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Olympus E-420 SLR Review
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Body, Lenses & Imager
The E-420 is a very compact digital SLR made of a solid black polycarbonate with rubber inserts on the front and back of the grip that impart it with a secure feel when handled. Still, the E-420 remains light and easy to carry, especially when paired with the ultra compact Zuiko 25mm f2.8 lens. It also offers a professional finish. Measuring a mere 5.1 x 3.6 x 2.1 inches (129.5 x 91 x 53mm) and weighing just 13.4 ounces (380 grams) body only, the E-420 can be carried around comfortably all day.
The all-metal lens mount for the Four Thirds System is twice the diagonal measurement
of the imager. With this lens mount the body size, lens size and overall weight are
Digital Specific "Smart" Lenses
Olympus Zuiko Digital Lenses are designed so light strikes the camera's image sensor directly, ensuring rich, accurate colors, sharp contrasts and bright images even at the edges.
Lenses that are smart, that talk with the camera about their specific optical designs and imaging information. Lenses, particularly zoom lenses have some distortion. This is true of all manufacturers. Zuiko Digital Lenses store data in the header portion of the digital file allowing for software-assisted correction of anomalies including pin cushion and barrel distortion.
Shoot wide open or stopped all the way down and achieve superior results over 35mm film based lenses. Zuiko Digital Specific Lenses are about three times the resolution of ordinary film based lenses.
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The Smart Lens Design allows users to shoot with the most current firmware versions of each particular E SLR System component. Update the camera system using:
Zuiko Digital 25mm, 14-42mm, and 40-150mm
The Zuiko Digital 25mm f2.8 is a thin, lightweight single-focus standard pancake-type lens. The lens has an overall length of 23.5 mm. When combined with E-410 or E-420, the total length including the camera body and lens is only 76.5 mm. The result is an easy-to-store, easy-to-carry camera system with go-anywhere portability. With a focal distance equivalent to 50 mm on a 35 mm film camera lens, this lens provides an image angle very close to that of the naked eye. The result is a near-natural visual field that makes this an ideal standard lens for daily use, whether for simple snapshots or for more sophisticated portrait and landscape shooting.
The Zuiko Digital 14-42mm f3.5-5.6 (equivalent to 28-90mm in 35mm photography) is another lens kit option for the E-420 and E-520 models. This 3x standard zoom lens is the smallest and lightest in its class and features a closest focusing distance of only 25cm. The ED (Extra-low Dispersion) and two aspherical lens elements correct aberrations without increasing lens dimensions. The circular aperture diaphragm enables beautiful defocusing - one of the big advantages of this lens.
Four-Thirds CCD Image Sensor
With 10 million pixels of resolution, you'll see more details and you'll get stunning color in all your photos. Create large prints, even after cropping or zooming.
Exclusive SuperSonic Wave Filter
A common problem with interchangeable lens digital SLR cameras is dust settling on the image sensor. The E-420 features an Olympus exclusive patented ultrasonic technology, the SuperSonic Wave Filter, to reduce the effects of micro dust settling on the image sensor and impacting the image quality. Located between the shutter and the CCD, the Supersonic Wave Filter uses high-speed ultrasonic vibration to cause most types of dust to fall away from the image sensor so it will not appear in photographs.
The filter vibrates at 35,000 times per second and is activated every time the camera powers on, or manually via a menu selection, to instantly remove the dust from in front of the image sensor. The CCD assembly is isolated from the Supersonic Wave Filter by an airtight seal to protect it even more. This unique Olympus feature gives you the confidence to shoot photos and change lenses in the field, just as you've always done, without the worry of images being damaged or ruined by dust on the imager.
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Vanessa Feltz's return to daytime TV flops as ratings drop by tens of thousands... in just three days
We watched in awe as her weight plummeted dramatically over the last few months.
But unfortunately for Vanessa Feltz, so have her viewing figures - but that only took a few days.
The larger-than-life presenter made her daytime TV comeback on January 11 with The Vanessa Show and drew in 170,000 viewers.
But one episode this week saw figures were to have fallen to just 60,000.
Good morning! But Vanessa Feltz's sunny disposition is not enough to entice the viewers to her new daytime TV show
One television critic suggested, the decision to have Vanessa's fiancé, singer, Ben Ofoedu as co-host may be to blame.
According to a report in the Sun today, the show has flopped badly just three days after its launch.
After starting this week off with a modest, 170,000 viewers, the following day, 110,000 had turned off and by the time she had finished the show yesterday, she was broadcasting to just 60,000.
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Five had high hopes for the show, which it dubbed 'the most promising new show in daytime television'.
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Roving reporter: Vanessa's fiancé Ben Ofoedu also has a segment on the show
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'I'm going to go ahead with a double mastectomy:' Brave Giuliana Rancic to have surgery after breast cancer diagnosis
Giuliana Rancic has revealed she will undergo a double mastectomy, after being diagnosed with breast cancer in October.
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America's popular morning show updated its Twitter feed today, saying: '"I'm going to go ahead and move forward with a double mastectomy." -@GiulianaRancic'.
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She said: 'To be honest, all it came down to was choosing to live and not looking over my shoulder for the rest of my life. It could have come back more aggressively next time, so for me it was just more important to get the cancer out.
'With the double mastectomy I now have less than one per cent chance of getting it back, otherwise it was 20, 30 or 40 per cent chance and for me it wasn't worth it.
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'Bill said to me, "I just need you around for the next 50 years, kid. I don't care about the physical portion of this, so let's just get you healthy."'
Giuliana, speaking very calmly on the show, added: 'Bill's been the world to me through this, he brought some laughter to the process and reminded me who we are as a couple.
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She told Parade magazine: 'I'm good. I'm hanging in there. I have good days and bad days, but so far good.
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Rancic discovered her tumour in its early stages during a doctor-recommended mammogram while undergoing in vitro fertilisation.
Having married entrepreneur Bill, who shot to fame on The Apprentice USA, in September 2007, the pair have made several attempts to have a child.
Conquering the disease: The Today show featured snapshots of Giuliana's stay in hospital
Loving couple: After appearing on The Today Show Giuliana and Bill Rancic were seen returning to their Manhattan hotel
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By 2010 she had put on five pounds, before embarking on IVF that March.
Sadly, despite falling pregnant in the spring, Giuliana suffered a miscarriage at eight weeks.
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The Gliding Cub of Victoria (GCV) is the largest gliding club in Australia, attracting pilots from around the globe to experience the area's world renowned flying conditions.
modern single and two-seat fleet, 4 tow planes, skilled instructors, record breaking pilots, great facilities and a friendly environment make it the ideal spot to learn how to fly.
GCV offers intensive residential and non residential 7 day gliding packages. Gift Certificates are available on-line for that special person in your life or why not just treat yourself.
What's New?
Benalla CTAF Change
The CTAF at Benalla will CHANGE as of 26 May 2016 to 125.6 MHz
This is in line with expectations from the GFA and Air Services Australia regarding the use of private frequencies (122.5 MHz (Benalla's current CTAF frequency) is a GFA owned frequency for glider chat as are 122.7 and 122.9) in aerodromes around Australia. Recently Tocumwal was changed from 122.9.
The proposed frequency is not in use in any aerodromes in Victoria or Southern New South Wales.
After the designated date the "old" Benalla CTAF frequency (122.5) will be available for chat as are 122.7 and 122.9.
Please adjust your radios and processes accordingly.
John Switala
Petition Closed
The petition has now been closed and is being submitted to Benalla Rural City Council.
Thank you everyone who helped by signing, sharing and following our petition to "Stop Benalla's Airport Rate Gouging". The Gliding Club of Victoria has invited the Councillors to come along and see the site as well as start discussing the potential damage such rates would cause.
The issue has been deferred until the 30th March (next Council Meeting)
Stay tuned.
Council Gouging
The Benalla Rural City Council have recommended an increase in hangar rentals to a Council meeting on Wednesday 16 March 2016. The current rental is approximately $75 per spot per annum, this amount does vary slightly between sites. The Council proposed a rate that would see a glider spot increase to at least $1,048 per spot per annum!
This increase is, at best, overzealous and at worst could easily be interpreted as gouging. The increase is not in-line with other region centres that operate gliders such as Bacchus Marsh, Ararat and Temora where we have checked their rates which range from $75 to $200 per glider spot.
We believe that this level of increase will cause a decline of participation in the sport at Benalla. A site renown for gliding and soon to hold the World Gliding Championships.
The GCV Committee will have representation at the meeting and will object to this proposal.
Take some time to write to Council to object to this ridiculous proposal.
John Switala
"GCV WINS World Wide Gliding Competition!"
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"Flying At Horsham"
Some of our pilots have recently been participating in a week of coaching and training at Horsham, Victoria. For those of you stuck at work, home or on the ground hopefully these pictures will help ease the pain of not flying.
Photos courtesy of Phil Semel & Neil Campbel
"….. and they're away!!…"
The National Gliding Championships have started!
Like the Facebook Official Page here!
The keen eyed member may have noticed an unusual passenger over the weekend. Here are some photos:
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The committee has setup an Australian Sports Foundation Project to help GCV raise money to purchase a new 2 seat training aircraft (perhaps a DG1001)
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Louie's Relocates—Louie's Rock-N-Reels, Albuquerque's premiere destination for movie posters, celebrity photographs and all sorts of cinematic memorabilia has long been a Nob Hill staple. Long-time customers may have noticed that the store's location next to the old Lobo Theater has looked a tad empty in the last couple of weeks. That's because owner Louie Torres has packed up his posters and moved to a brand new location. After eight years in Nob Hill proper, the landlords decided they had different ideas for the Rock-N-Reels space, and Louie was forced to move on to (hopefully) greener pastures. The new store is located directly across from the UNM campus at 105 Harvard SE (right behind The Zone). Louie calls the new space "a little bit more intimate," but promises that all your favorite classic and current movie posters will still be on display. In order to celebrate the new location, Louie will be giving away some very rare promotional posters. Come by the store and register to win a Lenticular 3-D Spy Kids poster or metallic foil Matrix Reloaded poster. The drawing will be held July Fourth weekend.
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Coal-black Chinese film noir digs deep into economic desperation
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Blind Shaft, a sparse film noir drama out of China, spends much of its time looking like a WPA photography project from the Great Depression. Shot documentary style on 16mm, the film feels painfully authentic. Which is more than appropriate. Bleak, barren and robbed of all but the most ashen of colors, the film trains its eye on China's poorest, most downtrodden citizens.
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Fast food documentary gets to the bottom of an American problem
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Last month, McDonald's dropped its long-standing "Super Size" promotion, featuring gigantic French fries and towering sodas. The company says the decision had nothing to do with the Morgan Spurlock's scabrous but entertaining new documentary Super Size Me, which implicates McDonald's (and the entire ubiquitous fast food industry) in the super-sizing of American asses. Perhaps, as McDonald's says, the timing is just coincidental. Still, it makes you think.
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"American Idol" on FOX
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By the time this column hits the streets, the third season of "American Idol" will be over. We'll know whether Diana DeGarmo or Fantasia Barrino will perform at next year's Super Bowl and then vanish from our pop culture radar. This season may be remembered a microsecond longer than the others, however, due to a swirl of timely controversy.
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"Pepsi Smash" (KWBQ-19 7 p.m.) It's summertime, so get ready for lots of cheap reality shows and concert specials. Here, WB resurrects last summer's concert series/Pepsi-Cola commercial. Tonight's bands include Limp Bizkit, Counting Crows and Lenny Kravitz, meaning there's something on tonight's show to annoy everyone.
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"E! True Hollywood Story" (E! 7 p.m.) Tonight's show concentrates on the controversial and tumultuous career of Justine Bateman. Justine Bateman? Really? From "Family Ties"? Are we running low on celebrities?
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- Heat oven to 375°F. Have ready a shallow baking dish large enough to hold chicken in a single layer with space between each.
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FAIRFAX, Va., Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AFCEA's twelfth annual Homeland Security Conference, "Securing the Homeland: Working Together, Keeping the Nation Safe", will be hosted at the Grand Hyatt Washington, Washington, D.C., February 26-28, 2013. Attendees include government and industry leaders, CIOs, and program managers involved in operations, policy and procurement. Additionally, the Conference will include several roundtables this year, focusing on Chief Information Officers, Procurement Executives, and Collaboration when Disaster Strikes. The Keynote Speakers include:
- Mr. Rand Beers, Under Secretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD), Department of Homeland Security
- Gen Michael V. Hayden, USAF (Ret.), Principal, the Chertoff Group, Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency
- Mr. John Fass Morton, Author, Next Generation Homeland Security: Network Federalism and the Course to National Preparedness
- Mr. J. Alan Orlob, Vice President, Global Safety and Security, Marriott International
Conference panel sessions will cover best practices in securing the cloud, critical infrastructure protection, secure information-sharing, emergency management, and biometrics/identity management. In addition, sessions will concentrate on critical cyber and homeland security cross-over issues, including situational awareness, training and education, the energy sector, and privacy and security conflicts. Panelists include federal, state and local government officials as well as industry experts.
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- Strengths: Quality and history of the company's knowledge base.
- Weaknesses: Did not see an automated ticket-escalation feature.
- Verdict: Outstanding product.
Nexpose assists clients through the entire vulnerability management lifecycle - from discovery, vulnerability detection, risk classification, impact analysis, reporting, vulnerability verification and risk mitigation. Organizations can use the Nexpose toolset to gain insight into their security posture and IT environment. Nexpose's intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) makes it easy for clients to run scans for known vulnerabilities on their network. Users also can configure the product to scan their websites and servers for web application vulnerabilities to determine their overall level of policy compliance in one unified product and scan of their network. Nexpose presently has more than 97,000 checks and 34,000 vulnerabilities. It includes metadata around each of the discovered vulnerabilities on the network. The solution data allows users to view standard metrics to see which common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVE) and common configuration enumeration (CCE) identifiers, common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) risk scores, and others, such as information assurance vulnerability management (IAVM), to use when researching a discovered vulnerability. Rapid7 enhances the public metrics with information about any known malware and exploits associated with a vulnerability, as well as detailed remediation information that allows users to fully comprehend the tasks and time required to remediate the vulnerability. Users can use the integration between Nexpose and Metasploit to verify vulnerabilities, determining not only that the vulnerability exists on the system, but also that it can be exploited by an attacker.
We were impressed with the quality of the vulnerability scanner. The number of discovered vulnerabilities was extremely high. Validation of the vulnerabilities was excellent. The remediation recommendations were clear and, by taking advantage of the long history of the product's vulnerability/exploit engine, went well beyond just reciting CVE information. It then delivered clear remediation recommendations. Overall, the performance of the system was strong.
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The company's support structure is fairly complicated. Telephone and email aid is offered to all customers of Rapid7 as a component of their license fee and each annual renewal. Clients who have purchased Nexpose Enterprise also benefit from a dedicated account manager, who schedules regular check-ins, offers industry insights, can organize professional or technical training, and can help resolve any problems. Support offers 24/7 incident response times, 24-hour vulnerability service level agreements (SLAs), and reliable testing guarantees.
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The way you organise your research data files has implications for the way you access, sort, and use them. This page contains information on:
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The most important thing about file naming is consistency. Select an appropriate naming convention for your files as early as possible and stick to it throughout your research.
Choose useful keywords that you or others might use to search for your files, separating each word or section with a hyphen or underscore. Document the keywords you choose to use, so that you can interpret your file names later. Useful keywords may include:
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FM Frequency: Who Needs An "Expert" Consultant?
There may be times when getting a second opinion makes you look that much better...at least that's what FM Frequency Columnist Jeff Crane thinks.
FM Frequency: Who Needs An "Expert" Consultant?
By Jeff Crane, P.E., LEED® AP
Published in the July 2007 issue of Today's Facility Manager
Once upon a time in a land far away, I reported to a very frugal finance officer. This guy was so cheap, he counted his fingers after shaking someone's hand. While reviewing corporate travel statistics, telephone bills, staff projections, office supplies, and even the cost of the dreadful (free) coffee for employees working 60 to 80 hours per week, he would often become disgusted, wringing his hands and removing his glasses to contort his face as though he were in pain or just about to be sick.
(You know the type. You might even work for—or be married to—someone like this!)
Anyway, about 18 months after our relocation and consolidation to a newer and much larger corporate headquarters, our senior financial hawk wanted to confirm we were doing everything possible to control utility expenses. This was a sensible request, since the monthly power bill often exceeded $30,000 and required his signature for payment. The utilities budget captured the man's attention like a rare steak tossed into a shark tank.
Although I had previously explained most of the tasks and procedures used by facilities in the diligent management of these costs, he probably never fully grasped the details. When speaking the alphabet soup of facilities acronyms—KW, GPM, KWH, BTU (you know, things that make fms ideal dinner guests)—his eyes would glaze over until I uttered the most important pair of syllables for finance types—dollars!
I confidently answered "yes" to his inquiry and spent the next 15 minutes patiently summarizing (again) our tools to monitor and manage electricity and water consumption carefully. Not satisfied, he resolutely decreed, "We must hire an 'expert consultant' to audit our operations and determine if additional savings are to be found."
Now if your eyes are rolling, you've probably had a similar experience. You may have learned that an "expert" is often defined as anyone traveling at least 90 miles to reach your facility. You've probably also heard that a "consultant" is someone who will borrow your watch in order to tell you the time. Meanwhile, back to our story…
Well, as a licensed mechanical engineer and facility manager who had spent his career designing, maintaining, and managing large and complex mechanical and electrical heating/cooling systems, I was not pleased. I shouldn't have taken it personally, but at the time it felt like a vote of "no confidence" in facilities management. I already had far too much to do and not enough resources. (Sound familiar?)
Spending an entire day telling an expert consultant how I did my job never even crossed my mind. I also found it incredibly ironic that an intensely frugal accountant was requiring me to engage an expensive expert consultant to tell him what I had already explained several times. This was a man who constantly preached about not spending money. It would be like Rosie O'Donnell and Donald Trump suddenly falling in love!
But as a good corporate soldier, I decided to make the best of it and identify a top notch expert consultant. "Who knows," I told myself, "maybe I'll learn a few new tricks…or find a future employer!"
After seeking references from the Internet and several colleagues, I identified an expert consultant with an impressive resume and experience in a wide variety of energy and water conservation initiatives. We talked by phone for over an hour, and I quickly recognized that we spoke the same language.
Maybe this wouldn't be such a bad project after all! I explained my marching orders, and he offered to e-mail a proposal confirming a scope of work and specific deliverables.
I spent a full day with the expert consultant at my facility and explained everything about our operational tools, practices, and strategies. My new colleague shared details about fascinating projects he had completed for clients around the world.
It was wonderful talking shop with someone who had such variety and depth of experience. If not for the extensive travel requirements, I probably would have asked him for a job.
About two weeks after the visit, the expert consultant e-mailed his formal report. It was quite complimentary and stated that our facilities were extremely well managed. He confirmed that we were doing all that could be expected in a commercial office facility and noted a few potential capital projects (that had been previously researched, budgeted, and found to have insufficient return on investment). My boss was unusually pleased, and I think the report helped improve the facilities team's standing with senior management.
My experience with the expert consultant didn't result in any groundbreaking tips for improving operations, but I learned a priceless lesson. In addition to being the punch line of a few good jokes, a knowledgeable expert consultant can be a valuable resource.
For fms without an engineering background or technical facilities experience, expert consultants can provide guidance on free/low cost operational improvements and assistance calculating return on investment from capital projects. For veteran fms with technical backgrounds and many years of experience, expert consultants can suggest or validate state of the art operational practices and share relevant experience in other types of facilities—and we can all live happily ever after!
Crane is a mechanical engineer and regional property manager with Childress Klein Properties, a leading real estate developer and property management services provider in the Southeast.
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The guy at the front desk was great. The room was basic... VERY basic. The WiFi didn't work, the beds were ok but upon checking for bed bugs I found that the mattress were very dirty and stained no bugs tho. They were also very worn. The bathroom was horrible. Very small. The tub and shower looked like they had not been cleaned in forever. The area around the hotel was ok. Not bad, just ok.I would not stay here long term, but as a place to sleep it was ok.
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The staff was extremely pleasant and helpful. The bed was terribly uncomfortable. The exterior door lock for the room was hard to get to work. The dead bolt on the door did not match up with the door frame. There was no way to secure the door from inside the room. Would not plan a stay there again.
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by Darren from Corbin ky
Never will stay there againPosted Jul 7, 2015 on Hotels
Bed was wore out had other people's hair in it way over priced room wasn't clean neither was the bathroom shower was creaking making you wander if you might fall thru was a chore to talk the staff into getting a few extra towels
by April D. from Dewey, Oklahoma
Horrible place to stayPosted Jun 30, 2015 on Hotels
The staff was friendly but the motel was horrible! Dirty room, nasty carpet, outdated TV, no place to plug in our phones, cigarette burns in the comforter for a NON smoking room, even the walls looked like they had dried food on them, keys were hard to use and had to be reprogrammed daily. This motel should be bulldozed! You might want to reconsider having it in your search engine.