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Barbed humor from Obama at annual Gridiron dinner
President Barack Obama walks with Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, right, as they leave the Gridiron Dinner through a loading area at a hotel in Washington, Saturday, March 9, 2013. / AP Photo/Charles Dharapak
Updated 11:53 PM ET
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama had a ready excuse for anyone who didn't think he was funny enough at Saturday night's Gridiron dinner: "My joke writers have been placed on furlough."
Always a target for humorous barbs, the president tossed out a few of his own during the Gridiron Club and Foundation dinner, an annual event that features political leaders, journalists and media executives poking fun at each other.
The so-called sequester that struck the federal budget this month drew another observation from Obama: "Of course, there's one thing in Washington that didn't get cut the length of this dinner. Yet more proof that the sequester makes no sense."
The ambitions of 70-year-old Vice President Joe Biden? "Just the other day, I had to take Joe aside and say, `Joe, you are way too young to be the pope. You can't do it. You got to mature a little bit."'
During a pause in his remarks, Obama took a long, slow sip of water and then said, "That, Marco Rubio, is how you take a sip of water."
Obama also mocked criticism from some quarters that he takes time off from his job. "We face major challenges. March in particular is going to be full of tough decisions. But I want to assure you, I have my top advisers working around the clock. After all, my March Madness bracket isn't going to fill itself out. And don't worry there is an entire team in the Situation Room as we speak, planning my next golf outing, right now at this moment."
The dinner was the organization's 128th since its founding in 1885. Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar represented the Democrats while Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal cracked wise for the Republicans.
Klobuchar joked that Obama had aged in office. "His Secret Service name used to be `Renegade,"' she said. "Now it's `50 Shades of Gray."'
Jindal took a poke at Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, telling the audience that Romney had warned him that "47 percent of you can't take a joke." Referring to his own prospects for a presidential run, Jindal asked, "What chance does a skinny guy with a dark complexion have of being elected president?"
Political disputes and feuds between politicians and the news media provided plenty of fodder for jokes and Gridiron parodies. There was Obama's sometimes frosty relationship with the news media, the internal struggles roiling the Republican Party, and journalist Bob Woodward's dustup with White House economic adviser Gene Sperling. He advised Woodward in an email that the veteran Watergate reporter would regret his reporting about the forced spending cuts called a sequester.
In prepared remarks to welcome the 650 people attending the dinner, Gridiron President Charles J. Lewis of Hearst Newspapers noted that the organization had promised to keep the evening short, "especially because Gene Sperling said that a late night is something we'd all regret."
With a nod to print reporters' complaints about dealing with the Obama administration, Lewis said he thought he had overhead Obama remark on the way to the dinner: "So many newspaper reporters. So many interviews to turn down."
Musical skits are a tradition at the Gridiron dinner, and club officials released its musical program ahead of the event. Using the Beatles song "When I'm 64," one skit featured a look at Hillary Rodham Clinton's future with the lyrics:
Got a bit older, Growing my hair, Gained a pound or two
Going home to vegetate in Chappaqua, I just want to be a grandma
It was more than a case of Benghazi flu, Still I'll be just fine.
Will you select me, will you elect me, When I'm 69
Noting the close relationship between the GOP and the National Rifle Association, Gridiron members sang a tune called "My Gun," a takeoff on the song "My Girl." The lyrics included:
If you hate the NRA/Tell my Walther PPK
You're flirting with disaster/With my Bushmaster
And when pigs fly away/You can take me away
From my gun
In a jab at Obama, the Gridiron players offered a version of "Pinball Wizard" that put to music complaints about some journalists' lack of access to the president:
Who knew when his magic/First had us all transfixed
That this politician/Hated politics?
Loves his teleprompter, loves a White House ball
But mighty Obama/Don't schmooze with us at all.
The Gridiron Club and Foundation contributes to college scholarships and journalistic organizations. It limits its active members to 65 journalists based in Washington.
Except for Grover Cleveland, every president since the Gridiron was founded has addressed it. The club is the oldest and most exclusive for Washington journalists. Its motto is "singe but never burn."
No TV cameras were allowed.
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- It's so easy to forget that Barak Obama is doing his best to clear a Republican Mess left by George W bush and his arrogant friends.
However, The President cannot blame that last Administration forever for his economic, social or whatever short comings he faces. It's common knowledge Republican Congress is doing it's damndest to thwart his efforts , the voters expect him to do whatever it takes to oil the economic and sial wheel of government going, and not fall into the failure trap his political foes have laid for him. - reply
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- Republicans are doing the same thing they did in the 1930s. They cause the economic collapse and then keep the country down by refusing to cooperate.
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- The real joke.
"The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the US Government cannot pay its own bills.
It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government's reckless fiscal policies.
Increasing America's debt weakens us domestically and internationally.
Leadership means that, 'the buck stops here.' Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren.
America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better."
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- The 47 percent who can't take a joke must have all decided to comment on this article.
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- They don't call Repulblicans ... Reptiles for nothing ...
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- They do things based on animal fear, very non evolved.
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- We are in this economic mess right now because of two wars. Two wars that racked up the debt numbers. Plain and simple. You do not have to be a rocket scientist to know that certain Bush Administration people wanted to profit from "WAR" and now their war machine companies have profited at our expense ... We have to pay the bill while others live in the lap of luxury.
Seriously people do the math. When you have Homeland Security racking up Billions of dollars for thousands of people employed to protect this country as of 911 thereafter ... And that the people of this country are treated like enemies of the state. i.e. drones ... Airports treating citizens like criminals ... I think we all need to get a clue!
Just in 2011 alone, Homeland security was allocated 98.8 Billion dollars
200,000 employees
Do we really need this ?? Does fear run the gamut in how people go along with the Bush administration's media hype from the White House? I am not talking about Obama's presidency ... I am talking about the Bush Administration ruthless unconscionable tactics with countries around the world right after 911. These countries we are or had been recently in war with ... had nothing to do with why we went to war in the first place. Many civilians died and so did many servicemen and service women who fought for our freedom. The better question is; Did these Service men and women fight for "War Machine Companies"? Profiteering off of wars was a big business conspiracy.
The war machine industry had made sure it had a high powered individual placed in the White House as he was their influential VP, Dick Cheney who provided war machine companies with contracts without bidding. These same war machine companies made vast amount of profits for which Dick Cheney was on many of the Boards of these same companies. The conflict of interest was overshadowed by the fact that the Bush administration put gag orders on many of the media people who were flagging the improprieties as well as many of the news agencies and newspapers were owned by well-established Republicans that went along with the Bush administration ideologies. War mongers!
Well this is where all the surplus monies of the Clinton administration went ...and when that money ran out ... It is coming out of your pocket as tax paying citizens.
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- I have read a couple of internet articles ... about the "Barbs" and one thing that came up was that the Pres. Obama takes to many vacations ...
Well I went to Google and I asked the question ...
In the 8 years W. Bush was in office he took 977 days 32% time off. Obama really has not come close to that number ... Thank God for the Internet to bring some things into the "Light" ... People like to say BS about Obama ... but George could not hold a candle to this man ... The point is VP Cheney ran this country into disarray and no one seems to see that he is the reason why we were went to war. Cheney wanted the war machine companies to profit because he in return, profited. ...When the boss is away the VP was in play. People should take notice because George was at the ranch playing "Cowboy" while Dick was sticking it to this country. Just ask Valerie Plame ...
Some men can't become president on their own adversity ... so they hire a surrogate possible President in "Name Only" ... Dick Cheney would have never been nominated for President by the Republicans because he had a "Draconian" reputation that would have been intelligibly reckoned with by the media but since he was aiming at the number 2 seat ... no one noticed. Most VP's in the United States have no power, unless the president is incapacitated ... But during the Bush administration years Cheney had more clout than W. Bush and it was clearly apparent.
This is my view but a lot of historians will see it this way soon enough. - reply
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- you seem to be overlooking a few things: In bush's 8 years he went on vacation to only 3 places; his own house; his father's house (where he also had counsel with a former US president);
and Camp David. All of these locations were already equipped as "presidential retreats" meaning that there was no "set-up" required. Bush never rented out entire hotels, seaside resorts, or mansions. He also didn't fly entourages including his mother-in-law and children's classmates to exotic locations, or hire private aircraft to transport the family pet. And how, after all this time, you don't know that it was richard armitrage who "outted" valerie plame is rather incredible.
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- It's not where he goes ... it's how much time he wasn't doing his job. I am not overlooking the "Obvious" ...
The point is he was "Missing in Action" ... When he was supposed to be in his job he wasn't. And most of the time he had a Whisky glass in his hand ... "So what does that tell you" ... Dick Cheney was behind this man and Dick Cheney dude was the one who outed "Valerie Plame" ... these people don't do their own dirty work ... but I guess you haven't figured that out yet ... have you?
Don't be so blind sighted by an unfair justice in this country ... The people who went down are really stooges to Elitists who hire out so no one points the finger at them.
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- Obama is a better man on his worst day than you knuckle dragging baggers ever will be in your entire lives.
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- If you are under 45 then you will see what Obama has done to the economy. I am in the process of retiring, so you can pay off the the debt being racked up by Obama.
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- Ignorant Republi-minions always see "what" is happening, but they lack the inquiry quality of intelligence to ask themselves "why" it's happening and figure out the exact causes.
The "Republicans" lack the "Integrity" and taking responsibility ... much like FOX news ... scramble it up and most Americans will eat it!
The political climate: It's changing now and even FOX news is losing it's Sheeple audiance since ROM Knee didn't win the election like they were all told he would. Is it not amazing how the media and the exit polls ... any polls pre-election didn't pan out for ROM Knee ... like if you "manifest a win" it will happen "Ya ... RA-RA" ...
Maybe in the old days ... but now the Magic has done an about face. People are sick of the BS Wealthy Elities amking decisions for them while the Elite sit on their ***** doing nothing but making it hard for an honest (wo)man making a living to survive.
We are all slaves ... but we have power ... and when ROM Knee lost ... That power became a realization for a party "Republican Party" that is doomed for extinction unless they change their hard ass ways.
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- Oh yeah real funny. Glad the priveleged can joke and have fun. Go ahead and poke fun you corrupt elites. No matter how comfortable you think your lives are, just like all of us someday we all meet our maker in the end and we all will be judged.
No matter if it's God, Buddha, or Allah it's Hell, Naraka, or Jahannan I think we got them all covered. - reply
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- What a D bag
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Don't be so hard on yourself.
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- Really would have been interesting to see this. Why are the so-called journalists so shy about media coverage? Is it possible they are aware, at some deep level, what a travesty that have made of their OWN calling?
Having said that, I think we have three paths into the future: (1) Everyone will have privacy, including control over their personal data. (2) No one will have any privacy. (3) Rich and powerful people will hide their data while using ours to manipulate and even enslave everyone else. Sadly, we seem to be wandering down Path (3). - reply
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- You forgot about the newest perverse tool to enslave the sheeple... drones! Just wait til every lil' 'ol sheriff and kop shop around the nation gets a drone or 10 on their inventory of "tactical gear", Now they can really "get" those pot smokers, "ex-offenders", and red-lite runners. LOL Holy dollar-signs, Batman!


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I found this behavior on "Auto" mode.
When I set the Noise Filter to OFF under Auto Mode, seems like the setting will back to "Standard" if I switch to P mode and back to "Auto".
Seems like the setting didn't really save.
Any idea?
User Guide: Getting the most out of the Olympus E-M5
By R Butler, Timur Born | Published May 7, 2012 | Product Reviews & Previews |
Getting the most out of the Olympus E-M5
During the process of preparing the review of the Olympus OM-D E-M5 we spent quite a lot of time trying to work out how every little setting worked. Also being in the fairly unusual situation of having tried to describe the menu options of most Olympus cameras over the past couple of years, I thought it'd make sense to share the things I've found, alongside the findings of dilligent E-M5 owner Timur Born.
Some of these are fairly obvious and some are a matter of taste, but they're all things that we think most E-M5 owners will at least want to be aware of. So please join us on a journey through the settings you might want to play with on the E-M5.
Throughout this article, all menus and item names are stated in bold and any symbols in the menus replaced with a [description] in square brackets.
First things first:
When you first insert a battery into the E-M5, it'll try to behave like a DSLR - showing the Super Control Panel settings screen on the back of the camera and using the electronic viewfinder for previewing the image. Which strikes me as odd - one of the main things the E-M5 offers over a DSLR is seamless operation, regardless of whether you shoot with the rear screen or the viewfinder. Pressing the Live View button on the side of the viewfinder hump pushes the camera into live view mode, allowing use of the EVF and rear screen interchangeably.
The other thing you might wish to do, when you enter the menus for the first time, is press 'INFO' to stop the camera hiding most of the screen behind very slightly extended versions of the current menu item's name. If you're ever uncertain about an option's function, you can always hit 'INFO' again, just to see if the lengthier wording helps clarify the matter.
The other thing to remember is that the menus tend to require you to press 'OK' to confirm - it's easy, especially when you're trying to go on an change another setting, to select an option and the press 'left' to move back through the menus, only to find your setting change hasn't stuck.
Jump to:
User interface:
- Enabling the Super Control Panel
- Choosing live view displays and configuring Highlights & Shadows
- Buttons and dials
Camera function:
- Quickly disabling/enabling the EVF eye sensor
- Configuring Auto ISO
- Image stabilization in the viewfinder...and for legacy lenses
- Faster live view (and Autofocus)
JPEG output:
- Setting noise reduction and sharpening
- Shooting Super Fine JPEGs
- Making Auto White Balance less 'warm'
Shooting movies:
User interface tricks and tips
Enabling the Super Control Panel for fast settings changes
The Super Control Panel is one of our favorite user interfaces - it puts all your key settings on a single screen, making it easy to check or change your setup. On the E-M5 it's been made even better by being made touch sensitive, meaning you can simply hit OK to bring the screen up, tap the setting you wish to change, then spin the dial to change it. Alternatively, you can press 'OK' to see a list of available settings.
Strangely, though, Super Control Panel isn't enabled, by default, in the E-M5's live view settings. We think this is one of the most important single changes you can make for making the shooting experience faster and more enjoyable.
The Super Control Panel gives easy access to the camera's key settings |
To enable the Super Control Panel, you need to go to the '[Camera] Control Settings' option in Custom Menu, section D. From here you can decide which user interface is available in the difference exposure modes. You can have more than one interface available in each mode. In general we'd suggest the Super Control Panel - marked as LIVE SCP in the menus - as being ideal for giving you the quickest access to the most functions, all on a single screen.
Once you've made LIVE SCP available for the shooting mode you're using, simply press the OK button from live view and the Super Control Panel should be overlaid as in the screen shot above. If you have left 'Live Control' engaged, you can switch between the interfaces by pressing INFO when the settings are displayed on the screen.
Choosing live view displays and configuring Highlights & Shadows
There five main live view display types available on the E-M5, four of which are optional. As with Super Control Panel, the one we think is best is disabled by default. The available views can be selected by visiting Custom Menu D, '[Thumbnail]/Info Settings' - 'LV-Info.' We'd suggest disabling the histogram, which is rather small and hard to read, and enable the 'Highlights&Shadow' view.
Highlights & Shadow indicates the under- and over-exposed regions of an image by replacing them with blue and red, respectively. This gives an immediate idea of which detail you risk losing with your current exposure. They're also easy to interpret, even in bright conditions where you can't see fine contrast differences on the screen.
Highlight & Shadow simulation |
Better still, the threshold at which the camera indicates under- and over-exposure can be defined in Custom Menu D, 'Histogram Settings.' Depending on how you process your images, you're likely to want to experiment to find settings that suit you, but a setting of 250 - 5 usually provides a good safety-net.
The same options also exist for the electronic viewfinder and are customized in Custom Menu J - '[EVF] Info Settings'. This menu option only has an effect if you've selected Style 1 or 2 from the 'Built-in EVF Style' option at the top of Custom Menu J. These viewfinder styles offer a smaller image preview surrounded by a black or blue information panel but do have the benefit that you can choose a live view display independently of the one you've chosen for the rear screen. We've tended to stick with the default 'Style 3' which exactly mimics the rear display and uses the entire viewfinder area (but also means you have to use the same preview options you selected for the rear screen).
Buttons and dials
There are three primary configurable buttons on the E-M5's body, with the option of another two, if you're willing to give up direct access to AF point selection on the four-way controller. The three primary buttons - Fn1, Fn2 and REC have a wide range of options that can be configured in Custom Menu B - 'Button Function.'
If you also want to use the 'Right' and 'Down' arrows on the four-way controller as configurable buttons, you'll need to change the '[Four Way] Function' to 'Direct Function.' The two buttons can then be configured separately. With this option chosen, AF selection becomes a mode, accessed by pressing 'Left' on the four-way controller, and requiring a press of 'OK' to confirm each change.
A full list of the available button options is included in our Olympus E-M5 review
When configuring buttons, there are a couple of things to remember - Fn2, if set to 'Multi Function' allows access to four functions (including magnified live view), so you may find it the most useful option. To switch between functions, simply hold down Fn2 and spin a control dial. Also, only four of the functions that can be assigned to Fn1 are available in movie mode (AEL/AFL, Off, Digital Teleconverter and AF Area Select) - if you select anything other than these, Fn1 will act as focus acquire/hold when shooting movies. More detail can be found later in this article.
Click here to read page 2 of our User Guide to the Olympus E-M5
The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions held by dpreview.com or any affiliated companies.
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It's not saved just for iAuto. It works well in case of P/S/A/M.
For iAuto all setting is always set to defaults values ...
Feature or bug? I'm not using iAuto so dont care so much...
Page 12 of the PDF manual states:-
• When rotating the mode dial or turning off the power in the easy shooting modes, functions with changes made to their settings are restored to the factory default settings.
I am not sure why there is an inference that Super-Fine JPEG is unique to the OM when all top end Samsung compact cameras and NX have it. This seems to be hyping up the camera a bit.
I can't think of any other camera that produces such low compression JPEGs as Olympus does. Samsung may call its mode 'Super-Fine' but it's not the same thing at all.
Whether it's helpful to use Olympus Super-Fine is another matter, but it is a feature you won't find on any other brand I can think of.
While I await my camera I can console myself with the helpful tips for setting it up. Thank you for a great article and for sharing the benefit of your experience. I hope there will be more articles like this in the future.
Well, this is the first camera I've owned where after a couple of hours with camera, instruction manual and this site, I'm so far unable even to find a way to change the file format to RAW. As for the Super CP, it remains elusive, even after following the suggestions above. I am beginning to hate this software.
There are four ways to change file formats, surely the manual will explain at least one of them, more likely even all four?! :P
Perhaps you're not actually reading your manual... if you look at page 54 of the manual you will find what you need. Or, look in the index of the manual for "RAW" (hint: it is under "R") and it will tell you what you need to know once you go to the directed page.
Thank you for the review, BUT, no one has tested this with existing Olympus
lenses. I've tried to sell my E-620 and $4K in lenses because I didn't think Olympus was going to advance. I took my Olympus lenses to the store to try with the OM-D and it seemed slow to AF. Has anyone done this? I need to know so I can divest of Olympus and cross over to Sony (?) or Nikon. Thanks for any help.
You have a kangaroo, so just some advise: Olympus provide for Australian purchases of he OM-D EM-4 camera a free MM-3 adapter, which allows most 43 lenses to autofocus.
Speed of focus depends on which lens you use, plus which camera,
Thanks for that. Does anyone know of any testing of those lenses with this camera? I still may buy this camera as I don't want to invest in a whole new system. Richard?
I have E-PL1 and tested some 4/3 lenses, all of them too slow so I sold adapter and only chance is in my opinion use Micro4/3.
I have now 9-18, 14-150 and 45 and really impressed with OM-D. I've downloaded full manual from olympus web and no issues with any settings. Also help in camera sometimes helps...
Which 43 lenses do you have? I have used the 11-22 on an EP-2, and it focused quite quickly. It depends on the lens, what you are trying to focus, the conditions, and also the camera settings. ie vivid increases contrast and hence increases focus speed. I have not got the adapter yet, and by then, it won't matter. The 14-54 mkII lens focuses at the speed of the original 14-42 kit lens for m43, some say faster. And you can always manually focus, which works, and the camera can be told to zoom right in when you rotate the dial on the lens. And now, IBIS can work on a half shutter press, so that makes focusing manually much easier.
And you know, some of the 43 lenses are extremely special. But they are a lot bigger than m43 ones.
I also have the 14-54 mk II and the 50-200. I tried the latter in the store and it seemed slow. Maybe I should have tried it elsewhere.
Enabling the Super Control Panel for fast settings changes
Hello, I do not understand this.... it does not work...
anybody here how can help?
The Super Control Panel is one of our favorite user interfaces - it puts all your key settings on a single screen, making it easy to check or change your setup. On the E-M5 it's been made even better by being made touch sensitive, meaning you can simply hit OK to bring the screen up, tap the setting you wish to change, then spin the dial to change it. Alternatively, you can press 'OK' to see a list of available settings.
Strangely, though, Super Control Panel isn't enabled, by default, in the E-M5's live view settings. We think this is one of the most important single changes you can make for making the shooting experience faster and more enjoyable.
Me neither. I've set the SCP to on for every mode however I cannot manage to get the screenshot shown above to appear. Infuriatingly I am completely unable to find any other way to change the file format. I find this scarcely believable. How about some suggestions DPR!
I too have followed the above directions on the SCP and can't get it to be super-imposed over the live view image the way it is in the screen shot. I am loving the camera so far and appreciate the article. Some further explanation to figure this out would be great. Thanks.
Enable the SCP in the menu as described in the article and exit the menus.
When in live view press the "OK" button. This brings up one of the control panels (Live Control, Live SCP, Live Guide) depending on which you have enabled in CustomD>Control Settings for the mode you are in (PASM etc.).
Once one of the control panels is displayed, then you can use the "info" button to scroll between them.
The camera remembers the last control panel used and opens that control panel the next time you press the "OK" button in live view.
Hope this helps
Thanks to Peter 1745! I had laboriously been switching to the SCP by hitting the button on the side of the viewfinder, which didn't always work. Your technique of hitting the OK button to bring up the SCP is a HUGE improvement! BTW, it supers the SCP over the live view, so it's better than the normal way of accessing the SCP, which blanks out the live view. This lets me run the camera in my preferred mode (with ALL icons turned off), but still lets me access the options directly. THANKS!
Odd, I enabled Live SCP, but I can not get that screen that they show.... why?
press the OK button, you can change the setting by touching that section and the front dial to change it, or press the OK button again to enter that setting for fine tuning,
if you cannot see the super control panel go back to menu and turn off control panel(default setting)
Please do explain.. I can access the SCP with no problem and understand how to use it, but regardless of having it turned on or off in the menu settings I still can't get it to super-impose over the live view image.
Looking through VF press the ok button to bring up the LV control panel. Note you cannot get the SCP to superimpose over the LV image when looking through VF. The SCP is for the rear screen in LV mode. The LV control panel is not the same as the SCP.
I get the SCP just fine in the EVF, overlayered on top of the Live View... obviously I cannot poke my fingers to touch the options inside the EVF *grin* so you work it using the cursor keys.
I am really torn and solicit everyone's opinion. I can't decide between a Sony NEX 7 and E-M5. Kit lens with both to start. I want a camera that delivers great images after enlargement and post-processing and is easy to travel with thus the reason the DSLR must stay home. I have now ordered both but will only purchase one. I like the idea of the size of the APS-C sensor over the 4/3. I have downloaded and thoroughly read both manuals and every review and I am still looking for the definitive reason to select one over the other. Conversely, the E-M5 image stabilization in the body seems superior to optical stabilization. Thank you for any help.
So more lenses for EM-5 but ability to use Leica lenses on NEX-7. Eventually I will set aside the kit lens and go for the Leica lenses if I get the NEX 7, but not now. Thank you for the response.
In the main there isn't enough difference to worry about. If you like how one operates over the other go with that one. Sony may have the best senors but it has the a so-so processor. I've owned a 5n and borrowed a 7 so I know how easy it is to fool the processor. Operation is where the biggest difference will be.
Hmm... last time i checked you can use some leica lenses with the micro 4/3 bodies as well.
If you're willing to pay, the Zeiss 24 and 50 on the Sony will get the nod from me.
Focus peaking for the many high end manual lenses (not all are priced through the roof) is a huge plus.
IBIS in the Oly is a plus, certainly, but in the favor of the NEX7, one can run higher ISO levels for faster shutters. Not the same thing, but there are options.
µ4/3 can mount any lens with the right adapter. So that includes all the Leicas, as well as many other legacy lenses such as pancake primes from Pentax and Konica, and even tiny CCTV lenses. Adapters for µ4/3 are all over eBay, and guides are here in the micro 4/3 forum and across the web. I have an f1.8 40mm Konica Hexanon I've been using for great paid portraits over the years on my 4/3rds E-620, and just adapted it to fit on my new Pen E-PL1.
If enlargement is important, then the NEX7, because it has a bigger sensor and higher resolution. You would need of course very good lenses to get the most out of it. In this respect, the manual focus assistance is very practical and widens your choice of lenses. However, you need to read the reviews carefully, because not all manual focus lenses work ideally with the NEX-7's sensor. However, you should have enough compatible Voigtländer and Zeiss to get on with.
Go for the E-M5...the IBIS allows for amazing video footage hand-held. I've been a professional video cameraman for 35 years, and Olympus's IBIS cannot be matched by any other camera, period. I just shot some long hand-held takes (3-4 minutes each) and my producer couldn't tell that I hadn't used a tripod, even though I was zooming into medium-telephoto shots up to 40mm (80mm equiv.). The supposed smaller-sensor deficit of the E-M5 compared to APS-C is negligible...the 5-axis IBIS of the E-M5 makes it superior to ANY other camera, regardless of sensor size (and that INCLUDES full-frame).
Hmmm, "Getting The Most Out Of The Olympus E-M5".
Gentlemen: excellent work. Mine should arrive today... Thanks for making the effort to codify all this information.
The link says "making auto ISO less warm". You mean Auto WB..
Very useful, This camera is sooo customizable (like many Oly's are). This guide on key functions is a nice help.
DPR, it would be nice to have the article linked somewhere from the "Database" > "Olympus" > "Cameras" > "E-M5". (Same goes for other cameras/etc and camera-specific articles and overviews.)
Otherwise, it would be hard to find it, when (and if) for example I decide to buy it this autumn.
P.S. Such articles IMO add a great value to the site!
Really interesting addition. I hope you're able to do more of these in the future.
So while the DPR guys and the Olympus crowd are happily chatting away and learning to use the E-M5 down to the finest details, the rest of us are still waiting for reviews of other, also interesting cameras to be published...
well, we Olympus crowd also had to wait for E-M5 review here
One DPR guy, who is not normally a reviewer and who is currently helping to publish a review.
Great add-on article and glad you add this on as an extra 'how to' guide so we don't need to search through all the pages of a review over and over again as we get acquainted with a new camera. This is kind of like a quick reference guide and wish that camera manufactures would add this type of information in their manuals.
Glad the guys at DP are doing it for them...Maybe you guys could contract with these camera companies to show their buyers how to use their products to get the most out of them:)
Thank you for all your hard work!
hmmm.. was there a review posted before? would expect such an article before or at least in it. such info used to appear years ago at dcresource but with time every review became alike. i understand that comparing pixels, buttons, iso, dynamic range etc. is useful to assess a camera. but for a potential buyer info how to set settings to get most out of a camera is essential if not more important than bare facts.... well done but would ask guys at dpreview to take a little more time when reviewing cameras and introduce a section called recommended/cute/cool settings or whatever, that would be definitely of a value add to potential customers, thanks
and that is what surprised me ... I figured that playing with settings would take less time than putting all the review together... so better late than never...
While it is quicker to write this piece than a whole review, I didn't want to do anything to delay the review. As it was, I only just managed to get it published before the UK special offer finished.
Guessed you'd be trying to get your info out ahead of the UK offer deadline, but didn't *know*, so went ahead with purchase anyway on strength of gallery shots alone... Great idea to break out a "Getting the most out of..." article, most helpful.
This is a really useful and helpful article. Thank you. I am strongly considering buying the E-M5 (it seems to be back-ordered everywhere I've looked though). I have a PEN EP2 - which I really like, especially the size.
Two questions: 1. Is it possible to set auto-bracketing easily? I do a lot of landscape photography and setting/unsetting bracketing on the EP-2 is a real pain. I don't see this listed as a feature on the custom dials..... (and if it isn't possible, please tell me the bracketing control is not set at the bottom level of a series of menus as for the EP-2).
2. Size. The E-M5 is clearly 'cute' and has small SLR look to it. However, for me the beauty of the PENs is their size/function ratio. I've left my Canon DSLR in the cupboard for the past 2 years. So, is Olympus planning a revised PEN - with many of the features of the E-OM5?
As far as size goes, I just upgraded from the EP3. The size is no larger unless you add the grip - which is I did and is quite nice.
It's best to set up your auto bracketing parameters and then save them into one of the four MySet memories (Shooting Menu One). Though you can set up a seven shot bracketed burst, you're limited to 2/3 stop range, so it's better to set up a one-stop bracket using five exposures. Hope this helps and happy shooting.
And thanks to the dpreview team for this tremendously helpful article!
Thanks. Both replies are very helpful. Now I'm going to get on a waiting list to get one... Again, thanks to DP Review - this type of article is really helpful and goes beyond the straightforward review (giving specfics for those of us a little slow to change the default values is appreciated!).
Thank you very much! I really appreciate it. This camera is so AWESOME!!!
First post for me and I have to ask the silliest of questions. I just got the camera and cannot select multiple images in order to delete a batch of photos. It says in the manual that you can do this, but how?
I must be one of the very few "less intelligent" owners...
I am answering myself: zoom out when reviewing pictures and then select pictures by pressing the RECORD button. Then delete and you get to delete multiple images at the same time
Hey, glad you found the answer! Posting on the forum may have been more appropriate, but you would've gotten help. As far as manuals, sometimes when writers start from scratch they forget some basic things that seem old pat. Still... better descriptions and writing is a golden thing for companies to improve on.
Thanks for the guide! I've made a few changes based on your recommendations.
I own an E-M 5 and am finding this guide very helpful. But the very need for it seems to suggest that Olympus is using customization as a substitute for design.
It's as if someone said, "We can't be bothered to think through all the aspects of our user interface. We'll just dump that job off on the purchaser instead."
To make matters worse, many of the setting procedures seem arbitrary or arcane: turning a feature "on" by setting its "Off" mode to "Off", to choose the particularly silly example of enabling stabilization for continuous bursts.
The E-M 5 feels good in the hand, and it usually can be made to take good pictures eventually, but I still often find myself wondering whether I bought the right camera.
Could it simply be the result of them trying to translate to English ?
It wouldn't be the first time that all your base belonged to us.
Actually, the OM-D most of the control interface is better than many. That's based on almost four decades of experience. You rightly post a few possible exceptions. Certainly having to finish the actual camera and get it out the door during near-death times may have led to some slip-ups, but much of the complexity is a necessary complex of the huge rang of functions, and, especially, the high degree of configuability
As for the manual, having taught technical communication for years, and also having done some technical translation, I can assure you that it is monumental task to try organize and explain the multiple functions of such a modern high-level instrument in multiple languages. Especially as features are being finished, and sometimes even -along with bugs - being discovered!
This makes it very much easier to post, and therefore be able to update and correct online information, rather than wasting whole forests.
erichK - Sorry, but I have to disagree with you on the OM-D interface; it's a mess! The organisation of the menu system could certainly be better, and many of the options are rather mysterious (probably due to poor wording / use of English).
I do agree with you to a large extent about the manual. However, I think much of the problem is that it (and many other manuals) doesn't describe how to actually *use* the camera, but rather what each individual feature does in isolation.
Criticisms of the menu and manual aside, I love my OM-D. :-)
This has been a very timely article having used the OMD on 2 events recently. The high ISO and image stabilization makes this a nice option for receptions. Small unobtrusive and more then capable for the job.
Thank you for taking the time to share this info, and please continue to update as more is learned. Job well done!
Even if I do not own this camera, and probably never will, I read it with interest. Really useful. Kudos to the authors.
Well done DPReview. Maybe Olympus should outsource the production of their instruction manuals to you guys?!?
"Hats off" to Mr Timur Born for his steadfast interest in, knowledge gained, and knowledge shared with others, surrounding the Olympus OM-D E-M5 !
Thanks for the hats off!
Personally I still have to decide myself if the extra functionality and quality is worth the considerable higher price and increased bulk compared to the Fujifilm X10. For that I first concentrated on functionality and getting to know the camera and will now have a closer look at sensor/image quality (45/1.8 should arrive tomorrow) and revisit AF performance comparisons.
In any case, the E-M5 seems like a fine camera and you get what you pay for in a positive sense. It's not unlikely that I will keep it and thus take a full step into the mFT system.
Thanks for a very useful article. However, I do think that it is ridiculous that an item costing well in excess of £1000 arrives with an inadequate manual. The paper manual is only a few pages long and the CD manual is minimal. This trend is not confined to Olympus and seems to be a feature of computer software also. Surely it's not due to the expense when you can pick up thick printed catalogues from shops for nothing. The manual that came with the Panasonic G1 was much better and that was just covering the basics. Despite this quibble, I must say that this camera is a delight.
Great article with a lot of insight help. - Thanks
As an E-M5 user I have a question:
After shooting you'll get the image on the selected display for e.g. 3sec.
Using the view finder you'll see the image in the view finder
Using the display - similar -> on the display.
I'd like to take the shot using the view finder and see the result on the display - like I am used from my DSLR (E-5)
Any idea/ chance?
It is possible with some limitation.
In Setup Menu > Rec View you must choose Auto instead of seconds.
I have the camera. I have the manual.
Yes, this article, together with the review, makes it a lot easier to get it right.
An old man like me have got buried in the menus a cpl. of times... ;-)
The sheer existance (and necessity?) of an article as this discourages me to consider the camera. The readers' questions here aren't encouraging either.
Care to explain? Don't you want anyone to ever make any similar article about any camera? Would it discourage you to buy a Mark III in the same situation?
Most of the readers comments are positive...?
Answer to the three replies: Sorry, am not a techie, quite probably shouldn't have posted this and not even looked at the article. Hope you're not angry.
I understand exactly what you feel regarding the manual and its apparent need to be explained in depth by articles such as these.
The thing is complex enough as is.
I think that a lot of this could have been fixed if Olympus had used better translators. At least that is assuming the Japanese version of the camera doesn't suffer from the rather weird/unconventional names for some of the features mentioned.
OTOH there's always a need for more in depth articles for a device as complex as this anyway.
Consider the fact that there are 3rd party books dedicated to the famous Canon and Nikon cameras.
This is a great article. As a future E-M5 owner, I'll definitely be coming back to this, especially for the "recommended" jpg settings. Great info there on turning off the noise filter which I normally do but then also pulling down sharpness which I would not have thought to do.
I'm guessing you guys just created a bunch of new work for you all as owners of other popular cameras will soon be clamoring for guides for their cameras. More work is never a bad thing :)
One question? as it is to shoot the same image twice with different configurations and still look like one, perhaps stopped the time to take the same photos with other settings?
I mean the two images that refer to the fine and superfine settings. Obviously nobody is going to find any difference in these two images as they are the same, so I see it. I think not even shot with the Casio Exilim Pro EX-F1 to get two identical images, when a train is moving, the wind moves the trees, the birds walk on the beach, the waves in the water, etc, etc. is that not even taking a photo with two cameras next to each other .. not you think so?
I believe that DP will be merged to the brain looking for a difference in these photos.
The camera allows you to re-process Raw files, using the camera's current settings. These images are the Fine and Superfine conversions of a single Raw file (with all other settings identical).
But you would not be "shooting in jpegs", you would be processing a raw.
Processing a shot raw file in-camera gives just the same final result as shooting it originally as jpeg. This method gives you a great option make several different jpegs and test how jpegs look like at various jpeg settings.
Not an E-M5 user yet, but I may become one.
This kind of guide is useful, even for long time Olympus users.
Wrotniak used to write them.
It's good to see DPR taking the torch (albeit in a different way).
Thanks for this, seems like a near perfect camera although I would like focus peeking and a fully articulated LCD (and a variable aspect sensor would be candy!) Cant have everything though. I intend to buy into MFT later in the year so unless Panasonic pulls a rabbit out of the hat by Christmas the OM-D looks like it will be that camera. Just need to work on the budget for lenses.
Here are two questions I can't seem to answer myself:
1. How do you set the direction of the second (rear) dial? The options on the dial direction menu seem to apply only to the front dial. E-P1 and 2 have clear and seperate setting for either dial.
2. You've zoomed all the way in on a picture in playback mode. How do you go back to the full image without turning the dial five times to zoom back out? On other cameras I've used 'OK' does this, but on Olympi it just bring up the (useless) RAW edit menu. I've pressed everthing there is to press to no avail.
Quick zooming functions are available via Fn1 key. When you are already zoomed in press Fn1 twice to zoom all the way out again.
Thanks for the suggestion, Timur.
That's what I've been resorting to, but it seems to me that I am just simulating the function. It's hard enough to press the Fn1 button once with a thumb of my barely above average dimensions, much less twice. And if you zoom again, it jumps to whatever level of zoom you were at before hitting Fn1. I just want something that resets the view, rather than involving me in an arcane feature that seems of little real value to me. The 'quick zoom' that is most useful to me is to be able to hit the OK to reset the zoom to gain perspective, and if I choose to zoom in again I prefer to do so progressively to retain that perpective.
From the Zoom screen that shows the arrow keys at the edges there are two alternatives:
- Press 'Info' twice. That will reset the zoom but keep the zoom box on screen (so no additional information is shown).
- Press 'Info' once and then Fn1 to reset to the original Playback screen (whichever you set last via Info). Obviously you can just as much press Fn1 twice then, so it's not really a practical alternative
A reset option on OK would be nice, but could also lead to accidental resets as the navigation keys are so close.
Great article Richard, thanks!
Regarding JPEG compression, did you see much of a difference between "Large Fine" and "Large Normal" in your testing?
"Super Fine" uses 98-100% JPG quality, "Fine" uses 93-98%. "Normal" can go below 80%, but can also go above 90% (I saw up to 95%). The latter depends on the scene you are shooting and you may still not be able to see much of a difference, if any.
While differences can be very small, file sizes can vary a lot. "Normal" can have half the size of "Fine" and even only a third the size of "Super Fine". Again depending on the scene's detail.
This is better discussed in detail on the forum than here, though. So feel free to start a thread. ;)
Many thanks for a truly excellent guide. One question: how does one access the four "My Modes" ?
On the E-5 this is a simple matter of holding down the Mode button (on the camera's top plate to the left of the pentaprism) and turning the main dial which results in each of the four My Modes being displayed (both in the viewfinder and the Super Control Panel) along with P, A, S, M and B.
This permits very rapid change of shooting Modes each with numerous pre-selected options, for instance: from My Mode 1 aperture priority with IBIS at 1, single auto focus, Noise filter at off and ISO at 100 to My Mode 2 aperture priority with S-AF, NF at low and ISO at 800 or to My Mode 3 shutter priority with continuous auto focus, ISO at 1600 and IBIS off, and so forth
Does the EM-5 have an equally quick means to do the same? In the absence of a Mode button, can this be done only by designating either the left or down arrows for drive mode?
I've said it in emails to Olympus and on the forums here. They really need to totally re-think the user presets. They need to be namable. They should use standard English nomenclature like "save current settings to slot 1, overwrite existing saved settings in slot 1, clear existing saved settings in slot 1" for saving settings to the slots, and "load settings from slot 1 to camera (this will overwrite the camera's existing settings!)" etc.
Instead they just say "Set" for both operations and don't warn you when you're about to overwrite existing settings.
Yes, it's not well thought out at all. I did manage to figure it out, but by the time I next need it I will most likely have forgotten. And they really do need to add the ability to name your modes - they have keyboard code for entering copyright info, so it would be a trivial matter to do. I've already forgotten what I've set modes 2 & 3 for!
Have to agree here. The Mymodes are terrific and they did improve the logic of getting at them and the even more confusing RESET in moving from the E-3 to the E-5, but it would be so much easier if we could input a name, notres or a Mnemic.!
With the generous LCD's, there just is no place to put stickies or masking tape anymore!~ ;-)
Great writeup! I learnt a thing or two myself, especially about video shooting :).
DPR, please ignore this. Thank you for a very informative article and taking the time to share what you learned during your review of the camera. Invaluable.
Absoluitely agree that your article is very helpful. Reviews, even very detailed ones, cannot possibly explore in detail every function of a camera as complex and versatile as this. Your article is very mach appreciated by those of us interested in making the best possible use of such a complex imaging instrument, especially when it will likely be some time before a book or video will actually be available.
Oner request: could you produce a more printable format?
Really very good, and I already changed a few settings. The info over the super control panel is great; hadn't found that yet...
Q; how do you set the camera to have the super control panel overlap the live view image? I don't seem to be able to do that...
If you've switched into standard live view mode (the first step described), then, once you've engaged Super Control Panel, it will be overlaid on top of live view.
Thanks, Richard and Timur! This guide clearly shows that you think the E-M5 is a special camera.
On the other hand you might also say that it's a complex camera lacking beginners-friendly (as in new to this camera) documentation. ;)
No, it isn't. The image relates to the second aspect (defining the shutter speed at which the camera increases the ISO).
I've got 2 questions:
1. The HLD-6 battery pack/holder has a AC power adapter, AC-3, as an option. Does it provide a standard jack or a proprietay one? I found that AC-3 costs almost $300 - tooooo much for just a simple power adapter, i think.
2. Is it possible by any way to shoot video with FL-600R flash with video LED light on while using the EMA-1 audio input accessory on? Thing is that EMA-1 blocks the hotshoe.
P.S. thanks for a great article!!!!!
Since the FL-600R is not available for me yet and I could not find a manual I don't know the definitive answer. But as a 'standalone' unit coming with manual controls and being powered by its own batteries I don't see why it should not be possible.
1. HLD jack is proprietary, I guess. Never seen like that, but isn't it the same with any cell phone etc...
2. You can use FL-600R video light manually off camera. It is supplied with a small table stand which has tripod thread underneath..
Very helpful! Thanks!
BTW, the first picture on the movie page has the Fn1 and review buttons switched. Is this the English driving version? ;)
Image stabilisation in the viewfinder would be a Godsend after trying to frame shots using an old 200mm tele on my E-PM1. I imagine that with IS built into the lens that this is standard on Panasonic M4/3 cameras - correct?
Yes, on Panasonics if the O.I.S. is turned on, then it's on during the preview as well as during the shot, and this setting was available from day 1. In the earlier models there was an option to have it off during the preview, and on during the shutter release, but now this option has been removed.
I actually often use O.I.S. for manual focusing, and turn it off for the shot, so I was very surprised to learn that Olympus did not have it available during the preview.
Vlad S - Just curious... *why* do you use OIS to focus and then turn it off for taking the shot?
The link from page 2 to 3 goes to the preview home page, the url is http://www.dpreview.com/articles/9115179666/user-guide-getting-the-most-out-of-the-olympus-e-m5/2/3/ instead of http://www.dpreview.com/articles/9115179666/user-guide-getting-the-most-out-of-the-olympus-e-m5/3
thanks for all of the great info!
Oddly that's not how it works for me, but I've made the link less ambiguous, so it should now work.


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04/25/2013 Baseball Travels To LSU For Weekend SeriesGamecocks make first trip to Baton Rouge since 2008 04/24/2013 LB Dantzler Named Finalist For Senior CLASS AwardSenior first baseman one of 10 finalists 04/22/2013 Baseball NotebookGamecocks are 31-10, 11-7 in the SEC 04/22/2013 Baseball To Face Gardner-Webb In Shelby, N.C.First pitch at Keeter Stadium is set for 6 p.m. 04/22/2013 Jack Wynkoop Named SEC Freshman Of The WeekLeft-hander worked career-high eight innings in 3-1 win over Kentucky 05/23/2013 South Carolina Post-Game Press Conference05/04/2013 Max Schrock & LB Dantzler Post-Game Press Conference05/03/2013 LB Dantzler Post-Game Press Conference04/21/2013 LB Dantzler, Jack Wynkoop Post-Game Press Conference03/30/2013 Connor Bright, LB Dantzler, Adam Westmoreland Post-Game Press Conference05/11/2013 South Carolina vs. Georgia Game 2 Photo Gallery05/10/2013 South Carolina vs. Georgia (5/10/13)05/08/2013 South Carolina vs. Wofford (5/8/13)South Carolina vs. Wofford (5/8/13) 05/04/2013 South Carolina vs. Vanderbilt (May 4, 2013)05/03/2013 South Carolina vs. Vanderbilt Game 1 Photo Gallery2012-13 Gamecock Spotlight Video 2013 - Captain ... South Carolina's male nominee for the SEC H. Boyd McWhorter Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... One of 10 finalists for the Senior CLASS Award ... Named to USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award Watch List ... 2-for-4 with two homers and two runs scored in 7-2 loss at Mississippi State (5/18) ... Walked, 1-for-3 and scored a run in 5-3 win at Mississippi State (5/16) ... 1-for-3 with a double, a RBI and two runs scored in 7-2 win over Georgia (5/10) ... 2-for-4 with a RBI double and a run scored in 4-0 win at LSU (4/28) ... RBI single in 4-2 win at LSU (4/27) ... 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored in 7-6 loss to Gardner-Webb ... Two-run homer in 3-1 win over Kentucky (4/21) ... 2-for-4 with two doubles, a RBI and a run scored in 7-6 win over Kentucky (4/20) ... Solo home run in 5-2 win over Kentucky (4/20) ... 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI in 10-6 win over College of Charleston (4/16) ... 3-for-5 with a double, a RBI and two runs scored in 19-2 win at Tennessee (4/7) ... 1-for-4 with two runs in 6-5 loss to Furman (4/3) ... Solo home run, his 10th of the season, in 9-5 win over Charleston Southern (4/2) ... Homered twice including game-winner in the bottom of the eighth in 6-3 win over Texas A&M (3/30) ... Key two-run double in 3-2 win over Texas A&M (3/28) ... A pair of doubles and a RBI in 3-1 win at College of Charleston (3/26) ... RBI single in 5-3 loss to Arkansas (3/24) ... RBI double in 15-3 loss to Arkansas (3/22) ... Solo home run in the 9-5 win at The Citadel (3/19) ... A pair of homers, three hits and career-high six RBI in 12-4 win over Davidson (3/13) ... Two-run triple in 12-3 win over USC Upstate (3/12) ...1-for-3 with a double in 14-4 win over Ball State (3/6) ... 1-for-2 with a run scored in 10-0 win over Ball State (3/5) ... 1-for-3 with a run scored in 8-0 win vs. Clemson (3/3) ... Solo home run in 6-3 loss vs. Clemson (3/2) ... Two-out RBI single in 6-0 win at Clemson (3/1) ... SEC Player of the Week after Albany series ... 9-for-13 (.692) at the plate with two doubles, two homers, six runs scored and 10 RBI in the Albany series ... Tallied 17 total bases for the weekend with a .733 on-base percentage as well as a 1.308 slugging percentage ... 3-for-4 with a run scored and two RBI in 6-4 win over Albany (2/24) ... 2-for-4 with three runs and four RBI in 14-1 win over Albany (2/24) ... Tallied career-high four hits, career-high five RBI and a homer in an 8-3 win over Albany (2/23). 2-for-2 with a solo homer and two RBI in 4-3 win over Liberty (2/15). 2012 - Started all 69 games at third base, hit .262 (69-for-263) with 37 runs scored, 15 doubles, 10 homers and 48 RBI, also fielded .972 with just five errors at third base ... Tallied a two-run homer in 4-1 win over Kent State at NCAA College World Series (6/21) ... 2-for-5 with a RBI double and two runs scored in 7-3 win over Florida at NCAA College World Series (6/16) ... 2-for-4 with a run scored in 5-1 win over Oklahoma in NCAA Super Regional (6/11) ... RBI double in 5-0 win over Oklahoma in NCAA Super Regional (6/9) .... NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team ... Walk-off RBI single in 5-4 win over Clemson in NCAA Regional (6/2) ... 2-for-4 with a run scored in 5-3 win over Auburn at SEC Tournament (5/24) ... 2-for-5 in 3-2 loss to Vanderbilt at SEC Tournament (5/23) ... Two-run double in 6-5 loss at Georgia (5/12) ... Solo home run in 3-0 win at Georgia (5/11) ... 2-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and a RBI in the 8-6 win at Arkansas (5/4) ... Solo home run and a sacrifice fly in the 9-1 win over Alabama (4/28) ... 2-for-4 with two doubles in the 12-11 win over Alabama (4/27) ... 5-for-13 in Auburn series with a pair of homers and five RBI ... 3-for-5 with a homer, three runs and a pair of RBI in 11-7 win at Auburn (4/22) ... Two-run homer in 5-3 win at Auburn (4/21) ... 2-for-5 with a RBI double in 4-3 loss to College of Charleston (4/17) ... 2-for-3 with two RBI in 5-3 win over Mississippi State (4/14) ... Two-run single in 7-6 win over Mississippi State (4/13) ... Game-winning RBI single in 2-1 win vs. Tennessee (4/7) ... Drove in two runs in the 7-0 win at College of Charleston (4/4) ... 2-for-6 with three RBI including a solo home run in 6-4 win over Vanderbilt (4/1) ... Solo home run in 5-4 loss to Florida (3/24) ... 2-for-4 with a RBI double in 6-3 loss at Kentucky (3/18) ... 1-for-2 with a run scored in 4-3 loss at Kentucky (3/16) ... 2-for-4 with three runs scored in 6-4 win over Appalachian State (3/14) ... 2-for-4 with a RBI and a run scored in 5-2 win over Charleston Southern (3/13) ... 3-for-5 with two runs scored and two RBI in 8-1 win over UNC Asheville (3/7), season-highs for at bats, runs and hits ... 2-for-5 with his team-leading third homer in the 9-6 win vs. Clemson (3/3) ... Three-run homer in first inning of 6-0 win over Elon (2/26) ... 4-for-11 in VMI series with a double, homer, and five RBI ... Three-run homer and a sacrifice fly in 13-1 win over VMI (2/18) ... Game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning in the 2-1 win over VMI (2/17). JUNIOR COLLEGE - 2011 New England Collegiate Baseball League All-Star; starting second baseman for the East Division representing his summer team, the Laconia Muskrats ... 2011 NJCAA honorable mention All-American ... 2011 FCSAA All-State first-team honors ... 2011 Suncoast Conference Player of the Year ... Was the third best hitter in the FCSAA in 2011 with a .415 batting average (88-for-212) with 50 RBI ... 2010 MVP of the Florida Collegiate Summer League with the Winter Park Diamond Dogs ... Helped lead SCF to 2010 FCSAA state championship and the 2010 NJCAA World Series. PERSONAL - Born on May 22, 1991 ... Parents are Bradley and Susan Dantzler. |


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nytheatre.com review by Shelley Molad
July 29, 2008
People fall in and out of love, and the timing isn't always right. Sean Michael Rice's Entwine, which premiered as part of the Midtown International Theater Festival last week, is the story of Annie and Sam, whose long-lasting relationship has reached a point of irreconcilability.
Entwine opens with a lengthy slide show projected on a screen, with pictures of Annie and Sam that portray them as a loving, playful, and passionate couple. This introduction provide us with a history of their relationship so that when the two enter the stage we feel we are already well-acquainted with them. But when the dialog ensues it suddenly seems as though Annie and Sam are complete strangers, and it's not immediately clear whether we are witnessing the beginning or the end. Once it's evident that we've fast forwarded to the future, it seems like enough time has elapsed since their last meeting that they may as well be strangers.
The entirety of the play takes place in Annie's tiny apartment in New York, where she has been living and working while Sam has been laying low on the West Coast, content with his humdrum lifestyle and the inspirational prose of Kerouac and Thoreau. What was a temporary long-distance relationship for Sam has become a turning point and breaker for Annie. And suddenly, after all these years together, the two appear so strikingly different it seems odd they ever made it as a happy couple.
A continuous battle between whose right or wrong, Entwine is at times exhausting; however, Eileen Trilli's thoughtful direction encompasses moments that are rich in complexity and allow the actors to delve into the inexplicable torrents of love. Jeff Todesco adds a full emotional inner life to Sam, and it is refreshing to see such a raw performance exhibited from an atypical male character. Annie Keating holds her ground as Annie, adamant that she wants to be free, though at times it seems she doesn't allow her character to explore various emotional levels. It's implausible that none of Sam's tactics cause her to initially reconsider her feelings, which makes it hard to imagine the history we saw earlier projected on screen.
As an audience, we become anxious for Sam and Annie to just make up or break up. But they run circles around the same moot points. And though Sam never gets a hint, it's admirable how unflinching he is in his desire to remain with Annie.
The ending seems a bit trite, but we are left entertaining nuanced clichés: love makes people do crazy things they can't explain; while it doesn't always make sense, we hope that when we find love, we'll fall at the right time.


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Reorganizing Knowledge in Developed Science: Integration and Disintegration of Knowledge Systems
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The goal of the project is the study of the emergence and transformation of core groups of concepts that structure the vast knowledge embodied in the mechanical worldview as a result of processes of knowledge integration and disintegration. In the context of the project, the emergence of such a core group of foundational concepts is conceived as a restructuring of the cognitive organization of previously acquired knowledge. Core concepts of the mechanical worldview such as space, time, force, motion, and matter achieved their privileged position in the organization of knowledge only after a long process of knowledge integration in a material, social, and cognitive sense. Such concepts proved to be extremely stable in the face of an enormous growth of knowledge in the course of the further development of science. Nevertheless, physics, like many other scientific disciplines, has witnessed in the past century fundamental changes of precisely such core groups of foundational concepts. These fundamental changes were preceded by more or less extended periods of knowledge disintegration, in which the established cognitive organization of knowledge became problematic. Processes of integration and disintegration of knowledge are studied in close connection to each other within the project since it has turned out that the essential mechanisms at work in periods of destabilization were of a similar nature as those in the original processes of the emergence of core concepts of a discipline.
The project is focusing on the history of the central mental models which shaped scientific thinking in the transitional period from classical mechanics to modern physics. The results already achieved for the emergence of the new concepts of space and time in the context of the two relativity theories are being complemented by similar research on the emergence of new notions of matter, radiation and causality established in the context of quantum theory.