•Side volume keys
•Mute/unmute
•Contacts with images
•Conference calling with up to 3 participants
•Internet calling
Email & Messaging•Supported protocols: Mail for Exchange, IMAP, POP3, SMTP
•Support for email attachments
•Support for rich HTML
•SMS and Instant Messages as conversations
•Support for Nokia Messaging service
•Instant messaging and presence enhanced contacts
•Multiple number, email and Instant Messaging details per contact, contacts with images
•Support for assigning images to contacts
Web browsing•Maemo browser powered by Mozilla technology
•Adobe Flash™ 9.4 support
•Full screen browsing
GPS and navigation•Integrated GPS, Assisted-GPS, and Cell-based receivers
•Pre-loaded Ovi Maps application
•Automatic geotagging
Camera•5 megapixel camera (2584 × 1938 pixels)
•Image formats: JPEG
•CMOS sensor, Carl Zeiss optics, Tessar lens
•3 × digital zoom
•Autofocus with assist light and two-stage capture key
•Dual LED flash
•Full-screen viewfinder
•Photo editor on device
•TV out (PAL/NTSC) with Nokia Video Connectivity Cable (CA-75U, included in box) or WLAN/UPnP
•Landscape (horizontal) orientation
•Capture modes: Automatic, portrait, video, macro, landscape, action
Video•Wide aspect ratio 16:9 (WVGA)
•Video recording file format: .mp4; codec: MPEG-4
•Video recording at up to 848 × 480 pixels (WVGA) and up to 25fps
•Video playback file formats: .mp4, .avi, .wmv, .3gp; codecs: H.264, MPEG-4, Xvid, WMV, H.263
Music and audio playback•Maemo media player
•Music playback file formats: .wav, .mp3, .AAC, .eAAC, .wma, .m4a
•Built-in FM transmitter
•Ring tones: .wav, .mp3, .AAC, .eAAC, .wma, .m4a
•FR, EFR, WCDMA, and GSM AMR
•Digital stereo microphone
•DLNA
Personalisation•Background pictures
•Widgets on your desktops
•Intelligent contact shortcuts
•Shortcuts to your favourite websites
•Shortcuts to applications
•Themes
Operating systemMaemo 5 software on Linux
Applications•Maemo Browser
•Phone
•Conversations
•Contacts
•Camera
•Photos
•Media player
•Calendar
•Ovi Maps
•Clock
•Notes
•Calculator
•PDF reader
•File manager
•RSS reader
•Sketch
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Gaming•Bounce
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What´s in the box•Nokia N900
•Nokia Battery (BL-5J)
•Nokia High Efficiency Charger (AC-10)
•Nokia Stereo Headset (WH-205)
•Video out cable (CA-75U)
•Nokia charger adaptor (CA-146C)
•Cleaning cloth
Here little more info of the new N900 Rover maemo.nokia.com/
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Photograph taken at an altitude of One thousand twelve hundred and forty four metres at 14:29pm on Thursday 11th May 2023 off Lightning Lake Loop at Lightning Lake in E.C Manning Provincial Park, British Columbia in Canada.
The springtime snow refused to leave sections of the lake in the shade, despite blisteringly hot May days such as today.
Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length 340mm Shutter speed: 1/60s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/13.0 iso200 Hand held with Tamron Vibration Control set to position 1 Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Auto1, A1.00, M0.25 (5020k) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (LS) Landscape (Sharpening +4.00/Clarity +1.00)
Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Nikon EN-EL15a battery. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag.
LATITUDE: N 49d 3m 43.80s
LONGITUDE: W 120d 49m 40.60s
ALTITUDE: 1244.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 93.5MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 43.90MB
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Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)
HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.
Jon Satrom performs realtime audio/video, spends time data-bending, makes kludgey work-flows, creates colorful glitch-ware, and enjoys working within collaborative projects and open systems.
He spends his days fixing things, making things work, and teaching. He spends his evenings breaking things, learning, and searching for the unique blips inherent to the systems he explores and exploits.
When creating glitch-art, developing kludgy workflows is key. Softwares and languages with loop-holes, open-ports, and forgotten-functions are integral to constructing situations for glitching. In my mind, no other program embodied this ethic more than QuickTime. It’s popularity, and the fact that it’s development was to position itself within a multimedia paradigm yet-to-be solidified, makes QuickTime (versions 1.5 – 7.6) a quagmire of failures.
The rewrite of QuickTime as QuickTime X has broken an environment that helped form my ideas of how malleable digital video can be. The drumbeat of “progress” has stripped esoteric codecs and functions in favor of current flavor of standardized media consumption.
Popular computer program releases are similar to code-volcanoes barfing new functions on-top of themselves creating mountains of functionality. Due to the fact that QuickTime was one of the first popular desktop video playback and editing technologies, the program is full of strange utopic abandonware. Aside from the myriad of codecs available, two of my favorite QuickTime features are QTVR and the ability to skin one’s own player. These are once celebrated features are now forgotten on the volcanic crater of QuickTime 7.
I’ve been working and performing with these techniques for years and have only found it necessary to articulate my love and investment as I find my go-to-tool on the chopping-block of our upgrade-culture. For now, I can rest assured: it’s a weird-chopping-block; there’s still time. For now, QuickTime7 has been transformed from a player into a utility. Even now (OSX 10.6.6), there are elements of QuickTime X that rely on the robust functionality of QuickTime 7.
When working against an upgrade culture and hesitant to celebrate a retro-ness within my own work, I’m forced to jump the shark and exploit my favorite functions before they are ”legacy features”…
”QTzrk” is powered by QuickTime 7 on MacOS and Windows
Videogramo:
I am looking at all your websites, and I am completely confused by all your alter egos! Francoise Gamma on the computers club and Item Videogramo on 8bitpeoples; Who is Videogramo and who is Gamma?
ComputersClub asked me to be part of the club, but with a name. I didn't want to use my real name, so I invented Francoise (which is derived from my real name) and Gamma from color correction. I think of Francoise Gamma as a fatal rebirth of Videogramo.
Some of your newer work like "the head on the piano" on Vimeo has become less textured and more 3d, is that new and something you are going to do more?
If I would use the textures and patterns like I used in Videogramo ...I would need a whole enterprise to do animation+patterns... Videogramo's working method is crazy… madness, frame by frame ... hhgg, (although sometimes also semi automatic ^__^).
Gamma is more and more wirelined, it is an evolution or involution of Videogramo. More "new", less patterns and more animations (more and more) = ) and mutated movies. In Gamma there are almost no corrupted bodies. I think in this alter ego my mind is changing through other … corruptions.
How is failure or glitch part of your work?
I work with glitch in textures and erratic models (sometimes pure glitch from conversion of 3D formats). I also reference errors through the impossible positions of the models. In Gamma the error plays a role in motion overall. I would maybe call this "glitch simulation" or emulation
Corruption plays a formal role (errors in exporting 3d images), but this "fatal rebirth" of the image also plays a role on a conceptual and narrative level. I think there is not one logics to explain my fascination with error… I think that perhaps I recognize reflexion of myself in the error, or of the universe in general.
A wall near Shibuya covered in graffiti and stickers. I took this photo because of the small brightly colored Mickey Mouse and film projector art/stickers on the bottom left of the image. Not sure what that's about, but Mickey's hat seems to say "CODE;C"?
Need a free video clip to inderectly illustrate a sexual passion, sex, orgasm, climax, intimate attraction, sexual hunger or any other form of this kind? Here is a slow motion of a liquid soap which is being pumped out of the soap bottle. Sluggishly falling and stretching soap streams create thoughts associated barely with physical lust between genders.
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Video codec: H.264
Color profile: HD (1-1-1)
Duration: 00:38
FPS: 25
Data rate: 20.11 Mbit/s
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Photograph taken at an altitude of Twenty four metres at 20:50pm on Tuesday 16th May 2023 off Coast Guard Drive on the Wild Pacific Trail close to the Rocky Beach Area in Ucluelet, British Columbia.
Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length 32mm Shutter speed: 1/40s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/7.1 iso1250 Hand held with Nikkor VR Vibration Reduction set to normal Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Auto1, A1.00, M0.25 (4200k) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (A) Auto (Sharpening +1.00/Clarity +1.00)
Nikkor AF-S 24-120mm f/4G ED VR. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.
LATITUDE: N 48d 55m 25.60s
LONGITUDE: W 125d 32m 29.90s
ALTITUDE: 24.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 94.0MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 58.40MB
PROCESSING POWER:
Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)
HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.
This is a little diagram I created to help visualize the complexity of our production flow for burntwire.tv
Green lines are for monetization.
Yellow lines are stats.
Red two-way lines are monetized flash content.
Light grey lines represent creative direction.
Turquoise lines are non-monetized high-res quicktime files.
Orange lines are RSS feeds.
The light grey box is my server.
Darker gery boxes are other people's servers.
A straight-out-of-the-camera video of some President's Choice "Old Fashioned Extra Thick Cut" bacon (a popular Canadian brand, at least in Ontario) as it crackles away in the frying pan atop my stove. For best viewing results, make sure to turn HD on and then watch in full screen mode. : )
Camera used: Canon PowerShot ELPH 330 HS. Settings used: MOV format - 29.97 fps - H.264 codec - 1280 x 720. This is pretty much the only bacon I buy nowadays, because it really is so much better than 'regular' bacon...which is reflected in the price being more than double. Much meatier, thicker, and ymmmmm. Enjoy the hunger, haha! ♥
A man tightens his zip and buckles his belt after peeing. He wares a small squared light shirt, a corduroy jacket and a deep blue jeans. Use this video in the themes of healthcare, medicine, sexual attractiveness, courteous public / non public behavior, etc. It is a part of human body called crotch, a place where legs join together. So there is much more opportunities to use this clip. Use your imagination.
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Video codec: H.264
Color profile: HD (1-1-1)
Duration: 00:19
FPS: 25
Data rate: 20.89 Mbit/s
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This particular Point Of View (POV) image puts the viewer into the perspective of the photographer shooting from the top of the Albuquerque J Robert dam to popular hotels in Old Town Albuquerque 9.2 miles away on a Nikon P1000. Many Breaking Bad fans will recognize the dam from past episodes of the tremendously popular video series. Hotel Albuquerque hosted many Breaking Bad parties and media events in the show’s heyday.
For the past 2 days I have been testing my new Nikon P1000 camera out in my yard and neighborhood. I am very impressed. You have to haul a 3.5 lb camera and a hefty tripod. I used my Manfrotto 3130 tripod with a fluid head that weighs 8 lbs for telephoto shots. The fluid head facilitates video pans, but even it drifted down while shooting at far out lengths such as 3000 mm indicating a need for counter weights such as sand bags or a heavier duty tripod. You also have to use a remote control for shutter depressions and controlling the camera. I purchased a Nikon ML-L7 remote which did the job very well.
The Coolpix P1000 does not use .nef for raw files. It uses .nrw format. I could not use Adobe PS CS6 to read these files. I started saving files in both raw and jpg formats instead of raw exclusively as I do on my Nikon DLSR camera. I had to download Nikon Capture NX-D which came with Nikon Picture Control and Nikon Transfer 2 which I have not tested yet. I Downloaded and installed a Nikon NRW codec. I could not see NRW files in Photoshop CS6, Adobe Bridge CS6 or View NX V2. But I could see them in Capture NX-D, Windows photos, Win Explorer, Win movie Maker, Photo Gallery and Win Photo Viewer.
It pays to purchase a 77 mm clear filter cover because the possibility of scratching the huge lens looms very high.
The Jpg image size is stored in a 12:9 ratio. My other Nikon cameras are sized in a12:8 ratio. Also many functions are accessed by menu rather than buttons common on Nikon DLSR’s.
I have not tested the bird or moon modes on the P1000 yet, but they look promising on paper.
All in all I am very pleased with the Nikon P1000 and look forward to having a lot of fun with it, especially for birding.
(Note: This post will be dynamically updated until around 01:30 AM Pacific time Monday, January 18, 2010, or whenever I get tired and go to bed.)
Evaluating a set of Skullcandy Lowrider headphones tonight...
Sound output source: Front headphone/line out jack on a Dell Inspiron 530 home computer running Windows XP SP3
Sound board: Realtek HD Audio (WDM) onboard system main board.
Software used: Apple iTunes 9.0.2.25 for Windows
Media Player Classic 6.4.9.1
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack
Audio sample log with notes:
"A Little Respect" - Erasure, AAC format, 128 kbps - "I need to upgrade this to 256 kbps stat!"
"Jeremy" - Pearl Jam, mp3 format, 192 kbps - "I should pull out some CDs, and make this a fair comparison"
"Sanctify Yourselves" - Simple Minds, mp3 format, 224 kbps - "Hmmm..."
"Shout" - Tears For Fears, mp3 format, 160 kbps - "TOO LOUD!!! ~_~;"
"Hyperactive" - Thomas Dolby, mp3 format, 192 kbps - "Tell me about your mother... ("Let me tell you about my mother..." ^_^;)
"Anarchy In The U.K." - Sex Pistols, mp3 format, 192 kbps - "Sounds awfully damn flat for 192 kbps, I hope that's just the song or the encoding"
"Cliches Of The World (B Movie)" - The Kinks, AAC format, 256 kbps - "About as good, or better than the cassette I had it on when I was a kid."
"Panic" - The Smiths, mp3 format, 128 kbps - "Oh, well... I still like The Smiths - I'll queue this for a 256 kbps rerip, and FLAC it as well."
"Pop Muzik" - M, mp3 format, 160 kbps - "Grew up with it for 30 years, damn near wore down a 45 of it. Now, if I could only find the B-side version of 'M Factor' - It's a different mix from the album version."
"Don't Disturb This Groove" - The System, mp3 format, 160 kbps - "Never get tired of this song."
"Your Woman" - White Town, AAC format, 256 kbps - "I like this song, and remember when it would get played regularly on KOME-FM in San Jose around 1997. I am not ashamed to say that I have performed this song at karaoke. I would probably perform it in public at karaoke. Yes, it was A GUY who sang this song, in fact, the GUY who IS 'White Town' ^_^;"
"Fantastic Voyage" - Lakeside, mp3 format, 223 kbps approx. (VBR encode) - "Aw, yeah... Only con so far about these headphones is the cord is TOO SHORT! I can't stand up while plugged into the computer."
"Labour of Love" - The Kinks, AAC format, 256 kbps - "Another good one, no major ickiness so far with these headphones. I guess I got what I paid for... Continuing onward."
"Bad Boys" - Wham!, mp3 format, 128 kbps - "Sounds about as good as it does coming out the harman/kardon desktop speakers and subwoofer. This song is one of my guilty pleasures, and another karaoke favorite."
"Promises, Promises" - Naked Eyes, mp3 format, 160 kbps - "More of my teenage high school years coming back..."
"Notorious" - Duran Duran, mp3 format, 160 kbps - "No, No, Notorious! Not quite as good as their early stuff, but I can still listen to it - I actually like 'The Skin Trade' almost as much, or more than this."
"To Live And Die In L.A." - Wang Chung, 153 kbps approx. (VBR) - "Another classic... Man, I feel old tonight."
"Demoliton Man" - The Police, mp3 format, 192 kbps - "The song that came before the film."
"The Chauffeur" - Duran Duran, mp3 format, 128 kbps - "Not bad, but I have the CD, I could rerip this - I seem to recall being on a campaign to have nothing LESS THAN 192 kbps in my digital collection. Wait, I heard flaws and hissing - This is getting a re-rip, with the rest of the RIO album."
"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" - Wham!, mp3 format, 160 kbps - "And the guilty pleasures continue..."
"The Hanging Garden" - The Cure, mp3 format, 192 kbps - "Ah, yeah..."
"The Spice Must Flow" - Eon, mp3 format, 160 kbps - "If I wasn't tethered to the computer, I'd get up and dance...."
"Another Nail For My Heart" - Squeeze, mp3 format, 128 kbps - "Ugly hiss... I can hear it. Need to find the disc and re-rip this one too... What was I thinking?"
"Blood Money" - Sisters of Mercy, AAC format, 256 kbps - "Nice... (Last song of the experiment, before I unplug and go to external speakers for sleep...)"
Experiment halting after this song.
Verdict: I got what I paid for, I'm happy. I will take great care not to get them broken.
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Photograph taken at an altitude of Ten metres at 06:38am on Monday 8th May 2023 off Vancouvert Street and Cleveland Avenue in Squamish, British Columbia in Canada. I was staying for one night in the Howe Sound Inn & Brewing, and crept out early hours around sunrise to walk around and take shome photographs.
Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length: 150mm Shutter speed: 1/100s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/13.0 iso400 Hand held with Tamron VC Vibration Control enabled. Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Auto1, A1.00, M0.25 (5780K) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (SD) Standard (Sharpening +3.00/Clarity +1.00)
Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.
LATITUDE: N 49d 41m 46.70s
LONGITUDE: W 123d 9m 19.7s
ALTITUDE: 10.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 91.3MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 41.10MB
PROCESSING POWER:
Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)
HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.
Sometimes, in trying times, it’s the simple colorful shots that resonate most with me.
This one’s for Lee – and anyone else out there looking for a little happy color to brighten their day!
Shot notes:
We returned from our annual trip to South Padre recently, and have just gone through all the pics. Not sure which to share, so starting with something simple. Hopefully I can find another one or two to share soon. Also trying to wrap up a little timelapse project I've been working on...if I can only get the damn codecs figured out!
Details:
Nikon D700
Nikon 16-35mm f/4 G
Focal length: 35mm
Aperture: f/4.0
1/1000 sec. single exposure
ISO 200
Exposure bias: 0
LEE Filter Holder System
-Filter 1: Lee circular polarizer
Just took a cool tour and theater demo of Dolby 7.1 and 3D Digital Cinema at Dolby research. This rack in the projector room is full of various generations of video codecs.
I had wondered how these passive 3D glasses work when I first tried them at PIXAR. From rotating them in front of my polarizing sunglasses, I could tell they are not polarized, and the color space of each lens seemed similar (no red-blue or other obvious color filtering).
Got the answer today: these are complex multilayer lenses made by JDSU with interleaved filters. The left and right eyes receive the RGB color space shifted 20 nanometers. So, for example, each eye can see red, but 20nm offset in color.
The projector has a spinning color filter wheel as they call it. It takes the full-color frames intended for each eye and applies the relative 20nm spectrum shift (probably a non-linear filter). The wheel rotates in sync with the projector’s frame rate.
From the AO Venture Summit today (live webcast), with panelists from left to right:
* Dan'l Lewin, Corporate VP, Microsoft
* Claudia Fan Munce, Managing Director, IBM Venture Capital Group
* Brian Moriarty, VP, Corporate Affairs, Sun Microsystems
* David Lawee, VP Corporate Development, Google (buys one company/month)
* Jeff Russakow, VP, Global Strategies & Solutions, Symantec
Question: What areas are you scouting out for 2009 corporate acquisitions?
Microsoft: We do not comment on future plans.
IBM: Do your homework on what you can do for a big company.
Sun: Cloud computing. We have been enamored with grid computing for years. There are two opportunities for us. First, it’s a demanding environment for systems. Second, we will launch a cloud service ourselves in the coming months. We are interested in more power sensitive data centers as well.
Google: Many exciting areas. Instead of 90-day product push cycles, a slower market allows for more fully baked products. We are looking at audio, video codecs, SaaS. One million businesses on our cloud. It’s addicting.
Symantec: SaaS, virtualization, cloud-based services based on the consumer, how to repurpose and make existing apps digestible in this new model. Security, malware, keeping good in and bad out. Backup. 6x explosion of data over next three years, and the mix moves from 25% unstructured data to 63%. 75% of corporate IP is in the email inbox. It has become the file system. Greater opportunity there than virtualization. How to backup and store things that are not virtualized? Make it work through the ecosystem. Seachange: cloud and SaaS, proliferation of endpoints, and the endpoint is access point, not the computing center. Challenge for Symantec: how to I protect the data, not the laptop? Many hot trends around that. Archive and backup converge. De-dup, storage and retrieval in the cloud.
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Photograph taken at an altitude of Three hundred and twenty two metres at 14:38pm on Thursday 7th September 2023 off the B3357 at Merrivale, Western Dartmoor in the west Devon district.
Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length: 150mm Shutter speed: 1/200s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/13.0 iso125 Handheld with Tamron VC Vibration Control enabled Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Natural Light Auto, 0, 0 Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (SD) Standard (Sharpening +3.00/Clarity +1.00)
Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.
LATITUDE: N 50d 33m 25.50s
LONGITUDE: W 4d 2m 39.2s
ALTITUDE: 322.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 94.0MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 51.20MB
PROCESSING POWER:
Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.30 (21/07/2023) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)
HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.
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Photograph taken at an altitude of Thirty eight metres at 22:06pm on Sunday 14th May 2023 off Lone Cone Road and Campbell Street, looking to the tops of the forest treetops in Tofino in British Columbia in Canada.
Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length: 420mm Shutter speed: 1/4s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/13.0 iso64 Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Auto1, A1.00, M0.25 (3610k) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (A) Auto (Sharpening A+1.00/Clarity A+1.00)
Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.
LATITUDE: N 49d 8m 57.50s
LONGITUDE: W 125d 53m 45.90s
ALTITUDE: 38.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 89.7MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 35.20MB
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Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)
HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.
This young robin was only about 8 feet away and it cooperated for many shots. For the past 2 days I have been testing my new Nikon P1000 camera out in my yard and neighborhood. I am very impressed. You have to haul a 3.5 lb camera and a hefty tripod. I used my Manfrotto 3130 tripod with a fluid head that weighs 8 lbs for telephoto shots. The fluid head facilitates video pans, but even it drifted down while shooting at far out lengths such as 3000 mm indicating a need for counter weights such as sand bags or a heavier duty tripod. You also have to use a remote control for shutter depressions and controlling the camera. I purchased a Nikon ML-L7 remote which did the job very well.
The Coolpix P1000 does not use .nef for raw files. It uses .nrw format. I could not use Adobe PS CS6 to read these files. I started saving files in both raw and jpg formats instead of raw exclusively as I do on my Nikon DLSR camera. I had to download Nikon Capture NX-D which came with Nikon Picture Control and Nikon Transfer 2 which I have not tested yet. I Downloaded and installed a Nikon NRW codec. I could not see NRW files in Photoshop CS6, Adobe Bridge CS6 or View NX V2. But I could see them in Capture NX-D, Windows photos, Win Explorer, Win movie Maker, Photo Gallery and Win Photo Viewer.
It pays to purchase a 77 mm clear filter cover because the possibility of scratching the huge lens looms very high.
The Jpg image size is stored in a 12:9 ratio. My other Nikon cameras are sized in a12:8 ratio. Also many functions are accessed by menu rather than buttons common on Nikon DLSR’s.
I have not tested the bird or moon modes on the P1000 yet, but they look promising on paper.
All in all I am very pleased with the Nikon P1000 and look forward to having a lot of fun with it, especially for birding.
A scene in an office: a manager is brainstorming business plan, sales strategy, marketing campaign or investment promotion opportunities. He is drawing and scrathing schemas, infographics, diagrams on a white paper sheet with a black felt-tip pen.
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Video codec: H.264
Color profile: HD (1-1-1)
Duration: 00:48
FPS: 25
Data rate: 20.14 Mbit/s
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Photograph taken at an altitude of Five metres at 13:15pm on Tuesday 16th May 2023 off Coast Guard Drive at the Rocky beach area, part of the Wild Pacific Trail in Ucluelet, British Columbia.
Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length: 24mm Shutter speed: 1/125s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/13.0 iso125 Handheld with Nikkor VR Vibration reduction Vibration set to position 1 Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Auto1, A1.00, M0.25 (5670k) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (A) Auto (Sharpening +1.00/Clarity +1.00)
Nikkor AF-S 24-120mm f/4G ED VR. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.
LATITUDE: N 48d 55m 25.80s
LONGITUDE: W 125d 32m 31.30s
ALTITUDE: 5.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 93.4MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 45.90MB
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Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)
HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.
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Photograph taken at an altitude of Seven metres, at 12:50pm on Monday 9th January 2023, off Hyde Park Corner and Park Lane A4202 in the grounds of Hyde park, a Grade 1 listed Royal Park (the largest of) of London.
Here we see a Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)in Winter plumage denoted by the chocoalte brown head, in flight. They are found in much of the Palearctic including Canada and Europe. In Canada it is called the Common black-headed gull.
Spanning an area of 350 acres, the park is divided by the Serpentine and the Long water lakes, and was created by King Henry VIII in 1536 as hunting ground. It opened to the public in 1637 and was extensively improved under Queen Caroline in the early Eighteenth century. The Great exhibition for which the Crystal Palace was erected, designed by Joseph Paxton, was also held here.
Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length 380mm Shutter speed: 1/640s Aperture f/6.3 iso400 Hand held with no Tamron vibration control set Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 bit uncompressed AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering Active D-Lighting: Auto Vignette control: ON Normal White balance on: Auto1, 0, 0 Normal (4610k) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (SD) Standard (Sharpening +3) High ISO Noise Reduction NR: Normal
Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Lee SW150 MKII filter holder. Lee SW150 95mm screw in adapter ring. Lee SW150 circular polariser glass filter.Lee SW150 Filters field pouch. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Mcoplus professional MB-D850 multi function battery grip 6960.Two Nikon EN-EL15a batteries (Priority to battery in Battery grip). Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag.
LATITUDE: N 51d 30m 6.20s
LONGITUDE: W 0d 8m 20.30s
ALTITUDE: 7.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 91.4MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 44.00MB
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Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)
HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.
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Photograph taken at an altitude of Six hundred and ninety eight metres at 16:33pm on Sunday 7th May 2023 having left the summit of the Sea to sky gondola at Squamish, British Columbia, Canada. It is located on Highway 99 just South of Squamish and forty five minutes from downtown Vancouver.
This view is taken inside one of the gondolas as I descend down from the summit, overlooking Howe Sound.
Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length 24mm Shutter speed: 1/1600s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/13.0 iso800 Handheld with Nikkor VR Vibration Reduction enabled Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Auto1, A1.00, M0.25 (5610k) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (SD) Standard (Sharpening +3.00/Clarity +1.00)
Nikkor AF-S 24-120mm f/4G ED VR. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.
LATITUDE: N 49d 40m 23.50s
LONGITUDE: W 123d 8m 34.50s
ALTITUDE: 698.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 94.7MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 50.20MB
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Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)
HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.
In the early portion of the last millennium, the medieval city of Valencia, Spain was ruled for some time by one Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, a renowned military General, legal arbiter and intellectual strategist who would come to be known during his military and monarchical career as El Cid.
El Cid's vivid style of erudition, scholarship and fierceness of warrior intuition all helped to make El Cid one of the primary tools of the Spanish Regent Lord, Alphonso IV, in his continual battles of attrition against the invasion of the Moorish hordes threatening to overthrow his kingdom in the second great millennium.
El Cid would face tribal intrigue at the hands of his fellow Spanish Lords, expulsion from the face of Alphonso IV, life as a ruthless military mercenary warlord, triumphant conqueror who would unite Valencia and it's neighboring communities under his own auspices and finally chief administrator and legal adjudicator over a territory which allowed both Christians and Muslims to live in unfettered harmony amongst one another while working side by side in his kingdom.
In fact, the very term "Cid" is actually derived from the archaic Arabic term "Sayyid" meaning "Lord", a term which seems to be the outright personification of this most astonishing figure in history who became revered amongst his people as "one of them", in spite of his royal lineage.
In fact, El Cid proved resolutely determined to include and carefully consider the opinions and analysis of all of his soldiers and guards, before beginning any military excursion. This approach marked El Cid as both one of the most innovative military strategists to administer with a mindset directed toward co-operation and arguably History's most consistently successful master of warfare, martial subterfuge and trench-front enemy neutralization.
El Cid would enter into the realm of legend (as well as a peaceful reign and final rest) on July 10, 1099 A.D., while becoming Spain's official National Hero all the way until the collapse of Western Civilization as we know it today.
This Collapse will take place within our lifetimes.
After the end of all we now know, the final embers of life will indeed flutter back into some semblance of regularity. However, life will regularly become a struggle for subsistence and survival, as tribes of violent terror-seekers and thrill hungry throng about the desolate byways of the "future", seeking respite from their own petty cutthroat lives at the end of a gun.
However, genetic engineers will rely upon the still-surviving genetic codec of El Cid and his familial bloodline to create a new class of thoughtful leaders to help usher in a great new society, from the crushed shell of that terror fraught ulcer your great-grandchildren will call reality.
Her name will be El Ciderella, and she will wield a reasonably accurate facsimile of the Moorish-hewn sword rendered and smelt with Damascus Steel wielded by El Cid himself, during his lifetime.
El Ciderella will be given explicit instructional coda which will be embedded in the neurological pathways of her DNA, ensuring that she will behave as though her blade is "a shimmering leaf of greatness and potency" which must never leave her side, for fear of losing her very essence. Only the bravest and most well schooled warrior can ever hope to test her in battle while she wrestles with her soul and her lineage...and any man able to best her in a fight will be the man she marries.
In the shock that will be the next millennial sunrise and dawn, only the strong, loving and most determined will see the beginning of Humanity's next epoch, being born and built up for the creating.