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First sample images from 20MP Sony Cyber-shot RX10 III
DPReview is in San Francisco checking out the new Cyber-shot RX10 III. The RX10 III maintains the ergonomics and key specifications of its predecessor, but incorporates a massive 24-600mm equivalent F2.4-4 lens. We've been doing some shooting with the camera in a range of different situations, and we've created a (JPEG only, for now) gallery.
Click to view our gallery of samples from the Sony Cyber-shot RX10 III
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Sony need to improve the jpeg engine.
If needed hire best programmer to improve it for all the Sony products. It is cheap investment
The JPEG engine settings that make things look the least horrible at the pixel level, where pixel peepers congregate, are rarely the same settings that make things look the most pleasing at more typical print/display sizes. So whichever crowd you cater to there will be criticism coming in from all over. And this is true without even addressing the innumerable number of other variables that can also affect one's perception of IQ.
In any case you still have two options here:
1) change the default JPEG engine settings. They aren't set in stone
2) shoot RAW and bake your JPEGs just the way _you_ like them. Seriously. I realize there are a lot of people out there who scoff at RAW, but it's a bit silly to do that if you are simultaneously so _refined_ in your tastes that you find yourself easily dissatisfied with a modern JPEG engine, and feel that the scope for adjustment might be insufficient to bring things in line with your expectations
What's genuinely "lame" is the inability of some people to understand that their own subjective perceptions can not be legitimately elevated to the status of objective fact. This is, in fact, an absurdity from which countless ridiculous arguments emerge on these forums just about every day.
Some good ones, but most of them in desperate need of processing from RAW. I agree with those complaining about the JPEG engine here. Looking forward to seeing what this can really do.
It will be interesting how Panasonic responds to Sony's latest innovation, which looks promising. As a Panasonic FZ1000 owner, I will wait and see the comparisons after the official review, and wait and see how the images compare, not to mention, the probable Panasonic upgrade to FZ2000 in the near future. So I'll hold off on it for now.
Comparison of DL24-500 and competitors at dpreview is difficult:
First: choose only bridge-> fail! Nikon already away (why, it is a bridge). So choose large sensor compact in addition. All Nikon DLs are now in again - not really, what you wanted.
Next: choose minimun ISO 200: ALL! new DL Nikons away -> ridiculous (RX10III is in of course)
so reverse minimum ISO to standard
Next: choose maximum ISO 3200: ALL! new DL Nikons away -> ridiculous (RX10III is in of course)
so reverse maximum ISO to standard
Next: Viewfindertype electronic: DL24-500 Nikon away -> ridiculous (RX10III is in of course). If you choose electronic viewfinder optional: all Nikon DLs are in again -> not quite right, the DL24-500 has a built in electronic viewfinder.
I stopped my comparison here - wasted enough of my time. I NEVER EVER found an equally biased compare tool, not even from a competitioner.
What payed Sony to DPREVIEW for such a fake, where customers are deliberately led away from a competitor?
Given the recent releases of telezooms and fixed lens long-reach cameras, it'd be nice if DPR could do something like a 600mm equiv. comparison.
The RX10III looks pretty convincing, especially considering it's enormous zoom range.
Brilliant, brilliant camera. However, 1kg is edging towards the weight of a DSLR + telephoto lens. And the price is edging towards that too. As dust on sensor is a major concern in fixed lens cameras, and there are so many compromises at the wide angle in such lenses, we have to ask is it really worth it? In my opinion, Panasonic GX8 plus 100-400mm lens and a wide angle lens is a better option with fewer compromises. But unfortunately too expensive. GX8 plus 100-300 a cheaper option, but may not as sharp as RX10 III at 600mm.
Not even close if you compare focal lengths. Put this camera up against an SLR with a Sigma or Tamron 150-600mm lens and the difference is HUGE!!!
400mm on an aps-c dslr = 600mm equivalent.
About time photos were taken in places other than Seattle. A pity Amazon is located there. dpreview moved from London to another rainy and cloudy place! Maybe you need a branch office in Australia? Sunnier than Seattle and flowers every month of the year.
By the way, the specs suggest the camera would be great for closeups of flowers. You know, fill the frame with them and see what the macro feature is capable of.
I'm extremely impressed with the IQ with this camera. I never expected anything this good from a lens of this range. It's very good all the way from wide angle to full telephoto. I never would have considered a camera like this before but now maybe I will. This is truly a remarkable achievement!!! I'm looking for a camera to replace my A77 as a backup for my A77ii that has top quality video. This appears to be it! The lens seems better than my Tamron 16-300 edge to edge. Overall I'm impressed.
I am distinctly underimpressed, albeit unsurprised -- there's a tradeoff between zoom range and IQ. I kind of hoped Sony got around it, given the spectacular IQ of the RX100 series, but it doesn't seem to be the case.
I don't care much about sharpness, and actually not even as much about ISO. For me, it's about overall aesthetic. None of the images were actually all that pleasant. It's hard to tell all the reasons why, but certainly unpleasant flare and bokeh have something to do with it.
Honestly, I expect a lot from a 1" sensor. I'm very pleased with the photos from the RX100 and LX100.
My expectations for a superzoom lens are more mixed. As I said, I was disappointed, but not unsurprised. I had kind of hoped Sony had pulled out some magic to make a 25x zoom lens do okay, but it's apparent they didn't. I'm not actually sure what the point of all that flexibility is if the photos aren't worthwhile. I'd gladly take a more conservative 12x zoom with decent images over 25x zoom.
Anyone comparing a 24-600mm focal length with a 24-75mm is comparing oranges & apples, 1st the sensor of the LX100 is much bigger, albeit not using all of its surface area, 2nd for a superzoom bridge camera lens the 24-600 sony zeiss lens is outstanding IQ, even for a bridge, and this is only a beta RX10 III & jpeg samples only. such a long focal range does have its optical compromises, and is far more complex than a 24-70 or 24-70 range...but the rx10 III here seems to be very good.
Nobody does expect "bokeh" performance usually from a superzoom lens like a fast prime lens to perform.
Well, let me put it this way. Before the RX100, I never expected decent performance out of a point-and-shoot sized camera. The RX100 blew me away. It fit all the image quality of a basic dSLR with kit lens into a pocket-sized package. It was unique.
Traditional superzooms had mediocre quality, but were also cheap consumer items at $300-$500 or so.
When the RX10 III was announced, I hoped it was a similar kind of step as the RX100. The RX10 III weighs and costs more than a dSLR with superzoom lens. At $1500, I had hoped it made a step in optics to make it worth it. It doesn't seem like that happened.
It's your very own thought, and something silly, too. How can you judge IQ from the RX10 III which is here a) a beta unit and b) JPEG OOC only, no RAW images, and further not final production hardware. And being a superzoom with 600mm F4, there is really no alternative for a DSLR, either APS-C/DX or FF, all APS-C Zooms with max. 300mm F5.6 are mediocrea from IQ, and you know what a 600mm F4 L II Canon costs? I've seen one here last month ago, it's been 12.000 EUR, and that Guy used it onto a 1D IV (APS-H) for Waterbirds Shooting at a local lake here - it's not being used "freehand" into any way, and very huge. There is for enthusiasts and amateurs really no alternative currently for the focal range of the RX10 III, also when one would compare Size and IQ, haven't you seen the samples yet here and on the net ?
The RX100 was nothing for me, ever...because i can't stand retractable lenses, no filter thrad w/o adapter, and for that focal range i better use my DSLR. Horses for Courses :)
It's not fair to compare aperture like that. f/4 on 1" will behave like f/11 on full frame or f/6.9 in APS. Likewise, 300mm f/5.6 on APS can be cropped to to 520mm f/5.6, while still giving 1" sensor area.
However, up to this point, all of my comments were about personal disappointment. It's not a camera I'm interested in. That doesn't mean you shouldn't buy it. Different strokes for different folks and all that.
What I will also say is I've seen a lot of newcomers buy cameras like this expecting good image quality (big lens, big price), and only learn much later that they paid for zoom range they never use, but get photos worse than a smaller $400 camera.
F/4 means F/4, even onto a 1/2.4" Camera sensor size with lens, F-Stpp light gathering is the same & always, with any Sensor Size. My Tamron 70-300 VC wouldn't be better than this RX10 III here, and also all the weight & bulk hereby, too. For a 1 kg Bridgecam only, the Mk. III RX10 is really a very good offer.
I'd buy this Bridge into a year or perhaps two, because i'd love to shoot waterbirds, and birds here into our local area & small lakes. With my FF, i'd only have my 70-300/4-5.6 Tamron VC, and half the reach, slower aperture, much more heavy, and i doubt the IQ from the RX10 III would be worse @300mm compared to my 5D. 1 inch Sensors are 2016 really being matured, and much better than APS-C/DX sensors back years ago - especially when compared with really good lenses, say RX10/RX100 Series here, or Nikons latest DL Series - they're quite better from IQ, lens speed & reach then comparable APS-C lens offering, and smaller because of using a 1 inch sensor, too.
to be continued...
..continued...the Lens System of the RX10 III is especially designed, optimized only for this particular camera & 1 inch sensor size - the same goes for the RX1(R) Series - check out the IQ of these FF 35/2 mirrorless cameras...and basically, the Lens from the DSC-R1 back into 2005 was the very best ever into a bridgecamera, with nearly a APS-C sensor, too.
Check out the imaging ressource review and all the others - tack-sharp @ISO160 & F2.8..corner to edges...even my APS-C & FF lenses aren't that good, Zeiss Zoom here was also computed & optimized especially for the R1 bridge design - and so it is with the RX10 III also here.
It's okay if this cam doesn't work for you -everybody does have different needs in photography terms, but for ppl shooting birds, wildlife, etc...this offer is a bargain compared to FF & APS_C DSLR & lenses in terms of focal length, lens speed & weight, you can't beat that 1kg package, also with HQ 4k video, too...even S-log2..for videographers, -bloggers, etc
Two things:
1. You're confused about the physics of lenses. f/stop will tell you light intensity at the sensor. If you're trying to get reasonable noise levels at reasonable shutter speeds, that doesn't matter. Total light at the sensor matters. For the same generation sensor (say, top-of-the-line Sony sensor from the same year), if you go from 1/3" to full frame, equivalent aperture predicts noise+shutter to within maybe 20% across sensor sizes. f/stop is off by a factor of almost 100.
2. My complaints weren't about sharpness, but about overall aesthetic. I've almost never found myself limited by lens sharpness as much as all the other aspects of IQ. For birding, it might not matter quite as much -- the background is often out-of-focus enough for bokeh to not be quite so important. But for what I do, I'm not sure I'd find IQ acceptable.
One thing, my father is physicist, electronic technian, and technician in measurement technology, so please don't tell me about physics. 2nd, f/stop & therefore the light gathering ability remains the same - f/2.8 onto a 1" @ISO100 sensor gathers the same than f/2.8 on a FF @ISO100 sensoir, when the shutter speed is the same - it only differs into sensor size, and therefore bigger sensors do have because of bigger photosites more signal to noise ratio, and better high iso performance, because of the bigger pixels. technology advanced here very much during the past couple years.
As for birding, i'd think the amount of possible background blur at f/4 is quite enough with the RX10 III, check out the pheasant samples here from the Beta Unit, which are the Samples from DPR have had into hands for a few hours.
to be continued...
The Zoom reach in terms of lens speed (F/2.4-4/24-600mm) and small package (1kg) with that IQ from an 1" sensor wasn't possible say some 5 years ago, the RX10 III will find their buyers.
Just it doesn't work for you -personally- it's not fair to talk the RX10 III down, Alphoid.
Just my 2 cents, and to end this discussion here about the RX 10 III.
And now, i am going out for shooting, the weather is fine, almost 20°C and sunny. :)
I would like to see an RX FF series with 24MPx BSI sensor and an integrated zoom 35-70. Maybe an interesting camera.
I'd like an RX1 with an integrated 1200mm prime lens.
i would like you to stop being such a troll
Just get an A7 series body, quality adapter (K&F for instance), and mount the 35-70/3.5 Minolta MD III Zoom lens, or the Contax Zeiss C/Y 35-70/3.4 - both are *very* good from image quality, you do have manual focus only, but it's a breeze because of the nice focus peaking feature. If that is your desired focal length - and both lenses do have it's own character, the minolta could be bought for as low as ~50 bucks, that's nothing, especially the IQ is way good, the Zeiss does top it a bit, rivals prime lenses, but costs a whole lot more..
Thank you sir
Very visible CA auto correction artifacts and this has to be one of the worst bokeh balls ive seen in a long time. BUT for the price and everything put togheter this hold its value, if it was 1000 i guess i would be buying. Right now other pryorities, good performance, resolution, DR, noise(soso), colors are somewhat better then the usual sony standard. The lens for what it is very impressive, i think it looks to be the best 24-600 i've ever saw.
Meh....It's still a 1" sensor. No getting around that. Sharpness is compromised as is high iso shooting.
Quality wise it's between a 1/1.7" and m43 sensor. Not even close to an APS-C sensor.
Even a cheap used Nikon D3300 + a superzoom 18-250 would be better by a significant margin up to 250mm. Beyond one could probably crop to get closer to 600mm of the 1" - if you even need that kind of reach very often.
Any kind of 18-250, 18-300 isn't great at all - even from Nikon. Check out the Reviews. A D3300 with that type of Zoom would be optically worse.
I don't think you even looked at the samples. I own the Tamron 16-300 which is better than any of the 18-250 lenses. While the Tamron is good at the middle 70% on the long end the outer 30% is worse than this lens and comparing at 300mm (450 mm equiv) this lens is better at 600mm equiv. I get the feeling that people who are putting this camera down made up their minds to post negative comments before they even looked at the samples, if they even looked at all. Add to that the video is superb. Checking out your gear list I suspect you're simply a Sony hater.
@tbcass. I got more important things to do than to hate a company. Seriously man, get a grip. Just looking at the samples it's obvious that it's a 1" sensor. Better than 1/1.7 and worse than m43. The lens may be nice, but my point was for about the same size, why not get a Nikon D3300 and superzoom 16-300 lens and simply crop if you want to get in closer. For video, yes it makes sense, but then again who ever does video at 600mm? Just get a RX100iv or any other 4k camera.
@ arbux
From the samples I see I think it does so we're at an impasse that won't be settled until professional tests and reviews are complete. I own a 16-300 and this lens at 600mm equiv appears sharper than the 16-300 at 300 (450 equiv) so I do have a basis of comparison.
@raztec I own the Tamron 16-300 and the 600mm samples I see here have better overall and much better edge to edge sharpness than that lens at 300mm. This really surprises me. I will do video at 600mm. Watch any shows about wildlife where they use lenses that long and longer. As far as "obvious" it's a 1" sensor, please explain how, other than high iso, you can tell by looking at the photos because I can't as long as you avoid blown highlights.
Blimey, there's not much to moan about there as far as I can see. I can see me buying one of these at some point, once prices have settled down.
Impressive images as long as high ISO is not used.
Images at ISO 6400 (such as image75 and 76) are very noisy/grainy when viewing the jpg file and zooming to full size.
This is understandable; the sensor begins to show its limitations at such ISO levels.
Nevertheless, a nice and capable camera for its intended purposes/application.
Lots of complaints, here or on other threads, but some of us seem to love comparing apples to oranges. This camera is not intended to compete against an FF camera, nor will it dream of achieving the IQ of an FF camera.
Thanks for these images, DPR.
Yes some people just like to put down a camera they have no intention of buying to make themselves feel better. The camera is good to iso 1600 and usable at iso 3200. ISO 6400 for emergencies only. I own the original RX100 and this appears to be a half stop better because of the BSI sensor.
Where's Leica's new Prosumer telephoto zoom camera?
Well unless Panasonic brings out something good before summer, I think this is the camera what I've been saving for. After a FZ18 and an FZ200 it seems it will be a Sony. Come on Panny, make me stay!
The image quality is incredible.
Seems like the ultimate super-zoom lens, albeit with a camera attached... ;)
Even the colors look pretty good.
Sony is really showing impressive products, clearly leading innovation.
Just wonder when they will finally adopt to a more user-friendly user interface. Why not simply copy Canon's?
Thank you dpreview for this very good image gallery!!
Sony are probably not exactly replete with funds and are focusing on narrow technical niche stuff with high margins. A bit like Samsung again where the technical hardware is great but the style and interface functionality of the cameras often shows the essentially bulk box shifting roots of these companies.
Need a bit more time. How much do you think?
It is a comment that they are in the camera markets but just lack finesse and experience in many respects so it is OK having a project to build the best cameras but it not so easily achievable in practice. Their attention is spread in so many directions and they cannot necessarily do everything well.
I just find my Olympus cameras so much nicer to use than the NEX 6 which was a beautiful camera in many ways but clunky to use. Getting the feels right factor in to kit cannot just be done as a corporate by numbers exercise. The fact they have to go back to the Alpha menus and completely abandon the NEX approach was a massive back track and development write off.
@Greynerd: After six months with an E-M1, I still feel the Sony interface is superior, for me. Olympus does some things well, but many others in a mediocre way (including the overcrowded SCP, the touchscreen UI, the very weird MySet and customization idiosyncrasies, etc.).
It's all very subjective, though. But Sony, unlike Olympus, is willing to change and try new approaches to UI and refine them over time.
What Kharan said! I have two E-M1's and the Sony is better, WAY better. Really really don't understand the fuss about Olympus (positive) nor Sony (negative).
A suggestion to DPReview: since this camera has a 0.49x magnification ratio (I don't know if its 35mm equivalent or real 0.49x, either way it's impressive), few samples of really closed-up shots would be really appreciated.
Thanks for the gallery! It does help make the purchasing decision much easier. I am a professional photographer www.pacomarquez.com but not an equipment geek and so please excuse the question if it is obvious to all here. In the examples I did not see a photo in which the specs specified 600mm. I'm guessing that it's the ones which read 220mm that are the equivalent. Correct? I'm buying this camera today as soon as it is available. I have been waiting for something like this to take with me on vacation. For my everyday work I use the 5Ds and a whole bunch of lenses but this is so simple, powerful and inexpensive (in comparison) that I can enjoy using it for the pleasure of taking photos just for fun. All the best!
Wow, seriously impressive indeed. I downloaded one of the shots, a quick process through PS and even more wow.
Fancy that, we have a walk around 24-600 fast lens and a very capable camera. This would have been so neat when I recently travelled through Europe and the UK.
We live in great times for photography.
Pictures are excellent. What about the user interface? Is it like the other Sonys where you have to dive in the menus to get the functions you are looking for?
Can you back button focus? Can it follow approaching subjects?
It certainly looks like a fascinating lazy man's replacement for the back(breaking)bag with FF canons and lenses!
Looks to be a good camera but Price is too too much. Please suggest me amongst Canon 80D, Sony A6300 and Sony A6000. I just want a good live view and sharp image.
It's a shame that there aren't images of actions, eg. BIF, to demonstrate the camera's auto focus capacity at its long range. That will be the key selling point.
this is not a meant to be a pro camera for shooting motorcycle races!? It as CD AF only. Your canikon bazookas are still best there. Look at the sample that's what its for. I think it nails it in many ways.
Hi Carey,
thanks for sharing this very nice set of photos, it makes me wanting this camera even more. Atm i own a Nikon 810 and Sigma 150-600 Sport 5.6
which is heavy like Stone and only usable with a tripod. If i sell the Sigma i'll get the RX10 III for it.
But im also curious about Nikons DL 24-500 and its fast AF-System for example.
I love San Francisco Bay Area must go there one more time but im from germany long way to travel another excuse to buy the RX10 III/DL24-500 instead of carriyng my Sigma "Monster-Lens" :-)
regards haylebob
Thanks haylebob! I'm excited to see how the AF system on the Nikon works as well - but I can't argue that the lens on this RX10 III is pretty darn awesome!
That's a €1600 vs €1000 camera. I think the DL is going to have some compromises, like built quality, but i would worry most about the lens.
I'm waiting for the comparison between Sony RX10 III and Nikon DL24-500. On spec the Sony has longer reach 100mm and 1 stop faster lens at the telephoto end, but the Nikon has better AF and faster burst rate, which are probably more important in sports/wildlife photography. Nikon is also smaller, lighter and $500 cheaper. Personally I'd go for the Nikon if the IQ is similar (I like Nikon color & the menu system better).
"The FZ1000 is total crap compared to Any RX-10. I tried that camera, returned it after a week. SOOooo cheap feeling."
Please clarify this: you returned it because it "felt cheap." Did you have actual durability failures? Were the pictures any good? I like metal and wood trim as much as the next guy, but in ten years I won't own the same camera I'm shooting with today, but I'll have all the images I created. How the camera "feels" means nothing compared to whether or not the image I get will be worth keeping.
It is not a 24-600 f2.4-4 .. but look closely, it is a 8-200 mm lens. The equivalent fstop is f7.2-12 (not 2.4- 4)and it is what it is.
The quality of still pics is great compared to a PS camera, however pretty ordinary compared to a APSC dslr. Zoomed photos have poor contrast, low sharpness and sort of a whitish opaqueness. Even a basic Nikon d3300 or a Pentax K-50 with a 55-200 zoom has much better pic quality.
Video is where the RX10 will have the upper hand.. and those capabilities are amazing. However you might get them also in a dedicated video camera for much less price.
"Video is where the RX10 will have the upper hand.. and those capabilities are amazing. However you might get them also in a dedicated video camera for much less price."
Where? Any one example would be fine.
You (like so many others) are missing the point. You say it's about video and the stills aren't (quite) as good as a DSLR. Correct on both counts - The difference is that those DSLRs do comparatively pretty bad video and those video cameras do comparatively bad stills. Fact is you won't find this feature set in any other camera regardless of price.
Its a 24-600 equivalent lens.
"It is not a 24-600 f2.4-4 .. but look closely, it is a 8-200 mm lens. The equivalent fstop is f7.2-12 (not 2.4- 4)and it is what it is."
You are right, it IS a 8.8-220mm f2.4-4. It isn't anything else. That makes it a mighty impressive lens.
If you're going to complain about the reported specs by going equivalents, at least get the math right: the equivalent apertures are f/6.5-10.9 (not f/7.2-12). The crop factor of the Sony "1-inch", 3:2 aspect ratio sensor is 2.73, not 3.
And this coming from me, an advocate of 'equivalent aperture' for some purposes.
Well, I have to agree that the image quality is just so so, maybe good by 1 inch standard. The traces of in-camera processing is pretty clear: Sony boosts mid-frequency range sharpness, however fine details/textures are missing there. But still, there is no equivalent 600F11 for APS-C or FF, M43 has some equivalent options but the image quality is horrible, definitely worse than RX10M3. So RX10M3 is in its own category.
I don't think that the IQ of the two 300mm Olympus lenses is that bad. The Zuiko 300mm 2.8 and the M.Zuiko 300mm 4 are not that bad in my opinion.
Hi @LJ - Eljot I was referring to the 70-300/100-300 zooms not the prime one.
The IQ of the Zuiko 70-300mm F4.0-5.6 is dissapionting indeed. The M.Zuiko 75-300mm F4.8-6.7 is also not that great. The 75-300mm F4.8-6.7 II is said to be OK to quite good. I have not tested it so far, but I am going to. The Zuiko 90-250mm F2.8 should be qite good. But I have not tested it by now and probalbly never will. I am quite content with my Zuiko 50-200mm F2.8-3.5 + EC-14. But it is pretty big compared to the smaller zooms.
"Video is where the RX10 will have the upper hand.. and those capabilities are amazing. However you might get them also in a dedicated video camera for much less price."
No, you can't. Show me a camcorder with a 1" sensor and a 24-600mm eq. lens that also shoots in log. Not even Sony have this in their professional camcorder line.
Question about #15 (back-focused flamingo):
a. was focus set to "wide" & automatically chose furthest flamingo?
b. if a=yes, why is furthest flamingo chosen, the same often happens
with my RX10 & I wish "wide" would automatically choose closer of the multiple choices offered;
(note: I want to stay on "wide" all the time like I did with Canon 7D
which would have always chosen one of the closer flamingos)
Hi Jeff, I actually was in "Flexible Point S" for this one, intentionally focusing on the back flamingo and keeping the front ones out of focus. I found that 'Wide' did a pretty good job most of the time for when I didn't want to deal with focus point placement, but I generally prefer having the extra control if the situation allows.
The shots of birds at the zoo taken by the Ubergizmo's reviewer are just a bit better:
An interesting comparison, and shows the Sony in a better light. Sorry about the pun. I can't explain why, but the dpr images look decidedly poor on my 1080p monitor. None appear that sharp and seem decidedly flat.
I appreciate that ubergizmo has likely pp'd his images, but at least it does show better than dpr just what the Sony is capable of.
Thanks. Very useful.
Is it coincidental that the only female portraits in the set (which are usually good for evaluating skin tones) are done either in extreme overbearing golden light (#63) or in extreme backlit/underexposed darkness (#68)? Doesn't anyone care about skin tones anymore?
"zooming takes 4 sec"
Very disappointing.
Is zoom ring electronic-only?
Hello everyone! This comment might seem a little out of context but I am posting it here because this camera looks interesting to me and I'll explain why, and would love to have some advice from you guys. I just sold my DSLR gear, D610, 14-24, 50 prime and 70-200 f/2.8 VR II. Now the main reason may seem strange but here it is: DUST !! I just couldn't stand it anymore, it seemed to be ruining my fun of doing photography. Basically it was at the point that I would miss photo opps because I was scared of switching lens outside. I got my camera cleaned by Nikon, when I downloaded my latest pictures I counted over 60 dust spots. The other reason is weight while hiking. I am ready to buy something new but I'm scared about that dust problem that I've had with this one, and my previous 30D, 40D and 5D II. Does anyone have a good DSLR or mirrorless to suggest that is better regarding this problem? Or should I be looking into something like this Sony or the new DL's. Any suggestions? Thank you
Pentax, check out YouTube, there's a video of a army guy dusting his Pentax with desert sand than washing them off in the shower
Get two bodies and keep the main lenses attached.
For hiking where you need all types of focal lengths. Unless you are a professional, I suggest it's time to ditch the DSLR. Reasons DSLRs are heavyweight and sometimes you can miss a shot trying to change a lens. Your expensive DSLR and lens can easily get damage on the trails. The Panasonic FZ 1000 does the thing at a cheap cost. Good overall quality. I hope there may be an upgrade coming soon.
However, The extra focal length of the Sony rx10 three along with the slow motion video is a knockout.
Thanks guys for your suggestions! Would I be wrong to think that a full frame sensor would be worse for dust since common sense tells me that the bigger the sensor the more dust can get on it. I had a 5D Mark II which was terrible for dust and the D610 was even worse. The only DSLR that I owned and had the least amount of dust showing on pics was my Pentax K-5. And when I bought my D610 I still had my K-5 and when I compared bodies side by side I couldn't believe how crappy the built of the D610 was compared to the K-5, and the K-5 had so many more seals. Dust aside though, the K-5 couldn't compete for image quality which is why I switched. Now I guess two light bodies with their own lens wouldn't be a bad idea. I'm also tempted by this camera or the new DL's. The thought of never having to switch lenses is very tempting, but when you're used to full frame quality it's tough. I'm willing to downgrade to a certain degree but I still like to make large prints. I'll do some more research.
Why not consider a mid range SLR and Tamron 16-300 which would cover most of the lens range you have used in the past and what most of the quality compacts have to offer. Ok, it would be heavier than any compact but lighter and cheaper than two bodies and two lenses. One more advantage is that the IQ would be much better than any compact.Here is some info to ponder about; Canon 80D 730gr, Nikon D7200 675gr, Tamron 16-300 f.3.5-6.3 545gr. Lens range on Canon 25,5-480mm, on Nikon 24-450mm. Any two light bodies and lenses covering the similar range would exceed 2kg easily. Tamron+Canon or Nikon cost around $1600 in the US. Happy thinking and shopping ;))
Micro four thirds cameras use an excellent dust reduction system, AND have a much thicker glass plate in front of the sensor, that actually reduces the visibility of dust to a large degree. The only ILCs that I've had without a single appearance of dust have been Olympus and Panasonic MFT.
If weight/size are an issue, and you don't need too much telephoto, you might also consider Panasonic z100. Same sensor, but with a slower 25-250 lens. If most of your photos are outdoor daytime shots, it may be a good camera to consider for hiking.
Seeing some of these samples makes me glad I didn't commit to any telephotos of any DSLR system. Yes they are better, but for most casual/enthusiast use cases...the performance gap is being 'bridged' but the portability and cost advantages are pretty solid.
In the future I see myself still having large sensor systems for bright aperture wide/normal/short tele focal length work...and then seeing what super telephoto bridge systems continue to improve down the road for travel/zoo/bird/casual daylight wildlife/sports, etc.
Great set of pictures. Thank you!
Really good pictures. I've a question: are they directly from camera, or after any PP, rather?
Hi there, all images are JPEGs straight from the camera with default settings. Raws are on the way, once we get support for them.
Well, there's a few reasons. Because we need consistency across our testing, we use ACR for every Raw conversion you see on DPR; using another converter just isn't an option at this point. Even if that wasn't the case, they didn't supply us any Raw software when they gave us the RX10's for the day, and Capture One Express for Sony still doesn't list the RX10MIII as supported. Then, there's the internet connection I had in San Francisco, which was painfully slow. When I finished the video and JPEG uploads at 3am, I wanted to go to sleep instead of babysitting a Raw upload :)
FWIW, the sensor should have nearly identical performance to the RX100M4 in terms of noise and such.
Nice Pictures, however there is still no substitute for a larger sensor. The watercolor effect is apparent even at ISO 100.
This is a better video camera than photo and while it does it well, it if far from Micro 4/3, APS C and FF quality. Would love a 1" sensor that gave pixel quality at m43 or APS C levels. As a video camera it seems excellent.
The "watercolor effect" is often the result of over-aggressive noise reduction on JPEGs. The one inch sensor is less than 2 stops behind Nikon APS-C, and less than 3 stops behind 35mm, so while it's a significant difference, it's not as shocking a gap as the older 1/1.7" sensors were.
The Sony 1" sensor is approx half a stop behind the best m43 option. It is always funny how you m43 guys love to compare to FF cameras which are way ahead. Yet forget the 1" sensor models that easily compete with m43 up to at least 800 ISO. At base ISO the 1" is literally neck and neck with m43.
I would never judge a camerqa based on default jpeg output certainly not Sony's
tkbslc , if you look at the RAW samples from the RX10 mk2 compared to the m43 cameras certainly under 800ISO the shots look pretty comparable. Though m43 wins hands down for lens choice and quality
I do wonder about the 600mm end being up to scratch, its not really my area of shooting. The likes of the Nikon 24-85mm are far more tempting to me
James Benet, Are you serious? Look at the bird photo at 600mm. Phenomenal detail and sharpness.
Above ISO 1000 got to be small size, web use photographs only. Also on some pictures camera is not focused on the subject. Expensive toy in my opinion. I'd chose any of the current mid range APS-C cameras over this with no hesitation unless I must have 600mm lens even then I'd think twice.
An excellent set of samples. I do wish all the "standard" camera review galleries were SooC too...
... and thank you for including several set of shots taken at the various apertures, very interesting to see how it performs. The shots at f16 are obviously suffering heavily from diffraction (as you'd expect), but do the RAW files have any more detail in them? It looks like the JPEG engine is trying to do something about the loss of sharpness, but it's being very clumsy.
SooC shots are demonstrating the software not the sensor , personally I would rather they waited and provided RAW samples
I prefer to download the RAW files and edit them to my preferences
number 70 sure looks tasty!
Wow that lens seems to hold up pretty well at 600mm.
When you consider the reach AND the high IQ afforded by the 1" sensor it's actually amazingly compact despite being big by "bridge" camera standards. (Is this even a bridge? It almost seems like that is an unworthy title for some of these 1" cameras)
It's expensive but it's certainly versatile, a DSLR system with that kind of focal range coverage would be enormous. Obviously a DSLR will have higher ultimate image quality but this thing certainly seems closer to DSLR than to point and shoot in terms of IQ. A lot of those P&S super zooms have such crammed sensors you don't even get good detail at ISO 100 no matter how good the lens is but this is genuinely pixel sharp at 600mm.
Carey, this is another superb set of photographs. You really show the capabilities and the abilities of the camera. Makes one want to run to buy it. Wow indeed!
Jaime, thanks very much!
Kudos to Barney Britton for his excellent series of photos amply demonstrating the capabilities of this interesting new addition to the 1" sensor enthusiast oriented category.
While this camera tops the list as far as price goes for this type of camera, it sure looks like it's delivering something in return. It's amazing how quickly technology is progressing. Bravo Sony.
Wow. I'm impressed. And I don't like compromised powerful zooms.
Amazing quality for a 1" 20 MP BSI Tech Stacked Sensor...the lens is as good as i have had hoped for it seems...i'll really buy it, but perhaps some day into a year or two. The RX10 III is possible everything one can ask for into a such small package with 24-600mm equal lens..only a touchscreen is missing, and the Nikon DL series would focusing faster because of their hybrid AF system...but otherwise, the RX10 III is everything really, best of both worlds into 1kg of camera package only. ;) Because of Technology advantages during the past 10+ years, no one needs this into APS-C Sensor size - it would be much more expensive, and because of the 24-600mm lens, a few kg more heavy i'd guess...ideal camera for wildlife, birding and shooting water birds, as expected. The 8 ED Elements seem to really work quite better here then the just with 7 asph lens equipped RX10 original and Mk. II iterations...and the revious 24-200/2.8 T* Zeiss Lens wasn't bad by any means...
Well done, Sony!
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1/2 watermelon
juice 1 lime
1 tbsp caster sugar
70mls Campari
70mls Vodka
3 cups ice
1. Place all ingredients but ice in a blender until completely smooth
2. Clean and Dry Blender
3. Crush ice in blender
4. Fill each glass (preferably pre-frosted) 3/4 high with watermelon and top with as much ice as possible. Stir
1 sweet potato
vegetable oil
thick slices of a quality sourdough loaf
4 cloves roasted garlic
250g ricotta cheese
150mls sour cream
juice/zest 1 lemon
salt and pepper
1. Heat oil in a heavy-based saucepan until ready-to-fry
2. With a vegetable peeler, peel thin strips of potato. Fry until golden brown and cool
3. Smash garlic into a bowl with ricotta, sourcream, and lemon and mix. Season well with salt and pepper
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The film shows a person's belief in Vinayaka, lord of obstacles, and then his disbelief when he faces hurdles despite prayers. Surya (Srikanth) places the idol of Vinayaka on his table and prays for the safety of his job and marriage. As story takes off, he is beset with multiple problems.
There is a dispute in court over his property. And his post as manager of a bank hangs in balance. Above all he is an orphan.
One day he receives a wrong envelope with a photograph of a girl. It so happens he gets the job on seeing the photograph. He thinks she is lucky. He gets photograph enlarged to life size. On another day, after he sees the photograph his lawyer informs him of his victory in the court case. With this news he is sure the girl is lucky for him. She is his goddess of obstacles, not Vinayaka. And he wants to marry her.
The search is on for the girl. His friend (Suneel) is by his side. They finally discover her and learn that her name is Divya (Sravanthi). The next step is to move into the vicinity of her house. And they land up as tenants in her house. Divya is pleasantly surprised to see Surya. Why she admires him is shown in a flashback that brings yet another pair of comedians - Brahmanandam and Kovai Sarala on the screen as quarrelling man and wife. Surya finds a solution to a silly problem when Brahmanandam kicks up a row. Divya was a witness for this. She remembers this incident and feels happy about Surya's presence in her house. But there is another tenant Dileep (Sivaji) already living in the first floor. Dillep and Divya are planning to marry. On knowing this Surya distance himself from her. He decides to get the two married. Divya's father (L B Sriram) does not allow his daughter to marry Dillep till he gets a job. So, Surya plans to help him. Thus it is complex situation. The only way left to bring Divya nearer to Surya, is to project Dillep as a bad man who is planning to marry another girl for her money.
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Dear Anathema and any other learning addicts,
Your genuine love and excitement for learning radiates from your answers. I am awed by it, and mostly just want to read another answer that will give me some more secondhand excitement! So,what have you done to cultivate this love of learning? Were you born with it? What are you especially excited to learn about soon? Would you share something cool that you've learned recently?
-fellow minion of learning
Dear Compadre,
First of all, thank you so much for asking this question! Reading it seriously made my week. I do absolutely love learning, and it makes me super happy to hear that it comes out through my answers.
I'm pretty sure I was born with this love, though I've worked on cultivating it as well. According to what my mom has written in my scrapbook, when I was three or four, I was absolutely fascinated with genealogy/family history and genetics (specifically why I was the only one out of all my siblings to have blue eyes and light-colored hair). While my interests have changed over the years, the underlying curiosity about pretty much everything I come into contact with hasn't.
That said, there are still times I feel frustrated, feel like my brain is melting out of my ears, and even get headaches from trying to digest so much information in a short period of time (like attempting to learn an entire new branch of applied mathematics/economics in a week). This normally happens when I get wrapped up in things I have to do, and am not just choosing to learn stuff because I can. When this does happen, I like to take a step outside of myself, and rather than focusing on deadlines I have to meet, I take a moment to appreciate the amount of knowledge at my fingertips, and how cool whatever I'm studying is. Thinking about that instead of the drudgery of my 15th hour on campus always restores my sense of wonder (though sometimes there's a couple hours of brain-deadness before that happens; just ask Alta for really weird things I've said in those interims). Honestly, even when I'm not in a slump, I like to take moments just to appreciate the wonder of the world we live in.
Now on to the most exciting part of your question: cool things I've learned recently/am excited to learn soon. The following are all things I've learned since this question appeared in the inbox:
- Did you know that for that if you have a convex single variable function defined over an open interval, it's continuous over that interval? And Lipschitz continuous (which is the strongest form of uniform continuity) over any closed subinterval? Neither did I until last Friday morning. Math is so cool.
- I learned how to come up with the envelope to an equation! (And just more about envelopes in general).
- As it turns out, Pontryagin wasn't the only one to come up with a method to solve optimal control problems. There's also the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation. I found this particularly interesting because it made me realize that for all the super hard problems we encounter--even with set methodologies of approach--there are still multiple ways to solve them. Like, it's possible that there's an entire system of mathematics distinct from calculus to solve the kinds of problems Leibniz and Newton were working on (pretty sure my heart rate just went up as I was typing that). Or even if there's not such a general alternate path, there are still so many different possibilities for arriving at an answer in more specific cases. I feel like this also has applications for life when two people approach the same problem in such different ways.
- With many thanks to my amazing older sister, I discovered that math is indeed poetry. Specifically, it can be limericks.
- In the '90s, an experiment was performed which found out that water exposed to either positive words, music, or prayers forms beautiful crystals, and conversely forms more deformed crystals when exposed to negative words and music. I think it's amazing how much our environment responds to the lightness or darkness present in us. Also, it's good to note that if even water has such a strong response to positivity and negativity, how much more sentient beings must. It also makes me wonder how much better people would act if others trusted them to be good.
- So I'm taking a yoga class this semester (one of the best decisions of my life), and last week we went over some of the yoga sutras (which are basically principles to live by). Anyways, one of the sutras is aparigraha, or not seeking after that which isn't yours/non-covetousness. When I heard it, I thought of it as referring not only to physical possessions, but also other people's attributes. Think of how much happier we would be if every time someone else did something well, we weren't immediately jealous of their accomplishment, but were able to be genuinely happy for them.
- From a conversation with Q (Alta's fiancee), I learned that one of the main reasons English has such a large cross-over with French, despite technically being a Germanic language is due to William the Conqueror. When he conquered England, he established Old Norman (or Old Northern French) as the primary language, particularly for the upper class. So basically everyone in England was speaking a version of French for a couple hundred years, and that's why so many of our modern words are French cognates.
As far as things I'm excited to learn about go, ACME is fairly high on that list. Every time I think about entering into the Junior core this fall, there's a part of me that fills with nervous dread (am I actually up to this?), while the rest of me is nigh giddy with the prospect of learning all that math. Also, I'm excited about all the things I'm sure I'll learn that will be unexpected gifts in my life.
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Violet had a little lamb...
Violet's Lamb Burger
1 lb ground lamb
3 scallions, chopped
1 clove garlic chopped
1 Tbsp bread crumbs
1 egg
2 tsp fresh chopped oregano
2 tsp Pickapeppa Sauce
a few dashes of hot sauce
salt and pepper tt
Combine ingredients thoroughly. Don't over work the meat though. Seperate into four patties. Broil the burgers (about 5 inches from the heat) for about 4 minutes each side or until medium rare. Top with slices of smoked gouda for the last minute. Serve on toasted buns with with spinach, and poblano aioli (recipe follows).
Roasted Poblano Aioli
2 large egg yolks
2 tablespoons spicy Dijon mustard
1 minced clove garlic
2 teaspoons lemon juice
6 ounces roasted and peeled poblano peppers
1 cup olive oil
kosher salt and fresh cracked black pepper tt
1. Combine everything but the olive oil in a food processor. Blend until smooth and then drizzle the olive oil into the mixture slowly in a thin stream. Season with salt and pepper and keep cold until serving.
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Labels: comfort food, meat, sauces
Monday, September 28, 2009
Sovereign State #6 Antigua & Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda
The Menu:
Antiguan Pepperpot
There's a sale on sovereign states this week! Two for the price of one. That's right folks, step right up and see the mysterious Caribbean nation with two heads. I wonder if the people of Antigua and Barbuda ever get mad at each for being lumped together. I mean, they are two separate islands. I wonder if they get pissed off, kind of like how when you ask a New Yorker if they're from New Jersey. It's not pretty and you might end up with a black eye. And we're not even mentioning the bird guano covered, feral goat infested, volcanic rock island of Redonda which in my opinion should be added to the nation's name. It should be Antigua, Barbuda, and Feral Goat Infested Redonda. There, I said it.
There is a small war going on in the internets. What exactly is Antigua, Barbuda, and FGIR's national dish? Is it pepperpot like most people claim? Or is it the sweet potato and coconut infused dukana like some protest? Or maybe that crazy woman that I talked to on the Caribbean Grace Foods forums was right in insisting that bananas was the national dish. I thought about just taking a picture of a banana and calling it a day but I figured that you, my dear reader, would not be satisfied with that post. I decided to go with majority rules (in most cases majority blows) and cook the dishes that I thought best represented the islands. Pepperpot is a pretty common dish in a lot of Caribbean countries and the difference in this version is the addition of eddo leaves, pigeon peas, pork knuckle, and yucca. It also has calabaza squash, orange yams, habanero peppers, and pork belly. The day after I cooked this stew, fall weather arrived so you can all thank me for ending summer for you. This is a serious cool weather dish.
Fungee (pronounced 'fun-jee') is basically corn meal or polenta cooked until it forms a ball. It's pretty difficult to make because it splatters and you are required to keep stirring now matter how much of your hand get burned and blistered. When cooking this dish, the wooden spoon becomes like a crude torture device, stirring and scalding. Next time I'll wear mittens. Corn meal, water, butter, mittens, and a stacked set of guns (arm muscles). That's all you need to make this simple but effective side dish. I have to say, it goes pretty damn well with the pepperpot. As the stew infiltrates the fungee it becomes almost dumpling like in texture. Very tasty. Information was hard to come by on this nation but I'm glad I was able to find a piece of the islands and cook it in my kitchen. I just hope I never come across any feral goats.
For more info on this project, read this: 203 Sovereign States
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Labels: Caribbean, cuisine, culture, sovereign states
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
...and now for something completely delicious.
Baked Penne & Beecher's Flagship Cheese with Spicy Lamb Sausage -or-
Mac N' Cheese with Sausage (depends on whether you're feeling fancy or not)
16 oz. penne pasta
1/2 lb. spicy lamb sausage (merguez would work as well)
3 cups half and half
3 Tbsp. butter
3 Tbsp AP flour
kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper tt
1 tsp pimenton picante
2 1/2 - 3 cups Beecher's Smoked Flagship cheese, grated (or mix it up with your favorites)
1 cup fine bread crumbs
1 Tbsp butter, melted
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9 x 12 baking dish. Cook pasta in salted boiling water until cooked al dente. Set aside. Meanwhile, brown sausage whole in a skillet until just cooked through. Let the meat rest before slicing. Heat butter in a heavy saucepan over medium-high heat.
Whisk in the flour making sure there are no lumps and cook the roux, stirring occasionally, for 2-3 minutes. Whisk in half and half, stirring constantly, until thickened, about 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and add pimenton. Remove from heat. Stir in the cheese until melted. Pour pasta into cheese sauce. Add sausage. Mix well. Pour into prepared pan. Combine bread crumbs and the Tbsp of melted butter. Sprinkle over macaroni and cheese. Bake 30 minutes until golden brown.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Sovereign State #5: Angola
The Menu:
Piri Piri
Arroz Integral com Manteiga de Amendoim e Bananas (Brown Rice with Peanut Butter and Bananas)
Feijoada Angolan (Chicken and Red Palm Oil Stew)
Camaro Grelhado com Mohlo Cru (Grilled Prawns with Raw Sauce)
Angola is kind of a scary place. Even their flag looks scary. Angola was occupied by the Portuguese for four centuries up until 1975. The country is also one of the birth places of the Cold War (team USA, Britain, Portugal vs. team USSR, Cuba in a game of "Who gets Angola's oil & blood diamonds"). After nearly thirty years of civil war with millions massacred and hundreds of thousands left homeless, the gunfire has officially stopped but the abundance of misplaced minefields and humanitarian atrocities continue. That however does not mean there is nothing worth eating. Every place, no matter how scary it is always has something tasty to eat. Angola is no different.
Dura Palms are the vegetation of choice in Angola. The oil from the trees is very popular as is the "hash" or tree pulp. It was pretty damn hard to get over here in the United States. Just recently a company called Ökonatur started to import here. It's a bit pricey but I felt that it was necessary for authentic Angolan dishes. It's pretty crazy. It's not filtered so it has bits of palm pulp floating in it and when you put it to heat it smokes a lot. The bits burn up and then you're ready to fry in it. Red palm oil has a bitter, nutty sort of flavor. I have to say I was slightly wary of using it because it almost has an off sort of smell to it but after cooking with it my concerns were put to rest.
Angolans like their food spicy. While being a Latina I enjoy a little bit of kick in my food myself but I do not have the dead to the world taste buds or iron gut to deal with a dish that has 10 habaneros in it. I can think of better ways to commit suicide so I cut back a little bit on the spiciness in a few of the dishes but still kept them spicy and authentic. The national condiment of Angola is Piri Piri (which I think translates to "burn your face off"). It's basically 4 Tbsp of lemon Juice, 4 Tbsp water, 5 Tbsp of African cayenne pepper, and 1 Tbsp of garlic salt. It does not mess around. The flavor is amazing and it really brightens up a dish but I would just use a tiny bit in my food instead of the recipes that called for chicken or seafood to be lathered in it before being grilled. I'll save that for when I have house-guests that I hate.
It's pretty amazing the amount of culture people will retain from their oppressors after they have gone. Angola has an incredible amount of Portuguese influence in it's cuisine. Feijoada Angolan is one of those dishes that came from Portugal but the Angolans made it their own. Originally it was a black bean stew with salt pork and other meats stewed in a clay pot. The Angolans mix it up and make it with white beans with the addition of bay leaves, cabbage, carrots, and chicken. They also flavor it with quite a bit of red palm oil. I really enjoyed this dish. It has that comfort sort of thing that a lot of stews do. I can imagine that if I had a cold and lived in Angola I would want this dinner. That or an ice bath or an air conditioner. I made my Angolan Feijoada with lima beans (soaked overnight and simmered in water for about one hour). Then I sauteed 1/2 head of cabbage, one onion, three carrots, some garlic, and two habaneros (cut in half and seeded) in a little peanut oil and added that to the pot when the beans were ready. Tomatoes were added and then I pulled out my new jar of red palm oil and sauteed chicken legs and thighs in the red pulpy liquid gold. Lastly I sliced some Portuguese linguiça (sausage) and gave them a quick toss in the oil adding it along with the chicken to the stew. To finish I added some chopped parsley and about 1/2 cup of palm oil. Yes, salt and pepper were added throughout. Overall, after the beans were done I cooked the stew about 1 hour. I made like 2 gallons of the stuff so we'll be eating Angolan for a while. Anybody hungry? I'll give you some.
Now, I'm not a very big fan of brown rice. I grew up eating white rice and I prefer it. No, I'm not racist, I just don't care for the texture of brown rice. However, this rice dish made me appreciate it a little more. I like the tomato flavor in the rice and the bananas adds a sweetness that makes it feel like the rice isn't trying so hard to be healthy. You know, like it's saying "yeah I guess I'm pretty good for you but check it out, I'm hanging out with bananas and peanut butter so I'm sort of a bad-ass." Just like the drama kids that hung out with the super cool rebel smokers in high school. Yeah I see you with the bad kids but I know you're still a musical theater nerd. This dish is basically brown rice cooked in tomato juice and water. Meanwhile the sauce consists of sauteed onion, peppers, curry powder, tomatoes, and peanut butter. I added a little water to thin it out a little bit. Then when the rice is done pan fry up some banana slices in peanut oil and serve over the rice. Arroz Integral com Manteiga de Amendoim e Bananas feels very earthy and African.
The Camaro Grelhado com Mohlo Cru is basically prawns with Portuguese mojo sauce with a few tweaks and I knew it would be delicious. With my mortar and pestle I ground 1 tsp of cumin seed, pinch of salt and peppercorns, a few scallions, a couple cloves of garlic. After grinding it to a paste I added a few Tbsp of sherry vinegar and water. I marinated the shrimp in the sauce for about 15 minutes and then skewered them and tossed them onto an oiled grill pan. 2 minutes each side and they were done. Yum-o. (maybe I should make an idiotic slogan like that rat-faced hack Rachel Ray. I dunno. How about "freaking yumtastic!")
So yes, my first go at Central African food was pretty much spectacular. Sure, some of it had it's similarities to Portuguese food but the spirit of the dishes are one hundred percent African. In fact, I'm still scraping the dead taste buds off of my scalded tongue. I will be sure to have a jar of piri piri in my fridge just in case. You never know who's going to drop by for dinner.
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Friday, September 11, 2009
Taberna Del Alabardero
Taberna is probably the most authentic Spanish dining experience you'll find in the Pacific Northwest. It's simple but elegant food cooked with passion and skill. This is no knock on Txori or Harvest Vine (which sadly may no longer be with us for much longer). I love chef Joseba Jimenez's food and I truly hope his divorce does not destroy him and his beautiful restaurants. His food is Basque with a modern feel to it. Taberna feels like like old world Spain (and not in a stuffy Inquisition kind of way).
Taberna Del Alabardero
2328 1st Avenue Seattle, WA 98121
206 448 8884
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Friday, September 4, 2009
Sovereign State #4: Andorra
The Menu:
Terrina de Conejo (Rabbit Terrine)
Sofrito (Catalan Tomato and Onion Sauce)
Trinxat (Cabbage and Potato Cake)
Cargols amb Mantega D'all (Roasted Snails with Garlic Butter)
Familiarity is a funny thing. It's easy to live a little dangerously when you understand your surroundings. In a sort of twisted way I can understand why people travel across the world and end up eating out of American burger joints. It's safe and easy. Hell, perhaps I might even try something wacky like a Mc-Tonkatsu burger in Osaka or maybe a Flame Broiled Shawarma Jr. in Cairo just to , you know, soak up some culture for the few minutes I'm not sitting in the hotel pool. I can almost understand the madness. Almost.
I love Spanish food. Arroz co Pollo, Picadillo, these are my comfort dishes. Andorra is pretty damn close to Spanish food. It actually has quite a bit in common with Catalan and Basque cuisine. I understand Spanish flavors. I grew up with these flavors. I could just whip out some kind of braised chicken dish with tomatoes and olives or perhaps fry up some Basque chorizo and eggs and call it a day. But I like the challenge of searching for something new. I like expanding my culinary knowledge. I wanted to cook something I've never cooked before. I know these flavors, so why not test my palate. The hotel pool is really nice but sometimes you just have to see what else is around you and find some adventure.
I went down to see my buddy Don at Don & Joe's butcher shop in the market to grab some rabbit. He fabricated it (cut it up) for me and I asked him to save me the livers. He asked me if I was "feeling a little jumpy" to which I replied "keep using puns like that and I'll have to shop somewhere else". I also got a bit of bacon and some of their amazing pork meat sticks that I need for my pork deficiency. I also picked up my snails from Delaurentis next door. I found a recipe for snails that said "go outside and collect 20 garden snails". Uhhh, not in my neighborhood friend. I'll stick with canned snails. After collecting all my ingredients I went home and started on dinner. I finally got to use my lovely new friend. My pink Kitchen-aid mixer with meat grinder attachment that my sweetheart wifey got me for my birthday. I loved how upset the cat got while watching the rabbit meat squish out of the grinder. Both my kitty Clara and K were intrigued and repulsed at the same time.
The rabbit terrine was incredible. A mixture of ground rabbit meat and liver, garlic, onion, egg, and spices. All wrapped up with bacon and steamed in a terrine water bath for 1 1/2 hours. It was like eating the most moist meatloaf you ever had in your life. If there was a god of meatloaf, this is what she would make. It went perfectly with the sofrito sauce. A super smokey and spicy tomato sauce with pimenton (smoked paprika) and sweet onions. I always make Cuban sofrito as the base for soups and sauces but I have never thought of the addition of pimenton. I don't know why, it makes perfect sense. This will be my "go to" sofrito from now on. We ate the terrine the next day in sandwiches. So stinking good!
Who doesn't love potato pancakes? Unloved demon spawn, that's who. Trinxat (pronounced trin-chat), Andorra's national dish of potatoes, cabbage, and bacon all fried up in patty form, is comfort food pure and simple. K is half Irish and I make a dish called colcannon for her when she's not shining shoes or following rainbows. It's basically the same ingredients as trinxat but the Andorrans here have stepped it up a notch (as my favorite uneducated TV celebrity leprechaun would say) and fried the whole thing.
Snails are a hard sell to people that have never tried them before. Getting someone to try snails for the first time can be a daunting task. "Here, I cooked you some slimy insect looking creatures, have some." Snails are mollusks. If you like clams, oysters, mussels, etc... you will like snails. It's a texture thing that most people have a problem with. To me, snails have similar texture and flavor to a portabella mushroom that got in a fight with a clam. I stuffed the snails back into their shells and topped them off with some garlic and chive butter and roasted them for 10 minutes. They were garlicky and delicious.
Food does not have to be filled with chemicals just to be comforting. Food should be made with care and pride(call me a hippy and I'll hurt you). And perhaps sometimes you need to get a little challenged. Eating and traveling shouldn't just be about familiarity. It should show you new and exciting things so that when you want some of your favorites, you'll have a whole lot more to choose from.
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How to develop an internet of things strategy
Customer needs
The next step is to document specific unmet customer needs and identify the key friction points your future customers are currently experiencing.
"Following the path from start to your desired outcome can help you identify details and priorities that might otherwise be dealt with at too high a level or skipped over entirely," he said.
Rossman warned that crafting strong customer personas and journeys is hard work, and you may need to start over several times to get it right.
"The biggest mistake you can make on these is to build them for show rather than for work," he said. "Don't worry about the beauty of these deliverables until things are getting baked (if at all). Do worry about getting at insights, talking to customers and validating your findings with others who can bring insights and challenges to your work."
Evaluation framework and scoring
Design ways to assess the success of your work.
"This includes understanding a project's feasibility and transition points and how it will tie into other corporate strategies at your company," Rossman said. "Sometimes, especially if your organization is new to the field of connected devices, the success of your project should be measured in terms of what you can learn from the project rather than whether or not it can be classically considered a success."
You might undertake some early IoT initiatives purely to gain experience, with no expected ROI, he said
Strategy articulation
Once you have all these analyses under your belt, you need share what you've learned with the rest of your team. Rossman said he's had the most success articulating these learnings by building a flywheel model of business systems and by developing a business model.
Part 2. Build your IoT roadmap
Once you've explained your big idea and why your organization should pursue it, you need an IoT roadmap that helps you plan and communicate to others what the journey will be like, what is being built and how it will work.
"In creating your roadmap, embrace on of Amazon's favorite strategies— think big, but bet small," Rossman said.
In other words, you need a big vision, but you don't want to "bet big." Make small bets to test your thinking. This can involve creating a prototype, a minimally viable product or jointly developing a project with existing customers and partners.
Rossman suggests four methods that can help you articulate your roadmap:
• The future press release
Develop a simple but specific product announcement. This forces you to
clarify your vision.
• A FAQ for your IoT plan
Forecast some of the questions you're likely to get about your product and
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Dr. Vjekoslav Sajfert was born on September 1, 1953 in Novi Slankamen. His father is Dragutin and mother Kata. He finished elementary school in Novi Slankamen in 1968, and grammar school in Indjija in 1972. He received the B.S. degree in Physics from the University of Novi Sad in 1978, with the paper:
Spectral Function and Magnetisation of the Heisenberg Ferromagnet at Low Temperatures.
He received his Master Degree in Theoretical Physics at the Faculty of Science in Belgrade in 1988 with the thesis:
Properties of Ferroelectric Phase with Incommensurate Phase.
Ph.D. Thesis:
Correlations Between Structural Deformation and Concentration of Elementary Excitations.
He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the Faculty of Science Sarajevo on 8 July 1990.
He worked as a physics teacher at the grammar school in Indjija from 1977 to 1999. His further career has been: Assistant Professor at the University of Novi Sad (1997), Associate Professor at the University of Novi Sad (2004), and finally in 2009, Full Professor of Physics at the University of Novi Sad, the Technical Faculty "Mihajlo Pupin", Zrenjanin. His subjects are: Physics, Electrical Engineering with electronics, Medical instrumentation, Electronics and Telecommunications. His main field of research is Theoretical physics of condensed matter, nanophysics and nanoscience.
He is author and co-author of 16 textbooks, 8 handbooks, 62 scientific papers in domestic and foreign journals (Holland, Germany, England, the USA, the Czech Republic), 3 monographs, has participated in 45 national and international conferences. He has taken part in 5 projects of the Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia and in one project of AP Vojvodina. For five years he was in charge of the project of the Ministry of Science of the Republic of Serbia called:
Advancement of the physical characteristics of nanostructure materials.
He was the president of the organizing committee of the International Conference "UrbanEco 2012".
His most important papers:
V. Sajfert, B. S. Tošić, Order-Disorder Excitations in Nanostructures, Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Ed. H. S. Nalwa, vol. 20, pp. 281-350 (2011)
and a review paper:
Vjekoslav Sajfert, Bratislav Tošić, The Research of Nanoscience Progress, J. Comput. Theor. Nanosci., 7, no. 1, pp. 15-84 (2010)
In 2009 and 2010, he was the vice dean at the Technical Faculty "Mihajlo Pupin", Zrenjanjin. In 2010, he was the acting dean at the Technical Faculty "Mihajlo Pupin", Zrenjanjin.
He speaks English, German and Russian.
His spouse Mirjana is a biology teacher in the Elementary school "Petar Kočić" in Indjija. They have two children – daughter Marina, married Telpinger, IT engineer, and son Branimir, married, Engineer for control of technical systems in medicine and Industrial Engineering, Master. He has four granddaughters: Lara, Lana, Luna and Leda.


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The Stoned Ape Theory was proposed by Terence McKenna in his 1992 book Food of the Gods.
The theory is that using entheogenic substances (e.g. psychedelic mushrooms, ayahuasca, etc.) caused a radical shift in human consciousness and, subsequently, human culture.
However, there's no good evidence to support this theory. McKenna's book, even for its day, was based on precious more than conjecture and huge leaps in logic.
Also, over the past 20 years we've been able to learn much more about the linguistic, artistic, and cultural evolution of humanity. The preponderance of evidence shows that we evolved these things very slowly over tens of thousands of years.
There are still many mysteries to how humans became who we are, and I think there's great promise in using entheogenic substances to help people with depression, end of life issues, and (ironically enough) drug abuse.
There's no need to overstate their importance to past cultures in order to justify why and how we should use them in today's culture.
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We went to Holland and stayed in a wooden igloo. It was at Easter which is ages ago, but life caught up with me for a while. Enough people noticed I had stopped blogging to make me think I would like to start blogging again. Thanks.
There were tulips.
And Noah's ark.
And lots of other nice things including a really nice wool shop called Knotten. I bought some undyed Dutch Shetland yarn in four of the six colours in which it is made. The kind of thing you can't easily get outside of Holland and just the right souvenir.
In the shop window was a blanket sample knit up in all six colours.
It's Kate Davies Rams and Yowes blanket. The pattern calls for Jamieson and
Smith Shetland yarn which comes in 9 natural, undyed shades and I think it is stunning. Looks tricky too! Colour work knit in the round to avoid tricky colour work purls and then steeked. Don't know what steeking is? It means cutting, yep, cutting your knitting. Wow scary stuff. Something I am really keen to try. I can see why Shetland yarn would work well; it's got a kind of stickiness to it that would I think mean the whole piece would just sit tight before you sew it up rather than falling apart but I bet it would be a tense moment or two while you cut. Definitely something I'd like to try. And the rewards would be worth it for sure.


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The Minimum Wage Debate
June 28, 2016
In an exclusive article for Boss Magazine, NCPA Senior Fellow Pam Villarreal writes:
For several years now, stagnant wage growth and a sputtering economy have encouraged a movement by labor rights groups and others to raise the minimum wage. Politicians on the left and some on the right have called for an increase in the minimum wage to as high as $15 an hour. Supporters claim that a minimum wage that is more than double the current $7.25 an hour will reduce poverty and inequality with little impact on employment, citing empirical studies that show no adverse effect. Opponents, however, are skeptical. They also cite findings showing that an increase in the minimum wage would increase inequality and do little to alleviate poverty.
The first minimum wage, 25 cents an hour, was established under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and applied only to employees engaging in interstate commerce. By 1961, a new amendment covered additional employees in certain industries. By this time, the minimum wage was $1 an hour.
Then in 1978 all employees who were designated as non-exempt (non-salaried) were covered at $2.65 an hour. Since then, the minimum wage has increased 10 times under various presidential administrations.
The current rate of $7.25 an hour took effect in 2009. While many argue that the current time span is the longest that the minimum wage has not increased, the record actually goes back to a time span of 1997 when the minimum wage stood at $5.15 an hour for 10 years until 2007.
Thirty states, Washington, D.C., and a handful of cities have minimum wages that are significantly higher. In 2001, Washington became the first state to enact minimum wage increases tied to the cost of living; its minimum wage now stands at $9.47.
But other states have or will soon surpass Washington in terms of statutory rates. Washington, D.C.'s wage is $10.50 an hour and due to an increase to $11.50 in July of this year. Massachusetts' current rate of $10 an hour will increase to $11 at the beginning of next year. New York and California will bump their wages to $15 an hour in 2018 and 2022, respectively.
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Producer`s seat more comfortable: Director Shoojit Sircar
New Delhi: Be it the slice of life in 'Vicky Donor' or the portrayal of harsh reality in 'Madras Cafe', director Shoojit Sircar`s films fetched him loads of accolades. He is however enjoying the role of a producer more with his upcoming venture 'Running Shaadi.com'.
"Being in the producer`s seat is more comfortable. After `Madras Cafe`, getting into this light zone feels nice," Sircar said.
Sircar, however, does not take his production duties lightly.
"Nowadays, making the film in the right budget and at the right time is important. You should not overshoot the budget. I will take care of this. After the film is made, I will get involved in a bit of the marketing part of it," he said.
Sircar had also produced Bengali film 'Aparajita Tumi', which was directed by Bengali director Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury.
Being co-produced by Sircar and Ronnie Lahiri`s banner - Rising Sun Films – 'Running Shaadi.com' features Amit Sadh and Taapsee Pannu. First-timer Amit Roy is helming the project.
Roy had previously worked as a cinematographer in films like Ram Gopal Varma`s 'Sarkar' and Rohan Sippy`s 'Dum Maaro Dum'.
A romantic comedy, 'Running Shaadi.com' has been set in Punjab. The film is character driven and Sircar feels that if people are able to relate to the lead couple, they will love the film.
"Amit has placed the film in Punjab because it is a story of a Punjabi girl and a non-Punjabi boy. I think normally a film like this is very character driven," he said.
He further added: "If you like the simple two little characters, you will start following them."
On his role as producer-director, the filmmaker says he can only worry about the final product.
"We can enjoy making a film - that is what is in my control. How it works is not in my control," said Sircar who derives enjoyment of making films by working with friends.
"I would love to make films for my friends and colleagues and work in that environment. This film has a good team as well," he said.
His last two films were produced by actor-producer John Abraham, with whom he shares a good camaraderie.
"John and I also make a good team. We both like working with each other," he said.
Being a creative producer of 'Running Shaadi.com', he said his "involvement" was over as soon as the script and casting were done.
"Amit and I discussed the casting as well as the music. He is on the floor and shooting now. I have nothing to do there. My job is done," he said.
'Running Shaadi.com' is slated for a 2014 release.


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Camping charges include entrance to the showground. You can camp from Friday 17th June and vacate by 10am Monday 20th June.
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Arrival & Registration
Arrival Times: public campers will need to arrive between the following times.
- Friday - 1200hrs – 2000hrs
- Saturday - 0700hrs – 1000hrs
NB – In the interests of safety, campsite arrivals cannot be accommodated outside of these times, (except for pre arrangements with the Camping site Manager.)
Registration will be at the Campsite Control Centre, please have all documentation readily available to speed up the process. Whilst on site, camping passes are required to be displayed in the windscreen of vehicles and outside of caravans, tents etc. at all times.
Leaving The Site
All campers and vehicles and belongings are required to have vacated the site by 1000hrs Monday, in order that the site can returned to normal
More Information Is Available In The Camping Conditions Form Below:
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