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Georgetown Lombardi Launches G-DOC: A Unique Cancer Database
March 1, 2012
Georgetown Lombardi Director Louis M. Weiner, MD,
has long been frustrated. Despite the molecular revolution that has been taking place in medicine for decades, the way many physicians evaluate their patients dates back to the early part of the last century.
First, physicians take a medical history asking questions patients they
think are important. Then, the doctors perform a physical exam, and may
order additional laboratory or radiological tests. Using all this information, the physician comes up with a treatment plan for the patient.
So far, so good? Not according to Weiner, who says that all the information
collected by the typical physician is filtered through the doctor's personal—and thus, subjective—experience. "It is idiosyncratic. The picture of health and disease is highly edited through the perspective of the doctor – just like feeling only the elephant's trunk or tail," he says.
"Physicians don't take full advantage of knowledge gathered over the last 30 to 40 years on the molecular features of the diseases we are evaluating," he says. "But it isn't their fault, because there has been no way to effectively connect clinical and nonclinical information in order to form an accurate picture. There are few analytical capabilities that permit us to make sense
of the vast amount of information that has been collected.
"We are using 19th and 20th century tools even though we have 21st century
information, including all the output from clinical trials, and the capacity to molecularly analyze people's disease process," he laments.
So, Weiner decided to do something about that in the specialty that he practices—oncology.
And the solution he created and helped to shape from the moment he came to head Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center four years ago is now up and running.
Determing the right treatments for the right patients
Called the Georgetown Database of Cancer (G-DOC®), the purpose "is to
demonstrate that collecting and then analyzing molecular and clinical data in
tandem will permit us to make more informed decisions about patient
management," Weiner says.
G-DOC® is one part of the systems medicine paradigm that Georgetown
University Medical Center (GUMC) is working to advance. Systems medicine is an approach that will allow health care providers to understand the interplay between genetics and the environment in such a way that one day, they will be able to predict who is at greatest risk, rather than simply react to symptoms," says Howard J. Federoff, MD, PhD, executive vice president for health sciences at GUMC and executive dean of its School of Medicine, who has championed systems medicine at the University. "It holds promise to enable broad applications on individualized primary
For Weiner, who is a specialist in the treatment of gastrointestinal cancers,
G-DOC® can help figure out how to treat each individual who comes to Georgetown Lombardi with a newly diagnosed stage II colon cancer. He knows patients with this diagnosis have an 80 percent chance of being cured by surgery, but also realizes that in 20 percent, the cancer will return.
"We don't have effective tools now to help us discriminate who is destined to be cured and who is not," he says. So he and his team have been conducting a pilot study that is collecting all kinds of information on patients with this diagnosis, including analysis of genes, proteins and other molecules from tumor tissue, as well as detailed outcome data collected over a five-year period, to help them predict who is destined to be cured with surgery alone, and who may need more aggressive treatment.
That outcome profile will then be applied to new patients in the future, thus
ensuring they will receive the right treatment.
The vision is that every patient treated by Georgetown Lombardi who signs an informed consent will have information on their particular cancer and treatment outcome entered into G-DOC®. More or less data will be collected, depending on funded, ongoing studies, but enough will be available, in general, to inform oncologists who are designing treatment plans for their patients.
Eventually, through Georgetown Lombardi's affiliation with MedStar,
G-DOC® will have access to one of the largest patient populations available in a healthcare system.
A complete picture of cancer
While many medical centers collect detailed information on their patients and try to connect that data to clinical outcomes, the G-DOC® approach is unique in two ways, Weiner says: "First of all, we are not just looking at one or two different types of molecular analysis, but at a whole battery
of them to offer a true picture of the whole cancer—the whole elephant," he says. "That means the genes that are expressed and mutated, the gene methylation profile, what metabolites are produced in urine and tumors, what mRNA is expressed, etc.
"The second piece is that we are tying all of our work to clinical important questions, such as prediction of treatment benefit," Weiner says. "This is an initiative that is directly applicable to notion of personalized medicine. We are taking a catch phase and beginning to reduce it to practice in a very real way."
But as straightforward as G-DOC® sounds, it has taken years of work to fulfill Weiner's vision, and Subha Madhavan, MS, PhD, has led its development.
Madhavan, who was recruited by Weiner from the National Cancer Institute, says G-DOC® is unique because it brings a lot of datasets together and connects them via one portal—available to any GUMC researcher on a computer through their web browser.
G-DOC® also includes all the tools now available on numerous websites to analyze these datasets plus some new ones that Madhavan and others have had to create. "G-DOC® has methods of analyzing data that are commonly used by biostatisticians and new ones are added on a regular basis,"
she says. "And while the overall idea of G-DOC® is not novel, we have unique ways of approaching its creation and in tailoring it to the disease areas of interest at Georgetown."
G-DOC® is now "live" with detailed data on several thousand breast, colorectal and liver cancer patients—with more information
being entered every day.
G-DOC® in action: Valuable clinical data
G-DOC® is already being used by researchers. As part of a $1-
million gift from the Robert M. Fisher Memorial Foundation,
information from 200 breast cancer patients treated by Georgetown oncologists has been entered into the system and the funds will also be used to conduct a prospective trial of the G-DOC® approach in women with early-stage breast cancer.
The data collected includes all the "omics" information—molecular analysis
of genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, methylomics, transcriptomics from tumors, as well as detailed clinical treatment and outcome information and patient questionnaires about their history, lifestyle and potential risk factors.
G-DOC®'s data analysis template may lead to other similar databases as the medical center expands it systems medicine approach, says Madhavan.
"Helping to build G-DOC® has been very intellectually stimulating," Madhavan says. "It is fascinating to see the challenges oncologists face, and to find ways to make their work flow more efficient and effective."
"We believe G-DOC® will really help train the next generation of physicians,
empowering them to make better decisions, based on evidence, in the care of their patients," Weiner says. "That is a vision we can all agree is important."


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by kosnomore, Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 06:53:30 PM EDT
This diary is for folks that want to discuss policy and politics, NOT for gung ho cheerleaders !!!
If this kind of topic will upset you,
Step away from the diary!
Repeat -
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Okay, are they gone? Now - -
Earlier today, I rushed to the defense of Russ Feingold.
I don't think anyone can justly criticize Feingold's record. To me, he's the uber progressive. In the dictionary, under the phrase "good senator", they should paste his picture. Feingold was the ONLY Senator to vote against the USA PATRIOT Act. 'Nuff said.
Of course, Feingold was getting a ration of it today. Because he was being honest. Basically, he said that McCain wasn't so bad, and he's a generally okay guy. Not in so many words, but Russ implied that the republic wouldn't end if McCain were elected. Now, Feingold didn't back off one iota from his progressive positions, and he's 100% for Obama. But, Russ just isn't a hyperbolic asshole willing to slime a man he's worked with on positive bipartisan legislation. Actually, McCain is a cut above a Frist or a Guiliani or a Romney. (And, let's be real - - if McCain had said 'yes' to Kerry, McCain would have been our VP nominee in '04, and we'd have all voted for the ticket.)
Responsive comments were generally of two kinds - - abject Russ-love vs. comments like this one from one of our regular contributors,
"It is not acceptable to say that the other party's nominee would be a good president."
http://www.mydd.com/comments/2008/8/21/1 75859/643/21/post#here
Which got me thinking - - why not? or, rather, wouldn't you like that to be the case?
Wouldn't it be nice to have a race in which you want your candidate to win, but you won't feel suicidal if the other one pulls it out? An election without a Bush or a Nixon or a truly odious choice? Wouldn't it be nice to walk into a voting booth and see the choice of Obama/Clinton vs. Chaffee/Hagel? You'd prefer one, but you could deal with the other?
I've always been jealous of those in earlier times - - imagine the joy of voting in an Adams vs. Jefferson race, where there are no losers.
So, putting aside the individuals involved - - I'm not talking about McCain per se here - - shouldn't our goal be to transform our society and culture, not just our party, so that one day we have a choice between good and better?
Okay, now go back to the BREAKING!!! diary reporting that my cousin's neighbor's sister's hairdresser heard Cokie Roberts tell Wolf Blitzer at Starbucks in Georgetown that it's Kucinich for veep.
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---- — Donna Belle Finley, at the age of 86, entered the kingdom of Heaven with her family surrounding her singing hymns of praise on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013.
Donna was the eldest daughter of the Rev. Ross K. and Esther Hellyer, and was born Dec. 27, 1926, in Ipava, Ill., on her mother's birthday.
During her father's pastorate in Catlin, Donna met and fell in love with John Finley. The preacher's daughter married the farmer's son on Aug. 12, 1945. John preceded her in death Oct. 16, 2002. She also was preceded by her parents; two brothers, Jim Hellyer and Bill Hellyer; one sister, Betty Grigsby; and two sisters-in-law, Opal White and Alberta Miller.
She will be sadly missed by her children, Karen (Bill) Smith, Donna Kay Meeker, Vicki Delhaye and Gary (fiancée, Laura) Finley; her grandchildren, Leah (Michael) Warren, Darcy (James) Hatke, Karla (Darren) Morgan, Richard (Cammy) Delhaye, Denise (Eric) Zanders, Michelle (Kevin) Noggle, James G. Meeker, and Jason Finley; and her great grandchildren, Justin Warren, Johnathan and Caitlynn Hatke, Kaleb and Chase Delhaye, Erika, Jared, and Ross Zanders, Logan and Landen Noggle, and Cheyenne Meeker. She also is survived by: a sister, Jodi (Ken) Windle; a brother-in-law, Arthur (Carol) Finley; sisters-in-law, Clara (Ed) Kizer and Charlene Hellyer; and many special nieces, nephews, and loving friends.
As a pastor's daughter, Donna didn't feel that she actually had a "home town." However, some of her most treasured childhood memories were from the time they spent in Long Point, Ill. She had fond memories of singing in different churches with her brother, Bill, and sister, Betty. Growing up in a very musical family, it was only natural she would carry that on in her life. Donna loved playing the piano and served as a pianist at Liberty Independent Church; although she was convinced she wasn't nearly as talented as her mother!
Donna had a servant's heart and was a tremendous supporter of the church where she served as an Elder. Her church family was a very important part of her life.
She was totally devoted to her family, celebrating their accomplishment, listening to their joys and sorrows, advising, encouraging and enjoying their adventures. She held them up in prayer every day. Her grandchildren were precious to her, and her great-grandchildren were adored.
The family was assisted through this time first with excellent care at Presence USMC. The nurses and CNAs were so appreciated. Her continuing care could not have been done by a more devoted, professional staff than was provided at Hawthorne Inn. She was treated with much tenderness, love and affection — we will forever be grateful for their care and support.
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Posted Mar 7, 2013 7:26 AM CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss
Updated: Police in Lakewood, Colo., say they have located the vehicle belonging to a family law attorney who was found dead in her office on Tuesday night by a cleaning crew.
The 2012 Honda Accord, which police said was apparently stolen from the parking lot at Claudia Miller's law office after her murder, was found in the north Denver metropolitan area, the Denver Post reports. Although the cause of the 66-year-old attorney's death hasn't been officially determined, police called it a murder and authorities said there was trauma to Miller's body.
The TheDenverChannel.com and Law Week Colorado also have stories.
Police are trying to locate a man caught on surveillance tape who used Miller's credit card at a Walmart and King Soopers about an hour after Miller's body was found.
Miller was chair of the banquet committee for the First Judicial Bar Association.
A $2,000 reward is being offered.
Updated at 3:25 p.m. to substitute Denver Post coverage for Associated Press coverage and include and accord with new information about case.
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Have you read "American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Nearly Half of Its Food"?
No, but it's all of a piece. I grew up in a household that had a tiny little garbage can they picked up once a week. My parents had a victory garden so [most] went into compost. And out in front of people's houses now are three garbage cans. Even if they're recycling. We have a very indoctrinated idea [against] leftovers. It's part of the fast, cheap and easy thinking -- don't sew it, just get a new one. It's going to be very hard to change those values unless you do it when kids are [as young as] 3.
Writer Adam Gopnik says food culture today is what rock 'n' roll was in the 1960s -- our preferences identify us.
I love him; [I hope he] means the good food culture. That I might agree with. Food culture is like listening to the Beatles -- it's international, it's very positive, it's inventive and creative.
But aren't some people food snobs, talking about food the way people used to talk about wine in New Yorker cartoons? Not what you're about?
Exactly. [Chez Panisse] never wanted to be more than a little one-star place at most, and then of course we lost our [Michelin] star. I was very happy! I'm sure that by not having that, we lose some people, but [we] brought them in [to] convert them. It took us a long time to use the word "organic" or "sustainable" because I didn't want to put people off. I wanted to get them to have the peach, love the peach, and then ask where it came from.
Now Wal-Mart is boasting about its organic produce. A good sign?
I think [yes] when the biggest grocer in the world decides they're going to try to buy locally and organically, even if many of their practices aren't ones that are good for people.
[However,] it can have a bad effect by knocking all the small local people out of business. People who shop at the farmers markets are always going to shop at the farmers markets, but a lot of people see the price and it costs X amount more.
I've been accused of being a farmers market philanthropist, and I love that. I am! Every time I buy in the market, I'm making a donation to my kids' future.
If you were being immodest, you could take a bow for popularizing much of this -- slow food, local food.
These have been part of civilization for a long time. It's the way people have been eating since the beginning of mankind -- in rhythm with nature. We are really hungry for that.
Do you ever watch any of these reality-TV chef shows?
I don't. All of this piques people's curiosity, and we need that, but what we really need every day is being involved in the schools.
People always complain they don't have time to cook. How long does it take you to fix dinner?
If I have chicken, I have salad ingredients, I have rice or potatoes and some fruit; I can do it in 10 minutes, as long as it takes to cook the potatoes and saute the chicken breast. If I don't have it, then it could take me a little longer.
So what's in your fridge?
You can take a look! I think there are two dozen eggs, some buttermilk that I was making, yogurt. I have sauerkraut; I have some quince paste, one avocado, kale with garlic and onions [that] I sometimes use in pasta. Whole wheat flatbreads made with whole wheat from California; I just put them on the fire, they rise up and get brown.
Do people ever try to catch you eating, say, M&MS? Do you ever backslide?
I backslide to caramel corn. But it's made with organic popcorn!
This interview was edited and excerpted from a longer taped transcript. Interview archive: latimes.com/pattasks.


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Officer Wilden is the detective in charge of investigating Alison's disappearance. To say that he is suspicious of our girls is putting it mildly. As if that wasn't creepy enough, he's also dating Hanna's mom, Ashley, who started sleeping with him so he would ignore the theft charges against Hanna. The things we do for our family members!
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The two middle games of Sunday's SIHSL Tournament quarterfinals at the College of State Island turned out to be the best of the bunch as St. Joseph by-the-Sea and Susan Wagner pulled mild upsets.
The Vikings, the No. 6 seed surprised No. 3 Tottenville, 65-56, in the battle of the two Huguenot schools.
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No. 2 Curtis had no problems at all disposing of No. 10 Port Richmond, 70-45, in the day's opening game.
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Design - Well not much to be said here except for the fact that its the best-looking TV of 2012 (out of LED/LCD/Plasma).
Picture Quality - There has been a lot of negative buzz about this TV's PQ as well as positive buzz so I didn't have high expectations for its out-of-the-box settings. I set the stock presets to Cinema mode (THX) and I wasn't disappointed. I used calman software and got pretty close to 2.2 gamma and temperature remained around 6508k which is excellent, even for an IPS panel. I had my friend do the actual calibration and man, once this tv is calibrated it has some of the best looking HD images I have ever seen on a LED. The 2D was fantastic - black levels were good for IPS, very sharp detail and shadow detailing. 3D was a big winner as its passive technology looks like it improved tremendously vs the 2011 passive 3d tvs.
Sound Quality - I'm not the type of person to spend over 3k on a tv and not include a sound system. As with all flat panel displays, for large rooms, the sound can be weak at times but you would get a system for a TV of this caliber anyways.
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San Jose, CA (Sports Network) - The San Jose Sharks signed center Manny Malhotra to an undisclosed contract on Wednesday.
Malhotra, 29, is a 12-year veteran and is coming off a career-high 35-point season with the Columbus Blue Jackets.
The face-off specialist has compiled 76 goals and 121 assists in 634 career games with Dallas, Columbus and the New York Rangers, who selected him with the seventh overall pick of the 1998 Draft.


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Quarterback Tony Romo #9 of the Dallas Cowboys delivers a pass against the Denver Broncos during preseason NFL action at Invesco Field at Mile High on August 16, 2008 in Denver, Colorado.
If pregame warmups are any indication it should be a good day for the Dallas Cowboys. Linebacker Keith Brooking took the team into huddle and "yelled we're going 3-1, who's coming with me!"
Just from watching the faces of the players during warm-ups it's clear they're treating this as a business trip. Understanding with a win today, they move to 3-1 and real shot at 4-1 before the bye week. The mystery is the success of the Denver Broncos. They are one of seven unbeaten teams in the NFL. Most point to their soft schedule (Bengals, Browns, Raiders) as the reason behind their fast start.
Marion Barber ran out of the tunnel for warm ups and looked okay. There wasn't a noticeable limp or anything that would indicate he wasn't ready to play.
Things to watch this afternoon:
My fearless prediction: Cowboys 21 Broncos 6


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Another week, another batch of notable apps and games. Not everything in Google Play is worth your time, but this is the Google Play App Roundup where we tell you what actually is worth investigation. Just hit the links to go right to the Play Store.
This week we've got a new Twitter client, a game with exploding tanks, and a handy little widget.
Twitter clients have been a touchy subject for developers ever since Twitter moved to the new API with the 100,000 user limit. That hasn't stopped Klinker Apps from making Talon, a new Twitter client that has a metric ton of features out of the gate. The general vibe you'll get from Talon is that of the now banished Falcon Pro, and that's a good thing.
The default theme in Talon is dark gray, but there are also white and black themes. Additionally, there is a theming engine that you can use to import new themes made by other developers. There is an action bar up top and a hamburger menu on the left for navigating to all parts of the app. You can also just swipe between the various columns. There are picture and link timelines in addition to the usual main timeline, mentions, and DMs. If you don't want those extra ones, they can be disabled in the settings. That's a theme you'll see a lot in Talon -- don't like something? It can be changed.
One of the particularly interesting things about this client is that it uses the transparent navigation and status bars on Android 4.4 devices. So your navigation bar at the bottom is always transparent, but the status and action bars are there when you are scrolling down -- they hide when you scroll up. That might seem backward, but that's actually the direction you usually read twitter -- from oldest to newest. There is still some uncertainty in the dev community about how the transparent status bar should work. Some devs like to have the color of the action bar extend up to the top, but others (like Talon) simply have the content slide under the clear gradient bar. I prefer the first way, myself, but Talon's approach is still good.
I quite like that there is a tablet UI in Talon already, though it disables the transparent status bar because of the persistent left-side navigation panel. All the tweeting and replying works as expected, and Talon has a neat little floating window for most of these functions. However, the browser is also in this floating window, which I feel is unnecessary. You can disable this, though.
Talon's default notification style is a live push system with a persistent notification item. If you need really fast notifications, I can see this being awesome. Otherwise it's wasted space. Luckily, there are conventional pull notifications as well, and a quick update after release vastly expanded the options here. The one remaining omission from Talon is URL shortening. The developer is aware of its absence, but it hasn't made it into a build yet.
Lastly, Talon has a wonderful scrollable home screen widget. So many apps miss this crucial element, but not Talon. It's absolutely worth the $1.99 asking price. I'd hurry before it runs out of tokens, though.
Tank Riders 2
The original Tank Riders was a popular title, and the sequel is off to a good start as well. This is a simple little shooter that, as the name might tell you, is all about tanks and riding in them.
This is a top-down isometric 3D shooter where you are pitted against an assortment of tanks and other weapon emplacements. There are two different control schemes in Tank Riders 2. The default setup uses dual thumbsticks, with the left for steering and the right for firing your weapons. The other has a single thumbstick for driving and then you tap in the direction you want to fire. If you have a wireless controller or an Nvidia Shield, you'll find there is full controller support for the gameplay, but not the menus (drat).
There are 50 missions, most of which require you to take out all the enemy units to advance. However, sometimes you can reach the level exit without killing everything in sight, not that you should avoid it. Tank Riders 2 even has a few levels set up as wave attacks to keep things a little more varied too. The developer promises more levels soon.
The game has an enjoyable run-and-gun feel. You have to keep moving and be aware of where projectiles and bombs are about to hit. Dying in Tank Riders 2 isn't the end of the world, but it's not ideal either. You start the game with 5 lives, but if you get blown up too often, you'll run out and won't be able to play any more levels. Every 20 minutes, the game awards you another life, so it's not hard to keep going if you're a competent player. If you just can't hack it, a $0.99 in-app purchase gets you more lives instantly.
Visually, there's nothing to really complain about in Tank Riders 2. The textures are on the simple side, but it's a very exaggerated cartoony game -- your character's head is nearly as big as the tank, for example.There are six different environments and every level map is unique. Tank Riders 2 also has some lighting effects to add at least a little flair.
For a free-to-play game, Tank Riders 2 isn't obnoxious about the upsell, and it's pretty enjoyable. The controller support is nice too. Overall, it's something you should check out.
Life can get busy, right? Well, 12Hours is here to put your day in perspective in possibly the most Android-y way possible. 12Hours is a simple clock widget that plugs into your Google Calendar data to display the day's appointments as color-coded wedges -- it's like a pie chart of your schedule.
12Hours comes with a few different sizes and styles of clock. Just place the one you want on the home screen and the app will ask which calendars you want included. It will assign colors to each one randomly, or it can pull the matching colors from your Google settings. Each event on your calendar gets it own colored wedge to help you visualize your schedule. It's called 12Hours because, as a 12 hour clock, it only has the events for your current 12-hour period.
Tapping on the clock opens your Calendar app, and an experimental feature lets you launch the Clock app by tapping in the center of the larger clocks. That's about all the functionality you get out of it. This is an app that focuses on doing a single thing and doing it well.
As for the appearance, the intensity of the colors on your clock can be tweaked from the 12Hours settings app. This is also where you can edit the calendars shown and (eventually) play with other features as they are added. 12Hours is completely free and really cool.


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Mercedes-Benz has never been shy of the absurd (R-class anyone?) and the Affalterbach works – home of the AMG division – must be a regular giggle-fest. The company is quite happy to indulge the hooligan in its well-heeled clients without a hint of embarrassment. It's not exactly thinking outside the box, more taking a box and sticking an absurdly massive engine in it. The box in question this time is the decades-old, ex-military transport Geländewagen or G-class. Delicious. Read More
Mercedes' high performance AMG division has been busy in recent months, with the launch of the SL 63 AMG and announcement that its SLS AMG E-Cell Gullwing has gotten a production nod. Now, with the weather warming up in the northern hemisphere, AMG has unveiled its new roadster, the Mercedes-Benz SL 65 AMG. Powered by a 6.0-liter V12 biturbo engine developing a max output of 463 kW (630 hp) and max torque of 1,000 Nm, the new SL 65 AMG boasts an electronically limited top speed of 250 km/h (155 mph), a 0-100 km/h (62 mph) time of four seconds, and 0-200 km/h (124 mph) time of 11.8 seconds. Read More
Inside the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG E-Cell supercar
Can an electric version of one of the world's supercars be a supercar? Mercedes-AMG has answered this question with a resounding yes by announcing the SLS AMG E-Cell that was confirmed for production in Detroit in January will be available in 2013. Its electric powertrain gives the E-Cell a 0-60 mph (96.5 km/h) time of 4.0 seconds, compared to the SLS AMG's 0-60 mph time of 3.8 seconds. When it comes to top speed, both cars are electronically limited. The E-Cell can hit 155 mph (249.4 km/h), while the SLS AMG tops out at 197 mph (317 km/h). While not quite the equal of the gas-powered SLS AMG, the E-Cell is clearly in supercar territory! Read More
The original A-Class was a strange thing. An attempt to bring the Mercedes magic to the masses its tall boxy styling, though practical, was not a thing of beauty. Unfortunately the high center of gravity meant that it infamously failed the Swedish "moose test" and had to have its suspension modified. This caused the ride to be unacceptably hard for its target market of middle-class mums and the poor quality of the interior finish did nothing for MB's reputation. The new A-Class launched at the Geneva show could not be more different. Read More
It's the ultimate sleeper! Brabus' US$500,000 matte-black stealth coupe has no outward pizzazz whatsoever (at least to the untrained eye), but with a 788 bhp twin-turbo V12 under the hood, it can hit 100 km/h in 3.7 seconds, 200 km/h in 9.8 seconds, 300 km/h (186 mph) in 23.8 seconds on its way to a top speed of more than 370 km/h (230 mph). Read More
Mercedes-Benz took the unusual step of combining the unveiling of the 2012 Mercedes Petronas AMG W03 Formula One car with the launch of the AMG version of the new SL Roadster. This was probably quite a smart move. Although these F1 launches are good photo-ops there is always a severe lack of hard information, for understandable reasons. A new AMG however is always an interesting story - plus, 'Shuey' and Nico get to ferry a few privileged journos around the Barcelona F1 track. Extensive galleries of both the road and track cars included. Read More
The SLS AMG roadster is nearing its official unveiling date of autumn 2011 and Mercedes is looking to further whet our appetites with the release of more images and info on the AMG-developed droptop supercar. Ditching the gull-wing doors and roof in favor of conventional doors and a soft top has required Mercedes to stiffen the body, resulting in the Roadster being 40 kg (88 lbs) heavier than the coupe ... but it can still go from 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 3.8 seconds on its way to an electronically limited top speed of 317 km/h (197 mph). Read More
Though the SLS AMG Coupe is now in showrooms, and we've just seen the first images of the 563 bhp convertible version a few minutes ago, they were developed in parallel and they're apparently so close in so many ways that choice will boil down to personal preference, not driving dynamics. The convertible has an electrohydraulically-operated soft top that can be closed or opened at up to 31 mph, and is claimed to be whisper quiet to its electronically-limited top speed of 197 mph Read More
Mercedes Benz E63 AMG – refined brutality
More power. Less fuel. That's the bare bones of the latest V8 equipped Mercedes AMG performance model – the E 63 AMG. The car's 5.5 liter biturbo V8 gives it a peak output of 386 kW (525 hp) and torque of 700 Nm – add on the optional AMG Performance package and it jumps to 410 kW (557 hp) and 800 Nm. Acceleration is specced at zero to 62 mph (0-100 km/h) in 4.2 seconds, top speed is 155 mph (250 km/h - electronically limited) and fuel consumption is down almost a quarter on its naturally aspirated predecessor at 24 mpg (9.8 liters per 100 kilometers). Needless to say, there's some impressive tech underlying these figures. Read More
At the 2011 Detroit Auto Show Mercedes-Benz has announced that its SLS AMG E-Cell, which was first unveiled as a prototype last year, will go into production. Part of Mercedes-AMG's "AMG Performance 2015" strategy that aims to continually reduce fuel consumption and emissions, the battery-electric drive gullwing super sports car, which generates 392 kW (525 hp) and 880 Nm (649 lb-ft) of torque via four compact electric motors positioned near the wheels, will be available to order from 2013. Read More
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So apparently a new group affiliated with our pals from "Citizens For More Important Things" is saying that Chris Hansen's MOU, which will eventually turn into a more detailed Umbrella Agreement, with the City and County is illegal because ALLEGEDLY it fails to specify dates in which certain fees will be paid, it fails to require Chris Hansen to pay extra premiums (added return) required by Initiative 91 and the City is supposedly forfeiting property taxes.
So now what?
There's basically 4 options for the City and Hansen to tackle this new found problem.
- Lawyer up and amend the MOU to make it more I-91 friendly.
- Leave the MOU alone and take your chances on its merits in court.
- Amend the terms of I-91 to make the language more understandable and reasonable since it is an initiative that is over 2 years old.
And then there's the 4th and final solution to swatting this gnat away. . .
Exempt the arena deal from the requirements of I-91.
Now, is this a scary proposition for some? Sure it is. Some would argue this decision would lead to the demise of City Council members who support the MOU and the arena build in general while others would even argue that it'd lead to a public vote push like the one we've seen in Sacramento over the past few months.
But I would argue there are actually a few really good common sense reasons to exempt the future arena tenants (Sonics and NHLSeattle) from this confusing law. Namely these reasons are:
1. There's no more legal liability in this document for I-91 if the Umbrella Agreement states that the arena project and its future tenant(s) are EXEMPT from this potentially convoluted law.
Once I-91 is gone, there's no legal ground to challenge the validity of this deal for those reasons; it's that simple. Thus, it would save the City from spending time and money (albeit money that's reimbursed by Hansen) in court.
2. There is a precedent for revoking the I-91 requirement.
As has been covered before in the arena debate, the Seattle Storm when signing their 10-year lease for KeyArena in 2009 were given an I-91 exemption when the City Council voted to issue/approve the lease. Mind you there was already a ready-made building for the Storm to play in and the return required of them through I-91 would've been much smaller than the one the "Sonics Without Subsidies" group suggests is necessary for the proposed new arena in SODO. But nonetheless, the City made this decision with seemingly little public dissent to not hold the Storm to any extra requirements and waive this law in order to help Force 10 Hoops achieve their goal of keeping the team and women's pro basketball in Seattle. And this fact leads me to my next point. . .
3. By removing the requirements for I-91, the political reality surrounding this deal wouldn't change.
And here's why. By voting to approve the MOU, the City Council, County Council and Chris Hansen all agreed this deal would be achieve the objective of building an NBA/NHL arena in Seattle in a financially safe way that'd protect John and Jane Taxpayer from the brunt of the project's risk. Simple as that. Certainly the legality of I-91 was considered when constructing the amended deal last summer, but that still hasn't stopped the deal's staunchest critics from believing the MOU isn't I-91 compliant because the math and language of the deal don't match the terms of the convoluted law. And because of this newest complaint, it's forced arena deal figureheads such as Pete Holmes, Sally Clark, Tim Burgess, mayor-elect Ed Murray and even Dow Constantine to constantly say "NO COMMENT" about what kind of legal standing the I-91 case has.
Any way you want to interpret these complaints from the "Sonics Without Subsidies" group, this complaint has put the City, County and Chris Hansen in an awkward situation as all 4 potential decisions that could be made in response to this anti-arena group's presence would all have drawbacks.
- Revoke the I-91 requirement and anti-arena people spin it as the City admitting guilt and they even potentially get motivated to hold a referendum/initiative drive.
- Amend the language of the 7+ year old I-91 to make the language more understandable and fair for the pro sports teams and the City and then it's possible that you'd face potential political backlash from anti-arena people for being perceived as helping "billionaire owners" and "millionaire athletes" rather than helping the 99%.
- Keep the deal the same and take the risk of going to court where it's possible the wrong judge could look over the details of this deal and rule in favor of the "Sonics Without Subsidies" group.
- Amend the deal to make the I-91 people go away but face the risk of the deal no longer being financially viable to the Hansen group because of all the strings attached to the I-91 deal.
But if we are talking about political reality, you have to remember this about the arena deal:
- Arena advocates apparently made up 25% of Mike McGinn's volunteer base during his election campaign this year and helped him get out of a competitive primary field and to within approximately 4 percentage points of Ed Murray's final vote total after he was losing decisively in polling following the August primary. Remember, at one point it was perceived that enough people wanted an "Anyone But McGinn" candidate after McGinn had gained a reputation as a divisive leader in Seattle for reasons such as vetoing the deep bore tunnel to the point where Murray could win in a landslide. This wasn't the scenario that played out.
- With Ed Murray ending up with approximately 51.5% of the popular vote, it would appear as if he gained absolutely ZERO positive political traction by welcoming endorsements from arena opponents such as Peter Steinbrueck and ILWU Local 19. If nothing else, Ed is now in a position over the next 4 years where he must win over skeptics who believe he's not being truthful about his intentions of supporting the MOU and the proposed SODO arena site in order to NOT potentially face a serious risk of losing his job through a primary or a competitive general election in 2017.
- SEVEN Seattle City Council members, all of whom were voted in by the entire City of Seattle prior to redistricting, voted to approve the MOU last summer and one of the two dissenting arena voters got fired by his constituents partially due to late votes from frustrated Sonics fans.
- Remember when Peter Steinbrueck ran on an anti-arena, anti-density and NIMBY platform in the August primary? That didn't work out so well for him.
- And what about Albert Shen? Remember when The Seattle Times endorsed him for City Council in part because he opposed the idea of building an arena in SODO? That didn't work out so well for him either.
Now, I may be wearing green and gold glasses here. But the political anecdotes that we've seen over the last year and a half or so in Seattle suggest that public sentiment is on the side of building the arena in SODO even though there's a vocal minority opposing it.
And those who are supporting the deal aren't necessarily thinking about the convoluted requirements of I-91. They are thinking mostly about hoops, hockey, concerts, opportunities for small businesses in SODO and city pride. It's really that simple other than the obvious issue of the City making sure their financial house is in order before signing a detailed arena agreement.
And speaking of city pride, this leads me to my next argument for getting rid of I-91. . .
4. The City has gained ZERO positive benefits (intangible or tangible) from this law.
In fact, ever since the controversial initiative was passed in 2006, the following events have happened:
- The Sonics moved to Oklahoma City with no promises of an expansion team as compensation and the NBA couldn't wait to get out of here.
- It helped create a toxic relationship with David Stern and potentially a general mistrust in Seattle's ability to get an arena deal done and "shovel ready" among NBA owners. At the very least, it's hard to say the NBA would embrace an arena deal that technically beats the standards of I-91 because it could encourage other municipalities to pass similar restrictive laws.
- As of January 2014, there's no guarantee that an NBA team will ever come back to Seattle. Again, this could be partially due to the NBA not wanting to reward an arena deal that beats I-91 with a tenant in addition to the idea that Chris Hansen and Steve Ballmer fit the role of "NBA Neighborhood Bogeymen" beautifully.
- Ever since the Sonics left in 2008, there's been only 1 viable bidder that's come to the table in 5 years with an arena plan. And even then, it's never been determined in a court of law if this bid is compliant with I-91.
So with all this mind, did we REALLY gain anything by passing this initiative? And what will happen 40-50 years from now if this law is still in place and the Seahawks and Mariners stadiums become antiquated?
Think about THAT for a second as I go into this 5th and final reason for getting rid of I-91 as it relates to the arena deal.
5. Even though the initiative garnered 74% of the vote in 2006, it's possible a segment of the population voted for this law without really understanding what they were voting for.
For example, did everyone truly understand the consequences of passing this law in 2006 and does anyone today understand this law without having their head spin? I certainly can't if we're talking about an extra $731 million Chris Hansen would need to pay to somehow make this deal I-91 compliant. People, particularly the City Council and Ed Murray, need to understand that there are certain civic decisions people all over the political spectrum have made over the course of history where if they could have a do-over, the results would be different.
In this case, it's possible a judge in the court of law could perceive I-91 as a law where those who ask for public subsidies in the broadest possible sense of the word must pay a financial penalty.
And if this ended up being the case in court, how would it ever be viable to build an arena or stadium in Seattle and work with a private investment group who are willing to take on nearly $1 billion of financial risk as is when you combine the costs of building the arena with buying a team? And for that matter, how can it ever be possible to have a "fair return" on a deal when there would be no arena deal to be had?
Sure, it'd be nice if Chris Hansen paid for the whole arena himself.
That'd be the most ideal scenario.
But even then, he'd still likely need to comply with I-91 requirements because it's possible (hasn't been determined YET in a court of law) that the City providing a lease to Chris Hansen's group would be considered a "service" under the terms of the law (which is why the Storm needed to be freed from I-91's clutches). And at some point, the financial risk to buy an arena and build a team in an all-private build scenario in Seattle would become too much for Chris Hansen and his group. Because while his group may be financially loaded, everybody has their limits. It's just common sense.
That's why I hope the City Council uses common sense and does the right thing in this case; especially since this was the first new arena construction plan to be passed through Seattle City Council while making an honest attempt to comply with the stringent and confusing terms of I-91 (and thus, making Sonics Arena a guinea pig of sorts for I-91).
In my opinion, the City can best help accelerate the construction of a world class arena in SODO and the return of hoops and hockey to Seattle by removing the potentially cumbersome requirements of I-91 from this arena deal and letting the MOU (and future Umbrella Agreement) stand on its own merits.


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Will "support increased investment in research, data analysis, and technology development across the full suite of exploration missions including the Mars Sample Return mission and future missions to the Moon, asteroids, Lagrange points, the outer Solar System and other destinations."
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Obama budget would boost space exploration
Updated: Monday, February 15th, 2010 | By Louis Jacobson
During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama said his administration would "support increased investment in research, data analysis and technology development across the full suite of exploration missions including the Mars Sample Return mission and future missions to the moon, asteroids, Lagrange points, the outer solar system and other destinations."
Obama's budget proposes canceling Constellation, the successor system for the space shuttle, and jettisoning the idea of returning astronauts to the moon by 2020. Instead, NASA would allocate billions of dollars to "commercial crew" programs and the development of new technologies, as well as $3 billion over five years to pursue robotic missions "to scout locations and demonstrate technologies to increase the safety and capability of future human missions and provide scientific dividends."
The budget avoids specifics about the ultimate target for human missions; the robotic forays would help determine whether landing humans on Mars is a viable goal. However, the stated possibilities include the moon, Mars, the moons of Mars, Lagrange points (points in space of special scientific interest) and nearby asteroids.
In all, the president's budget would increase budget authority for NASA's exploration directorate from about $3.8 billion in fiscal year 2010 to about $5.2 billion in fiscal year 2015. That works out to an average annual increase of 7 percent -- well above the expected rate of inflation.
As with all elements of the president's budget, nothing is final until Congress passes the relevant appropriations bills and the president signs them. In the case of exploration missions, securing the degree of investment the president wants depends in part on his administration's ability to wring savings from its proposed cancellation of Constellation, whose defenders in Congress could pose an obstacle to the president's broader space agenda. (Some of the money would come from a less controversial source, the end of the space shuttle program.)
That said, the president has not only stated a commitment to further space exploration but has proposed funding levels that outpace inflation. In our view, he has lived up to his promise to "support" such a course. Even though Congress has not yet acted to implement it, we are moving this promise from Stalled to Promise Kept.
Office of Management and Budget, NASA fact sheet from the president's fiscal year 2011 budget proposal, Feb. 1, 2010
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Estimates, Feb. 1, 2010
E-mail interview with Marcia Smith of spacepolicyonline.com, Feb. 2, 2010
E-mail interview with Edward Ellegood, space policy analyst at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Feb. 12, 2010
Administration still deciding whether to pursue longer space missions
Updated: Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 | By Louis Jacobson
During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised to "support increased investment in research, data analysis, and technology development across the full suite of exploration missions including the Mars Sample Return mission and future missions to the moon, asteroids, Lagrange points, the outer solar system and other destinations."
The U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee has spent considerable time discussing this issue and has offered some options. The panel -- more commonly known as the Augustine Committee, after its chairman, Norman Augustine, the former CEO of Lockheed Martin -- urged one of two approaches — "moon first" and "flexible path."
Under "moon first," NASA would use experience operating on the moon's surface as preparation for the goal of exploring Mars later on. Through multiple missions, astronauts could build a base and live there for months in preparation for a trip to Mars, doing things like prospecting for fuel and conducting scientific work.
Under "flexible path," NASA would visit a wider variety of destinations, including lunar orbit, asteroids and the moons of Mars, followed, perhaps, by exploration of the surface of Mars. The missions would get longer and longer, providing experience in the long transit times required of a trip to Mars.
"The committee finds that both 'moon first' and 'flexible path' are viable exploration strategies," the panel wrote. "It also finds that they are not necessarily mutually exclusive; before traveling to Mars, we might be well served to both extend our presence in free space and gain experience working on the lunar surface."
As for the details of following either approach, the panel offered a number of options, but it said that the only viable ones would require more money than currently envisioned in NASA's budget. Specifically, the panel's proposed budget would phase in increases for NASA — up to $3 billion above the budget that is currently envisioned for fiscal year 2014 — and then expand spending by 2.4 percent per year thereafter.
The administration is now weighing its decision on the future course of space missions. The administration's course should become clear no later than February, when it releases its fiscal year 2011 budget request.
But for now, we're still in the dark on the administration's priorities. So we'll rate this promise Stalled.
U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee, "Seeking a Human Spaceflight Program Worthy of a Great Nation" ( final report of the Augustine Commission), October 2009
E-mail interview with Edward Ellegood, space policy analyst at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Dec. 3, 2009.
E-mail interview with Marcia Smith of spacepolicyonline.com, Dec. 3, 2009.
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Hi there,
I am looking into getting in to the 300mm area for my photography and wanted to know (this may be more of an open ended question) if there are significant differences between the f/2.8 and the f/4 L versions of this lens. At nearly 7K brand new, the 2.8 II's price is
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for me, whereas the f/4 can be easily had used for around $800. I have used a f/2.8 L non-IS and was very pleased with its performance. I would like to see if anyone out there has bought a f/4 L and in retrospect wish they had gone for the 2.8 version??
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other than size weight and price , id have the 2.8 anyday
if youve used a 2.8 non IS before (and are ok with the size/weight) then find a good used mk1 IS . still not cheap but less than the MK2 .
before the mk2 came out it was THE standard as far as 300mm goes in pretty much any system and is still a stunning lens
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The 2.8 IS is an awesome lens. It blew me away with it's sharpness, color and contrast. The f4, while ok was not in the same league IMO.
The af and ability to take converters on the 2.8 is another great advantage.
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A 2.8 IS MkI can be had for under $4k, excellent lens still...
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I think it's important for you to describe your photography to get a fully informed answer. For example, if your photography is sports with challenging lighting conditions, you will need the extra stop. If you are shooting 300mm landscapes or daytime sports, the f/4 would work.
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I (still) have both, they are same focal length but very different lenses. As a general purpose super tele, the 300 f4 IS is a great lens, perfect for a lot of applications from mammals to butterflies and everything in between. With its light weight and build it in hood, it is very convenient as a hiking lens. Takes 1.4x well to have a 420mm f5.6 IS lens.
The 300 f2.8 IS V1 is the cheapest of the big boy super teles you can own that has IS. Takes 2.0x III remarkably well and AF is dependable even for many BIF applications, at least with 5DIII. Very versatile both for FL and F Stop. I used my 300 f4 maybe 3 times in the past year after getting the 300 2.8.
Lets put it this way, if I didnt have the 500 and I could only have 1 super tele, it would be the 300 f2.8
Also, canon refurbished in US had the newer version in stock for ~6k, you may want to look into that as an option.
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It's a tradeoff between weight, cost, and aperture. Both the 300 f/4.0 and the f/2.8 are capable of excellent images. I have an early non-IS f/4.0 and I'm still regularly startled when I come across one of the 300mm images. Remarkably sharp. The non-IS version is a challenge to hold properly thus my keeper rate is lower than some lenses, but the ones I get are excellent. As Dan noted, what are you shooting? What do you want shoot? If you're trying to stop action in the dark (i.e. sports), then the f/2.8 version has a significant advantage. If you are doing landscape or wildlife in good light, the weight and cost of the f/2.8 may not be necessary. The f/4.0 is a lot easier to carry in the field.
There really is no correct answer here. What do you shoot? How much do you have to invest? Work those variables out and you'll have your answer. The 300 f/2.8 is NOT categorically better than the f/4.0. It's just better for some things.
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In my humble opinion, I would say that the differences between the two are significant:
obvious differences: weight, cost, aperture
more subtle but very important in certain applications (BIF, sports): AF speed (2.8 much faster IMO)
Weather sealing and build (the 2.8 is a tank and can handle rough treatment and bad weather (if paired with a similar built camera)
I owned the 300 F4 several years back and had it for about a month and found it lacking. The 2.8 on the other hand has been my constant companion (sports shooting).
Both good lenses but the 2.8 is simply in another category. If you can handle the weight and cost, you will be very pleased with your purchase.
Good luck
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Some excellent advice here for the OP or anyone else who might be wondering about those lenses or a similar choice.
If you start to lean toward the 300 f2.8, make sure you go handle one first if at all possible. Mine has been sitting at home more often since I haven't been shooting sports lately. Carrying it around while walking a lot is just not fun anymore. It was at first, years ago, new lens excitement, etc.
I've cancelled my idea of buying a Canon 500 f4 because of the way I feel about carrying unnecessary weight now. Especially for casual photography. I've even gone back to carrying just a constant f2.8 Lumix superzoom as well as the Lumix LX7 with the f1.4 lens. Both small, both very light.
Anyway, make sure the size & weight is something you'll want to use regularly. For the money you'll invest, I'd think you'd want to get plenty of use from it.
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A question to the Super Telephoto gang...besides the cost, weight, faster aperture, faster AF response, etc. isn't one of the huge differences between the lower cost and higher cost lenses the 'actual' glass used in each.
Lower end models like the 300 f4L use UD elements while the professional grade teles, 300 f2.8L use/include Fluorite elements in their construction. Fluorite helps reduce CA, UD does as well but not to the same extent, I'll hazard a guess that contrast/sharpness are affected as well...
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Heres a shot from a 5Dc with the 300 f/4L IS + 1.4x II
Shot in RAW imported into LR4 as a .dng only post was lens correction
ISO 400 shot @ f/5.6 (wide open with the 1.4x) 1/250
Manual exposure mode center focal point hand held (420mm, IS, and easy to hold).
I use this lens... and this combination... to shoot motorsports, so I carry it a lot along with another lens and often another body with a lens on it. The 300 f/4 makes life much easier
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300 f2.8mkI, original, whatever, handheld, 600mm on 5DIII (2 x Kenko).
No doubt others could provide better samples.
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The 300 f/2.8 excells at what it is... f/2.8 and exotic glass...
If I were to shoot an indoor event... under contract... and needed the best results possible under those conditions... I renting a 2.8...unless you use a ND, shooting at 1:30pm in bright sunshine you'll probably
be shooting f/4... f/10 anyway.
With a 30D and 300f/4L IS... at 2:20pm...
f/8... ISO 100... 1/30... so it does track well...IMHO
Another point about the f/4... MFD = 5ft / 1.5m
with 1.4x II
Also tracks objects coming at you at high velocity...
5Dc + 300f/4L IS @ f/11... ISO 50... 1/250 (no 1.4x)
Note: With subjects like this, approaching at speed... consideration has to be taken about the distance covered during shutter operation to ensure sharpness, and also be able to show speed of suject...
If your going to spend... because you want the best you can get... the 2.8 is the way to go... if that's the case... might as well get both...
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A Vette's backside, hand-held, 40D, 300 f4L IS...the IS does help this aging, shaky cripple
The f4L is great with extension tubes as well as T/C's; the Mark III T/C's are a bit sharper and faster AF wise.
I'm glad Canon makes these slower, lighter 'L' teles...am looking forward to perhaps using the 400 f5.6L as well.
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Is it the f4 or the 2.8 IS II, and nothing else? There's the non-IS, and the IS mk1, both of which are very capable lenses at a fraction of the cost of the mk2. Having owned the f4 and having extensively used the non-IS and the IS mk1, I can say that the f4 would be my last choice unless for reasons of size / weight (at which point I'd probably still prefer the 100-400, 70-200 with TC, or many other options).
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The last one is as good as they get, Jefferson
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Thanks mitesh...
Super bikes come out of turn one just off of the front straight... hauling...
The 300 f/4 IS is perfect for this... very short time to aquire target... between the eyes... You don't see the bike 'till he's right there...
You have to pre-focus on where you think he'll be... put the center point between the eyes... frame and shoot... not rapid fire... one frame at a time... over about a second and a half time frame... then get ready for the next shot...
The weight and handleing of the 300 f/4 IS lets you do that... These bikes travel in packs ypu know...
I'll shoot 10 to 20 mins in a location depending on action... then move to another track location... for about 1200 shots a day for two to four days in a row...
Love it....
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Jefferson showing readers that unless you really need the f2.8 aperture, the f4 version is more than capable for most photography. Really nice.
I may pick up that f4 version after selling my 300 f2.8, I like that size & weight. Another lens that will interest me is if Canon releases a 100-400 Mk II version soon. Nearly all of their updated L zooms & primes seem to have jaw dropping image quality. Their R&D department must be hitting on all cylinders. If they do it, I'm sure it will be a really nice lens with the newer lighter material.
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Garylv wrote
Jefferson showing readers that unless you really need the f2.8 aperture, the f4 version is more than capable for most photography. Really nice.
I may pick up that f4 version after selling my 300 f2.8, I like that size & weight. Another lens that will interest me is if Canon releases a 100-400 Mk II version soon. Nearly all of their updated L zooms & primes seem to have jaw dropping image quality. Their R&D department must be hitting on all cylinders. If they do it, I'm sure it will be a really nice lens with the newer lighter material.
Excellent photos indeed.Horses for courses. Rebels also take good general photographs but many still buy 5DIII & 1DX etc. Whatever rocks your boat. A 300 f4 is not on my radar whatever photographs it produces hence an f2.8.
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