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Others on board include Katie Holmes, Alexander Skarsgard and Meryl Streep.
The Giver will start filming October 7 on South Africa and be released on August 15, 2014.
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The singer also goes on in detail about her exposure these days, reacting to all the headlines over her raunchy VMA performance and naked Wrecking Ball video as if publicity wasn't her exact goal in the first place.
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Scott Eastwood, 27, has become an online star this week.
That's because the up-and-coming actor has flown largely under the radar so far, despite being the son of all-time silver screen legend Clint Eastwood.
Scott, the son of Clint and Jacelyn Allen Reeves, turned heads with a feature in Town & Country's October issue. It was such a hit magazine released outtakes:
Scott Eastwood, who some have compared to Chris Evans or a Hemsworth brother, would be a great fit for the Fifty Shades of Grey movie, some fans say.
That won't happen, but his future looks bright just the same.
Under intense scrutiny for her conduct all summer on CBS, Big Brother 15 star Aaryn Gries is finally coming clean, admitting she talks like a racist.
STILL, she insists this doesn't make her one though.
The reality star tells that she's made racial jokes for years, but had no idea they were offensive because "no one had expressed that I was taken that way."
So … does that mean all her friends and family are also racist?
Aaryn apologized for throwing the whole state of Texas under the bus when Julie Chen grilled her after her eviction, saying she was in "defense mode."
Miley Cyrus has gone racy for Terry Richardson again.
But this time the singer isn't alone.
A month after posing for this famous photographer with her middle finger raised, Cyrus is now embracing Mike Will Made It in a couple new pictures Tweeted by Richardson this afternoon.
The 20-year old and the music producer have allegedly been hooking up for weeks, having met in February when Mike (Mr. Will Made It?) began working with Cyrus on the album "Bangerz."
According to a series of new reports, Miley and Liam Hemsworth actually split some time this summer, which explains why she has moved on already to this strangely-named fellow and why Liam is now all over Eiza Gonzalez.


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The three-year-old son of a firefighter saved a charity shop from a devastating blaze after smelling smoke from a burning light fitting.
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Unable, to smell smoke he carried on with his shopping before looking to the ceiling. He said: "I couldn't believe it, there was smoke pouring out of the light fitting.
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Volunteer shopkeeper John Kirby ran out the back and switched off the power before carefully removing the faulty fitting.
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"It was red hot when I tried to take it out. He almost certainly saved us from a fire – I can't thank him enough.
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Mr King added: "He could well be a firefighter of the future. I'm extremely proud of him.
"I've been to many jobs similar to this. The fitting can melt away the plastic and fall to the ground.
"With so many clothes around it could have been serious."
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Laying Down a Busy Life
The image of a dark, overcrowded broom closet comes to me periodically as a picture of my life. All manner of things are jammed in haphazardly, and everything is apt to topple perilously down into a heap when the door is opened.
I am a productive, organized, and fast-moving person; I do a lot and get a lot done in a short time. This is one of my greatest strengths - and almost surely my greatest weakness. It's a weakness because I so quickly turn my capacity for productivity into an idol. My completed to-do list with tasks checked off feels so gratifying that it's easy to find my worth in what I'm getting done instead of in God. The fact that many of the things I am accomplishing are worthwhile, God-honoring activities only serves to mask my sin.
I have known my tendency toward over-productivity for a long time and have tried to fight it. I've noticed a pattern I go through: gradually overfill my life; run around crazed; burn out; crash; acknowledge sin; repent; clear out my life somewhat; commit and try harder not to overfill. "Trying harder" often comes along with band-aid efforts like color-coding my Outlook calendar, reading up on organization strategies, or trying new time management tools.
But the problem is that the cycle repeats itself. "Trying harder" fails me. Productivity is like an addiction - I can't just give it up. It creeps up on me and half lures, half fools me back into its clutches time and again. I'm like a junkie.
I know I'm not alone in this struggle. Most of America is on a fast track, trying to fit more and more activity into less and less time. Women - with so many life options and our born capacity to multi-task - are perhaps at the center of the frenzy. It's a pandemic, and everyone laments how busy life is and then feeds the fire by running right along with their overfull lives anyway. We don't know how to stop, and deep down, many of us aren't sure we really want to anyway. Having so much to do makes us feel important.
If we're honest, greed is a part of the problem. There are so many things we can do and want to do and are equipped to do: Work, parent, spend time with our spouse, go out with friends, recreate, serve at church, volunteer, exercise. God endorses all these things. Surely we can find or make time for all of them? We indulge ourselves. We are unwilling to ask the hard questions about what is being scarified in our overfull lives, and unwilling to do the work of pruning out even good things to focus on the best - starting with God.
I recently ran across this sentence in a women's magazine to which I subscribe: "(She) is married with two children and works full-time? She manages to fit part-time attendance at a university and volunteer work into her already busy schedule." Sounds so noble and impressive; what a capable woman! But I'm learning that the words "manages to fit" are the wolf in sheep's clothing. "Manages to fit" becomes the crowded, dark broom closet with objects piled up, teetering dangerously. That's me, too often ? "managing to fit" all kinds of (worthy) things into my life that ultimately get me exhausted, harried, and distracted from the chief things that God is trying to do in and through me - and frequently from God himself.
The solution must be a life lived conscientiously - spending time doing the things God directs, not more, not less. As an antidote to the chock full, broom-closet life, God has come to my rescue with this verse: "He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me." (Ps. 18:19)
A God who delights in me in a bright, open space - what a concept! A "spacious place" is the very opposite of what my overfull life feels like when it reaches broom-closet stage ? overwhelming and claustrophobic. And this is what God is trying to rescue me from, if only I will let him. So my effort is to make this my one to-do: lay down my productivity addiction and with its false sense of worth-through-accomplishments, and experience his delight simply because he loves me.
Thank you for this...a word in due season. I have been called to step away from the ministry I have served in for so long. This is a painful process as I'm so accustomed to having a To Do List that can never be fully checked off. There is always more TO DO! The Lord is directing me to turn my focus directly on Him and even to just enjoy for a time the love He lavishes on me (us), not because I do, but because I am. I know He has my best in mind, but it's still a little scarey!
This resonates me with--especially the part about "manages to fit." That seems like a badge of honor in our culture! How much we have to learn from other cultures and eras who seemed to value doing a few things to best of their abilities, rather than everything to the limits of their sanity! I hope this will encourage all of us to turn to God in our times of panicked-stress instead of yet another dayplanner...
yes, we talk about men being workaholics, but we women have them beat! it is no accident that mary and martha (luke 10:38-42) are women... our Lord had me in this passage for 15 months straight after i "burned out for Jesus", ha! burned out for my own people-pleasing and self glorification! ouch! but our Lord in His grace and mercy has brought me out, and given me His gift of repentance, altho He takes me back for refresher courses periodically.
Thank you for this article. You have hit the nail on the head very effectively.
Australian culture is much the same as yours.
In a sense we are "rich" but towards God we are "poor and blind".
I get caught up in it myself and see people around me doing the same.
I've just come back from a long weekend break thinking about this very issue. Noted that there are lots of good things to be doing, but what specifically has God called me to do? Now working on unloading the load. It's tough, but God hasn't called me to burn out.
"Be still (and not just for 1 min) and KNOW that I am God; I will be exalted....
Thanks for this timely article
Your statement "a wolf in sheep's clothing" is what burdens me today for women and girls. It is so true that we can easily be lured away from what God intends for our lives. I have always believed that if people feel "burn out" that it is not God's plan they are following. Somewhere, there is a warning that they should turn, and run the other way.
Genesis 3:6 talks about Eve and what seemed to be good things to her. Going her own way not only affected her but her husband as well.
thanks so much to all you women for daring to be so sincere and open. I am grateful to find out what I rationalised `´was not a problem Is actually and a sin.´´ Suddenly I understand why so much seems dead inside and yet still I thought I was doing it all for God. You are all great mentors.may god richly continue to use you
It is imperative for one to constantly remind ourselves of how can we get back to the place that we first started?
What a brilliant article.... plate spinning, juggling, call it what you like, its still the Martha experience! Here in UK, it is just the same. In recent years I have delighted in 'networking' within my Christian ministry remit and gathered resources too ... (maybe an excuse for hoarding!) - all within a justifiable role in the local and broader church. Although I realise and appreciate the gifts God gives us to do His work, it is so essential to balance the 'doing' with the 'being' and to know just how much He loves and cherishes us for who we are. 'Being' comes first and 'doing' a discerned act of obedience and joy if we are staying close and listening!


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FLORENCE, SC (WMBF) - Under the No Child Left Behind Act passed in 2001, schools are given objectives to follow throughout the year and missing only one can label a school failing.
This new waiver system will give schools around the country and the Pee Dee some relief.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan says that more than 80 percent of all U.S. schools could be labeled failures next year if the law isn't changed. So he's offering a new waiver system that allows states to pursue other education reforms in they do not meet the adequate yearly progress, or AYP.
Assistant Superintendent for Florence District One Schools Randy Koon said,"I welcome that, I think it's something that's long overdue. I think our present system has been a misrepresentation of whether a school is effective or not."
The No Child Left Behind Act has hit Florence County hard, 17 out of 35 schools have passed the state requirements this year, but only 6 out of 35 passed AYP, giving 28 schools a failing grade.
"There's something wrong with the two systems and they need to be more closely aligned," said Koon, referring to state and national evaluations.
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"I intend to submit waivers that set high expectations for South Carolina students while more accurately assessing the performance of schools. Additionally, we must more closely link classroom teachers to student performance because every student should be taught by a highly effective teacher. To accomplish this goal will require relief from burdensome federal regulations," Zais said.
He says that these reevaluations should have come years ago.
"Over the past decade, there has been an alarming trend towards a top-down approach to federal education policy. The answers are in the classrooms and districts around South Carolina; not in Washington. The reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act should have been addressed two years ago. Political paralysis by President Obama and his political allies have kept South Carolina students trapped in this failed model well past its expiration date," Zais said.
A new teacher orientation was held Monday and current, as well as new, teachers spoke about the issue.
New William Middle School Teacher Ursula Jeffcoat said,"I think it's such a complex issue, I don't think there's one correct answer to the issue."
Jeffcoat attended the orientation with her mentor and current teacher at William Middle School, Sheila Barnes.
"Education is a change and if there's a benefit there, we'll embrace it and go with it," Barnes said.
The details on how this new system will work are expected to come out sometime in September.
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Anni Dewani's family 'happy' with outcome but still want to know what happened
One of two men accused of being hired by British newlywed Shrien Dewani to kill his bride on their honeymoon in Cape Town has been jailed for 25 years after admitting murder.
Anni Dewani's family said they were "happy" but would not know the truth of "what really happened" until Mr Dewani travels to South Africa to face trial.
– Ashok Hindocha, Mrs Dewani's uncle
We are just happy. Two of the accused have now pleaded guilty.
Now we want to know what really happened to Anni, why they killed her.
The way we feel is that we are going through legal torture. It is extremely stressful for the family."
South African Xolile Mngeni still faces charges over the killing and the victim's husband. Shrien Dewani remains in medical care pending a decision to extradite him to South Africa.


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DOE says first phase of ARRA block grants program has gone 'remarkably well' so far
As noted last year and updated on a periodic basis since then, the Dept. of Energy's Oak Ridge office is administering part of a huge Recovery Act block grants program for U.S. cities and counties doing energy-efficiency projects. According to the latest report, the awarding of grants and disbursement of money are going gangbusters -- although there's more info yet to be had (including the effectiveness of projects, jobs created at sites around the country, etc.)
DOE's Oak Ridge was asked to make approximately 874 grants with the $666 million in funds for the program, and so far -- according to federal spokesman John Shewairy -- the Oak Ridge team has awarded 863 grants for a total of $536 million.
"I think we are well ahead of where we wanted to be as far as disbursement. We've done remarkably well," Shewairy said.
Oak Ridge is handling grant applications seeking $250,000 to $2 million and for cities with a population of 35,000 and up (or one of the 10 most populated cities in a state) and counties with a population of 200,000 or more (or one of the 10 most populated counties in a state).
Shewairy noted that based on the number of grants awarded so far and the money spent, that would seem to leave about 9 grants yet to be awarded using a total of $130 million. That's a lot of money for nine grants. But he emphasized that many of the initial grants awarded were only "partial" awards based on a city's or a county's plans for a project, and that additional money is likely to be awarded to those grant recipients as their projects make progress
"We're still waiting for the grantees to come back with additional phases (for the projects)," the DOE spokesman said.
Meanwhile, I'm trying to get more information on how the progress of energy-efficiency projects is being monitored and how many jobs are being created with the Recovery Act money.
At Oak Ridge, administration of the block grants program resulted in about 15 to 20 additonal jobs, mostly contracting specialists or contract support jobs, Shewairy indicated.


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we see as an attempt by Apple to curb the wave of Haswell-equipped Ultrabooks from eating into its ultra portable laptop market share. nevertheless, we welcome that. but don't expect any cosmetic changes, cos' it don't have any to offer. powered by fourth-gen Intel Core processors, Intel HD 5000 Graphics, ac WiFi and a faster SSD setup. along with the "usual" features.


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The question that has been bugging me for some time now,
What is the difference of this Cover 2 scheme with its one gap responsibility, and Greg Robinson's defense with covering their one gap? I'm not asking about the responsiblities of the LB's or the secondary, but the run support part.
I remember when Robinson was our defensive coordinator with Vermiel and his defenses also broke alot of big runs. Similiar to whats happening now. I can understand the long bombs breaking out in secondary where a corner or safety miss an assignment, but these long runs are making me sick, its like all 11 guys just blow it.


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Beijing is a city undergoing tremendous change; every minute of every hour of every day it is modernising. New buildings by international award winning architects squeeze into spaces next to temples and 'hutongs'. Beijing is a city of contrasts where the modern and the traditional tentatively coexist creating an intriguing dynamic. Beijing Summer Arts School believes this environment creates a diverse and inspiring city in which to explore, respond and create work.
For some time Beijing has been attracting the international interest of artists, fashion designers, architects and designers all eager to explore the cultural aspects of one of world's fastest growing economies.
Whether it be The Forbidden City, the 798 Area or the simple pleasures of Dim Sum, there is something in Beijing to inspire everyone.
Central Beijing
the Qing Dynasty.
A world heritage site the Forbidden City consists of 980 buildings and covers 720,000 square metres. Yes you can see the Great Wall of China from space and you can visit it on a day trip from Beijing too!
Confucius Temple was built to honour Confucius, one of China's greatest philosophers, and educationalist. There is a courtyard of 198 stone tablets/steles carved with the names of approx 51,000 scholars who passed the imperial exam during the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties.
798 Art District – aka Dashazi Art District
Now the pedestrian streets are full of galleries, artists' studios, art centres, design companies, restaurants and bars. 798 has an industrial, urban "Soho-esque" vibe with high ceiling warehouse galleries and semi-pedestrianized streets with cafes.
You can spend days wandering around 798 peeking into studio of artists and designers at work or visiting one of the larger spaces to look at the work of internationally established artists.
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Just a quick glimpse into my day for you. I just googled the phrase, "do kids wear patches on their knees anymore."
From this one little search, you (because you're clever!) can gather several things about me. First, I'm so old and out of touch that I turn to the googles for help with my 6 -year-olds pants problems. Second, I'm obviously too cheap and lazy to go buy him more new jeans. And lastly, if you are very intuitive, you will understand that because my kid has put holes in all his favorite school pants, we now have to resort to wearing the ones he hates (for no reason he can articulate). That means tears and fighting in the morning. Great powers of deduction, you!
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TGIF and hooray for a long weekend! Already, there are a bunch of kids playing in our yard with Colby. I will probably let our dog, Cocoa, out to run with the kids shortly since she loves to do that!
We had field day at school today, followed by the movie Gnomeo and Juliet as a reward for working hard on end-of-the-year testing this week. Being the ham that I am, I had to jump in and join my students on a few of the activities, namely Tug of War. Of course, to be fair, I helped out each team since the winner was the best out of three rounds!
Later this evening, we have to meet Colby's soccer team for a team picture. I told him we'd celebrate the long weekend by going for ice cream somewhere afterward.
Tomorrow, we're looking forward to going down to my parents' house for a family spaghetti dinner to honor my dad's birthday. Spaghetti and strawberry shortcake are always his requests!
On Sunday, I told Colby that we would enjoy some pool time since our neighborhood pool opens this weekend. Hopefully, the weather will cooperate!
I'm sure by Monday we'll have to fire up the grill and enjoy some hamburgers and hot dogs on our deck. Here's hoping you have an enjoyable long weekend also! :)
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FREDERICTON (CNB) – Engineers have been making progress and continue to be in schools across the province as part of the structural review that began last fall, Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Jody Carr announced today.
"Government is committed to safe and healthy learning and working environments for our students and those who work in the school system," said Carr. "The review will identify any problems, and, more importantly, it will give government an overall picture of the state of our education infrastructure and better assist us in making decisions around the capital budget, multi-year planning and asset management."
To date, engineers have assessed 147 schools and have not found any major structural issues. They will continue their work on remaining schools, and they are expected to have assessments of 239 schools completed by the end of May.
"The Department of Supply and Services has been working closely with the engineering team, and we are pleased with the progress that has been made," said Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Claude Williams. "To date, no major structural risks have been identified that would require immediate attention. Our findings so far are what would be expected from buildings of this age."
Identified repairs to date include concrete steps wearing away, drainage issues outside buildings, and the corrosion of plumbing materials.
Ninety-eight million dollars have been budgeted for capital projects and improvements, including $3 million for structural review repairs.
Further information about the review process and a full list of schools is on the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development website.
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Insurance Experts' Forum, September 19, 2013
Disputes within our industry are hardly unusual despite contract-certainty and a whole heap of regulation. Parties often disagree about how a risk has been presented, policy interpreted or a claim adjudicated. Sometimes things can get a bit ugly, end up in court, and on occasion, businesses who were previously friends can find themselves at opposite ends of a legal wrangle. Surprising as it might seem, however, most combatants in the market kiss, make up and move-on once the quarrel is resolved; after all, it is only business.
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Yet with due respect to these great companies, that alleged row seems like "handbags at dawn" when compared to what might be kicking off between AIG and Berkshire Hathaway. Clashes between companies over people are always the rawest, and Berkshire hiring the senior AIG Excess & Surplus Lines team was bound to cause ructions. If AIG is poised to cancel all its reinsurance ties with Berkshire in retaliation, which seems likely, then hostilities may escalate. These skirmishes and the prospect of the two giants slugging it out, already have been enough to intensify the downward pressure on property/casualty rates in the U.S. E&S market.
At the root of this acrimony is an industry desperately coming to terms with a rapidly changing distribution landscape. Traditional roles are fracturing and there is plenty of turf to be fought over. Hedge and pension funds are displacing reinsurers who in turn are making significant incursions into the territory of primary insurance carriers. At the same time, the major brokers are aching to assume more of the function of insurers and reinsurers and access capital directly themselves. It is a high stakes game and the key protagonists clearly have the firepower to cause havoc, so more brutality may be on the horizon. Although maligned in some quarters, we may look back with fondness to the clubby London Market of old where at least scores could be settled behind closed doors over a decent bottle of claret, without turning the market on its head.
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Long before the launch of gene therapy studies that have restored vision for patients with Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), Foundation-funded researchers were hard at work refining their gene delivery technologies for future therapies to treat a broad spectrum of retinal degenerative diseases. They recognized that for certain retinal conditions, they needed to develop gene delivery technologies that: 1) worked more quickly; 2) provided a more sustained effect; and 3) worked more efficiently and effectively in photoreceptors.Their proactive efforts are now paying off.
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"Serotype" is a term used to describe the structure of the adeno-associated virus. Different AAV structures have different therapeutic properties. AAV8 has shown to be particularly effective in delivering corrective genes to photoreceptors. In this study, the investigators made a special modification to the outer structure of the AAV8 to further enhance the strength and speed of the therapy.
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London Photos - Then and Now
This had me wondering how much, or little, has London changed over the last 100 years. So I picked five old photos and went into town to shoot as close to the original photo as possible. Obviously there are differences in perspective, as some of these cameras were ancient (and I was positioning myself by memory) - but the results were interesting. Here is a walkthrough of the five photos and what's in them.
(Click to open the thumbnails in a lightbox. To cycle through all the photos, use the left and right arrow keys. To close the lightbox, click the 'X' at the bottom of the photo).
Charing Cross Station - 1920s and 2010
The original building remains (The Charing Cross Hotel), but it has been modified several times. Firstly in the 1950s, after extensive bomb damage during the 2nd World War (transport termini were prime targets), when the Mansard roof was replaced by the current white brick. The second time was during the 1990s, when 'Embankment Place' was built - the large office space over the main station concourse at the rear.
The Charing Cross (tall spire at the front) is currently being renovated and shrouded in scaffolding, and is a nod towards the former 'Eleanor Cross', built in the 13th century. It is often incorrectly cited as the 'centre' of London, where all distances are measured to and from, but that's actually the nearby plaque below the statue of Charles I, in Trafalgar Square.
Otherwise little has changed on the Strand (main road) since the nearby Thames was embanked in the Victorian era. Prior to that, this area was subject to flooding at high tide (Strand means riverbank). The ornate street light is still the same, though it's been moved to the centre of the road.
Thames Embankment, from Hungerford Bridge - early 1900s
'Cleopatra's Needle' is the stone obelisk in the centre of the picture, the oldest monument in London, at around 3,500 years and was erected in 1878 (there is a similar one in both New York and Paris). To its left is the Savoy Hotel, which is currently undergoing extensive renovation, but was 'the' place to be, and be seen when the photo was taken.
The Thames Clipper service operates from the pier below, which has been extended with a floating pontoon. The PS Tattershall Castle is a steamship permanently moored nearby, operating as a bar, which was built 30 years after this photo, but does give you an idea of what the original steamships were like.
Waterloo Bridge in the background was replaced after the 2nd World War, as it was severely bomb-damaged. All the street furniture and the boulevard atmosphere remain unchanged along the embankment - however the traffic these days is snarling.
Trafalgar Square from the north-west - 1903
South Africa House, to the left of the curved building next to Nelson's Column, remains unchanged, though was the scene of stormy apartheid protest during the 1980s.
If you look carefully you can see that one of the statues has gone - but the other two visible from this angle, remain unchanged. Lutyens' fountains replaced the originals in 1939, but the function of the square remains the same today.It's the place where visitors hang around, taking photos - expect to get asked to take someone's picture if you pause in the vicinity
However to Londoners, it's where you go to express your grievances - don't like transport being cut? Get a placard, bull-horn and a mob - then pitch up here. It's also the place to see in the New Year, but strictly speaking, most people there on New Year's Eve are from out of town. Somewhere to avoid for most.
Statue of Boudica from Westminster Bridge - 1960s
The statue of Boudica was cast in 1902 and has been standing in front of Westminster Palace, with her arm in the air ever since.
I especially like this photo, as the tree to the left of the statue has not changed in 50 years. The London Eye is a recent addition, as are the 'keep left' signs.
The 'Shell Centre' is being built in the background, which happened between 1957 and 1962 - so this was probably about 1961. It was the first building in London to exceed the height of the Victoria Tower, at the Palace of Westminster.
County Hall is to the right of the statue, home of the London County Council at the time, but now a hotel complex. What's most striking is how few tourists there are, compared to now. This little corner of London (with your back to The Palace of Westminster and Big Ben) is seething with tourists - but back in the '60s, it's all very British and sedate.
Victoria Tower, Palace of Westminster - 1870s
The Victoria Tower was completed in about 1860, so was 'new' when this print was taken (as were photographs).
Of the five photos of London, this area has changed the most. The street has been substantially widened, resulting in the buildings being demolished on the right, but you can still see the same window in the background, near the 'Sovereign's Entrance' to the tower.
The Victoria Tower was designed to store records securely and there are 5 and-a-half miles of shelving inside its fourteen stories. The earliest records date from 1497 and survived the fire which destroyed the original palace as they were stored in the 'Jewel Tower'. The Jewel Tower is opposite and open to visitors.
I'm guessing the photo was taken early in the morning, as the streets are seldom deserted, even back in the late Victorian Era.
The Victoria Tower Gardens which are clearly visible in the modern photo, were built by Jospeh Bazalgette in the 1870s as part of his sewage works project, so probably existed already, behind the row of houses on the right. The gardens were extended in the early 1900s, which is when the row of houses was likely demolished.


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Before the SEC Championship game that saw Georgia lose to Alabama in a tightly fought competition, Allstate Insurance Company and a group of dedicated former UGA football players tackled a community service project as part of the fourth annual "Allstate Good Works Day" in Atlanta Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012.
Local college football legends Matt Stinchcomb, Jon Stinchcomb, David Greene and D.J. Shockley joined a team of Allstate employees to volunteer at Booker T. Washington High School near Southwest Atlanta.
The UGA football legends are all former members of the Allstate American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Good Works Team®, a prestigious national award honoring college football players for their commitment to volunteerism and serving others.
Planned in conjunction with Hands On Atlanta, the event kicked off with a student assembly where former college football standouts D.J. Shockley and Matt Stinchcomb spoke to students about the importance of leadership, education and teamwork.
Afterward, the players joined volunteers from Allstate to refurbish the school's weight room facility and create a colorful mural for the gymnasium that captures and celebrates the rich history of the school.


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Indians walk off with 2-0 series lead
Hafner delivers game-winning RBI single in the 11th inning
CLEVELAND -- His evening's at-bats had been exasperating -- much like his season, as a whole.Travis Hafner had been punched out twice Friday, had been one of 14 Indians runners stranded on the basepaths, and had seen what would have been a game-tying RBI single in the eighth inning go straight into the mitt of first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz. This was a night that echoed a year. The man known as Pronk had struggled all season to live up to his own enormous potential, and the frustration was mounting on the game's biggest stage. Then came a twist. With the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the 11th, Hafner drew a full count from reliever Luis Vizcaino and lined a single up the middle to score Kenny Lofton with the winning run. It gave the Tribe a thrilling 2-1 victory and a commanding 2-0 lead in an ALDS that will now shift from Jacobs Field to Yankee Stadium. "I came up in a great situation," Hafner said of his heroic at-bat. "Bases loaded, two outs. That's what you dream about as a kid." This season, admittedly, hasn't gone the way Hafner dreamed it up. Yes, he drove in 100 runs for the fourth consecutive year, but he hit a relatively meager .266 in the process. Opposing teams' ability to successfully work the infield shift had robbed him of many base hits. But he consistently shrugged off his own troubles, as he was more caught up in the success of the club. Now, this club is en route to New York with the most comfortable of leads in this best-of-five series. And it has Hafner to thank. "It was great to see him come through for us," manager Eric Wedge said, "and for him individually." No one was coming through at the plate for the Tribe for the majority of this game, and that simple fact nearly wasted an outstanding start from Fausto Carmona. The game's regulation innings were alternately dominating and devastating, from the Indians' perspective. Domination came in the form of Carmona's nine innings of work, in which Melky Cabrera's third-inning solo shot proved to be his only miscue. Carmona allowed just three hits, induced 18 groundball outs and two double plays. And with the score knotted at 1 with a man on second and two outs in the ninth, he went out with a flourish, striking out likely American League MVP Alex Rodriguez on a 3-2 pitch and leaving to a thundering ovation from the sellout crowd.
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An investigation is underway after a man was found dead inside a garage in southwest Houston.
Houston police said the 55-year-old victim was assaulted by an unknown person at a house in the 4600 block of Jorns Sunday afternoon.
Officials said the man then went to his friend's house located on Oakham at Darlinghurst, and died there on Monday.
Police said the man sustained injuries to his face and body.
While police continue their investigation into this case, anyone with information should call the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600.


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Panasonic GH3 Price, Specs, and Official Photos Revealed
This is probably going to be one of the more uninteresting product announcements in recent memory. Most of the major specs about the camera have already been revealed prior to the official announcement tomorrow, and there are only a few left that are still unclear. There is a chance that a few specs are incorrect, but for such a respected reseller like Samy's Camera to not only have the information up there, but also keep it there for a period of time, leads me to believe that these are the final specs and the final price. Check below for more details.
[UPDATE: final specs from announcement here] The specs from Samy's (with some added from the official video from before):
- 16.05 Effective Megapixels (17.20 Total Megapixels)
- Live MOS/17.3 x 13.0 mm Sensor (in 4:3 aspect ratio)
- 4-CPU Venus Engine — Newly designed low-pass filter
- ISO 200 – 12800 (25,600 extended)
- 1080 60p/50p/30p/25p/24p
- Video Bitrate 50Mbps (72Mbps ALL-I)
- SD, SDHC, SDXC Storage Media
- 3″ OLED Monitor with static touch control
- Exposure Modes: Program AE, Aperture Priority AE, Shutter Priority AE, Manual
- Shutter Speeds: 60 – 1/4000th
- Li-ion Battery Pack (7.2V, 1860mAh)
- Continuous Shooting Speed: 6 fps
- Magnesium Alloy Frame: Splash/Dustproof Design
- Smartphone or Tablet Linking
- Dimensions: 132.9 x 93.4 x 82.0mm / 5.23 x 3.68 x 3.23 in
- Weight: Approx. 470g / 16.58 oz (Body only)
- Price: $1,300 body only
There are a few discrepancies between what has already been reported, and now it seems Samy's has taken down the page. Obviously this was another mistake, as the camera hasn't been announced yet and it's likely that resellers are under embargo. I'm fairly confident about what was put there, as I'm sure anyone selling the camera would have the information already. The price at $1,300 definitely makes sense based on the improvements they've made, as there aren't any cameras in this price range with these kinds of bitrates internally. It's not much more expensive than when the GH2 was first announced, but now you've got the added benefit of proper codecs available internally from the start. From a performance/storage standpoint, I can't see a hack improving image quality all that much with this new camera. Once you're getting into 50mbps with codecs that are already very good, going higher doesn't greatly improve the image.
It will be interesting to see if either of these codecs are 4:2:2 and whether the HDMI will be able to be recorded. The GH2 gave a full HDMI but had a strange cadence that made recording difficult, so if Panasonic has also removed this limitation, this camera is a powerhouse. Many will still complain about the sensor size, but the M4/3s format is getting more and more support, and it's likely not going anywhere anytime soon.
It also seems Canon has another camera model up their sleeves, but we should know all of these details soon enough. The link to Samy's is down, so there's no need to link there anymore, but you can see the details at 4/3 Rumors. Check out the other photos below.
Link: 4/3 Rumors
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What is ALL-I?
nobody on 09.16.12 @ 4:25PM
Intraframe compression (per frame) as opposed to interframe (long GOP).
$1300 is expensive, is this upgrade really worth almost double what the GH2 costs now? I think I will just save up and get the NIKON D600.
Kevin on 09.17.12 @ 3:00PM
So what you're saying is the Nikon D600, priced at $2100 for body only is more expensive than $1300 for the GH3? Not sure where your complaint is here. If you're worried about money just so you know…you're spending more.
Eddy on 09.16.12 @ 4:19PM
Awesome! Can't wait for the official announcement. The only thing I don't like at the moment is the placement of WB and ISO compared to the GH2.
VINCEGORTHO on 09.16.12 @ 4:41PM
So aside from C100 and the 6D, canon has another camera on the horizon that may compete with this?
When do you estimate the announcement?
Joe Marine on 09.16.12 @ 4:42PM
No, the announcement is the 6D, but specs are a little trickier on that, so it's worth waiting until tomorrow.
VINCEGORTHO on 09.16.12 @ 4:59PM
Hmm. The specs seems very straight forward on canonrumors, unless the info you have is secret.
Canons colors are wonderful, lets hope they jump in the game.
I Iet go of my MKIII just in time it seem, before the price drop.
Joe Marine on 09.16.12 @ 5:12PM
I don't have secret info, I'm doubting anyone at any company will ever talk to me for any reason about unreleased products. I just don't feel as confident in the 6D specs as I do in the GH3 specs, so instead of posting a rumor article I'm just waiting for tomorrow. Expect that camera to have a similar crippled HDMI output that doesn't fill the entire screen, and if it doesn't, I would be a very unhappy Mark III owner.
moebius22 on 09.16.12 @ 10:27PM
The official 6D specs are out. It looks no where as compelling as the D600.
Expect less IQ than 5d3 for sure, which is crap in video mode compared to GH2 (FF advantages apart). CANON is a big dissapointment for the low budget video community .
Sony is the one answering most of my questions and delivering on my needs.
Hummer on 09.16.12 @ 4:52PM
It appears that there is finally a company that listens to its consumers' needs. Kudos to Panasonic.
As for the price, it's just early adopter surcharge. By Xmas it'll be down to $999. After all, the Mk. III was just on sale for $2750.
Shenan on 09.16.12 @ 5:47PM
I'm not sure about 999 by Christmas. If the GH2 was anything to go by, these cameras may be hard to even get until January at the earliest.
David on 09.16.12 @ 6:47PM
I disagree. Personally, I've never met someone who doesn't use a GH2 or GH1 without a hack, so adding better stock compression is almost moot.
So much of the appeal of the GH2/GH1 was the quality available at sub-$1000. I understand that with a better construction, the price will increase, but I can't help but think that all this will hurt the GH3′s sales.
Hummer on 09.16.12 @ 6:55PM
Who wouldn't prefer a higher stock bit-rate versus using a hack? Isn't that a prime example of a manufacturer listening to what customers want?
And now it has 1080/60P, better weather-sealing, improved battery capacity, buit-in Wifi, better LCD, better ergonomics, and even a rumored XLR adapter. Not to mention improved processing, etc, the results of which are yet to be demonstrated. There isn't a camera anywhere close to $1300 that can touch what this potentially offers.
These units – even at $1300 – will be hard to even keep in stock for the next 6 months. Just wait and see.
David on 09.16.12 @ 7:00PM
"Who wouldn't prefer a higher stock bit-rate versus using a hack? Isn't that a prime example of a manufacturer listening to what customers want?"
That is a good point. The hack on the GH2 can achieve considerably higher, but dealing with a hack is still dealing with a hack. It does seem to reflect that Panasonic is aware that consumers want a higher bitrate.
I hope these do well, really. I like the Micro 4/3 format and hope to see it survive and get more love from the lens manufacturers out there. I certainly think this camera is a steal for the money, but I could also see it losing some attention due to the increase in price.
Hummer on 09.16.12 @ 7:16PM
I also have the suspicion that some of the "extreme" bitrate hacking was just to show off the hackers' prowess. After a certain point, I'm convinced bitrate is basically a placebo effect and impossible to distinguish. Or, rather, the diminishing returns past a certain point are not caused by bitrate, but from other aspects of the sensor or hardware.
David on 09.16.12 @ 8:30PM
Right at ~100mb/s, there are serious diminishing returns.
James0b57 on 09.17.12 @ 2:27AM
Seeing as everything has increased in relative price due to the weaker dollar (at least that is what defenders of the C100 price are saying), $1300 in addition to better construction and some add ons, it seems somewhat right on with the competition. Whether these additions are worth the price increase for the majority of buyers remains to be seen, but there should be a cheaper model coming along in a few months with identical image specs, and less frills.
James0b57 on 09.17.12 @ 2:33AM
Panasonic has definitely been the most embracing of the indie crowd. They started this way back with the "affordable" varicam, then the DVX100, and now the GH series, which seems to be actually listening to people who are asking for a sub $2k camera with all that current technology allows. They may not have everything right, but I like that they are not holding back so much.
That is a fantastic price for the specs. I'm seriously considering getting two to replace my T2i and T3i. The only thing I was hesitating on was the the added expense of lens and/or adapter changes going to MFT. But this price definitely softens the blow. Panasonic has done well here.
David on 09.16.12 @ 6:52PM
With that concern addressed, I'd like to know if anyone can recommend a particular EOS to Micro 4/3 adapter. The one I have seems to significantly soften the image.
David on 09.16.12 @ 6:54PM
Check out the pictures posted above – the SD slot on the right takes up half the height of the camera!
john jeffreys on 09.16.12 @ 4:56PM
Wait, what? Minimum shutter speed 1/60? No 1/50? Also, why SD cards and not CF
David on 09.16.12 @ 6:53PM
Have you used a GH1/GH2? I assume the reason no CF is due mostly to just size – they are smaller than the t3i/t2i. I can't imagine squeezing a CF slot into that.
john jeffreys on 09.16.12 @ 7:12PM
Oh for real? Yeah I've never used one let alone seen one in real life.
David on 09.16.12 @ 8:33PM
Yeah, they are a lot smaller than you think. Same goes for build quality – first time I held my GH1, I was surprised at how small and low-quality it felt. It is so small that it's actually really uncomfortable (to me) for still-shooting. My hand starts to cramp if I shoot for a while with it, so thank goodness I use it 99% for video, and keep it on sticks the whole time.
This is why the better build quality is a welcome addition to the GH3.
john jeffreys on 09.17.12 @ 11:15AM
im curious about shooting with one. since it has no shutter/mirror box, i heard it is very PL lens friendly, when used with an adapter
Lenry on 09.16.12 @ 5:00PM
Probably 60 seconds not 1/60.
john jeffreys on 09.16.12 @ 5:01PM
Oh, thats right. Never mind.
God, if there is still just ONE wheel to control shutter speed and aperture im gonna have to punch somebody!
Joe Marine on 09.16.12 @ 5:20PM
There are two control wheels that I can see.
Shenan on 09.16.12 @ 5:42PM
Joe, there are actually 3 control wheels. Look again: two on the back of the camera (top right, and top middle-bottom), and a third one on top of the camera by the shutter button.
Shenan on 09.16.12 @ 5:43PM
Oops, I meant on the back, top right and middle-bottom right.
Joe Marine on 09.16.12 @ 5:55PM
Yes, you're right, the menu button is also a control wheel, I hadn't noticed that.
oh yeah, i didnt see the one on top. i was looking for it on the front. WHEW!
that was THE biggest deal breaker for me with the GH2. i sometimes do event, journalistic still work. and that one dual purpose wheel was DREADFUL!
Shenan on 09.16.12 @ 5:44PM
Notice that there's also a control wheel surrounding the menu/set button and arrow buttons, like Canons.
from an ergonomic perspective, i would have preferred the top wheel been on front. allowing you to operate it with your middle finger so as to not take your index finger off the shutter.
but at this point, i'll take what i can get…
Peter on 09.16.12 @ 6:50PM
I wonder if Samy's is an especially profitable MFT dealer and Adorama alike Canon dealer and they are given the free publicity from the manufacturer to go ahead and leak the specs as a plum. It helps the manufacturer a bit because the blogs all go nuts that they have "breaking news that you aren't supposed to know!" and the dealer gets instant notoriety and appears on the customer's side. The other dealers might get jealous of course but they are all in negotiations for bulk discounts vs. gray market sales etc. Inside B&haseball.
animal_264 on 09.16.12 @ 8:00PM
It's probably all planned to rattle gear groupies.
mizanul nasim on 09.16.12 @ 8:31PM
peter… oh peter…
i am sure tomorrow you are gonna complain about blankets for having so much fur… you are such a well informed person… carry on! you are fun…
Peter on 09.16.12 @ 9:39PM
Dear Mizanul,
Blankets with too much fur can suffocate and kill babies in their sleep. And I'm sure you agree nothing is worse than a baby accidentally dying in its sleep.
My warning inexperienced parents not to put their babies on blankets with too much fur is a public service.
that arab guy on 09.17.12 @ 8:25AM
hello peter, remember me
The footage out of Canon looks more rich, therefore more movie-like, but it lacks resolution. The present GH2 has sharpest resolution in its class, blowing any Canon DSLR out of water, but the colors look blah out of the box and takes lots of color correction to make it look good.
I hope hoping that GH3′s color looks closer to Canon with better resolution then hacked GH2. If so, it's going to be a serious contender for a sub $1000 camera.
James0b57 on 09.17.12 @ 2:42AM
i seriously doubt that it will. The GH3 may be better than the GH2 in color though. Heck, the Canons and Nikons have their issues with color too, so as long as it is 'better' than the GH2, it is close enough. If I could compose with m43 format, I would love this camera. I just can't see in m43 or even s16. Too many years of painting, i developed an eye apart from a camera.
Lucas on 09.16.12 @ 8:52PM
This sounds like the right DSLR for a lot of people… principally due to the fully-resolved HD image you can get from it.
Unfortunately, I think a lot of these DSLRs are putting their energy in the wrong place… while they're increasing the image resolution, they've yet to address how poorly they capture motion. Mind-bogglingly bad rolling shutter is a problem among all of these smaller form-factor DSLRs or hybrids like the BMCC, which is a DSLR in everything but name. Which is ridiculous, considering that prosumer camcorders and upwards have been able to effectively record motion without a tremendous amount of rolling shutter for the last five years. These DSLRs offer a lot in terms of apparent quality, but they really fail when it comes to flexibility.
Adam Frederick on 09.17.12 @ 7:26AM
Rolling shutter comes from the time it takes to readout a higher resolution sensor. Many video cameras have only 2Mpixels compred to the >16Mpixels of a DSLR or DSLM.
Specs are all great and fine…but let me remind everyone about the biggest issue with the gh2…the unacceptable vertical banding (which panasonic called a "feature" not a defect). It has made the gh2 nearly impossible to shoot with in low light conditions ( unless you can live with an ugly solid line running across the bottom of your footage in underexposed areas with little detail…I for one can't). Before anyone drops a dime on this camera, I suggest everyone wait until it is thoroughly tested under these conditions to see if the banding still exists. I know, I know….there is no perfect camera, but Panasonic was made very aware of this issue with the gh2 and if they didn't fix this "feature"…it's a big middle finger to those of us who are trying to support them and use their cameras. Hey, I want this camera to be great too, but if Panasonic chose not to fix this HUGE problem…I suggest we take our business elsewhere. If we continue to support companies that won't own up to major mistakes that make their products nearly unusable, all for the sake of satisfying our new gear lust, they'll never be committed to making products that are useful to us as Filmmaker's. If the banding isn't fixed with the gh3, I suggest no one jump on the bandwagon like we did with the gh2. It's in our hands as consumers…if it don't work…don't buy it. Just a thought. End Scene.
James0b57 on 09.17.12 @ 2:45AM
So true. I never owned a gh2, so I was unaware of this banding issue.
Do you have a link that shows this 'feature'?
Just do a search for "gh2″ and "banding" or "vertical banding"…lots of video and discussion about this issue already out there. I'm kind of shocked that I'm the only person mentioning this in regards to the gh3…so many people were angered by it with the gh2.
Hummer on 09.17.12 @ 11:27AM
Hmmmm…I've shot extensively on the GH2 and never encountered any significant banding issues. The reduction of moire versus my old Canon gear, though, has been great.
I have shot extensively with the gh2 on real jobs, also had it as B-cam on a big documentery, where it was outshining the 50+ grand high end camcorder. I have shot hacked and unhacked, on original 4/3 lenses, and on adapted photo primes (Zeiss T*). I have had some noise issues in very low light, and apperently there is some kind of bug – documented on personal-view.com – givin you more than usual noise on certain ISO settings. But I have never ever seen that banding you are talking about. And I have put gh2 material successfulyl thru German network TV technical inspection, known to be even pickier than the BBC. Are you really sure this banding issue is real and not just some internet hoax? Of course, I can speak only for the European version (50i/25p) of the camera.
I shoot all the time with my GH2 in the darkest of places. I have never ever seen the vertical banding. You got a bad unit son. You best return it.
Everyone is excited about the GH3. I'm too but check out the latest bitrate work the guys at Magic Lantern have been doing. The programmer 1% has done an incredible job. Speeds of 100mbp/s ++ and relatively stable (a buffer issue still needs to be tweaked). Quality is supposedly amazing. Also, MJPEG422 is a possible (2k has been discussed too). If you want to encourage them, then donate and inbox Alex (he's a lead programmer) requesting the MJPEG422 investigation. The MJPEG422 needs alot of work but the bitrate beta seems to be close.
Here's what the programmer JasonATL has stated, "I think that, if this feature can be further refined (and it is darn near good enough for me already), that most will find this one of the best features of ML. People want clean HDMI out to be able to get 4:2:2 or increase bitrate. This satisfies the latter. And, seeing the results that I'm seeing, would really call into question the need for 4:2:2 for most people, I suspect."
Note the programmer 1%, replied to JasonATL and stated MJPEG422 would give even more.
Very exciting stuff. Remember, if people donate and let the programmer Alex know they want MJPEG422 then more attention will be given to this.
Here's the link.
Click on bitrate investigation.
James0b57 on 09.17.12 @ 2:54AM
Jeff on 09.17.12 @ 2:11AM
Will you be doing another "Choosing a DSLR" page, to compare the ridiculous number of cameras recently unveiled? I own a canon 60d currently and I want to upgrade to one of the new cameras, but I'm unsure which is the best option. Are DSLRs still worth investing in for short film-making, or is my money better spent on a large sensor video camera? I plan to keep whatever I buy for about the next two to three years.
Joe Marine on 09.17.12 @ 2:18AM
I'll probably do a post like that sometime soon, at least giving people a rundown of what has been unveiled, but it really depends on budget. You're not going to get a serious large sensor video camera for around $1,000, but you can get a serious DSLR to use as a video camera, that also shoots still images. For some people DSLRs will remain relevant because spending another $2,000 or more above what they've already spent on a DSLR is just too much to get a proper video camera.
Jeff on 09.17.12 @ 2:38AM
Thanks Joe! Look forward to reading that post. Keep up the good, informative work that you do.
Vikas on 09.17.12 @ 6:54AM
I'm looking forward to such a post as well Joe. I currently own a t3i, want to upgrade but very confused because I want a camera that can do great stills as well as Video. Excited about the GH3 but not sure how practical it'll be for stills. The D600 and 6D sound tempting because of being FF but no swivel LCD is a bummer and will be missing out on the great video capabilities of the GH series! Your posts are so well written and researched, really enjoy reading them. It'll be awesome to get your inputs on all of this in a detailed post.
James0b57 on 09.17.12 @ 2:52AM
There hasn't been anything announced in the APS-C USD$1,000 range that is a definitive upgrade to the Canon 60D. If you are spending $5k, then the FS100 has been out for ages already, and you should upgraded back then.
This might be slightly off topic but today Canon, together with the ASC put on a day long Cinematography Symposium in Honolulu for film students at U.H. The Canon D6 was not mentioned and they mostly discussed digital capture, LUTS, film vs digital, and efforts in trying to create a "rosseta stone" codec to establish some standards. A last minute guest speaker was Wally Pfister. He estimated that the highest quality for movie capture available right now is about 12k: The Imax system that he used for Dark Knight Rises. Bob Primes ASC pointed out that that was now the benchmark for digital cameras to strive for because in many ways the best digital cameras have equaled 35mm film. Unfortunately there are just too many codecs out there so a "master codec" seems worth supporting. Sorry for this vague comment: More in depth info on this topic in the future would be appreciated
Adam Frederick on 09.17.12 @ 7:29AM
You mean like DNG?
Yup. But don't know if Cinema DNG by Adobe will be the accepted Industrty Mastering Standard for archiving finished content for release and posterity, or whether it will turn out to be something else, an as yet uninvented format?
D. Creed on 09.17.12 @ 4:44AM
Can't wait to see what that new wide dynamic range sensor is capable of. Especially with some hacks applied.
That's what will make it or break it for the GH3. But I wouldn't expect hacks to improve DR.
I just noticed the GH3 sensor is 17.3 mm wide, whereas the BMC sensor is 15.8 mm wide (difference: 1.5mm, 1.095x). To me, that falls in the same ballpark as the difference between the Canon and Nikon versions of APS-C (22.3 mm and 23.4 mm; difference: 1.1mm, 1.049x).
Panasonic announce the best Hybrid with the most video features and everyone grumbles. The GH2 got a lot of hatorade poured on it, this one will too. Getting Bloom to shoot a marketing video won't help. Too many amateurs using cannon DSLR's. This camera was designed to shoot video. It is not an ad on.
Hummer on 09.17.12 @ 8:54AM
Canon has made enough missteps that people are eventually going to start waking up and moving to Nikon, Sony, or Panny. The 6D is a total joke. The cinema cameras are overpriced and underwhelming. And so on…
Nigel on 09.17.12 @ 9:03AM
I think I agree with Jef, I'm definitely buying one or maybe two, have a project that needs something like this. Already have a GH2, two of these will be great ……., get some nice glass on there and we are good to go….
The 80Mb is great, My GH2 currently does 176Mb with the hack, but it seems the new sensor and processor will give cleaner image at 80Mb. TIMECODE is damn huge for me, so is HDR.
And yes … too many amateurs using canon to know the difference. They are not sure what a true cinematic image is supposed to look like, or maybe, has public perception of that changed?
"They are not sure what a true cinematic image is supposed to look like, or maybe, has public perception of that changed?"
That's the key. If it was shot on film over the past 20-30 years there are so many looks and treatments, speeds that have improved over time. Film today doesn't look like film yesterday. Canon DSLR's don't look like film they look like canon dslr's same with the GH2/3. I happen to like the raw look of pany alot more.
nigel Thompson on 09.17.12 @ 6:03PM
Again Jef, i could not agree more….
Ive shot both RED and Alexa as well and i think even those have their own looks ….. and yes i still love Panny's look, have been a panny convert since the Dv200
Nigel on 09.17.12 @ 9:03AM
Oh have not heard any news on wheather the HDMI out is clean or not
where is XLR and peaking? wtf?
Hummer on 09.17.12 @ 11:10AM
You were expecting XLR? In a compact sub-DSLR? That was always a silly pipe dream.
Peaking probably should have been included, yes. Silly oversight.
producerx on 09.17.12 @ 2:37PM
And put it where?
David on 09.17.12 @ 8:48PM
Just saw this on the BH specs:
"New, Tough Battery
The newly developed battery allows reliable, extended shooting of both photos and videos. You can shoot approx. 540 images with H-HS12035 (CIPA Standard)."
I wish that Panasonic would just, for once, keep the same battery between models. They did the same thing between GH1 and GH2. It's a minor gripe, but still… I would like some consistency.
Well, these things are official now.
Anyways, as always, I'll wait for the reviews before I'll pass any judgement on it. I'm looking forward to seeing what people say after it's been in action for a while.
Though If you're looking around for a camera or lens at the moment, you should visit an all-around online store with tons of deals on all sorts of cameras and other photography equipment at http://BestCameraSolutions.com. It's a great place to look around and see what you may want, or to look for good prices on what you already want!
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