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Last summer we had 91 catchers from 25 states attend. Over 30 of the students were girls.
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Each semester, documentary students from all over come to Portland to spend an intensive few months studying photography, writing or radio at the SALT Institute for Documentary Studies - and telling stories about Maine. This fall, Julie Lowrie Henderson decided to tell the story of Chuck Lakin, a 67-year-old retired reference librarian and woodworker from Waterville, who's found a unique way of helping people talk about, and deal with, death.
One of Waterville woodworker Chuck Lakin's coffins in the works.
Gini Landry: "Come on in."
Chuck Lakin: "Nice to see you again, you're doing well?"
Gini Landry: "I'm doing very well. I'm not ready for my quilt rack yet, it's still doing my quilt job..."
This is Gini Landry and Chuck Lakin. They met four years ago after she read an article in the Waterville Sentinel.
Gini Landry: "Oh, I remember Chuck, I said, 'You're the answer to my prayer, I've always wanted to go out in a pine box, Chuck, can you make me one?' And when I told you I was 4'11" tall you said, 'It won't be a big job.'" (They both laugh.)
Gini Landry: "I said, 'I want a coffin and can you make it into a quilt rack?' And he said, 'I can make it into anything you want.' And so he did."
This quilt rack-slash-coffin sits right at the top of the stairs in the hallway.
Gini Landry: "Whenever I have guests here and the conversation lags a bit or things get a little boring I say, 'Would you like to see my coffin?'"
So, Gini Landry isn't dying. She's not sick. In fact, she's a rather spry 81-year-old woman. But, yes, she owns a coffin. And Chuck Lakin made it for her, because - well, that's what he does. He builds coffins for living people. Which might not be as weird as it seems.
To understand, we need to go back to 1979 and the death of Chuck's father, who had lung cancer that spread to his brain. He was at home for the last 6 weeks of his life
Chuck Lakin: "And I had been there for the last month of that."
And he died in his own bed with his wife and four kids touching him.
Chuck Lakin: "It had been a really personal experience up until that point and I wanted to be a part of whatever came next. But I didn't know what to do, so we called the funeral director who did what he thought we wanted him to do, which was he arrived promptly, zipped him in a body bag, hauled him away and four days later we got a box of ashes in the mail."
Chuck felt that standard funeral approach was impersonal, and it continued to bother him. And it took about 20 years, but he eventually came across a home funeral guide and he learned that you can keep the body at home and bathe, dress and care for it yourself. You can do the service at home if you want, too. It's what he wishes he could have done for his father. So he begins spreading the word about home funerals.
Chuck Lakin: "Well, I'm a woodworker and if you talk about home funerals, what else would you make? You'd certainly try."
And so began Chuck's unusual hobby. On a recent Monday morning, Chuck is in his basement woodshop, hammering away at a simple pine coffin. Around the workshop are coffins of all shapes and styles.
Chuck Lakin: "This is the bookcase coffin, this is the entertainment center coffin, that's a version of the quick coffin, so this is that flared coffin."
These are not coffins like we're used to seeing in funeral homes - these are simple pine boxes with clever designs that Chuck dreams up.
Chuck Lakin: "It's one of those things that I often wake up in the middle of the night and don't go back to sleep readily, and I do some of my best design work then. The three-way coffin, the display cabinet/entertainment center/storage chest coffin, was a design that came to me in the middle of the night once."
Not sure you want your TV in your coffin? That's okay. Chuck will make your coffin however you want it. In fact, each coffin is custom made.
Chuck Lakin: "Almost never does somebody just come in and say, 'Well, I like that one, make me one of those,' hand me a check and ask me when I'll deliver it. That doesn't happen. There's always a conversation involved."
Picking out a coffin is about as personal as you can get. It forces Chuck's customers to ask themselves what they really want to happen when they die. Gini already knew she didn't want to be embalmed.
Gini Landry: "I hate that it's so artificial, it's a way of not accepting that someone has died, we're gonna get them all gussied up, they're gonna look pretty and people are gonna say, 'Oh, she looks good.' She's dead! And that's okay, there's nothing wrong with being dead. It happens to everybody."
So Chuck helped design a coffin that respected Gini's desire for something more simple.
Gini Landry: "When I'm dead I'm gonna be in that pine box and they're gonna carry me over the hill and I'm gonna warm up the world a little bit."
This puts Chuck in the unique position of helping people have the experience with death that they want. Chuck's lectures about home funerals include a discussion about all of our options when we die.
Chuck Lakin: "You know, what I'm really trying to do, what it's evolved into, is I'm trying to get people to think and talk about their own death."
And this is where buying a coffin before you need it starts to make a lot more sense. We're all going to die. Chuck just wants us to admit it. And prepare for it.
Chuck Lakin: "Having made the preparations in advance makes things a lot simpler on the survivors. Just they don't have to go through the process of trying to figure out how many bank accounts you have or where your investments are or where's the deed, where's the title of the car or what do you want to have happen to your body after your death?"
Death is natural part of life, there's no avoiding it. But most people aren't as comfortable with their own mortality as Gini, and Chuck is doing his best to try to reach them.
Chuck Lakin: "Now, I'm merely trying to change the way the American public thinks about death - ignoring the fact that you're going to die, or fighting the fact that you're going to die, takes away from some of the possibilities of the experience. I think that the opposite of death isn't life, I think that the opposite of death is birth. I think that it's a transition into life and it's a transition out of life."
It's a transition that none of us looks forward to, but Chuck feels that if we take steps to prepare for death, we'll be less frightened of it when it comes.
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The world's most famous fictional archeologist is back with a vengeance this time the survival and exploration action game comes with a new multiplayer mode. The perspective is that of a third person and also has an element of platforming.
The heroine or lead and the character which the player controls is, naturally, Lara Croft, but in this story she is younger than of late as this is something of an origin of version. Here she is a recently graduated archeology student whose studies have led her to seek the lost Kingdom of Yamatai. Through her contact with a family called Nishimura, who claim to be descendants of the ancient inhabitants of the lost kingdom, Lara raises money for an expedition to locate it. Lara's best friend and companion is Samantha Nishimura a representative of the ancient family. Others who accompany her are Dr.James Whitman, Conrad Wroth, Joselyn Reyes, Angus Grimaldi, Jonah Maiava, and Alex.
Whitman is a famous archaeologist who has a rough time lately dealing with divorce and bankruptcy. Roth is an ex Royal Marine who now has turned his survival and fighting skills towards adventure. Grimaldi is a typical blunt Glaswegian who calls spade a spade and a sarcophagus a coffin. Reyes is a female mechanic and a single mother and somewhat skeptical by nature. Maiava is the opposite and quite happy to believe in things not of this world and whose imposing physique belies his placid nature. Last but not least is the nerdy looking Alex who of course is an electronics wizz.
So there we have a good selection of personalities who together should be able to take on almost any challenge that the island of Yamatai and whatever or whoever inhabits it can put their way. And so they set sail on the good ship Endurance to explore Yamatai. But against all advice they make detour into the Dragon's Triangle near Japan and disaster strikes in the form of a violent storm. The main party survives and reaches land on an isolated island where Lara becomes divorced fro the rest of her party and is captured and imprisoned by a cave man who makes her an unwilling guest in the cave he knows as home.
Then things get complicated and to describe it would take as long as the game takes to play. There is an awful lot of content but certainly not a lot of awful content. Let me just say there are many twists and turns, trials and tribulations in which each character plays much the part you would expect them to and some which you would not. Bit if you are not yourself a cave dweller you will get the general idea from other games you may have played.
There are the compulsory arrays of weapons and skills and upgrades but these are just incidental to the game but are, as in all games, form the main source of the action, some original and some not. Lara herself is well endowed, and well armed, and fortunately does not wear too much clothing that might interfere with her weapons skills.
As expected the music is in itself a work of art and really needs some sort of quality audio system to do it justice and the graphics and animations, while never quite reaching the cinematic perfection of a film, also live up to expectations.
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In Tomb Raider for the Xbox 360 Lara Croft the world's most famous fictional archeologist is back with a vengeance, or should we say, makes her first appearance, as this is a sort of 'what happened before' story or, as some would, say a prequel. Even that is not quite true because her origins were also charted in a previous title. Billed by the developers as 'an interconnected hub-and-spoke model that combines action-adventure, exploration, and survival mechanics' the game is played from a third person perspective and comes with a multiplayer mode.
The heroine, younger than you may remember her, but still wonderfully outfitted, is the role which you, as a player, take up. This young Lara has only recently graduated as an archaeologist and in the course of her studies she came across references to a supposedly lost kingdom named Yamatai. She comes into contact with the Nishimura family who claim to be descended from the original inhabitants this lost kingdom, and, with their encouragement Lara raises the funds and mounts an expedition to investigate the existence of Yamatai. Samantha, who just happens to be Lara's best friend and companion, is a member of the Nishimura family and becomes their representative on the expedition. Other members of the expedition are Dr.James Whitman, Conrad Wroth, Joselyn Reyes, Angus Grimaldi, Jonah Maiava, and Alex.
Whitman is a world renowned archaeologist, lately divorced and bankrupt and having a generally bad time of it. Roth was once a Royal Marine Commando who now puts his combat and survival experience to good use as an adventurer. Grimaldi is a Glaswegian Scot who is down to earth and tells it how it is. Reyes is a single mother and, surprisingly, also a mechanic, with a somewhat cynical disposition. Maiava is of a more spiritual bent and willing to believe in things without seeing very much in the way of proof, the sort who believes in ghosts. Jonah Maiava is a quiet unassuming man with an impressive physique. And last, and probably least, is the geeky looking Alex who of course is an electronics genius.
A good selection of differing personalities which of course fits perfectly with the games' requirements, and whose mixture of abilities when combined should equip them for the task in hand, but with sufficient weaknesses to make them vulnerable. So whoever, or perhaps more to the point whatever, inhabits the island of Yamatai, and if things go to plan, had better watch out. And so off they go, setting sail or turning on the engines of the good ship Endurance, to find and explore Yamatai. But all does not go to plan and against better advice they make a detour through the dangerous Dragon's Triangle and it is here that disaster befalls them in the form of a violent sea storm. The group survives and reaches an isolated island where they land and where Lara becomes separated from the rest her party and is captured and imprisoned by a hairy cave man type savage who makes her an unwilling guest in the cave he knows as home.
This is where the plot begins to get interesting and with its many twists and turns would most likely take as long as playing the game would, or perhaps that is a little unfair as there are quite a few hours of play time to be had out of it. There is an awful lot of content but certainly not a lot of awful content. Let's just use the usual get out by saying that there are many twists and turns, trials and tribulations in which each character plays much the part you would expect them to and some which you would not. And anyway too much detail would spoil it for the player and, if you are not yourself of the hairy cave dwelling type, you will get the general idea from other games you may have played.
There are of course the compulsory arsenals of wonderful weapons and marvelous skills and upgrades, but these are just incidental to the story but do, as in most games of this nature, form the main source of the action, some of it original and some not quite so. Lara herself, even in her younger days, is well endowed, well armed, and fortunately not too well dressed, as too much clothing might interfere with her weapons skills.
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Lara Croft fans will view this game as a must and for newcomers it presents a good introduction to the events of the earlier games in the series to which this is a useful and enjoyable prequel.


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Harold "Stretch" Joseph is a character in the Grand Theft Auto, appearing as a supporting character and one of the two secondary antagonists in Grand Theft Auto V.
Stretch is a member of the Chamberlain Gangsters Families and a friend of Lamar Davis.
Harold Joseph joined the Chamberlain Gangsters Families, eventually becoming a respected "OG", a high-ranking, veteran member of the gang, as well as gaining the nickname "Stretch". He became good friends with Lamar Davis, but he developed a strong dislike for Franklin Clinton.
At some point prior to 2013, Stretch was arrested and taken to prison for an unknown crime.
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Near the beginning of the game, he departs from prison for crimes that are never revealed, and Lamar plans a sort of reunion for himself, Stretch and Franklin. The trio heads towards a deal with D, which turns out to be an ambush by the Ballas, as revenge for D being kidnapped by Lamar earlier, but the trio manage to escape.
He is slowly revealed to be an associate of the Ballas, and has attempted to have both Lamar and Franklin killed during several set ups, including the kidnapping of Lamar by the Ballas, although all attempts were foiled by Franklin and his friends, Michael De Santa and Trevor Philips.
By the end of the game, Franklin is given a choice to either kill Michael and Trevor, or side with them as they kill their enemies, including Stretch. Should the player choose to kill the antagonists, Michael will be sent to assassinate Stretch; Stretch will be hanging out with a group of Ballas at a basketball court when he is confronted and killed by Michael.
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- D - Murdered for attempting to kill Franklin Clinton and Lamar Davis.
For some reason, he shows a very strong dislike towards Franklin Clinton and the two frequently argue, leaving Lamar to pick a side. He appears to have a very short temper, assaulting Franklin for poking fun at him for "dropping the soap" in prison, and immediately shooting D in the face when discovering that he had betrayed them.
Stretch is a short, bulky man with numerous tattoos covering his body. He wears usual CGF clothes including a white T-shirt, baggy jeans, a green hat and a gold chain.
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- Stretch, along with Wei Cheng, is the main antagonist with the least number of appearences in the HD Universe, with two presence appearences and one voice appearence. Simultaneously, Cheng and Stretch are both tied at the second least appearences in all GTA games, beaten only by Massimo Torini, who makes two presence appearences and no voice appearences.
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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/35153
- Title
- Emotion at work
- Author(s)
- Langan-Fox, Janice; Ashkanasy, Neal M.
- Abstract
- Management scholars have begun to recognise the importance of emotions in organisational research, but examples of research which deal specifically with emotions in organisational settings are still rare. This symposium presents four perspectives on research on emotion in work settings from around the world. The first is a theory/review paper which posits that emotions mediate the effect of national cultural diversity on the effectiveness of international work teams. The second argues that emotional intelligence (EIQ) may be a critical variable in organisational behaviour, and details an early attempt to define and measure this concept in work teams. The third and fourth papers report on large scale empirical studies linking emotional variables to work outcomes: psychological strain as a moderator of the work-stress-outcome relationship; and relationships between specific emotional dimensions and attitudes to industrial participation. The four papers present a diversity of approaches, but the overall picture which emerges is that the study of emotion in organisational research, although largely untapped to date, has the potential to improve significantly our understanding of behaviour in organisational settings.
- Publication type
- Conference paper
- Source
- Best paper and abstract proceedings of the 2nd Biennial Australian Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 27-29 June 1997, p. 47
- Publication year
- 1997
- Keyword(s)
- Emotions; Organisational behaviour; Stress; Teams; Working environment; Workplace
- Publisher
- Australian Psychological Society
- 0909881111
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- Copyright © The Australian Psychological Society Ltd 1997.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Tuesday that to save money, the government will stop turning out the traditional brownish, heavy paper maps after mid-April.
The agency will still chart the water for rocks, shipwrecks and other hazards, but sailors, boaters and fishermen will have to use private on-demand printing, PDFs or electronic maps to see the information, said Capt. Shep Smith, head of NOAA's marine chart division.
"Think of them as the roadmap of the ocean," said Smith, who grew up with charts of Penobscot Bay on his bedroom walls in Maine. "The navigational charts tell you what's under the water, which is critical for navigation."
Nowadays, most people instead use the on-demand maps printed by private shops, which are more up-to-date and accurate, Smith said.
Still, NOAA sells about 60,000 of the old 4-by-3-foot lithographic maps each year for about $20 apiece, the same amount it costs to print them.
The Federal Aviation Administration, which took over federal chart-making in 1999, wants to save some money and informed NOAA earlier this month that it is going to stop the presses, according to the ocean agency. FAA representatives did not return calls and emails for comment.
It costs NOAA about $100 million a year to survey and chart the nation's waters.
Sea dogs say they will miss the charts, which also get used as decorations.
"It's the nautical history, you know, pirates and ships," said Newburyport, Mass., harbormaster Paul Hogg, who has a chart on his office wall. "It seems more nautical. There's just kind of, like, a feel to it."
There should be a historical feel to it, because the idea was Thomas Jefferson's. He asked for a survey of the U.S. coast in 1807, and ever since, a government agency has been charting American waters. The soon-to-be-eliminated maps date to 1862.
The top-selling old-fashioned chart includes little of the U.S. It focuses on northwestern Washington state and Vancouver, Canada. The other top-selling charts cover the Detroit area, Prince William Sound in Alaska, Casco Bay in Maine, and Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island.
At New York Nautical, store manager James "Smitty" Smith saw the end of the old-fashioned maps coming. He sells far more of the on-demand maps on the lighter weight, whiter paper.
But personally, especially for decorations, he prefers the old maps because they are "more soothing on the eyes."
"There must be some art value in them because a lot of people love them," he said.
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Please be advised that on July 30, 2011 the US Youth Soccer membership met at the US Youth Soccer AGM in Phoenix, Arizona and voted to make changes to the National Championship Series (NCS) by increasing the roster size and instituting a club pass policy. As such, the MSYSA Executive Board discussed these changes at their monthly board meeting on August 17, 2011 and adopted the suggested changes. The expanded roster applies to U14 and U15 age group state cup rosters and may apply to U14 and U15 league rosters. MSYSA participating leagues may have more restrictive league rules and therefore would have to change their league rules to allow an expanded league roster at U14 and U15. This now means that U14 through U19 state cup teams can carry up to 22 players per roster.
Following is a summary of the above mentioned changes. You can find the entire updated, comprehensive US Youth Soccer National Championships Policy on the US Youth Soccer website at http://www.usyouthsoccer.org.
NCS Expanded Roster:
· The continuity of rosters did not change and remains consistent with previous years. A team must have at least 9 players common to the roster that the team uses in league play throughout the National Championship Series.
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· A club pass enables players to move from one team to another within the club to participate in regional and national championship events.
· A player pass can only be used within a state even if a club is affiliated in more than one state
· A player may only be rostered to one team at each level of the NCS
· A player would have to be properly registered and issued a club pass prior to the MSYSA state Cup freeze date to be eligible for a team that is qualified for regional or national championship play
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Such a badass chapter!!!! Obito is a monster! 5/5 because we get to see the extent of his power when he is truly serious.
Some explanations I have:
-Many are asking why Kakashi took so long to master MS when he achieved it a long time ago. Well, remember the panel where he fainted. He fainted because the MS activated and his body could not handle the strain. During his unconsciousness, there is no way he could possibly have known that he activated it. The reason why he took years to master it was probably because he studied it on his own and tried to achieve it through his own method. Plus, Kakashi's body had to be trained in order to use it so it wasn't as easy as it was for Obito.
-Many are asking why Obito was able to use Mokuton abilities so easily. Well a lot of time passed while he was being held captive with Madara. In that time we see that he was around the Zetsu's alot and they're made directly from the Hashirama tree. So it is not crazy to think that the Zetsu's taught him how to use those powers since the right side of his body is created from it.
My thoughts: Mokuton is an amazing kkg that is destructive in more ways than one. Obito really did cause the 'Bloody' Mist with all those bodies dripping blood from his abilities xD


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(a) Effect on Internet Tax Freedom Act
(b) Inapplicability to service providers
Nothing in this section may be construed to—
(1) authorize any injunction against an interactive computer service (as defined in section 230 (f) of title 47 [1] used by another person to engage in any activity that is subject to this Act;
(2) authorize any injunction against an electronic communication service (as defined in section 2510 (15) of title 18) used by another person to engage in any activity that is subject to this Act; or
[1] So in original. Probably should be followed by a closing parenthesis.
Source(Mar. 1, 1913, ch. 90, § 3, as added Pub. L. 106–386, div. C, § 2004(a),Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1548.)
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|Appears in
Anime and Manga
|Seiyū (Japanese)
|Voice actor(s) (English)
|Highest rank
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49.2 kg108.467 lb
|Blood type
Shizune (シズネ) is the assistant of Tsunade and a talented Medic-nin. Shizune is quite close to Tsunade, one of the few people Tsunade will trust with absolute certainty and a fairly talented and capable ninja in her own right, often using jutsu involving poison (such a Poison Mist and Prepared Needle Shot).
Shizune is the niece of Dan, the lover of Tsunade. Sometime after Dan died, Tsunade left Konoha and Shizune went with her as her attendant. The bond between Tsunade and Shizune is so strong that above all, Shizune sees her purpose in life is to take care of Tsunade. Besides being Tsunade's attendant, she is also a highly talented medical-nin and jōnin. Her talent in the medical field is rivalled only by that of Sakura Haruno and Tsunade herself.
Unlike Tsunade, she is level-headed, practical, and a rational thinker. As a result, she is the one who tends to stress over details like Tsunade's tendency to gamble and think with her heart. She often gets comically worked up over any irrational decision Tsunade makes. Shizune also looks after Tonton, Tsunade's pet pig.
Part I
Search For Tsunade Arc
When Orochimaru comes to Tsunade years later in an attempt to get her to heal his arms, Shizune attempts to persuade Tsunade against it, even trying to convince Tsunade to help her kill Orochimaru. When all attempts to persuade Tsunade fail, Shizune tries to use force to stop Tsunade from helping Orochimaru, though Tsunade easily defeats her. She later fights with Kabuto Yakushi in an effort to protect an incapacitated Tsunade and Naruto Uzumaki, but Kabuto proves too much for her as he easily dodges her attacks and incapacitates her as well.
Sasuke Retrieval Arc
When Tsunade takes on the title of Hokage, Shizune leads a team consisting of Genma Shiranui, Raido Namiashi, and Iwashi Tatami to compensate for the lack of manpower caused by the invasion of Konoha. When Genma and Raido are defeated by the Sound Four, Shizune heals their wounds. Later, she is seen leading a medical team charged with regenerating the wounds of Neji Hyuga.
Anime Filler Arcs
She appears in almost every filler arc as an attendant and secretary of the Fifth Hokage,Tsunade. She is seen to be part of a reinforcement team for Naruto, Chouji and Hinata during the Vegtable Country Arc.
Part II
Sai and Sasuke Arc
Shizune expresses concern in Tsunade's decision to allow Naruto to go out on missions, and reports this to the village elders. Although Tsunade is able to reach a compromise with the elders, Shizune doubts Tsunade's wisdom, though she does seem to regain faith later on.
Pein's Assualt on Konoha arc
Shizune is seen studying one of Pain's "bodies" and try to determine what kind of science that has been used on this body.
Other Appearances
She is seen in almost every Naruto video games so far. She is seen be able to create swords out of chakra call "Chakra Swords: Great Cross Slash" that causes both physical damage and internal damage to her opponent and creates a huge explosion. She also has a jutsu called "Hog Style: Tonton" which calls on Tonton to attack Shizune's opponent, hitting the opponent up to 30 times and causes major damage to her opponent.


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|This is the article on the planetary body of the earth. If you are looking for the article on the villages, head to Village Hidden under the Moon.
The moon (月, tsuki) is a planetary body floating above the world. The moon was created by the first jinchūriki, the Sage of the Six Paths, through his Chibaku Tensei technique. The Sage collected a massive amount of earth to seal the physical remains of the Ten-Tails after he used his Creation of All Things ability to divide its chakra into the nine tailed beasts, and then launched the stone prison into space, thus creating the moon.[1][2]
Madara Uchiha, after awakening the Rinnegan, released the seal placed on the empty vessel of the Ten-Tails and summoned it back to earth.[3]
Madara's ultimate plan, that was later adopted by Obito Uchiha, the Eye of the Moon Plan, involves reviving the Ten-Tails through joining the other tailed beasts, becoming its jinchūriki, and then projecting his Sharingan onto the moon in order to cast his "Infinite Tsukuyomi": a perpetual, world-scale genjutsu cast on every living being on the planet, which will allow Tobi to control and unite them to create a world with neither war nor hatred, making himself the ruler of the world.[1]
- According to Gaara, Shukaku relishes the opportunity to kill anyone in sight at any time because of its innate rage and bloodlust, but especially so during the full moon.[4] This may be because of the Ten-Tails' presence was once within the moon.[1][3]


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Keep in mind that Character Bashing is now prohibited. Making fun of certain characters/character pairings leads to a pointless thread filled with insults and general rule breaking.
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Originally Posted by Saikume
Hashirama, Rikudou Sennin, Nagato, Naruto, etc, no reason to brag about someone as Madara...everyone has a weakness or flaw within them, and I'm sure he has plenty.
Kishi said he didnt have any flaw
Originally Posted by PuppyDogGeneral
Genjutsu's Faster. And Susanoo could take the hit if anything.
Dosent matter...madara still owns. But tell me who?
Ha! Madara's gonna tame both Kurama and Naruto. It's already began bro
Because that's why the series is called "Madara"
Originally Posted by Guildmage
any of the three higher tiers by themselves:
Nagato: Any battle with a Rinnegan user is impossible to leave unharmed.
BM Naruto: If A's speed enhanced with Oonoki's technique was enough, I'm pretty sure BM Naruto will do the job to land a few punches on Madara.
Minato: Same as Naruto.
Itachi/EMS Sasuke: A Susanoo fight will be a good wear down for Madara, but so it will be for any of this two. Anyways you just say who could "damage".
In my opinion only characters with GREAT DESTRUCTIVE power or characters with OUTSTANDING speed, can accomplish this feat. Proved by Byakugou Tsunade and A
Originally Posted by ItachiTsukuAmatsukami
akatsuki?...they might have a chance of damaging him a descent amount...if they all use their most OP techs at once
Originally Posted by nickalfred31
Akatsuki, Naruto and Sasuke together, Team 7 right now, hashirama, tobi,minato, tobirama, 3rd hokage, 3rd raikage
Here you go.
The Whole Allied Shinobi Force
Originally Posted by Captain Knuckles
catch him in a shadow
and BOOM!
hes done for
Hahahahaha yes! And whilst some people say that madara is too powerful to be controlled by the shadow, all it would take is a split second to allow someone else to land at least one attack. He'd probably be free after that second, but i reckon it would be long enough to at least land one blow.
If the Fan is disarmed somehow Naruto will deff damage Madara
Originally Posted by Valen
LOL ^_^ yep, totally
Itachi amaterasu style
and the one who started the thread is a madra fanboy because no-one in naruto-verse can touch madara in his opinon
Madara ****ing fanboy. Stop underrating every ninja. Im sure there is a few ninja that could do damage.
Ten ten could beat that old sh it blind folded.
madara solos any one ninja at this point thats facts a team of naruto and saske tho would prove to much for even him as plot no jutsu is at its strongest when they team up
edo madara/harishima/rinnegan/ems/equipments is way too cocky so I would say minato
Madara might look at minato as an insect and disregard the danger that minato can be. Minato possesses the ability to seal and possesses agility/reaction/speed/intelligence. Minato's ability is perfect for surprise attack.
By the time, madara actually realizes that he should have gone full power against minato, it might have been too late. Minato's fight usually ends really quick which is not enough time for any opponent to use their full potential.
team 7
Will have to say Minato MIGHT be able to get close to him with FTG and reaper seal him (if that even works on him since the edo tensei rule didnt)
Minato will definitely be able to hit him with a few rasengans before he dies against him though. Minato has too much speed..will last awhile
BM Naruto could possibly defeat him unless he is an Edo.
And lets not forget that Broly would eat him for breakfast (high protein)
nanyone could damage him but he would instantly recover from it. tsunade damaged him
Akatsuki could harm and possibly win.
As for your genjtusu argument, Madara does not have as good of tsukuyomi as Itachi so they would all be able to get out of hit, or at least be saved by a teamate
Originally Posted by LordRevan
Madara : Only person that can stop me is Hashirama.....
So Hashirama is automatically on the list... BM Naruto also, Obito also, Minato also (uses ftg to land a hit)..... All the first 4 hokages.
The only one that COULD stop me. He is referring to back then. Info agree about the 4 Hokages, they all would land a hit, maybe not Tobirama because we have very little knowledge in his abilities.
Originally Posted by Staarkk
The only one that COULD stop me. He is referring to back then. Info agree about the 4 Hokages, they all would land a hit, maybe not Tobirama because we have very little knowledge in his abilities.
this is just pathetic. you madara fanboys preach about "herp derp nope, madaras talking about the past". madara said that when he was at the peak of his power and he meant that hashirama beat him when he was at the height of his power(perfect susano).
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Fifteen schools in Ohio have been recognized as 2013 National Blue Ribbon Schools by the U.S. Secretary of Education.
The Blue Ribbon Schools are selected based on overall academic excellence and their progress in improving student academic achievement.
A total of 236 public and 50 private schools nationwide will be honored in a recognition ceremony in November in Washington, D.C.
"Excellence in education matters and we should honor the schools that are leading the way to prepare students for success in college and careers," said Secretary Duncan. "National Blue Ribbon schools represent examples of educational excellence, and their work reflects the belief that every child in America deserves a world-class education."
To select National Blue Ribbon Schools the Department of Education requested nominations from the top education official in every state.
The recognized schools from Ohio are:
1. Akron, Akron Early College High School
2. Cuyahoga Heights, Cuyahoga Heights High School
3. Aurora, Harmon Middle School
4. Parma Heights, Incarnate Word Academy
5. Centerville, Incarnation Catholic School
6. Pleasant Hill, Newton Elementary School
7. Solon, Orchard Middle School
8. Loveland, St. Margaret of York School
9. Westerville, St. Paul The Apostle Catholic School
10. Commercial Point, Scioto Elementary School
11. New Middletown, Springfield Elementary School
12. Waterville, Waterville Primary School
13. Massillon, Watson Elementary School
14. Chesterland, West Geauga High School
15. Wheelersburg, Wheelersburg Elementary School
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I completed this website 4 months ago. (I would like to keep the website anonymous - if this post comes up on google search for his customers, it will have a negative impact on his business). We did several iterations, he was very demanding (and nosy), I complied with every single thing he wanted, including the font-size of the footer which destroyed the aesthetic looks by quite a bit. (and he messed with the colors too, making it look dangerously childish and unprofessional)
Anyway, he was very friendly during he whole process. After getting all the requirements I accepted to build the website for £950 and I charged him £150 in advance so he wouldn't want to bail out after I started the work. The requirements kept changing quite a lot, I made adjustments as and completed the website just 5 days late, w.r.t. the agreed date, in-spite all the changes in requirements.
That was four months ago. He has never returned my calls nor replied to my emails since then. How do I get the money back from him? I really need some advice on this, this is the second time someone has not payed me.
Points to be noted:
1) We did not sign any contract - he was a friend of a friend.
2) I still hold the passwords for ftp, cpanel and everything. I don't want to bring the site down. somehow it doesn't seem ethical to me.
3) I posted this on stackoverflow and it was closed, I was redirected here.
Thank you everyone, for your enormous support. I thought I should include some more details: He is hosting the site. as in, I made him register and use his own debit card to buy the domain name, webspace and everything, I just have the passwords for his cpanel, and ftp (well, I have access to cpanel that pretty much gives me access to many things)
Now, if I give him a warning, he might change the password to cpanel, but I am fairly sure he doesn't know about ftp's.
I followed
Anna Lear's advice and sent him the final invoice, on Saturday, with a warning that I will take the site down if he doesn't respond to my email before this Tuesday. He hasn't replied to my emails yet, but I will let you know how this goes. Thanks much for your support. I plan to put up a holding page as
Darknight suggested after Tuesday.
I dont have a server space of my own, however I have few web spaces of my clients but I dont want to use them for these kind of purpose.
After my follow up of final invoice and warning, the client refused to anything. workman's advice seemed to be the most sensible to me. I mirrored the site to my own webspace, logged into his CPanel and forwarded the website to my site. Once that was done, I put up a holding page on my site so anyone going to the website would see a holdup page (nothing fishy, just an Under Construction page). Of course, this was all very weak in the sense that if my client knew about CPanel he could just remove the redirection. But, I had this second chance to get back to him and I was relying on him not knowing anything.
Two hours later, I got a call from the said client, (and he was acting as if he did not get any of my voice mails or emails) and asked me to get the site back up. I, of-course, said I had to be paid and two days after that he made a bank transfer. His site's back up and running now.
Just wanted to say thank you all very much, I was very desperate when I had started this question. You guys are the best, not only you told me to learn the lesson (which I did) you also gave me a very very good solution that seemed to be very ethical (almost) to me.
A BIG thank you to workman!
If I could choose more than once answer, I would have chosen
Anna Lear too, but since I followed workman's advice I had to pick that up. People who made a point about not taking the site down without consulting a lawyer, thanks a lot.


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Welcome to our studio test scene
After many, many months of design and testing we are happy to announce the official unveiling of our studio test scene. The new scene was designed to address certain drawbacks with the previous test scene, as well as providing the opportunity to show more real-world relevant information about how cameras behave. We've increased the number of cameras supported to 23 and we'll be continuing to add models (old and new) in the coming weeks.
You can read a more detailed explanation of the scene, what it offers, how we shoot it and why we needed it in an article by our Studio Manager, Kelcey Smith.
Click here to find out more about the studio scene
Here you can see the studio scene based around our reference camera - the 80MP Phase One IQ180.
The Phase One is included to showcase the scene, rather than the camera, so will remain in daylight mode, even if you switch other cameras across to low light mode.
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The following cameras RAW downloads are broken; please fix them.
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Very impressive!
Great to see this comparison on dpreview. I've tested an IQ180 against a D800 myself and of course got similar results. In my more real world tests though the IQ180 is a lot harder to use in certain situations, like in a dark church, but then you'd expect that given its ISO range. It makes up for these shortcomings against the D800 in the studio or for landscapes which is why I want to add one to my permanent bag when funds allow. :-)
I feel so very happy, because I have a d800 and look the difference is so close, I think that take a great chance buy this camera. 36mpx vs 80mpx, wow so many pixels, but 36 is to much detail for me. I shoot portrait, landscapes and pet , the d800 show the best tool in any condition scene, just awesome
While you can see some resolution difference comparing the D800 to it's closer competitors, the IQ180 whips the D800 in a way that leaves no doubt which is better. It's night and day. Fantastic!
The IQ180 is very impressive, but unless the end result is huge poster prints I just see it as a huge waste of money. If you are shooting for even a two page spread you won't see the benefit and it's overkill and pointless. Over twice the resolution but 10 - 12 times the price.
If I win the national lottery I'll have two bodies with prime lenses on each - until then I'll stick with either the 5DmkIII or D800.
Is there a problem with the RX1 R? It has softer corners than an APS format, and at the center, it doesn't resolve any better.
looking at the paint tubes in the lower right of the scene in "low light" mode the edges of the cast shadows from the tube to the background are much softer in the iq180 shot than the 5DIII or D800 images. Looks like positioning and distance of the light changed. Is this really sensor / lens difference?
How on earth do you get to the new test scene from the menus? If you go to the studio test scene menu, and select a camera for which samples from thew new test scene are available (E-M5 for example) it still takes you to the old test scene.
FZ50 please
Lots of good ideas:
- comeback of the two line-charts. I missed them in the previous test-scene.
- PhaseOne reference rocks! Its resolution is incredible and very useful to compare details.
- dim light function: cool, but I wonder if it is really reproducible
- print and web- buttons: gets us back to the real world
Well done dpr !
in what respect would it not be reproducible? These are fixed lights built into the scene.
In your explanation of the new studio scene you wrote: "The light source used in this low-light mode is a single standard household tungsten bulb ..." I am not sure, if this light source delivers reproducible light e.g. in terms of colour temerature or light distribution during its time of operation. Perhaps you could give some further information.
And...do you have a spare one ? ;-))
Anyway, I appreciate this new scene!
It would be really useful to have a lamp shining somewhere in the setup, that would show reflections which happen in real life, especially indoor and at night.
It would be nice if there was an option to show the comparison windows to the right of the overall window - most of us use a wide format screen (16x9) on our computers. Scrolling up and down to access the cursor is a major pain when changing the viewing area - maybe your web site page can be rearranged when using this great tool !!! Thanks
What about the full screen mode :)
Yeah, choose the full screen mode.
the full screen mode is too small screen.
would like to see a 1600 x 900 full screen, though I don't think anyone who is serious at imaging has a display less than 1920 x 1080.
This comparator is brilliant, best of its ilk on the net, by far.
Why were WB and exposure corrected for some cameras? I think the jpeg images should be taken at default settings, with no adjustments. That would be useful for people who don't know or care what all the buttons are for. Raw shows the rest of us what we need to know.
Note, ISO 12800 for the K500 is missing. Please add the K-5 IIs.
I actually prefer that Jpegs have WB and exposure are corrected. It makes comparing colour palettes of different manufacturers much easier and consistent.
Raws are processed through third party software so you're not really getting the manufacturers colours.
DPReview strongly prefer non-corrected images that they eliminated the base for comparison (same exposure) in favor of that.
comparator is not designed for comparison of image qualities but default camera settings.
There is an hot pixel (purple) defect on the >800 ISO Canon 70d on the green plant on the lower left corner with lamp illumination!!!
why didn't you put a real white person in there instead of four people all with dark hair and dark eyes and olive or darker-colored skin? what about us poor pale bastards?
Who'd want to photograph them? :D
we get old, put on or lose weight, get pale or sunburned, ...
Will you be adding the Leica cameras? I really like this new setup. When will it replace the older one on the site?
I love the 4 portrait shots in the new test scene. You can really see the slight skin tone differences between camera brands.
I'm curious - The Olympus OM-D E-M5 and the PEN E-P5 have identical sensors and processors. The lens specs for each test are identical. Yet the E-M5 samples are consistently higher quality than the PEN throughout the image, at all ISOs, in low light or regular, JPEG or RAW. What other factors are at play here?
Although the E-M5 shots say a 45mm f1.8 was used, download the photos and you will discover a 50mm f2 was used.
Compared to E-P5 files to the E-M1. E-M1 as expected is sharper due to no AA filter but the quality of the E-P5 files drops off at the edges by the time you get to the cards. That does seem very odd.
Thanks for this, Stu. So there is contradictory information in the lens stats...huh. Not much value in this comparison then, except to reiterate how good the 50/2.0 is, which we all know by now! I'd really like to know if the E-P5 stacks up to the E-M5.
maybe Oly had less confidence when they designed E-M5 that they tuned NR too strong. then they made it less strong for E-P5 so images come with more noise but higher image quality.
If you compare the RX1R and the D800, you can see that the light is not consistent. The light on the pallets is different, not showing the metal texture of the pallet for the RX1R. You can see also see the difference at the paint tubes.
What about Video resolution/Noise studio test scene?
Video is integral part of the IQ assessment this days.
Very easy to activate video and capture a single still at the exact same setup
Waaahhhh!!!! There's no substitute for megapixels and German lenses! The Phase is just so much better than every other camera! Where am I going to get $47,000? I may have to switch to watercolors...at least the water is free.
Great job DPR! You've really created a useful scene--especially in the middle to outer parts of the frame where all the really great photographs are.
and what lens was used for each camera? it's more important to test the lens rather than the camera. The tool should allow to select the lens first, the camera second.
See the i symbol in the low right corner. They just use random sharp lenses. For example, for NEX-6 they use Alpha-mount DT 50/1.8 through adapter - a combination almost no customer will ACTUALLY use given that the camera comes with a kit 16-50 and a reasonably priced native 50/1.8 OSS is available.
Also, who cares about resolution at portrait FLs and portrait distances with portrait lenses? Who actually strives to show every pore on the face of your victim? ;)
Their tests would be so much more useful with kit lenses at 28mm eq for static scenes and 75-85 mm eq for AF tracking - all at least 2m high.
In the long run, we may begin showing the behaviour of the kit lenses (separately).
These shots are about showing what the camera is capable of. We try to make sure there are plenty of real-world shots with the kit lenses in our galleries.
"We try to make sure there are plenty of real-world shots with the kit lenses in our galleries."
Unfortunately, they are all different in different conditions so not directly comparable.
As it is so far, the test scene might fool a person who does not know the details into thinking the camera kit will give better results than it actually is.
Thinking about it, I would test just by setting shutter speed (say, 1/1000 to test the most common speed able to freeze human body motion, like running children) and varying light. Whatever aperture and ISO a camera selects (and the kit lens would allow) is what the most people would get, underexposure, overexposure etc.
Way to go DPReview!
Camera Manufacturers and advertisers, take notice. This is the main reason why I check this site. As a camera enthusiast, I purchase camera related products mainly because of this site. My opinion here is voluntary and without precondition.
I have no bias towards any camera systems, and I have changed camera system all together in the past based on the best camera for me. I am probably not the only one that fits into this marketing population.
Keep up the good work...and let your advertisers know that!
Your Olympus E-M5 Raw files show they are taken with a 45mm f1.8 when you hover over the 'i' button for information but when you download them them they have been taken on a 50mm f2. You need to either reshoot them with a 45mm f1.8 or reshoot the E-M1 files with a 50mm f2.
50/2 through adapter does not make sense on either.
No peevee1 it would not but at least it would be an even playing field.
Excellent ,thanks. One request. The 'Print' size appears to be set for 8 Mp (howering the mouse over the tab shows this); I thought your goal was to set the print size for an A2 print - which realistically would need a lot higher resolution than 8 Mp?
At 300 dpi and A2 print of 23.4 x 16.5:
23.4 x 16.5 X 300 x 300 = 34,749,000 or 34 Mp.
I guess you were assuming 150 dpi - the same calculation then gives 8,867,250... i.e. about 8 Mp.
Would it be possible to have a second tab set to e.g. 24 Mp, since a lot of cameras have that resolution or very close? With upscaling for cameras with lower resolution sensors? 24 Mp would be roughly equivalent to an A2 print at 254 dpi, which I know some labs use.
Tokyo will have 8K broadcast (maybe cable first) by 2020.
we will have 8K screens the size of a bed in livingroom.
I think displays will go 16K a couple of years after that.
many of B0 posters will be replaced by flat displays.
would appreciate if possible, to have several print sizes (pixel counts) that the highest resolution is automatically chosen among the current cameras compared.
of same size with same pixel counts, print mode is still not good for comparison between different aspect ratios for they have different magnifications (3:2 images are stretched 12.5% larger thus lower image quality).
@yabokkie - on the basis the images were shot per-height, the downsized images are also based on a common height, not a common output resolution.
@DaveR43 - I don't know where you got the idea of A2 at 300 dpi.
These are around 8MP because it gives A3 at around 200dpi or nearer 300dpi for a 10 x 8.
> not a common output resolution.
I see a common resolution for the common 4:3 area. the left and right of a 3:2 sensor are effectively cut off by DPReview already (or same number of pixels for a certain subject, which doesn't translate to same fraction of sensor area though, the test always favors 4:3 sensors by 0.17 stops).
@R Butler - maybe I was mistaken about your intentions.
The issue is that the 8 MP test doesn't differentiate the cameras sufficiently - they all look pretty good at ISO 6400. 8MP/A3 is not really looking at the real-world situations where it would really matter - for example in wedding photography, where low light is a frequent issue, and where big enlargements are needed to fill a double-page album spread - 24 " or 600mm. Hence my interest in an A2 test at reasonable dpi. Which as above, translates to 20-24 MP.
The test scene is now fairly irrelevant imo? Such is the step-up in iq from the d800 to the phase1 the bench in now so high as percieved against a phase1 I think you have used the wrong test scene. You should of used at most the 40mp MF 645D and probably the d800 as the benchmark and then pulled back for possible future iterations of the sensor upto 40mp+ As it stands the phase1 essentially demonstrates the detail at which the d800 should of been able to detect, ie you have too big a scene and you are too far away!
You're suggesting we should have a scene that the current highest resolution mainstream camera can already out-resolve?
If we set the D800 as a benchmark, then we have to start all over again (which is a hugely expensive process in terms of man-hours), as soon as anything out-performs it.
Exactly, you have designed the test board with room to grow as far as resolution goes. Totally the right move.
One more thing, if you bring back the watch, somewhere in the bottom right corner please...
You can't bring back the "watch" as it will look totally different (tiny) in this much bigger scene.
Not if it's possible to zoom in once or twice in the detail windows.
At this moment it is not possible to see the difference in resolution in some comparisons anyway.
I still have to force myself to look at the new test scene. The old one just looked much better and I really miss my favorite object, the watch. Is it not possible to replace some doubles (brushes with paint tubes and playing cards with the color wheel with some real life items, like the watch and the robot? Items like this tell me so much more than the portrait photos. The need to have these items double escapes me. And I miss a shadow detail item like the old box with yarn bobbins. I also think it should be possible to zoom in further in the detail windows. Now it is in some comparisons impossible to see difference in resolution, for instance the banknote and brushes.
In the end I will get used to the new test scene, but there is (my opinion) room for improvement.
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Doubling is hugely important. In fact everything should be quadrupled apart from what is in the centre. When you switch to the tungsten setting it allows you to compare the darker area on the left to the brighter area on the right. That way you can see what quality is being lost and if you download the files what effect noise reduction has on raw. It is also a way of telling if the lens/camera is aligned up correctly to the test board.
I miss the shadow detail part and the watch. Generally I hardly see a serious difference between similar cameras on the new test scene. The old one was much more obvious. IMHO, it is a step down!
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Thanks guy for what are you doing. I would appreciate if you could also test camera bodies with kit lenses. Would be interesting to see what can can combo do straight out of box. I know its fine to know what can you expect from prime lens+camera but still it would be interesting IMHO
It looks that there is something wrong with the Olympus E-P5 scene.
There is a lot less detail than in the E-PL5 and OM-D5 scenes.
It might be a good idea to check if all settings were correct.
Your quite right. Just had a look myself. It is really bad in places.
The bottom right appears to be the worse area.
Also it shows the E-M5 was used at f4.5 where the other three cameras were set to f5.6.
Now you've done it. I need a Phase One camera.
Are you sure!? Check out the upper left corner of the test scene (and my below message)
Don't be fooled, read DPR comment. It is a single picture in every light setting.
Dear DPR,
you have missed the opportunity to make the test much more useful for more people, by testing what most people ACTUALLY use - the kit lenses!
DxOMark's lens-camera pair test is only one way of thinking.
Then all the people who don't use kit lenses will complain. There are plenty of other sites like slrgear.com that test the whole gamut of lenses for you. Here we want to see how the sensor performs with a decent lens.
OMG! Just check out the upper left side pallet for various cameras at various ISO settings such that there is a horizontal line crossing through the middle of brown brush-creme brush and sponge. Below that line is dark, upper side is normal. ALL CAMERAS show that defect. Some start just at ISO100, some at higher ISO's. WTH? Defected CD, harddisk, memory card, etc? Or a real sensor problem?
I guess there is a weak spot in all cameras sensors or processing ways since it is very unlikely to record the same scene to bad media for all cameras which will show up the same defected place(since all photo sizes are different for all different cams). If it is a known fact but I haven't heard of that well known defect, pardon me for my ignorance which resulted after pixel peeping. But after now, I know where to look at for ALL TESTS! :)
I am curious whether PHASE ONE IQ180 also shows up this defect for upper ISO settings(at ISO35 there is no defect in that camera's photo)
Some cameras have rectangular defected areas (NIKON D800, D7100, SONY NEX6, PENTAX K500 which is on the upper left side or top of the sponge). I guess these cameras share the same sensor and same defect! :)
IMHO, this new test scene showed the fault of the whole camera industry (however all RAW images show the same defect as well).The situation is even more serious since ALL RAW IMAGES are not RAW but they look processed as well! Why on earth a RAW image shows the same JPEG conversion failures as well. So, all our RAW images are pre-processed RAW images (which look cleaner than the real RAW). Believe it or not both ISO35 JPG and RAW images of IQ180 shows the same failure as well. I lost all my trust to digital cams. I am ready to be prohibited from pixelpeeping forever and/or forced to live on an island with a Large Format film camera!
If you ever wondered how the D800 stacks up against medium format...wonder no more....
it shows us the fact that we are pixel count challenged.
D800 is a small step in the right direction.
LOL...nevermind the Phase One uses a huge lens, a huge sensor, and huge pixels and all extremely high quality with a price to match. That doesn't have anything to do with the Phase One killing everything else in terms of detail resolution.
Thank you, dpReview, for all you do and for trying to deal with this issue.
But your current effort is very disappointing. I understand the difficulties and intent, but this is not a good solution. With a lack of 3-D curved objects, it is very difficult to see how the cameras do in attempting to draw subtle tonal gradations. Also, another critical element is how they do handling real skin tones, including the very difficult yellows and magentas in some skin - does it make it blotchy or does it render it smoothly. There are many other issues too.
For my purposes, the Imaging Resources test target does a much better job.
You want to volunteer some of your REAL skin? Just make sure it doesn't age with time.
Where are the feathers?
These were what I used as a bird photographer to assess what the cameras made of fine complex detail. Please put some feathers (like the green one by the blue vw in the old studio scene) back again.
Otherwise, very good job and more useful.
The feathers are near the bottom left and top right, sticking out from the green fuzzy things. Matter of fact, it looks liek the green fuzzy things have green feathers at the bottoms of them. Check it out in the 180 reference shot
Thanks , found them.
GEEZ, the IQ180 can even resolve the texture of the backing paper, there's a scratch on the right of the water colours on the top left.
You can even read the dates on all three of the Canadian coins with the Phase. 1990, 1958 and 1962. To everyone over the past year in these forums who've tried to tell me the D800's OK, medium format's outdated or that AA filters are there for the betterment of the photos, here's your proof. And DPR, please add the K-5 IIs to the cameras on this test scene :D thanks!
I like the choice of the banknote, it has very small details :)
would prefer an easily available one, like Hamilton or Romanesque arches, for us to compare the image with the real target (this also the reason why different texts are often used).
They shoot the full frame cameras at f11? I'm sure that kills the resolution.
The only camera we might have shot at f/11 is the Phase One, which is considerably more than full frame.
Good job on the new test scene, DPR. After reading about a hundred of these comments I suggest DPR create a limited run of 1,000 suitable for framing prints, on archival paper, of the previous test scene. Sell these to the aficionados who have become emotionally attached to the old scene. Invest the proceeds in faster reviews. It's a win-win.
I hope that DPR will include older cameras that are no longer in production. It is very important to be able to compare with older cameras. Last, PLEASE include Foveon-based and the Pentax 645D cameras!!!
Including the Fujifilm S5 Pro, which many still own, would be a dream!
What, still testing with the different lenses at different apertures and shutter speeds even when the same ones are available? ;)
not a big problem if all the apertures on all the lenses are carefully tested, as well as all the shutter speeds used on each tested camera. this is the right way to go.
use of a certain copy of lens for several different mounts can simplify the time consuming process. it may run into problem in the future for sensors of different sizes but could be a good alternative at the moment.
It was a real cruelty that the Phase One IQ180 has been included. Suddenly the IQ of the other cameras has gone stale.
I like the IQ180 as a benchmark, how about also adding drum scanned film?
Maybe Dpreview can add:
Simulation of the Low light condition. which almost like real condition. (about the candle light dinner light too)
I think it is very important now.
I don't think I understand what you're asking for - how does it differ from what you get when you hit the low light (lightbulb) button at the top?
With filmmakers using ever-lower light levels (some scenes of "Game of Thrones" were lit with candles and torches) I think he means real candlelight. So go to the local Salvation Army and buy a couple of candelabras, try that for a while.
i thought the shiny paper clips did throw up some artifacts in some camera.
It would be good to have them , maybe near the centre.
Seems a lot of space there.
I'm happy to see the "crummy light" option. For many of us that are forced to work in poor quality light, it's great to compare how various cameras perform. Thanks dpr.
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Pencils are unsharpened.
Art Set — This set is perfect for rough layouts. It includes the 12 softest Turquoise pencils, from 9B to H.
Sketch Set — This set can be used for many different sketching and drawing techniques. It includes 12 Turquoise pencils in the middle of the range, from 4B to 6H.
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