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A lot of camera for the 320 price tag. The pic of the guy and girl at 900mm is really good. Exposure compensation down a stop would really help. Yes we can zoom in 100 or 200% and moan at the jpeg artifacts. But it has creative controls and a huge lens to play around with and,what can the "Bridge" format offer now except from a lens on Viagra.
Great for wildlife snaps on a tight budget. But travel compacts with a 20x zoom that does most or all of the above AND fits in your pocket is probably a better option. Spend your money on the TZ25.
A note on the review, please add some pics with the complete ISO range in an everyday situation. The shot of the flower shop would of been ideal for this to really show the loss of saturation you mentioned.
Cleaning the camera before taking product images with a pound-shop microfiber cloth makes all the difference.
nice camera , thanks for the review
Nice review!
1 mistake though. The P510 uses the same Lens Vibration reduction system as can be found in the latest Nikkor DSLR lenses. So not sensor shift VR as the article indicates.
It's interesting to me that Nikon, in spite of their arguably excellent SLR's, DSLR's and lenses for such just don't seem to have ever been able to pull off manufacturing the best compact or bridge cameras as a couple of their competitors in the compact and point&shoot; markets! It seems they usually manage to get everything right except the image quality, which is, to most enthusiasts, probably the most important issue. I phoned Nikon to ask about this several years ago…their answer to me was one of surprise, and a little vague. I'd love to see their image quality on the smaller cams and super zooms improve!
" so-so image quality, lack of RAW mode, slightly sluggish auto-focusing and some handling issues "
How do these issues justify a 4.5/5 rating?
I understand the excitement over the large zoom and the overall bank-for-the-buck in general, but this is still an slightly-better-than-ordinary ultra-zoom 1/2.3" sensor point-and-shoot camera.
Andy - it costs $429 and not $320.
The IQ on the samples presented is mediocre: the grass seems unnatural, the people's skin looks plasticky and the photos with many tiny details are just terrible e.g.
btw why almost all photo samples are @ISO 100? Maybe cause they aren't good at all @ ISO 200+?
@Simon: The first paragraph says the camera is "mechanically stabilized". Doesn't that indicate the camera uses lens stabilization, as oppsed to sensor shift?
There is no provision for an external shutter release and on a 42X zoom that seems to be absurd to me ... so essentially you can't use a tripod for anything but shooting static subjects. One guy in another forum said he can hand hold it at 1000mm at 1/30 sec using burst mode ... and he picks out a good one out of the 5 that it takes ... well god love him ... that must be some amazing stabilizer on his camera ... or he is in rigor mortis.
Andy Clad,
Where did you get the idea that the price tag is $320.00? You would be lucky to get the P310 for $320.00 This camera came in at about $500.00 then as they normally do, it dropped a few bucks, now it's about $430.00 this is incentive time but even that probably involves a rebate or two that were not mentioned. You're at least $100.00+ off on the price. Regarding the iso range and cleaning the camera, These guys are lucky to have the camera long enough to complete the review as it is. If they shot every camera at each iso, they wouldn't be seeing too many more reviews. They just don't have the time! Also, these cameras are not known for their high iso performance, don't you people know that? And cleaning? They probably wipe it down with a dry cloth while packing it back up. The review you want done comes after the purchase, is done by you, and even then you need to decide if you want to return it for the 80% you may get back. You've heard,"you can't please everyone" well, you're the one! Mark Goldstein, I commend you for the fabulous job you did on this and just about every other review that you do here. Photography Blog, we thank you for the service that you provide, free of charge and always a great job! We Thank You all at the site, Bravo!. ... Joe Prete PS:Some people. .... ... ..... This just proves it, you need a member fee!
I've had this camera for two years, and I love it! It's easy to use, and affordable too!
I think he's right, who would expect to handhold a camera with a setting equal to 1000mm The only option I think would be the tripod and using the self timer. I didn't see the photos the previous commenter mentioned but even from the best of five, it's hard to believe. A release cord seems to be one of those things they think we can do without. And for the others here, who really thinks this camera can produce acceptable images at a range of iso's (clean or not andy). But to spend $450.00 (not 320 andy) I think you get what you pay for. There are no shortcuts. Maybe they're done extending the compact super zooms for now!
Hi, for everyone abroad. I was wrong about the price. Amazon have it for £329 pounds sterling. Dont know about the dollar conversion. But thats what we see in good ol Blighty.
Nikon became mediocre when it went Made in China.
If you're planning on a purchase like this, please consider what you're asking from such a small sensor. There were quite a few people that were evaluating the Nikon 1 system. And although they did prove certain points regarding iso noise and quality, but at what price, and would you be comfortable with a set up like that. They made their point, I was wrong about that. Good quality images were attainable, and recently I noticed price cuts and rebates. (this was done with other brands first) If you're looking in the Bridge super zoom range, consider the DMC FZ150, HS30 EXR also P500 and similar. I think the effective range had been reached. Also, look where you land price wise! You're touching SLR range. I really thought Fuji had a winner in the SLR Look-a-like and it was great, but it was like $750.00 US without interchangeable lenses. At $500.00, I admit, I would have liked to play with one. This is an odd situation here, it's a buyers market, with sellers prices. (this would destroy real estate). Please, remember, haste makes waste! it's old, but still true. You can have fun w/ bridge cameras, just try to find one in the "happy medium" range and remember, they'll always be a new model tomorrow, but at some point you have to buy.
Mad Hungarian,
That's putting it mildly. I knew it right away with the D800. I'm glad to hear someone else can tell the difference!
#10 Stephanie, your link goes to a coolpix at Amazon. I thought you linked to pix.
good camera
Mine arrived today, bought due to my eyes being very impressed by the images in your preview sample shots.
Early days yet but I've had no dramas getting good results hand held at maximum zoom, fairly consistently too. It actually has plenty of user settings available and it'll take me a while to sort out what I like and will use, but I bought it for the great zoom results and it seems to deliver.
Bear in mind I don't care about high ISO performance, though it isn't awful there. Nor do I care about about RAW or battery life, RAW is for those who are far better than me and love to do extra work to get the same result, battery life became a non-issue years ago, all cameras do well these days and cheap spare batteries are readily available.
The P510 is a good camera with very good quality images.
Some of you people are the same ones who were criticising the image quality of the FZ150 when it was reviewed here. Clearly you have nothing
better to do than pretend to sound knowledgable.
And here we go again. Yes, 42x is hand-holdable.
Just like 24x, 30x and 35x is. All those were declared impossible (by the pretend experts) to be hand-held as well.
If you cant hold it steady, then carry a tripod around or stick to less than 10x zoom.
Many of us dont have that problem. Just because you cant doesnt mean noone else can.
its all about perspective.. to me an ecologist, the biggest selling point of the P510 is the GPS and the long zoom features. Image quality is good enough for me.
Quite good image quality for the zoom range and sensor size, I wonder how snappy it is (focus, drive modes, interface, etc).
The 'bad' points, IMHO, are the lack of RAW and remote shutter control and the 'mushiness' at base ISO, luckily high ISO noise/mushiness is tolerable at ISO 800 (but not that good) thus making it quite nice to use in most of conditions.
The huge zoom requires a tripod if light is not that nice, at most you can get a shutter of 1/250s without getting it all blurry. Not that bad, but take that in mind if you want to catch birds with the sun setting…
In the end all that matters is: Are the images ok??
A few months ago I saw a photography mag in a Newsagents that had the most amazing macro photos I have ever seen, the mag obviously thought so too because it had this guys images plastered all over its front page and several pages inside too.Very high quality images.
The camera was a very ancient battered first generation Fuji with only 6MP!
See, its the photographer who take the pictures - not the camera…PE
Nikon P510 Shooters,
Maybe you should consider a monopod. Carry it like a small nightstick, press the release and you've got a 5 foot extension. It's almost as good as a tripod.
For all you guys.
You can now buy this in the UK for £299 pounds.
Thats pounds, NOT dollars (Joe).
Hi Joe,
I'm not interested in a bridge/super zoom camera at the moment. I owned a panasonic FZ18 for many years and the model after that. Many brother still uses it today.
I've been using DSLR cameras for many years and love my Pentax K5 and Tamron F2.8.
I think the bridge style of camera is designed to give the keen user an idea and examples of what can be achieved in photography and it certainly got my interest going again after my years with Film and caution at jumping to digital.
With good light and a keen eye, the beginner can produce some really pleasing work. And now with the HD video thrown in being the norm its great.
But when put to the test (difficult lighting etc), that's when the limitations start to show.
The comment about the skin and colours looking plastic and unnatural can be fixed in many a free photo editor around today (FS viewer is really good). The reviewer usually advises to sharpen images straight of the camera.
If a modern bridge camera gets people interested in photography then great. My old panasonic still meters better than my canon 220HS compact. Not bad for an 8 year old model.
very good camera, having great zoom and good colour and asy to operate and at very good price. having full HD and can take good images.. ..cool
I think half the problem many have with the images displayed from the Nikon here is due to the fact of its 16mp images- and the resulting 100% crop size.
We're scrutinising this camera's images at sizes 99% of us will never print- and I suspect that if this review only enabled image viewing at screen size,we would all be raving about this camera's IQ.
It won't have DSLR high iso performance- or it's AF speed- but given it's price point,I think it's a pretty decent all rounder- and I'm sure it will satisfy the needs of most who buy it.
Is the longest shutter speed really only 4s? For all of the other features, this seems very poor.
This is an excellent camera. I bought it and have been using it for a number of days now. Yes, at full zoom it helps to have a rest, something to lean against or a tripod, but it isn't required. My biggest problem with the camera is the battery life. I easily shoot through the battery in 2~2.5 hrs, which is very annoying. When I take it on a trip I'll probably have to have at least 5-6 additional batteries. At around $7.50 a piece this actually significantly raises the cost of the camera.
Additionally I would have liked to see some way take pictures without actually touching the camera for tripod work.
Other than that though, this camera is an excellent choice for anyone who wants the ability to take a large range of picture (up close, literally in your face, to very far away, yeah even pics of the craters on the moon…), and is a bit shy about spending 1-2k dollars on their new camera.
I've had this camera just over a week & I love it. I'm not looking to be a professional photographer & didn't want to have to carry all the extra lenses with a DSLR. The P510 is ideal for those of us that enjoy photography for our own pleasure but want more scope than your average pocket point & shoot. The zoom is fab & I love the effects settings. The only thing I'm struggling with is the macro but thats down to my inexperience not the camera. I'd recommend it!!
I've had this camera just over a week & I love it. I don't want to be a professional photographer & don't want to carry round the extra lenses with a DSLR. The zoom is fab & I love the effects settings. For those of us interested in photography for our own pleasure that want more control than with a pocket point & shoot it's ideal. The only thing I'm struggling with is the macro but that's down to my inexperience & through no fault of the camera. I'd recommend it
With MPEG4, will the buffer time-out, thus limiting the recording
time? (I am accustomed to Panasonic Lumix—avchd lite—I can
record a concert in one long continuous clip.) Thanks.
Yes, there's a maximum of 29 min per movie clip if I remember correctly. Anyway… it's approximately that.
Yes, all cameras fitted with video sold in European market are limited to 29:59 due to crazy regulations. In USA much time as you like!P
Have just bought one and pleased so far. But why can't camera manufacturers fit an old-fashioned cable release socket onto any serious camera? For photographing birds it's essential: few of us can afford a 1000mm lens for an SLR, or indeed have the muscles to lug it around. One can buy a gadget to attach one from srb-griturn.com but it shouldn't be necessary.
customer satisfaction is in the eyes of the camera holder…buy it because you need it and not because you want it…for 400 bucks, what else do you need..you cant have everything at that price…
this camera is great;;;easy to use even with zoom exteneded;;;great pict;;
to: #30 Matthew :
I am considering to buy this Nikon P510, and , like you, I would need 5-6 in a bush trip. The problem is that here in New Zealand the spare batteries (not original Nikon) cost about NZD 60.00 (about US $48.00) each so really expensive! So can you tell me where did you see that batteries by $ 7.50 and what currency is it, please ? Thanks.
To #39 ogatodebosta, I ordered a couple from http://www.tinydeal.com @ US$5.27 each.
DX also have them.
One of the advantages of AAA batteries of course!
This seems like a good camera with the exception of problem with video focus. Does anybody know if there is manual focus in the video mode? This would help at max zoom. PE
Have you guys seen the new sony dsc-hx200v, which you you purchase?
i'm torn between the two, originally i was set on this nikon p510 but the video focus issues has me worried.
which would you go for?
i dont mind not having the extra 12x zoom that nikon offers, the extra £100 of the sony is also a factor. but then again it does have a much longer shutter exposure time(30seconds to 8seconds)
Thank you, Photography Blog, for the reviews you do. I am an amateur who strives to take professional quality photos. Being in the market for a "bridge" camera to travel with, I did a lot of research before making my purchase. You saved me a lot of headache and anxiety (and a ton of moolah) with you reliable reviews. I LOVE my new Nikon Coolpix P510! It surpassed my expectations. The image quality is superior to most superzooms on the market. I gave it 4.5 stars all the way across the board. Thank you for being here to provide a service to someone like me who wants to take great and fun photos without spending my life savings. After all, photography isn't my only passion. This camera is fun and will serve me well for a long time.
@#39 ogatodebosta: I am buying 4 Nikon-brand batteries off of Ebay for $39.96 US with free shipping and handling. You can get cheaper ones on ebay, but they are all unbranded or off brand aftermarket batteries.
@#42 Hamid: I'm loving my P510. The extra zoom is amazing, but it's up to you having a 30 second exposure time would also be nice, it depends on what you expect to do with the camera. My guess is you'll be happy with either one.
@#43 Susan Kaut: Well said! :)
@ #40 Jim
@ #44 Matthew
Thank you guys by the tips about spare batteries costs. I see that everybody enjoy a lot this talk and it is so nice to have so many good people sharing positive info. Cheers!
does anyone know if amazon have a satisfaction guarantee deal? where i could return it if i didnt like it for what ever reason?
amazon uk that is.
I just bought my P510 from Amazon and there is a sticker on the box saying that there is currently an extra 12 months guarantee provided you register within 30 days. It is Nikon who have to honour the guarantee surely, not Amazon.
Will keep you all posted about the camera but movies of a great spotted wood-pecker on a feeder look briliant on the 3" screen. (It's what turns you on!). As to focussing, you need to choose centre-focussing from the menu for such subjects, ot it may focus on the wrong thing.
Forget my last blog. Nikon will no doubt honour the guarantee (for malfunctions etc) and Amazon may take it back if you just don't like it. But you need to read their return conditions very carefully before ordering
Dear Hamid: Your Amazon purchases are guaranteed. If your purchase is not fulfilled by Amazon directly, be sure to check with the Seller as to what their policy is. I.E. Return item to seller for replacement or refund. Or, send to manufacturer for repair or replacement. In the case of any Nikon product, a return to seller for replacement or refund is best. If you need a repair or replacement withing the warranty time, it is best to send it to Nikon for service. Either way, you a guaranteed satisfaction for your purchase. I personally feel confident in purchasing through Amazon and have never had any anxiety or grief over transactions. If you consider Ebay, please be caveat emptor as the square trade deal typically supports the seller over the buyer. Happy snapping!
Susan Kaut is rather off the mark there. As a seller on both Amazon and eBay, both are set up in favour of the buyer. As a seller we have more hoops to jump through. Check the feedback - but you will never find any negatives against anything "fulfilled by Amazon" as they remove it.
Jim #50 is right, I don't sell on ebay but the amount of jumping through hoops involved mean I leave 5 star feedback merely by an item arriving, I'd love to be more honest but it's somewhat often unfair on the seller.
Anyway to me the P510 is almost an enigma, I bought mine because of the samples I'd seen, when it arrived I was I was happily taken aback by the consistently good full zoom shots, then later rapt with its macro stuff, this is a camera that earns some stripes. Bear in mind I don't play much or at all with video, and RAW to me is just an extra layer of work for minimum result, it just keeps taking great shots.
Jim: I appreciate your point of view. I have not sold on Amazon, so was unaware of what sellers go through in order to market their product. As a buyer, I must say that I do appreciate the sellers on Amazon. I have never had a problem with any. When I needed to return a defective product, I was given courteous and prompt service. For these experiences, I was confident in purchasing expensive products, such as the Nikon P510, through Amazon. Thanks again for bringing this to my attention.
I had the Canon sx40hs for a short period of time intending to sell my Fujifilm hs10. Unfortunately,after testing the sx40 against the hs10 I found the fuji picture quality far better, color and detail superior. Black taken with the sx40 looked Grey.
The fuji hs10 macro was superior too. 1cm.
I would like to try the P510 though. In the end picture quality is all that matters not the technologies. PE
I have seen various reviews regarding Nikon p510 vs Canon sx40hs. Seeing all reviews though I intended to purchase Nikon p510 but finnaly I purchased Canon sx40hs for it's massive picture sharpness. I am really happy with this product. As per my view sx40hs is the best bridge camera compairing with the latest bridge cameras. I am thankful to Canon for their pretty good product sx40hs. I am also very much thankful to the friends who have given their valuable advises. SUGATO ROY/CALCUTTA/INDIA/+919051875688
#55 Sugato Roy: But the Canon does not include GPS, so sadly it is not comparable (for me, anyway). The only other camera that comes close is the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX200V, which is £100 dearer but has a vastly wider ISO range and 30s exposure and manual focus, but "only" 35x.
I'm hoping to hear more from people who have actually bought the Nikon about using it IRL. I haven't seen any reviews that cover night time exposures, and how you get around the shortness of the longest exposure at 4s. I've looked on Flickr and on the face of it, no one has yet uploaded a picture taken with either camera!
By extending the optical zoom to 42X (actually 180/4.3=41.86) Nikon put to shame the theorists which stated that "all zoom bigger than 24X is useless since you have to get a tripod". Thus the outstanding feature of this camera is an incredible hand held IQ at its telephoto end and that's mainly because the IS, optical and not by sensor shift, is outstanding.
More than that, the digital zoom (2X) is better than usual. There is no RAW, but there is a noise control (high, normal, low) and a picture control (standard, vivid,neutral and two custom savings of sharpening, contrast and saturation). There is also a D-lighting (high, normal, low) for contrast correction, which can be activated both on shooting or on playback.
Unfortunately there are also some minor, but rather disturbing drawbacks: for me the main one is an unjustified correlation between the ISO and the minimum shutter speed in the M mode: if you raise the ISO, the maximum time get down and that is more annoying as their Night Landscape setting is very modest, to say the least. Other drawbacks: if you want to use a tripod, you have to select time and again for each shot the self timer to let the vibrations die; in the playback mode there is no way to go from one zoomed in image to the other.
The video mode looses focus on the telephoto end, but there there is also a workaround: start filming at the telephoto end and then go up or down with the zoom without any problem.
I didn't test the GPS, but read a very good posting with images that showed it was rather slow and inefficient.
It lacks also a filter thread or a horse shoe.
Like every camera of this size, it needs a spare battery and a charger in order to shoot without long imposed pauses.
All in all it is a remarkable superzoom camera, that with minor improvements could be almost perfect.
#56 DEAR JIM, I ADMIT YOUR VIEW REGARDING GPS WHICH CANON HAS NOT INCLUDED. BEFORE TO PURCHASE MY CAMERA I VISITED ATLEAST 9 SHOPS IN MY CITY. I HAVE SEEN DEMO OF NIKON, SONY,FUJI,PANASONIC ETC VERY CAREFULLY. I HAVE ALSO ASKED THE SHOP GUYES REGARDING THE BEST BRIDGE CAMERA TILL THE DATE I PURCHASED IT. MAXIMUM OF THEM RECOMANDED CANON SX40HS RATHAR THAN NIKON P510. DEAR JIM HAVE I DONE WRONG ? Sugato Roy / Calcutta / India / +919051875688
Dear Jim: I will be going to Victoria, BC in May and plan to take a lot of photos. Yay! Foodie and Photo vacation. . .Who could ask for more? Anyway, back to the subject of night photos with the Nikon P510. I will have plenty of opps there. Will make sure I post them for you. P.S. Where do I post photos so you can see them? Yes I am a newbie at this posting thing! Go figure. Ah well, just part of the photo adventure. Looking forward to your reply on this matter
Hi Susan (comment #59)
Not sure how to post here, but Augustin and I have some P510 images on dpreview in Nikon Talk forum if you'd like to post there too.
#58 SUGATO ROY For many, GPS is not important. I just like to geotag my pictures and do so manually using a little program called geotagger. Apart from my personal preference for GPS, your chose a good camera.
#59 Susan Kaut : Thanks, I look forward to them. I find Flickr is the one I use most(it now allows full size image uploads, and I get a Pro account included with my broadband from BT here in the UK). It also lets you search for pictures taken with different cameras, which I have found useful.
500px is growing in popularity, and seems to be aimed at fairly serious photographers.
#60 MarioV : I had not seen that this site photographyblog has a photo gallery into which one can post, though it is very restrictive on what you can put in a free account - a file size of 200Kb is pretty small and no use for comparisons.
really nice camera. thanks for the review but i don't remember seeing a night shot taken by P510. still wondering about the noise at low light situation.
@Ron Gabriel (#63): Here you find a very good night test:
and here a test in some "extreme" conditions:
I hope that will help you.
All the best,
Because the zoom lens does not work when using manual focus, how does one get the camera to focus with the zoom at maximum in low light (ie, the night sky?)
Well I have used the manual focus at full zoom, though it's a bit jerky. However you have an infinity setting which should come in handy for celestial bodies. It's found on the rotary multi-selector along with macro
Alan: When you say "full zoom" do you mean full "optical" zoom? Or "digital" zoom? I assume you are referring to the optical zoom. I have tried a number of camera functions for low-light with mixed success. What I am preparing for is the "full super moon" on May 5. I am pretty sure that there will be eoungh light from the moon that night to use the full digital zoom and to get it focused. Thanks,
- greg
I assume you'll have the camera on a tripod. That means you should turn off the anti-shake. When I used the manual focus I'm pretty sure it was just on optical zoom but to be honest I've only just acquired the camera so I'm not 100% sure. But if you almost fill the frame with the moon you'll find that it's rapidly on the move and you really need a video tripod head to follow it around. I haven't tried the infinity setting either, but it seems ideal for the moon. Good luck
Hi all….I'm still confused about two——Nikon P510 & Cannon SXHS40..:(
I like the picture quality taken by cannon..
Just want to know is the pictures quality of Nikon P510 is that bad?
Which one to buy?
Sudip Saha
I own theP510 but have not had the opportunity to put it through its' paces. In my comparison with my Sony Alpha 700
I do prefer the picture quality at comperable mm ranges. That being said, I look forward to using the 510 this summer on my trip to Europe not only for the 1000mm range but certainly for the reduction in weight. Lugging a Alpha 700 around can be a pain.
Thanks for all your posts. and picture samples.
PS. The 1000mm shot of the head of the grey-haired man showing considerable detail of his hair was impressive.
For a relatively novice user this camera rocks! Love taking pictures with it. And I don't require a tripod while zoomed to the fullest. Fully recommend it to a person who wants lots of features for an affordable price
I bought this camera about a month ago and for my purposes, it's great. I have a DSLR which I will continue to use for some things, however, for taking pictures of my grandchilrens activities and taking pictures at a distance, it provides very nice images and I don't need to carry the extra lenses for my DSLR. It is a very nice camera but it isn't a DSLR and shouldn't be expected to perform like one. Overall it gives great images, gives the user lots of choices. I like the HDR option and have taken some very nice pictures using it.
After a week of shooting the camera broke down
Hi folks,
Can anyone tell me if the "mechanical/optical" stabilizer works in video mode as well? Oddly as it might seem, I will use the camera mostly for video (no camcorder can also produce decent pictures AFAIK, but I'm open to suggestions). My footage is about birds, so I really need a long long lens. Shacky video performance would be a deal breaker.
Here is my current production, using a Panasonic Camcorder.
Dear Fab,
Good to hear from a fellow bird photographer. I started in 1950 with a plate camera! And I agree that birds look best when they are singing and doing things. I have a tiny Panasonic SD70 videocam (78x optical zoom) which produced some good wader shots with good sound from a hide at Minsmere, but only when I put it on a tripod. Now I have bought the Nikon Coolpix P510 whose movie shots are HD, but the camera records the sounds of focussing and zooming unless you set it in Single AF, when it fixes the focus for the whole clip. I greatly doubt that you could get steady hand-held movies at full zooming range. With a good tripod and video head you really have control. Liked your videos - too busy to view them all just now.
I own this camera. Having benign tremor, the anti-
shake feature is a Godsend.
To see it in action, video and stills(of bighorn
sheep)taken hand-held and at max zoom, please check out my blog page:
Bill in Southern California
max zoom without a tripod
@Riki1: Quite impressive! Thank you for sharing!
I have a HUGE issue with this camera… i was so excited to purchase this since my last Nikon L110 which is 15x opt zoom… when i try this one which SHOULD be 42x opt zoom my pics are basically the same is distance… its not what i see on the reviews… IS THIS ONE I GET FAULTY…. cause everyone else boasts on the great zoom .. mine is not so great at all ..... i even took pics with both cameras to see and its almost identical ... what is wrong .... ???
I think 42x zoom is not an absolute zoom factor as on the telescope zoom, but it is from 24mm to 1000mm zoom faktor 1000/24=41.66 zoom. And you must compare the size of details on full-size photos .
420mm vs 1000mm means just 2.34x bigger image, or tighter framing.
Great zoom function. however i would like to get a better manual focus modes on the full hd video part. and a dedicated video and photo mode.
P510 story continues and will continue in the future on the line : (new pictures Sun with spots)
With so many features it's hard to sort through them all but you guys make it easy! Thank you!
This is a great resource for camera accessories & they ship worldwide.
Its good camera but charging battery with camera is not good. Camera pouch supplied with is not proper.
SOLAR eclipse of VENUS 06.06.2012 with NIKON P510
... and little video ...
Really Happy with this little camera, Took it for a test on the video part HD 1080p.
@Jes: Outstanding video sample! Thank you for sharing! Could I forward the link to other people in order to admire a good P510 video?
JES> ... nice video, I think, you had to cut so much, that it was so nice ...
Hi Augustin Man, Yes you can forward, the 510 should be shared. And Riki1, Yes had to cut quite a lot otherwise youtube takes ages and of corse we loose interest in boring long shots.
The only small thing that annoys me with 510 is that when you zoom in and out as the barell starts to moove there is a slight moovement and causes the camera to loose focus for a sec, even in manual focus mode, When in video mode this will be noticable, Any of you came acros this? I immagine this is due to the maximum lens feature.
@Jesmond: In still photos I couldn't remark any focus glitch; of course it isn't as fast as in professional cameras, but it isn't very slow either. As for video, when the zoom loses the focus I press AF (selection disk - left, icon on the bottom of the display) and it's true that there is some delay in refocusing…
I hope your camera doesn't need to be serviced.
Thank you and happy shooting!
I have three Nikon DSLRs with 300, 400 and 500mm zoom lenses for bird photography. I like to have a camera with me every time I go out and lugging around a 500mm zoom and heavy DSLR is not ideal so I bought a P510. I was pleasantly surprised. No, it is not as good as a £2500 camera/lens combination but I always believe that the best camera is the one that you have with you! I'm very happy with the P510. It's not so good for shooting birds in flight due to its slow focusing but I've got some really excellent shots of static birds quite a long way off.
I have owned a CoolPix 880 for 12 years and was very happy with short distance photos. I got my Coolpix 510 a week ago. I am not a professional photographer but at 73 years of age I take hundreds of photos. My P510 far exceeds what I was expecting for zoom photos of animals or birds, (my main reason for buying. I get fast shots and am getting used to steadying the camera when zooming full. At $399 I feel I got a great camera at a great price and would encourage nature photographers to try one.It may be slow to focus but my results are fantastic.
@Terry Waxham: We are expecting to share your captures! Happy P510 shooting!
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The P510 in action again at the my local field
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The win marked career victory No. 1,200 for Stetson coach Pete Dunn, who is in his 33rd season at his alma mater. The win was made sweeter by the pitching performance of freshman Josh Powers, who blanked the Buccaneers into the ninth inning to earn his second win of the week.
Powers (4-1) was also the winning pitcher on Wednesday when Stetson defeated No. 1 Florida State.
"I didn't realize it, but that was number 1,200," a smiling Dunn said. "Against a good club like ETSU, it is very satisfying, especially to send a freshman out there who wasn't even supposed to pitch this weekend."
Powers made his conference debut against the Bucs in place of injured junior Kurt Schluter. All he did was blank ETSU on just four hits with one walk and one strikeout. The Bucs managed to get just one runner as far as second base off the freshman.
His bid for a complete game ended with one out in the ninth when Andrew Green delivered a ground ball single up the middle.
"I went out there in the ninth and made my pitch and gave up a ground ball, it just found a hole," Powers said. "I just threw strikes, pounded the zone, all day. I got ahead early and they hit some balls right at the defense."
Powers said he was comfortable on the Thomas Stadium mound from the first inning.
"You get a feeling for the atmosphere of the game and know that, if you throw strikes the guys behind you are going to catch it," Powers said. "In the seventh inning, when I walked the guy on four straight, I was a little frustrated. But, as soon as that happened, I got a ground ball double play to get out of it. From then on I felt good."
The freshman needed just 90 pitches in his performance. Cameron Griffin came on in relief in the ninth and got a ground out before hitting Clinton Freeman to bring the potential winning run to the plate. Closer Robbie Powell was summoned to the mound and he closed the door by getting Kerry Doane to fly out to right.
It was one of 14 fly ball outs in the game for the Stetson pitchers. The save for Powell was his 17th of the season, one shy of the Atlantic Sun Conference record.
Dunn said the job Powers did was outstanding.
"He was supposed to go as long as he could against Florida State on Wednesday, but we didn't tell him that he was going to have to pitch this weekend," Dunn said. "He went two innings and, when we took him out, he was pretty mad. He came out and did a great job today.
"Grif came in and then Robbie finished it out like he has been doing all year. That is a good win and a big win. We have to keep winning. We don't know if we can win this thing but, if we keep on winning, we may come close. All we can control is our own destiny right now."
The Hatters didn't generate much offense against ETSU starter John Long (6-6), who posted his fourth complete game this year, all losses. Stetson broke up a scoreless game by taking advantage of an ETSU error in the seventh and then added an insurance run in the eighth.
Mitchel Brennan double in Ben Carhart for the run in the seventh and then Robert Crews drove in Robert Bruce with a slow roller to first for the second run.
"We executed well and, in games like that, you have to execute," Dunn said. "We got the bunt down when we needed to then got the base hit to get the first run. They we executed the hit and run to get runners to first and third.
"Crews got to two strikes pretty quickly, but he kept battling and fouling pitches off until he finally flicked a ball down the first base line to get the run in. That is execution and that is what wins close games."
Brennan had a pair of doubles to lead Stetson while Sam Kimmel also had a pair of hits. Green had two of the four hits for ETSU.
"Mitchel is really swinging it well right now and is playing pretty good at first base as well," Dunn said. "We didn't plan for that, but he has stepped in and played a good first base for us."
The Hatters will try to complete the weekend sweep on Sunday when Will Dorsey (6-5, 3.56) goes to the mound. The game is scheduled for a 1 p.m. start.

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James Reilly of the New England Revolution signed autographs at the Community Center soccer fields Friday. Reilly's visit was sponsored by the Rutland Youth Soccer summer camp, run by Sue Wheeler. This summer 92 children from area towns participated in the weeklong camp, learning from eight visiting coaches from England who stayed with families in town.


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Communications staff works collaboratively with the IT Division to manage the city website and the city employee intranet site. The division also coordinates the annual Plymouth City Sampler each spring. The sampler offers residents an informal venue to meet the mayor and city council as well as pick up information on city programs.
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Healthy Choices: Regulatory Design and Processing Modes of Health Decisions
Orly Lobel
University of San Diego School of Law; Harvard Law School
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University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management
July 1, 2011
This article demonstrates experimentally that individuals making decisions about their health management are affected by the decision making environment and that law and policy can serve important roles in improving the decision environment. With the support of a generous grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, we conducted two series of experiments. First a lab experiment with approximately 700 respondents and next a web-based experiment with over 3000 respondents, including 300 medical doctors. In each of the experiments, in addition to manipulating the decision making environment and choice sets, we manipulated the state of the decision maker. In the first series of experiments we used the psychological mechanism of cognitive depletion and in the second series we tested the effects of cognitive overload. Most broadly, unlike past measures of risk aversion, our studies demonstrate that preferences for risk are not fixed in an individual but rather are highly sensitive to the role, context, and state of the decision maker in patterned ways. The project provides new evidence that cognitive processes affect decision making and judgment of risk, often leading to medically suboptimal choices. The lab studies suggest that often people process risk sub-optimally, e.g. favoring potentially harmful omissions over less harmful acts and being influenced by the order of warnings or choices, rather than their substantive value.
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This looks really good...I'll do this! Stick blenders rock!
I've always had issues with making salad dressing. It was like my achilles heel in the kitchen. But today, I conquered it and had the most delicious salad ever! This is a very basic recipe but sooooo yummy!
I made this with my beloved stick blender and the handy-dandy measuring jar it came with. I layered the ingredients in the following order:
1 clove of garlic
1 tbsp Dijon Mustard
1/4 cup Balsamic Vinegar
1 tsp Agave Syrup
1/2 tsp Dried Basil
pinch of Salt, Pepper and Red Pepper Flake
1/2 cup of Olive Oil
Put your stick blender all the way down in the jar as far as it will go and turn it on. Don't move it. You'll see the emulsion starting (Kitchen Science: The Coolest of the Sciences!) and when almost all of the oil has been emulsified, you can start lifting the blender up.
I had this on some delicious Alaskan Grown red leaf with tear drop 'maters and bleu cheese crumbles. Num, num, num.
This looks really good...I'll do this! Stick blenders rock!
Yes they do! I found the most amazing mayo technique ever involving a stick blender and from that I made the most amazing mayo ever. I could seriously eat it with a spoon. Here's the technique. And following is my recipe.
2 large eggs (I pasteurize mine)
1.5 tsp salt
2 tsp dry mustard
1/4 cup white vinegar
2 cups Walnut Oil (I don't like Olive Oil mayo)
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What is the world's smallest country?The Vatican City, the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's smallest country. Located entirely within the city of Rome, Italy, the Vatican City (also known as the Holy See) is 0.2 square miles (0.44 km2) in area.
Some argue that The Sovereign Military Order Of Malta (SMOM) is actually the world's smallest country, but you can find out why the SMOM is nothing more than an international organization.
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Strikes and Civil Disobedience Kick Off Walmart's Holiday Season
In a show of strength, Walmart workers from six stores in the Los Angeles area went on strike last Wednesday to protest Walmart's illegal retaliation against workers who speak out. The day following the strikes, workers and community members came together at a downtown Los Angeles Walmart in Chinatown.
Challenging the company to pay a reasonable wage that would allow workers to care for their families without relying on government assistance, 54 workers and community supporters were arrested in the "largest act of civil disobedience ever at Walmart."
According to the Huffington Post:
Surrounded by about 100 police officers in riot gear and a helicopter circling above, more than 50 Walmart workers and supporters were arrested in downtown Los Angeles Thursday night as they sat in the street protesting what they called the retailer's "poverty wages."
Organizers said it was the largest single act of civil disobedience in Walmart's 50-year history. The 54 arrestees, with about 500 protesting Walmart workers, clergy and supporters, demonstrated outside LA's Chinatown Walmart. Those who refused police orders to clear the street after their permit expired were arrested without incident. Those who fail to post $5,000 bail would be jailed overnight, Detective Gus Villanueva, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesman, told The Huffington Post.
Their primary demand to Walmart: pay every full-time worker at least $25,000 a year.
Walmart responded predictably by trying to downplay the significance of intensifying calls for change at the company. Instead of acknowledging the legitimate and growing concerns of workers, most of whom make less than $25,000 a year, spokesperson told the LA Times, that "…Wal-Mart has seen such protests 'over and over again.'"
While declining to give further details at this time, workers told the press in a conference call last Thursday that the recent strikes and acts of civil disobedience are merely a taste of what Walmart can expect to see throughout the holiday season and this Black Friday.
You can see photos of the event at ChangeWalmart.Tumblr.com and join the movement to change Walmart at BlackFridayProtests.org.
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tompnoonan1961November 12, 2013
please tell Walmart not to arrest all Walmart Workers for going on Strike aganist all Walmart Store for making Walmart join the Union by make Walmart give all Walmart Workers Living Wage With Affordable Health right of away and right now please and it is time for Walmart join the Union by bake Walmart give all Walmart Workers a Living Wage With Affordable Healthcare right of away and righ now please without close down all the Walmart Store and without silent all the Walmart Workers.
Thank You Very Much
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floridanativeeNovember 12, 2013
Any workers should realize that when they take actions designed to hurt their employer, they are subject to being fired. Your buddies who talked you into it with the union will still get their checks and just move on to the next disruption. Better yourself through education and self evaluation.


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The Hoboken Chamber Orchestra peeked at Mozart through an 18th-century keyhole in its all-Mozart concert Thursday at Glassboro State College. But by the second half of the Hollybush Festival concert, the viewpoint had widened.
For Mozart's D-minor Requiem, the combined choruses of the college joined the small orchestra. The singers blasted out the unison passages with the emotional fire of a young group, yet they had been trained so well in rehearsal that conductor Gary Schneider kept the emotionalism from seeping over the performance's edges.


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IACP Launches New Committee to Guide Law Enforcement Policy Research
By Charles Wellford, Professor of Criminal Justice, University of Maryland, and Cochair, IACP Research Advisory Committee; Ronal Serpas, Chief of Police, Nashville, Tennessee, Metro Police Department, and Cochair, IACP Research Advisory Committee; John Firman, Research Center Director, IACP; and Lieutenant Wendy Clark, United States Capitol Police, and IACP Visiting Fellow
n November 2004, the IACP amended its constitution to allow for the creation of a new committee: the Research Advisory Committee (RAC). The purpose of this new committee is to help guide the IACP and its partners in identifying and conducting law enforcement policy research on the most important issues facing police executives. To direct the committee's efforts, the IACP president appointed leaders from both academia and active law enforcement to cochair the committee: Dr. Charles Wellford, professor of criminal justice at the University of Maryland; and Ronal Serpas, chief of police in Nashville, Tennessee. In collaboration with the IACP president, representatives of a wide range of disciplines were selected to serve on the committee. The objective of the committee is to bridge the interests of academics and police leaders and create actionable research. A primary focus of the RAC is to integrate quality research and analysis of emerging critical issues that police leaders can use to make informed decisions on policies and procedures.
Partnership with the National Institute of Justice
During the formation of the RAC, the IACP held simultaneous discussions with the leadership at the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), U.S. Department of Justice, to determine the possibility of an ongoing partnership between the IACP and NIJ centering on RAC initiatives. The NIJ expressed a high degree of interest, since one of the RAC's goals is to develop the national law enforcement research agenda (NLERA). The NIJ recognized significant potential in the NLERA to help guide the institute's decisions on funding future solicitations to support law enforcement research in the United States. As such, the NIJ offered to support the first year of RAC activities through a grant. As a result of the success of the RAC so far and its target initiatives for the next year, the NIJ has already approved a continuation grant to further strengthen this partnership.
RAC Action Agenda
The RAC cochairs and members have set an aggressive agenda for the upcoming year and have already made significant progress in many areas. Next year's agenda includes the following priority actions.
Creating a national law enforcement research agenda. Crafting an agenda of priorities needing research attention from the IACP; the NIJ; or federal, state, local, or tribal law enforcement agencies is vital to the overall success of the RAC.
Promoting police-researcher partnerships. Helping police leaders build effective and sustainable policy research partnerships with neighboring universities can only improve the quality of research performed under the RAC's guidance.
Inaugurating an IACP Excellence in Police Research Award. The RAC will seek a sponsor to help develop and support an annual award recognizing law enforcement agencies that conduct and use research to enhance policies and performance.
Providing advice and support to the IACP Research Center Directorate. By reviewing and commenting on proposals submitted to funding agencies, the committee ensures that the IACP is addressing issues of priority to law enforcement. In addition, the committee will review the final reports emerging from the Research Center Directorate.
Conducting field surveys to identify pressing research issues. At varying intervals, the RAC will survey IACP members and other law enforcement officials to gain their perspective on hot-button research and policy concerns.
Soliciting ideas. The committee will establish a method or reaching out to other law enforcement organizations to solicit ideas for the NLERA and other aspects of the RAC's work.
Identifying current research concerns. By conducting surveys, the committee can determine the most pressing research concerns of law enforcement executives.
Research Advisory Committee Mission
The committee shall provide input, advice, and direction to the association, law enforcement practitioners, law enforcement researchers, and the criminal justice system on all aspects of law enforcement policy research and evaluation.
The committee will attend to the following tasks:
2007 Priorities Survey
The most critical action the RAC has taken to date is the completion of a statistically representative survey of IACP members identifying their research priorities. To complete this critical task, the IACP contracted for the services of Hollander, Cohen, and McBride (HCM) Marketing Research of Baltimore, Maryland. The survey was initially tested in October 2006 at the annual IACP conference in Boston, Massachusetts, where the researchers sought to identify broad categories of research topics that members attending the conference considered important. Using the broad categories that emerged from this data collection as a guide, HCM undertook a survey of IACP members. All survey data were gathered electronically, using a Web-based design.
The IACP supplied the survey sample to HCM, which included 5,887 IACP member e-mail addresses. In order for members to be eligible for participation in the survey, they had to be active IACP members with a particular agency code indicating their status as agency heads, and they had to be willing to receive e-mail from the IACP.
HCM sent an e-mail invitation to the 5,887 IACP members on Thursday, April 5, 2007, and one reminder message on Tuesday, April 10, 2007. The survey closed on Friday, April 13, 2007. The overall response rate was 18 percent. With a total sample of 1,000 responses, results can be projected to the target market within a range of ±3 to 5 percentage points, with a 95 percent confidence interval. Surveys were stratified into 25 quota groups proportional to the IACP membership, based on agency size (number of sworn employees) and region. The number of surveys obtained for each quota group is shown in table 1.
At the May 2007 RAC midyear meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, RAC members had an opportunity to review and comment on the survey and its findings. Through the survey instrument, police leaders indicated that they needed sufficient talent; capabilities; and resources (leadership, training, technology, funding, and staffing) to manage their agencies adequately and/or effectively (policies and procedures), provide safety for their citizens (crime response), and gather and share useful knowledge with their fellow agencies (intelligence and information). RAC members also noted the close grouping of percentages among the top eight issues, which were rated by 94 percent to 99 percent of respondents as "very important" (see table 2).
Creating a National Law Enforcement Research Agenda
The preliminary issues deemed important in the survey establish the principal work of the RAC in creating a national law enforcement research agenda for use by the IACP, the NIJ, and the law enforcement community. The survey results also serve as baseline data for future agenda development. RAC members recognize that the agenda must be flexible and comprehensive—since the concerns of agencies will differ radically across regions, by type of agency, and by size of agency. RAC members also note that the agenda needs to be able to address newly emergent issues, remaining at the cutting edge of research while addressing issues that are well documented but continue to trouble police leaders—for example, researching the adjustment of returning combat veterans to either new or resumed careers in policing.
The RAC will release its first national research agenda at the 2007 annual IACP conference in New Orleans. While the agenda will clearly continue to be a work in progress, RAC members feel it is critically important to use the knowledge of the committee and the results from the survey to create a research priority list that will promote both discussion and action by federal, state, county, local, and tribal law enforcement officials.
Future Committee Activities
The committee currently has several activities under way to further its mission, including the following:
The RAC is quickly obtaining an established and important standing within the IACP's committee and section structure. For more information about this committee, or to suggest issues it should address, please contact John Firman, IACP Research Center Director, at 1-800-THE-IACP, extension 207, or via e-mail at email@example.com.■
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Astronaut and FAU Alumnus Steve Swanson to Speak to Local Students
BOCA RATON , FL (December 11, 2007) – Florida Atlantic University's College of Engineering and Computer Science presents Dr. Steven R. Swanson '86, NASA astronaut and mission specialist, for a lecture titled "Discover Space." Swanson will speak to high-achieving high school students from Palm Beach and Broward county schools and top FAU engineering students about his experiences in the space program and the value of an education. The lecture will take place on Thursday, December 13 at 10 a.m. in the University Theatre on FAU's Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road. This event is by invitation only.
"We are very excited and honored to have Steve Swanson return to FAU to be recognized as our distinguished alumnus and to speak to students interested in engineering," said Karl K. Stevens, dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science. "Steve Swanson serves as an inspiration to students to show them what they can accomplish with an engineering degree."
Swanson graduated from Steamboat Springs High School in Steamboat Springs, Colorado in 1979. He received a bachelor of science degree in engineering physics from the University of Colorado in 1983, a master of applied science in computer systems from FAU in 1986, and a doctorate in computer science from Texas A&M University in 1998. Prior to joining NASA, Swanson worked for General Telephone and Electronics in Phoenix, Arizona as a software engineer, working on the real-time software of telephone system multiplexer/demultiplexers.
In 2007, Swanson flew on the space shuttle mission STS-117, logging 336 hours in space, including almost 14 spacewalk hours, that is hours outside of the orbiter's crew cabin. He is currently assigned as a mission specialist on the STS-119 mission, targeted for launch in the fall of 2008. The flight will deliver the final pair of power-generating solar array wings and truss element to the International Space Station.
Students will have an opportunity to ask Swanson questions at the lecture, which will be moderated by Dean Karl K. Stevens and Boca Raton Mayor Steven L. Abrams. At the end of the lecture, Swanson will be presented with the "Key to the City" by Abrams.
Florida Atlantic University 's College of Engineering and Computer Science is committed to providing accessible and responsive programs of education and research recognized nationally for their high quality. Course offerings are presented on-campus, off-campus, and through distance learning in bioengineering, civil engineering, computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, geomatics engineering, mechanical engineering and ocean engineering. For more information about the college, please visit www.eng.fau.edu .
Florida Atlantic University opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University serv es more than 26,000 undergraduate and graduate students on seven campuses strategically located along 150 miles of Florida's southeastern coastline. Building on its rich tradition as a teaching university, with a world-class faculty, FAU hosts nine colleges: College of Architecture, Urban & Public Affairs, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Science, the Barry Kaye College of Business, the College of Education, the College of Engineering & Computer Science, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science.


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With this Cultural Ambassador you are really spoiling us
Fiona McCann
So Gabriel Byrne is the new cultural ambassador. And we at Pursued by a Bear do love culture. Mr Byrne will be helping to raise the profile of Irish cultural exports on the international stage, and there's no doubt the man knows people in places that most people don't get to. But what do you think? Do we need a Cultural Ambassador? Should we celebrate his appointment, and if we do, what are we hoping it will achieve? At a time when the Government is cutting spending on the arts, does this mark a change in attitude and a new willingness to recognise our cultural currency? And no sooner was Mr Byrne in place than we found out Minister Mary Hanaffin will be taking over the renamed Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport. Your thoughts, culturatti?


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It seems like it's got to the point where there is a two-tier exam results system. If you can afford the remark then you may get a better mark than someone who can't.
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if ur applying to uni this year, we get results in august and on the same day we get a response from unis saying wether we got in or not. so is it not possible to remark the results we get in august?
Offline0ReputationRep:(Original post by goku12345)
if ur applying to uni this year, we get results in august and on the same day we get a response from unis saying wether we got in or not. so is it not possible to remark the results we get in august?
this is ridicolous, I'm on OCR for Chemistry and worried now haha :/
Exam boards need to be regulated, everyone makes a mistake, including examiners, but people's papers have been known to go up by four grades.
Also, why don't they release the mark schemes at the same time they release results? At least then once people have paid £12 to get their paper back (an admin fee, apparently) they can then see the 'mistakes' that could cost them a future in their chosen careers, rather than paying anywhere up to £112 to have a remark by the same incompetent exam board!
I'd be willing to pay the examiner £50 for 30min to mark my paper, so the grade i get is fair :/.
You should have 2 Examiners marking each paper to make sure that one of them doesn't cock it up!
This happened to my school's Geography GCSE papers last year... Over 30 top students who were predicted A* grades managed to get Cs and Ds so the teachers investigated and paid for every single script to get remarked. After the remark, the majority were moved up to As and A*s and only 1 person got a C.
A disgrace.
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Sorry but remarks help a lot in the sciences. My physics GCSE (AQA) was 88% when I got it. Not to sound arrogant but I kind of thought I had got an A* so I requested a remark.
I then went up to 100%. According to the exam board, "They may have missed a page." while marking my results the first time.
So until the system improves Maths/Sciences need remarks just like other subjects.
The errors are just a joke, surely adding up marks should be calculated by a computer?! How hard is that?
It just makes you have no faith in the system, especially when you work hard for exams then some marker could just add up your scores wrong at the final hurdle.
I thought if your marks changed then you got a refund? That way everyone can afford it if they really think their marks are unfair.
(Original post by GdotL)
I thought if your marks changed then you got a refund? That way everyone can afford it if they really think their marks are unfair.
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Heh, the OCR headquaters is about a 10 minute walk from my sixth form
surprise surprise, they cost me my uni place last year
(Original post by GdotL)
Sorry yeah that's what I meant but I wasn't sure if it was the grade for the module or your overall grade.
I can excuse the odd mark missed with essay questions but In my AS Chemistry exam the examiner marked my '76% yield' wrong which was on the dotted line. How is it possible to mark a number wrong, it takes NO JUDGEMENT AT ALL? Cant get more objective than that.
Maybe the government made a deal with exam boards like OCR last year so that a lot of people fail and have to pay the increased tuition fee. Wouldn't surprise me.
I have this feeling we may see some of the comments on TSR about this topic in the newspapers in the next few days.
Exams these days are like intelligence tests. They don't test you on your knowledge about the topics. instead they chuck in random questions about hedgehogs!!!! (June 2011 f215 paper).
Seriously, if you wanted to see how clever we were why not make students do an IQ test instead!!
I have a major problem with OCR (as you can obviously tell).
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Private schools can afford more re-marks. Virtually every person who 'underperforms' in our school is offered a re-mark, and most get their marks bumped up (like the pupil mentioned in the televised report, who got about 25% extra in his English).
Two years ago on when I did GCSE History one of my friends who was predicted an A* came out with a D, our school had the paper re-marked and it came back as a B - he had been awarded 17 extra marks. Our school then sent off all our GCSE History papers and everyone wet up by at least 1 mark if not more. How can 17 marks be missed on a paper?
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The murder conviction of a Charleston man will stand, according to a recent state court ruling.
The S.C. Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal of 21-year-old Frederick L. Flowers, of Wimbee Drive, on Wednesday.
Frederick was sentenced to 40 years in prison by Circuit Judge J.C. Nicholson after a jury in Charleston found him guilty of murder in August 2012.
Flowers, who was 18 at the time of the killing, was convicted in the shooting death of 25-year-old James Javon Smith.
Smith was shot multiple times while he sat in a car on St. Clair Drive on March 1, 2011.
He was driven by his father and left at a fire station on Ashley River Road, where he died, according to authorities.
Reach Natalie Caula Hauff at 937-5594 or Twitter.com/ncaula.
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Walt Disney World recruiters will be on The University of Texas-Pan American campus Thursday, April 12 to entice students to become part of their Mouseketeer team.
Two Walt Disney World College Program information sessions will be at noon and 6 p.m. at the Engineering Building Auditorium. All students, regardless of major, are invited.
Speaking at the sessions will be UTPA alumnus Jeannie Sordo (BA '00), currently a full-time employee at the theme park in the human resources department.
This is the fifth year the company has visited UTPA to recruit students for summer, fall and spring assignments at the park. More than 20 UTPA students are recruited each semester for the program, a unique educational and work program designed to increase the practical knowledge of the entertainment and hospitality industry.
UTPA students will have the opportunity to schedule interviews with Disney representatives Thursday afternoon and all day Friday, April 13.
For more information, call Cooperative Education Services at 956/381-2781.


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Ashley Bowles bucketed 12 points to lead Davis & Elkins past Alderson-Broaddus 67-49 Thursday in West Virginia Conference action at the McDonnell Center.
Jorden Lykes followed with 10 points and three rebounds, while Maquasia Ferebee and Sharmaine Baker tallied nine points each for the Lady Senators (14-11, 13-8 WVIAC), who carried a 35-26 lead into halftime. Ashley Magallanez and Page Turner also had seven points, and Beth Gribble five.
Erica Brooks finished with 14 points, while Cayla Rhodes had seven points and four rebounds for the Lady Battlers (7-18, 6-15).
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The Inter-Mountain photo by Andrew Davis
Davis &?Elkins' Maquasia Ferebee and Alderson-Broaddus' Sydney Shaffer battle for a loose rebound in West Virginia Conference play Thursday night at the McDonnell Center.
Amanda Peoples added six points and six rebounds, while Leah Hurst, Shirshawna Dowdy, Nautica Davis and Emily Sarver had four points each for the visitors.
"We defended and played hard," D&E coach Jason Asbell said. "I was very pleased with our team's effort tonight because I feel we haven't been playing very well as of late."
D&E will travel to West Virginia Wesleyan at 2 p.m. Saturday for another West Virginia Conference matchup.
Alderson-Broaddus will visit Glenville State at 4 p.m. Saturday for a WVIAC tilt.


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When health educators Curtis and Paula Eakins agreed this spring to organize a health class for members and friends of First Seventh-day Adventist Church, they knew what they would include.
They would include information on diet, exercise, rest, water, prayer - all the natural healing agents that are taught by the Adventist message.
And they knew what they would not include: "No."
"We never told them what not to do," said Paula Eakins, the effervescent nutritionist who ran the program with her husband, Curtis, who is a naturopath. "We just presented a new challenge each week."
Each week, the 106 participants - more than twice what they had expected - repeated the pledge that Curtis wrote: "My pledge to God is that I will allow Christ to strengthen me in order to gain victories over any unhealthful practices to improve my overall well-being."
They pledged to stay in touch with their team captains and their health partner. And they pledged to record their progress, or lack thereof, in a notebook they handed in each of the six weeks they met.
And each week, they took on yet another small challenge - simple things like drinking two cups of water or walking 3,000 steps, which takes about 20 minutes, eating more fruits and vegetables or doing some leg lifts before they got out of bed."
"We called them the lazy man's exercise," Paula said. "The point was to get them moving."
Guarding the temple
And the real point, Paula said, is far more than losing pounds or inches - though the group did lose a total of 437 pounds and 132 inches from their waists. The point was getting their bodies healthy because their bodies are a gift from God.
"We feel from a spiritual standpoint, that it is so much easier to read the word of God and to pray when you take care so that the bodily temple is cleansed," Paula said. "If the body is not healthy, the mind is not clear."
Paula and Curtis will be working together beginning Friday for the 10-day Camp Meeting for Seventh-day Adventists from the South Central Conference of the church, which includes parts of five Southeastern states.
Each morning, Monday through Thursday, Paula will lead a brisk walk at 5:30 a.m. from the east parking lot of the campus church at Oakwood University. The aim, she said, is 2,500 steps a day for a total of 10,000 for the week.
And together, they will lead a class Monday through Friday, 10 to 11:45 a.m., called "A Clean Heart" to teach how to prevent, reduce or reverse cardiovascular disease. The series ends Friday with a cholesterol-free cooking class.
The couple stars in their own healthy cooking show on Three Angels' Broadcasting Network. The show, "Abundant Living," is broadcast locally on Comcast 296 Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Sweet dreams
For Brenda Vactor, one of the participants in the class at the church, the changes that making healthy choices made in her life were amazing.
"I had had problems for years not sleeping at night," Vactor said. "But when they got me drinking all that water, I gave up all my sweet teas I was getting at Sonic - Lord knows what all that sugar had been doing to me! I would turn the TV off in the night and not eat after 6 p.m. Or 7 p.m. - sometimes I pushed it a little."
"But I found if I just walked a little bit throughout the day, I was not as sluggish, and I was able to sleep a lot - sometimes through the night," Vactor said.
Vactor is happy that she's kept the five pounds off she lost during the program. She's delighted that better sleep is keeping her more alert and feeling more encouraged during the day.
But she's clear about the more important reason to get healthy.
"If you're healthier, you can be a better witness," Vactor said. "Then you can go help others."
Camp Meeting Schedule
Visitors are welcome to any of the sessions of the 65th annual camp meeting of the South Central Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, being held today through June 11 on the campus of Oakwood University. The full schedule for adults and children is posted at www.scc-Adventist.org.
Paula and Curtis Eakins will lead healthful opportunities during the week.
Monday through Thursday, from 5:30 to 6 p.m., Paula will lead "Walk It Out with Paula," beginning from the parking lot on the east side of the Oakwood campus church.
"A Clean Heart," taught by Curtis and Paula, is a series to help people learn how to reduce or reverse cardiovascular illness and to restore health. The free classes will be Monday through Friday, 10 to 11:45 a.m. in the Oakwood campus church kitchen. Topics include controlling blood pressure, controlling cholesterol, clearing plaque, avoiding strokes and cooking cholesterol-free food that still tastes good.
Dr. Earl V. Campbell Jr., the medical ministries director for the South Central Conference, will moderate a seminar on 21st Century Medical Issues on Sunday, from 9 a.m. until about 1 p.m. Topics will include Snoring at 9 a.m., Stress at 10 a.m., Weight Loss at 11 a.m., and Vitamin D Deficiency and Kidney Disease at noon.
The seminar will be held in the Moseley Religion Complex Chapel adjacent to the campus church.


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By default everything except background sounds and animated gif files are blocked. To block or allow any form of advertisement choose "No" or "Yes" respectively. For the program to work it has to be in a "Monitor" state. To turn the program on, click Monitor button. Program's icon will change from sitting dog to standing – the program is active. Any changes that you make will take an effect the next time you open a new browser window or restart Internet Explorer (close all opened windows).
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Inline videos are simply video files played through your browser. This is somewhat rare kind of advertisement, but it is the most resource demanding one.
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Background sound advertisement is a voice recording of an advertisement played through your browser. Depending on the length of the recording it can dramatically slow down your internet connection, especially on dial up modem. Even if you turn off the sound on your computer these ads will be running and draining computer resources still.
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Java Applets are designed for running programs in your browser written in computer language Java. Lots of online video games are written in it. However, very often, extensive Java features are used for advertisement and or gathering information about you. Java applets usually do not slow down Internet connection very much; it uses lots of CPU resources though overall slowing down the system.
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This project aims to keep the KDE3.5 computing style alive, as well as polish off any rough edges that were present as of KDE 3.5.10. Along the way, new useful features will be added to keep the environment up-to-date.
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In high school the gangly egghead with stringy blond hair was always the last team pick in gym class. And until this year, Hollywood eyed Sharon Stone no differently; she'd been passed over for Fatal Attraction, Dick Tracy and Batman. The fact is, when director Paul Verhoeven first began looking for an actress to play Catherine Tramell—the bisexual bad girl in what became this year's naughtiest blockbuster, Basic Instinct—she wasn't even in his lineup. But Michelle Pfeiffer wasn't interested in the role. Julia Roberts didn't want it. Neither did Geena Davis. Verhoeven was down to fourth string. Then, from relative obscurity, came Stone: sexy, steely, scary. Onscreen, drop-dead chic in her white sheath sans underwear, she silenced a roomful of lusty police investigators merely by uncrossing her ladylike legs. With murderous cool she convinced a nation of blanching, blushing moviegoers that you can, in fact, get blood (and passion) from a Stone. "Fine," clucks costar Michael Douglas to the stars who walked away (what were their names?). "We just created some competition for all of you."
And what an edge. Stone, 34, keeps her words—like Tramell's weapons—sharp and to the point. The suddenly A-list actress from Meadville, Pa., dismisses talk of money because "it's vulgar." For the record, she'll earn a reported $2.5 million for her role opposite Billy Baldwin in next summer's thriller Sliver. As for her romance with country crooner Dwight Yoakam earlier this year, you can almost hear her sardonic yawn. "We went on a few absolutely not intriguing dates," she says. "People thought it was important because he had that big hat." Still, even this ice princess—who since spring has been dating musician Chris Peters, 24, son of movie mogul Jon Peters—can gush. "I like a guy who will treat me like a girl," says Stone. "I'm very old-fashioned." Meaning? "Occasionally," she coos, "I do wear underwear."
Sharon Stone
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YOUNGSTOWN - A man who recently completed a three-year prison sentence for manslaughter was shot to death in a parking lot Thursday evening.
William Robert Floyd, 23, was killed in his car in the parking of the Red & White store at 1721 Landsdowne Blvd. on the far East Side about 9:20 p.m. Thursday.
His death is the third homicide of the year in Youngstown.
A witness told police he saw a man come out of a yard next to the store as Floyd was starting his car, walk up to the driver's window, fire several shots point blank at the window and then run back the way he had came.
Officers found Floyd slumped over dead in the car. Police Chief Rod Foley said officers checked the area where the gunman was spotted coming out but did not find any evidence there.
Floyd was recently released from prison after serving a three-year sentence for a 2008 homicide. He pleaded guilty to a charge of involuntary manslaughter for the death of Sirtan Alli, 19, who was killed on McGuffey Road near Stewart Avenue.
Another man pleaded guilty to Floyd's death and is serving a seven-year prison term.
The market is the same location of a December shootout that was spawned by the disappearance of 26-year-old David Allen Jackson. Jackson's fate was unknown until his skull was found Feb. 16 in a heavily wooded area off Vaughn Street. Police are treating his death as a homicide.
Foley said investigators do not at this time believe that Jackson's death is related to Floyd's disappearance. He said there are no suspects.
The only clue detectives have to go on is that it appeared as if Floyd's shooting was not random, Foley said.
''We're working on the theory this wasn't a random act of violence,'' Foley said. ''Someone assassinated him for a reason.''
There were 26 homicides in Youngstown last year.


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2016 Earthquake Awareness Events
Earthquakes in Missouri | Great Central U.S. ShakeOut! | Earthquake Science | SEMA Preparedness FEMA Preparedness | FEMA Mitigation | Recent Earthquakes | Awareness Videos
2016 Earthquake Awareness Month Events
Wed., Feb. 3 – QuakeSmart® Business Preparedness Summit – Free earthquake damage prevention event in Cape Girardeau from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Stop by the Missouri Geological Survey booth and visit with geologists to learn about the science behind earthquakes. Read more about the event. Register to attend.
Thurs., Feb. 11 – Missouri Seismic Safety Commission Meeting – Meeting to be held in St. Louis and at 10 a.m. in the St. Louis Science Center's T Rex Room. The public is invited to this quarterly meeting of the board that advises the Governor about the state's earthquake readiness.
Mon., Feb. 15 – Earthquake Awareness Presentations – Presentations to be held in Piedmont at 11:30 a.m. at the AARP Building next to Clearwater High School. The public is invited to learn about the earthquake risk in Missouri and how to be prepared. A geologist with the Missouri Geological Survey and the earthquake program manager with the State Emergency Management Agency will give presentations.
Sat., Feb. 20 – Expectations, Impacts and costs of a Major Earthquake – Free presentations from 10 a.m. to Noon at Onondaga Cave State Park. Larry Pierce, a geologist with the Missouri Geological Survey will present information about the science behind earthquakes. He will be joined by the State Emergency Management Agency and interpretive staff from Missouri State Parks to learn about earthquake basics, earthquake history and earthquake preparedness. This program will include an introduction to the State Emergency Management Agency programs related to earthquakes. After the program, a video about why we have earthquakes in the central United States and why they seem to be more powerful and destructive than earthquakes on the western coastal areas of the United States. Refreshments will be provided and there will be plenty of time for questions and answers. Handouts also will be available to assist you in preparedness for you and your family. The park is located at 7556 Hwy H, in Leasburg. Call 573-245-6576 for more information.
Sat., Feb. 27 – See a free demonstration of any easy technique to strap your water heater to the wall, and get a free kit to take home, during this do-it-yourself seminar in Poplar Bluff. The Missouri State Emergency Management Agency is sponsoring the event, which begins at 10 a.m. at the Home Depot in Polar Bluff, 639 S. Westwood Blvd.
Also in 2016
The Earthquake Insight Field Trip through the New Madrid region will be held Friday afternoon through Sunday afternoon, April 1-3, 2016. The route includes geological evidence of the geologic and earthquake history of the region, as well as sites important to the human stories of the 1811-12 New Madrid earthquakes. The field-trip route is about 400 miles long, and will include two overnight stops. The route will begin in the St. Louis area and include Kaskaskia, Ill.; Ste. Genevieve and New Madrid, Mo.; Reelfoot Lake, Tenn.; as well as other sites in southern Illinois, southeast Missouri, and western Tennessee and Kentucky. Those who are interested in more details about the 2016 Earthquake Insight Field Trip should contact Phyllis Steckel at firstname.lastname@example.com. In the past, the annual Earthquake Insight Field Trips were subsidized by the US Geological Survey. The purpose was to inform and educate those in the insurance, financial, utility, transportation, and government sectors about earthquake hazards and earthquake risks in the central U.S. However in 2016, professional geoscientists will volunteer their time and expertise to lead the event.
Anniversaries of Note
Dec. 16, 2015
Northeast Arkansas
Anniversary of 2:15 a.m. 1811 earthquake (estimated magnitude 7.7) in northeast Arkansas that started the sequence of Midwest earthquakes in 1811-12. The ground reportedly shook for several minutes in places and the earthquake was felt in cities such as New York and Washington, D.C.
Dec. 16, 2015
Northeast Arkansas
Anniversary of 7:15 a.m. 1811 earthquake (estimated magnitude 7.0) in northeast Arkansas that was felt on the East Coast. The event is described as "severe" at New Bourbon, Missouri, and was described by boatman John Bradbury, who was moored to a small island south of New Madrid, as "terrible, but not equal to the first." Hough believes that this large aftershock occurred around dawn in the New Madrid region near the surface projection of the Reelfoot fault.
Dec. 17, 2015
Southeast Nebraska
Anniversary of 2009 earthquake (magnitude 3.6) in southeast Nebraska was felt in portions of Missouri, including the cities of St. Joseph and Kansas City.
Jan. 5, 2016
Marked Tree, Arkansas
Anniversary of the 1843 earthquake (estimated magnitude 6.3) near Marked Tree, Arkansas which was felt over much of eastern half of Missouri. Some land reportedly sank near New Madrid and chimneys fell as far away as St. Louis.
Jan. 23, 2016
New Madrid, Missouri
Anniversary of 9:15 a.m. 1812 earthquake (estimated magnitude 7.5) near New Madrid, Missouri.
Feb. 7, 2016
New Madrid, Missouri
Anniversary of 3:45 a.m. 1812 earthquake (estimated 7.7 magnitude) which is considered to be the largest earthquake ever to occur in Missouri. This earthquake was felt across most of the United States and into Canada.
Feb. 21, 2016
East Prairie, Missouri
Anniversary of 2012 earthquake (magnitude 3.9) near East Prairie caused little damage but reportedly was felt in more than 20 states.
June 7, 2016
Festus, Missouri
Anniversary of 3:10 a.m. 2011 magnitude 3.9 earthquake near Sullivan, Missouri. This earthquake was felt in at least three states by nearly 3,500 people according to the US Geological Survey. There were no reports of casualties or fatalities from the earthquake. No damage was reported.
Earthquakes in Missouri
Educational Videos
Earthquake Exhibit at the New Madrid Historical Museum
Check out this new video tour of the earthquake exhibit at the New Madrid Historical Museum. The museum is located at No. 1 South Main Street, in New Madrid, Mo.
A Survivor's Story, Eliza Bryan – The Great New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-12
December 9 and 10, 2011 at the Dixie Theater in New Madrid, Missouri, Eliza told her story of surviving this terrible ordeal and life at that time in southeast Missouri. Eliza related her experiences to Dr. Seismo, played by David Stewart, Ph.D., through the help of Marian McDonald, who was reared in southeast Missouri more than 150 years after the great earthquakes. Eliza is one of the most important eyewitnesses to the events.
Join us Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 for The Great Central U.S. ShakeOut
Thanks to everyone who participated in 2015. Plan to join us again, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2015 in the next ShakeOut exercise. In the meantime, you and your family can practice how to protect yourselves during earthquakes by DROPPING to the ground, taking COVER by getting under a sturdy desk or table, and HOLDING ON! Practicing is a great way for your family or organization to be prepared to survive and recover quickly from big earthquakes. Learn more and register today!
Award winning preparedness videos created by Missouri school children
Kindergarten through 12th grade students across Missouri were encouraged to share their knowledge by creating videos that educate others about preparing for an earthquake. The contest was sponsored by the department's Missouri Geological Survey. Winners chosen from three categories: K-4, 5-8 and 9-12 grades.
Seventh grade students Miranda Kaleel and Lauren Whittier from Rockwood School District's Selvidge Middle School in Ballwin, won the 5-8 grade category and were named grand prize winner for their silent movie video that demonstrates the steps one should take in the event of an earthquake. The video was a class project for gifted students. Theresa Stockman is their teacher. Kaleel and Whittier were invited to the Carnahan High School of the Future, St. Louis, to practice Drop, Cover, and Hold On during the Great Central U.S. ShakeOut on April 28, 2011. Gov. Jay Nixon, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and U.S. Education Department Secretary Arne Duncan fielded questions Carnahan School for the Future and Selvidge Middle School students posed. Kaleel and Whittier were recognized for their winning video by Secretaries Napolitano and Duncan.
Earthquake Facts
- Facts About New Madrid Seismic Zone
- History of Earthquakes in Missouri
- Understanding Earthquakes
- Measuring Earthquakes
- Relationship of Increasing Magnitudes
- Relationship Between Richter Magnitude and Modified Mercalli Intensity
- Recent Earthquakes in Central US
- What to do before, during and after an earthquake
- Earthquake Hazard in the New Madrid Seismic Zone Remains a Concern
- Eyewitness Accounts of the 1811-12 New Madrid Earthquakes
- Did you feel it?
- Missouri Seismic Safety Commission
- USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
- Additional Links