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Political Science Transfer
Following is the suggested sequence of courses required for an Associate in Arts degree in pre-Political Science. Additional developmental studies courses may be required before you can take college English or mathematics. Check with your transferring institution to ensure transferability of courses or specific program requirements.
Fall Semester
Western Civ: Ancient to Early Modern OR American History to 1877
American National Government
Composition I
Elementary Spanish
Intro to Computers
Successful Learning
College 101
Spring Semester
Comparative Government & Politics*
Western Civ: Early Modern to Present OR American History since 1877
Composition II
Elementary Spanish II
Fall Semester
International Relations*
Fundamentals of Oral Communication
Intermediate Spanish I
Science Elective
Spring Semester
American State & Local Government
Intermediate Spanish II
Social Science Elective
Science Elective
* Offered only at Estherville
A minimum of 64 hours is required to complete an AA degree at Iowa Lakes.


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Hi Ferfal,
Thanks for the information that you provide in your blog. You have many good suggestions for disaster preparedness. I especially appreciate your suggestions regarding items such as knives, water, flashlights and other items. Having water, shelter and small tools is absolutely necessary when disasters such as a tornado, hurricane, flood, etc occur.
In return for all the good information you have given, I would like to share with you. We recently purchased a Big Berkey water filter system for our family to use at home and it is working out quite well. The system itself is rather expensive ($250.00). However, it does not require any electrical power and the filters it uses have a shelf life of 50 years. The water filter system was originally designed for the Queen of England so that polluted water from the Thames River in London could be filtered for drinking water. The water filters are impregnated with silver and will remove bacteria that causes disease. Of course this is not for carrying with you. However, as you say - often it is best to stay in your home. With this system you can take polluted water and use this system to provide clean drinking water for a family.
Thanks and best regards,
Fort Worth, Texas
Thanks Douglas, I enjoy trying out gear. Its fun and you learn along the way.
That's pretty interesiing story . I knew Berkey water filters where good, that's why we're proud to have Directive21, an authorized Berkey dealer, as a sponsor, but I didn't know the story about Doulton, the commercial British Berkefeld name and the Brit royalty.
Here's a link where the story is explianed in more detail, the Queens demand for a filter to purify the dirty London water, pretty interesting.

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You might have a great resort website – design is spot-on, the content well-written, the photos highly pixilated – but viewer-friendly isn't the same as search-engine-friendly. Luckily, search engines have a variety of ranking factors, many of which only require a quick tweak to content or design. So before you start reaching in your wallet, try these four simple ways to naturally help your website's search engine ranking.
Read the full article at the VEM Global™ blog.


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Justin Bieber Pelted with iPhones at MSG Showby Amy Sciarretto | PopCrush
Justin Bieber created a monster at the second of two shows at Madison Square Garden, the world's most famous arena, in NYC.
A Belieber tossed her iPhone on stage so the 'Boyfriend' singer took some photos of himself and the crowd with it. Innocent enough and to be expected, right? Come on, these are Beliebers we're talking about. They all want a piece of the teen. Do you really think the rest of the Beliebers in the crowd were going to let only one of their peers have all the phone fun and enjoy the benefits of their hero actually touching her smartphone?
Other fans immediately started throwing their iPhones on stage, hoping for the same treatment.
"You're not going to keep throwing cell phones up here and expect us to take pictures," the Biebs said. He was not as annoyed as it sounds. "That's not how it works. I'll never do that again."
He joked, "Get this cell phone off the stage. We're going to have a bunch of iPhones. I'm going to take them home."
The Biebs pretended to boot the phones that were landing on stage into the crowd, insisting he would not be touching them.
He must have instantly regretted using the phone to take photos.
Beliebers, we understand that the chance to have JB touch your phone and take photos with it is a once in a lifetime opp that you don't want to miss out on. But iPhones are not exactly cheap. Why be so cavalier with your treatment of them?!


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Bootitbm will not allow restore to volume, seemed to have lost all my data and programs
Single Drive Win7: reserve partition, c:Win7boot d:data and pgms- now gone
Wanted to create extended partition with two volumes from 375GB D: partition containing data and programs.
Following bob's advice, I:
Resized D: from 374GB down to 100GB (used data of 64gb, rest free)
Imaged backup of resized partition D:data+pgms
Deleted D:
Created extended partition with two 150gb volumes, NTFS and FAT32 and 74GB free space at the end.
Restore will not show the volumes and therefore will not allow restore of Bootitbm image backup stored on C: drive. Only shows partition 3 which I guess is the old D partition of 100gb
Only shows the new extended partition and not the volumes, both empty 150GB each.
States "restore will overlap other partitions"
So I guess all my data and hard work installing programs on D: is gone??! Why can I not restore to a volume and how do I get my D:data+pgms back??


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What's new in Version 9.2
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- 2 General
- 3 Excel Edition
- 4 Web Edition
Main Additions
- Interactive animated Charts and Small Multiples
- Commentary - Email notifications and subscriptions
- Connector for Oracle Essbase
- Power BI - New Custom Visuals for embedding Grids, Reports and Small Multiple Charts in Power BI
- Commentary - Subscriptions and Email notifications
- Scheduling - Several Reports can be combined to one PDF, PowerPoint or Excel output
- Schedules can be setup to allow users to subscribe and unsubscribe
Small Multiples
- More user interactivity
- Animated charts
- Better chart formatting
- Improved tooltips options
- Improved drilling options
- Improved printing quaility
- Option to change major units
- Addition of Marimekko charts
- Compact mode - Display row members in a single column for drilldown reports.
- Query timeout option can be set in the Managing Connections screen.
- Display folder support for Tabular Analysis Services
- Paged Viewports: Can output active overlay index to a cell
Power BI
- New custom visual for embedding XLCubed elements inside Power BI reports
- Power BI Embedding in Excel allows a report to be included in a workbook
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- XL3SetProperty extended
- Grid --> ShowDescendantComments
- Dashboard --> Target
- PagedViewport --> ActiveViewport
- SmallMultipleChart/Slicer/Pager/Map/Viewport/PagedViewport/PowerBI --> Visible
- SmallMultipleChart --> DataLabelsVisible
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- Email notifications
- Attachments for Cube Comments
- Cube comments now show which members the comment is attached to when using "Show descendants"
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- Custom connection string for some typed connections
- This allows and type-specific features to be used with custom connection strings
- Enhanced SQL Stored Procedure support in the query designer
Scheduling (C)
- New UI: Schedules can be created within folders
- Schedules can now be 'Run Now'
- Several Reports can be combined to one PDF, PowerPoint or Excel output
- Schedules can be setup to allow users to subscribe and unsubscribe
- Protected workbooks remain protected when sent
- Emails can include report images
- Failure emails can be sent
- Fixed size columns and rows are indicated with an asterisk (*)
- XL3SetProperty can set target by name and nearest match screen size
Data Connectivity
- Addition of Oracle Essbase connector
- Support XL3RunSQLProc with SAP HANA
- Better Custom Calculations support on more server types
- Workbooks can now have Aspects defined
Excel Edition
- Better Worksheet copying
- Holding Shift when opening a workbook allows all Grids to be set to Design Mode
- Support for Excel worksheet "Zoom" on some controls (slicers, treemaps)
- Various updates for improved appearance on very high DPI machines
- Improved control placement when loading reports on machines with different DPI to the original design machine
- Favourites - Users can now save slicer designs as favourites for re-use in other workbooks
Web Edition
- Logging for license usage
- .url favourites support passing through parameters
- Connection details are encrypted by default when sent to the browser
- XL3Link and XL3WebReportLink can open links in a new window
- Transparent picture links in PowerPoint exports
- Multi-sheet printing supports ordering of slicers
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- Support for "Microsoft PDF Driver"
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Labor and EPA nominees are among those still awaiting confirmation.
Another round of brinkmanship over political appointments is under way in the Senate, with Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., once again putting his finger squarely on the button of the "nuclear option" viewed with horror by Republicans.
Reid set the Senate on a path Thursday toward changing Senate rules so that only a simple majority is needed to clear executive nominations. After a day filled with sound bites and melodrama, Reid filed motions to end debate on seven nominations, including those of Thomas Perez as Labor secretary and Gina McCarthy to head the Environmental Protection Agency, which have been held up for weeks by GOP objections.
A vote on the first cloture motion -- to end debate on the nomination of Richard Cordray as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a post he already holds by virtue of a recess appointment from President Obama -- is expected Tuesday. If the cloture motion fails to get 60 votes, Reid promises to use the so-called nuclear option to bring the other nominations to the Senate floor for simple majority votes.
Before the formal session on Tuesday, however, the Senate will gather at 6 p.m. Monday for a rare, informal meeting in the Old Senate Chamber to hash out differences on Senate rules and confirmation procedures. An exasperated Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., suggested the meeting Thursday after Reid telegraphed his intentions to go nuclear on the floor.
The theater began early in the day when Reid took to the floor and railed against Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who recently charged that Reid was about to break an agreement not to change the rules allowing senators to filibuster nominations. Charging that Republicans are obstructing the president's nominees, Reid argued that the GOP had turned the "advise and consent" role of the Senate into "deny and obstruct." McConnell, Reid said, had broken his part of the agreement by allowing nominations to be blocked. Nearly two dozen Republican senators arrived to watch Reid and McConnell spar.
McConnell charged that Reid was threatening to undo the rules of the Senate and that for Reid "advise and consent means sit down and shut up." Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., pointed out that Reid risked harming his own party if Democrats find themselves in the minority one day, and Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., suggested there was dissension in the Democratic ranks—Corker said he had talked to members of Reid's party who did not understand the reason for the rules change.
But many Democrats appeared to back their leader's effort to dislodge long-delayed nominations. "The threats always seem to move things," said Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., one of the leading proponents of the nuclear option. "But the important thing is for us to get caught up to a reasonable level and I don't know that we're gonna do that."
Asked how he would respond if Republicans vote to clear the controversial nominees, Reid said, "Hallelujah." Then asked whether he would go forward with the nuclear option, Reid backed off. "If they do, why would we have to do that?"
Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., standing nearby, signaled his agreement. Other members of Democratic leadership stood in support of Reid as well, including Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill.
There was not unanimous support among Democrats, though. Before heading into a caucus meeting, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., registered his concerns. "I oppose using nuclear options to change the rules," he said. "The question is whether or not the majority can change the rule when the rules provide that it takes two-thirds to change them. That's the issue. It's been fought over for decades."
To say Republicans are angry about the idea would be an understatement. Democrats, they argue, should forget about worrying about being in the minority one day. If they go nuclear, it will be even more difficult to come to any kind of agreement in the Senate.
"If the nuclear option is opted, there won't be any later agreements," Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., said.
The nominees besides Cordray, Perez, and McCarthy who've been placed on the Senate's calendar are National Labor Relations Board nominees Richard Griffin, Mark Pearce, and Sharon Block, plus Fred Hochberg to be president of the Export-Import Bank.


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"Stop spending our money showing us the illusion of #democracy!" Me on politics in general and election campaigns in particular as quoted by joviansalak
"Stop spending our money showing us the illusion of #democracy!" Me on politics in general and election campaigns in particular as quoted by joviansalak
JovianSalak I'll show you the results, that should clear things up :)
Spent most of the day walking on the moor with Tod and @joviansalak (GPS trace coming soon!), built @jwentomologist his birthday present and now putting together my entry for this month's mozilla dev derby entry — improved blog quoting/citing using DnD and #microformats
joelestewart yeah, I found him quite irritating, and the Gurdy was completely misrepresented! But must be great for those less musically inclined.
JovianSalak #creativecommons licensing, of course!
roopagulati sure! I've repaired banjos before, not done a use yet but there's little technical difference to a guitar
john_nye good god that's hideous. But in hindsight it was only a matter of time :/
To all exeter_web people who saw my #microformats talk last night: I documented my usage of µf on my own site, hopefully it's a useful real–world reference if you're interested in using µf2 yourselves :)
If minifigs had their own country it would have the largest population today
Excited to make a way of linking up my web action delegates with FF OS Web Activities! https://hacks.mozilla.org/2013/01/introducing-web-activities/
Checked in to Oddfellows, Exeter for the exeter_web meetup
I'm doing a talk on micoformats-2 at Exeter Web Meetup . Come along to learn about what's new in µf2 and how you can be using it today! /cc exeter_web
@glindahl I'd love to use blekko's webgrep for #microformats research, any chance of getting regex/XPath queries? See also relevant IRC logs
@JovianSalak oh cool! briansuda gave me some similar ones after #indiewebcamp in Sept. I really need to start sticking them on things…
Micro–semantics today (my take on things):
Disclaimer: I don't have extensive experience with RDFa or non-schema.org microdata. I can neither confirm nor deny knowledge of volcanoes with fax numbers.
Hurdy #gurdy sighting on BBC2, in the promo for The Story of Music, BBC2 .
Laurent Eschenauer well, there's hAudio, but I've never used it and don't know much about it. There isn't a µf2 vocab yet but better than nothing ;)
.abigailH hashtag discovery usage is low because of Twitters anaemic implementation. See Diaspora for a great, well-used implementation.
The audio from the #buzz concert last December is up on soundcloud!
My favourite is the shortest — Parson's Farewell:


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White paper: Itanium® processors enhance parallelism on all levels for superior performance.
Intel Develops Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing (EPIC)
The white paper focuses on the Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing (EPIC) feature in the Intel® Itanium® processor 9500 series. EPIC principles exploit parallelism on all levels—pipeline, core, thread, memory, and instructions—delivering superior performance while benefiting from the mainframe-class reliability, availability, and serviceability features.
EPIC represents a paradigm shift in the development of instruction set architectures. Instead of placing the main burden of extracting parallelism and performance on the underlying computing hardware, a synergy is developed between the software ecosystem and the hardware implementation. This allows compilers, which have full access to the program source code, and the processors, which have full access to run-time information as a program executes, to be optimized for what each does best. In order to do this, the instruction set provides a rich set of features for software to optimally control the low-level hardware resources. This most notably includes the ability for compilers to specify, schedule, and exploit the many forms of parallelism inherent in user programs.


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In the first human study of its kind, scientists used gene therapy that acts like a "homing" signal for stem cells to treat heart failure patients.
The treatment involves injecting a gene for a naturally occurring protein called SDF-1. The protein is secreted by cells and guides the movement of other cells.
The study is unique because researchers introduced the "homing" factor to enhance the body's natural repair process. Usually, scientists extract cells, multiply them, then deliver them back to the patient.
SDF-1 calls stem cells to an injured area to heal damaged tissue. But SDF-1 sends the signal for only about a week after a heart attack.
Researchers wanted to see if they could get SDF-1 to last longer — and they did! Up to a year after treatment, people who got the gene therapy could walk farther on a six-minute walk test and reported improved quality of life. Exams also showed that their hearts were pumping better.
If future trials of SDF-1 yield positive results, scientists say the treatment could be available to heart failure patients in four to five years.
Related Information:
- American Heart Association News Release
- Learn more about heart failure at www.heart.org/HF.


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Welcome to our blog! We here at Karen Mom of Three's Craft blog are passionate about doll play. We love our dolls big and small and creating for them. Our passion is sharing what we know with those who love dolls or who have a doll lover in their lives. We are pleased to have you join us and we hope you share with a friend.
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
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As the featured lighting brand at Salone del Mobile this year they're excited to introduce these two very original additions to their collection:
by Lukas Peet
Jewelry is the inspiration for Rudi, a series of pendant lamps named after Lukas Peet's father. Rudi is made from bent brass tubes that hold handmade cold cathode lamps. The fixtures hang from their cords, which are knotted around the metal tubes.


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Seven economic and religious factions are locked in a struggle to control exploitable planetary systems in Infinity, a sci-fi miniatures game packed with skirmish-level battles nearly 200 years in the future. The unit types include a little bit of everything: mutant animals, heavily armed mercenaries, miniskirted catgirl medics, mechanical armor and what appears to be a nun in a thong. You haven't lived until you've allowed Infinity to turn your kitchen table into a war for galactic hegemony aided by a few robots and a D20.
Last week we talked about five of our favorite sci-fi miniatures games, and Seth L was kind enough to point us to a game not on our list. Infinity, by Spanish publisher Corvus Belli, has been out for a few years and is steadily gaining fans among tabletop warlords. The miniatures tend to have a distinct anime feel, while the game's evolving backstory borrows a few elements from Battletech. The rules are based around D20 rolls and have several cool, innovative mechanics, such as the ability for certain units to "hack" the electronics of armored or robotic opponents, shutting them down. You can read through the quick start rules here, and there are tons of images of miniatures (which do not come prepainted) as well as the full rulebook in PDF at the official site.
And just in case you thought I was joking about the nun in a thong:
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Trichoglossus haematodus, Photo: Michael Lahanas
Cladus: Eukaryota
Trichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771)
* Mantissa Plant. p.524
The Rainbow Lorikeet, Trichoglossus haematodus is a species of Australasian parrot found in Australia, eastern Indonesia (Maluku and Western New Guinea), Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. In Australia, it is common along the eastern seaboard, from Queensland to South Australia and northwest Tasmania. Its habitat is rainforest, coastal bush and woodland areas. Several taxa traditionally listed as subspecies of the Rainbow Lorikeet are increasingly treated as separate species (see Taxonomy).
Rainbow Lorikeets have been introduced to Perth, Western Australia,[2] Auckland, New Zealand[3] and Hong Kong.[4]
Rainbow Lorikeets are true parrots, within the Psittacidae family, which are contained in the order Psittaciformes.
The Rainbow Lorikeet has often included the Red-collared Lorikeet (T. rubritorquis) as a subspecies, but today most major authorities consider it separate.[5][6] Additionally, a review in 1997 led to the recommendation of splitting off some of the most distinctive taxa from the Lesser Sundas as separate species, these being the Scarlet-breasted Lorikeet (T. forsteni), the Marigold Lorikeet (T. capistratus) and the Flores Lorikeet (T. weberi).[7] This is increasingly followed by major authorities.[5][6] With these as separate species, the Rainbow Lorikeet includes the following subspecies (in taxonomic order); most of the common names listed below are only used in aviculture.
* Rosenberg's Lorikeet, T. h. rosenbergii - Biak Island, Indonesia.
The Rainbow Lorikeet is a medium sized parrot, with the length ranging from 25–30 cm (9.8-11.8 in) in size, and have a wingspan of about 17 cm (6.7 in). The weight varies from 75–157 g (2.6–5.5 oz). The plumage of the nominate race, as with all subspecies, is very bright. The head is deep blue with a yellow collar, and the rest of the upperparts (wings, back and tail) are deep green. The chest is red with blue-black barring. The belly is deep green, and the thighs and rump are yellow with deep green barring. The beak is orange. There are no differences between the sexes, and juvenile birds are like the adults but with duller overall plumage. The markings of the best known subspecies T. h. moluccanus are particularly are as the nominate race but with a more orange breast with little to no barring. The northern Australian race rubritorquis also lacks any markings on the orange breast, and the collar in this subspecies is orange, not yellow.[8]
Rainbow Lorikeets often travel together in pairs and occasionally respond to calls to fly as a flock, then disperse again into pairs. Rainbow Lorikeet pairs defend their feeding and nesting areas aggressively against other Rainbow Lorikeets and other bird species. They chase off not only smaller birds such as the Noisy Miner, but also larger and more powerful birds such as the Australian Magpie.
Rainbow Lorikeets feed mainly on fruit, pollen and nectar, and possess a tongue adapted especially for their particular diet. The end of the tongue is equipped with a papillate appendage adapted to collecting nectar from flowers. Nectar from eucalyptus are important in Australia]], other important nectar sources are Pittosporum, Grevillea, Spathodea campanulata (African Tulip-tree), and sago palm.[8] In Melanesia coconuts are very important food sources, and Rainbow Lorikeets are important pollinators of these.[9] They also consume the fruits of Ficus, Trema, Mutingia, as well as papaya and mangoes already oepned by fruit bats. They also eat crops such as apples, and will raid maize and sorghum.[8] They are also frequent visitors at bird feeders placed in gardens, which supply store-bought nectar, sunflower seeds, and fruits such as apples, grapes and pears.
In many places, including campsites and suburban gardens, wild lorikeets are so used to humans that they can be hand-fed. The Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary in Queensland, Australia, is noted for its numerous lorikeets, which number in the thousands. Around 8am and 4pm each day the birds gather in a huge, noisy flock in the park's main area. Visitors are encouraged to feed them a specially-prepared nectar, and the birds will happily settle on arms and heads to consume it. Wild Rainbow Lorikeets can also be hand-fed by visitors at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Semi-tame lorikeets are common daily visitors in Sydney backyards, often by the dozens.
Rainbow Lorikeets can also be fed in many zoos and animal parks outside Australia.
In Australia, breeding usually occurs during spring (September to December), but can vary from region to region with changes in food availability and climate. Nesting sites are variable and can include hollows of tall trees such as eucalypts, palm trunks, or overhanging rock[10]. One population in the Admiralty Islands nests in holes in the ground on predator-free islets.[11] Pairs sometimes nest in the same tree with other Rainbow Lorikeet pairs, or other bird species[10] The clutch size is between one to three eggs, which are incubated for around 25 days.[8] Incubation duties are carried out by the female alone.[9]
Overall, the Rainbow Lorikeet remains widespread and often common. It is therefore considered to be of Least Concern by BirdLife International. The status for some localized subspecies is more precarious, with especially T. h. rosenbergii being threatened by habitat loss and capture for the parrot trade.[12]
As a pest
The Rainbow Lorikeet was accidentally released into the southwest of the state of Western Australia from the University of Western Australia in the 1960s and they have since been classified as a pest.[2] Rainbow Lorikeets can also be found in New Zealand, particularly around the Auckland area. New Zealand's Department of Conservation has declared them a pest and is using similar methods to control and eradicate them.[3][10]
Many fruit orchard owners consider them a pest, as they often fly in groups and strip trees containing fresh fruit. In urban areas, the birds create nuisance noise and fouling of outdoor areas and vehicles with droppings[10].
In Western Australia, a major impact of the Rainbow Lorikeet is competition with indigenous bird species. This includes domination of feeding resources, and competition for increasingly scarce nesting hollows[10]. Birds such as the Purple-crowned Lorikeet Glossopsitta porphyrocephala and Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus latirostris are adversely affected or displaced[10].
1. ^ BirdLife International (2008). Trichoglossus haematodus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 16 April 2009.
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Secrets in GTA V
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- The following is a list of secrets, easter eggs, and hidden trivia references in Grand Theft Auto V.
- For a list of myths, see GTA Myths Wiki.
This page holds information regarding secrets and easter eggs in Grand Theft Auto V.
Easter Eggs
- In the mission Prologue, underneath the train bridge the gang passes in the SUV, there is a frozen creek. Frozen under the ice is an alien.
- In the mission Predator, Michael must use a sniper rifle fitted with a thermal scope to find the O'Neil Brothers in the woods at night. If the player zooms in on the thermal heat dot on the bottom right, it appears to be a Bigfoot standing still. Shooting it does nothing and it abruptly disappears after a few seconds.
- A large sunken flying saucer with sea plants growing on it can be found north-east of Paleto Bay. It can be reached via Submarine.
- Three more UFOs can be seen above Mount Chiliad, Fort Zancudo and Sandy Shores once 100% completion is obtained.
- In Vinewood Hills, there is a juice stand with a big orange ball attached to the top. Shooting or walking into this ball will cause it to detach and roll off down the hill.
- Another 'BIG Orange' Juice Stand can be found at the northwest corner of East Joshua Road and Route 13 (Senora Freeway) in Grapeseed and the San Chianski Mountain Range, respectively.
- Between 23:00 and 0:00, a female ghost appears on the eastern peak of Mount Gordo. The ghost doesn't move or take damage, and will not react to the player being present or shooting it. While the ghost is present, the word "JOCK" is written in blood on the rock where the ghost stands. The ghost fades away if the player gets too close, and the bloody writing will disappear. Investigating online reveals that the ghost is Jock Cranley's wife, murdered by him.
- When using a computer, the mouse cursor has its middle finger pointing up, instead of its index finger, appearing to give the player the finger.
- If you access your phone in game and dial 948-555-0100, you will hear the dial up internet sound. This is also the number you call for ZiT in GTA IV. The same will happen if the player dials any cheat codes from Grand Theft Auto IV and Episodes from Liberty City.
- Once you have unlocked access to the Submersible, you can explore the seabed and discover a crashed US Air jet, the location of the jet is north-east from the peninsula in Paleto Forest, somewhat close to the parachute jump activity.
- By using the submarine, you can find the famous 'Hatch' from the TV series Lost, which is located to the far East of the map, over the coast near the San Chianski Mountain Range. The Hatch cannot be approached either by submarine nor driving, as the protagonist (all three) will get crushed
- Using a black light/UV light on the blueprint map that comes with the Collector's Edition of GTA V reveals markings, map legends, secrets and text. Most of the things that appear are pointing towards the existence of UFOs. Three of the collectible Space Ship Parts are also shown in the map. A full video regarding this easter egg can be seen here.
- In Franklin's house, if you look in the far right corner next to his bed, behind the fan, you will find his "special stash."
- In Trevor's Trailer you can see a box of Breakfast Cereal next to the sink which looks strikingly similar to Sugar Puffs, a cereal from the United Kingdom.
- As Franklin or Trevor, fire at Michael's house and he will call or text you angrily telling you to stop.
- Also, if you sneak near his house as Franklin or Trevor, Michael will call or text you asking politely if you are sneaking around.
- If the player follows a protagonist they are not playing as for too long, the one being followed will turn around and knock the player out.
- There is a blueprint of the beta map on a wall inside Franklin's Safehouse.
- There is a Mark 2 Panzer Tank among other wreckage submerged off the coast near the Humane Labs & Research building. The exact location is accessible by Scuba diving in Story Mode, or by Submersible in GTA Online. A lack of visible rust compared to other wreckage suggests it was sunk recently or was very well maintained. The location of this Easter Egg can be found in this video .
References to the GTA series
- On the Speeder , the GPS shows a map of Liberty City.
- In the first trailer, there is a number on the curb of a house for sale that says "2405". This is likely a reference to the birthday of the Houser brothers, who were both born on the 24th of May.
- In Chamberlain Hills, close to Franklin's house, there is graffiti that reads "Welcome Back - We missed you last time", welcoming players back to San Andreas.
- On the 2013 license plates of cars, the time-of-manufacture sticker says 'MAY'. This could be the original release date for the game which was confirmed to be in spring 2013, making May a plausible release date, or the month in which GTA V entered development. It could also, albeit less likely be a nod to the Houser brothers' birth month.
- On the eastern side of the Del Perro Pier a piece of graffiti can be found reading 'Nothing to see here - groove along' accompanied by a small illustration of a smiling face. This may be a reference to a similar sign in Grand Theft Auto III.
- A pedestrian can be heard saying when pulled out of a car: "I'm moving to Vice City!".
- In Franklin's apartment in the Vinewood Hills, if you go to his bookshelf with the stereo on top and zoom in on the second cubbyhole at the bottom, you will see a book entitled "The Liberty Killing" and the face of Donald Love from Grand Theft Auto III.
- There are multiple newspapers scattered around the map with pictures of Johnny Klebitz appearing on the front.
- The Los Santos Country Club was established in 1992, a nod to the year of the setting of GTA San Andreas.
- The San Andreas Flight School was established in 2004, the same year Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was released.
- In Trevor's Trailer at 0:55, the number on the locomotive reads "LS2004", also possibly a nod to when Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was released.
- If you go and listen to Radio Los Santos, there's a song called "Smoke and Ride". It could be a reference to Big Smoke and Ryder from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- During the mission Hood Safari, on the last turn before you get to Grove Street, you will see 3 peds riding BMX's down Grove Street away from the cul-de-sac. These 3 peds closely resemble C.J, Sweet and Big Smoke in the events of Sweet & Kendl mission.
- There is a billboard of Toni, a woman who was the DJ of several radio stations in the 3D Universe.
- One of the lines Michael will say after parking a car inside the garage of the mansion is "Daddy's back, bitches." This is the same line Dave Bosoy says at the very beginning of GTA IV.
- In the first heist, Lester refers to an Eastern-European man living in Liberty City who went quiet. This could either mean that Niko has given up his life of crime to live a normal peaceful one, or that he was killed. It's more likely that after the ending of GTA IV Niko had no more problems and settled down to a good life.
- Jimmy can be seen viewing Niko Bellic's LifeInvader page on his laptop while sitting at the dining table in his house. It is difficult to see the page in detail, however he appears to have Roman in his friends list and is stalking Burger Shot, possibly a humorous reference to the health system in GTA IV, wherein by the end of the game Niko would have eaten many burgers due to the player constantly replenishing his health.
- In a random event, you help two people get away from a robbery. One of the robbers is Irish and keeps saying that Liberty City was easier to rob. This robber turns out to be Packie from GTA IV. After this encounter he becomes a possible hire for a heist. During one of the heists Packie mentions that Niko is most likely dead but he does not know for a fact.
- There is an advert featuring the artwork of one of The Twins painted on a building.
- Multiple QUB3D machines from GTA IV can be found.
- If you listen to Trevor's radio in his signature Bodhi you can hear a conversation between a truck driver and another who goes by the name Eddie Low, who was a serial killer that could be found in Alderney by Niko in GTA IV.
- If the player goes into the Yellow Jack Inn in Sandy Shores, behind the counter will be several $50 bills hanging on the wall. Pictured on these bills is the artwork of Rochell'le that appeared on the disc and coverart of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
- In Franklin's House in Vinewood Hills there are three Gold Records on the wall, one of which belongs to OG Loc from GTA San Andreas. There is also a Madd Dogg CD sitting on top of the DJ Booth, and a red and blue coloured artwork of Madd Dogg with MADD written across the bottom.
- During the mission Derailed, a requirement is named "Better than CJ". This refers to the mission Wrong Side Of The Tracks in GTA San Andreas when CJ needs to follow a train.
- On a wall next to the tunnel on Low Power Street, there is graffiti of Los Santos sprayed in the style of the original Grand Theft Auto 1 logo.
- The character of Lenny Avery, an unscrupulous real estate developer, may be a reference to Avery Carrington from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
- One of the business available to purchase, Pitchers, has a partial sample of the logo of Tony Prince's Hercules club.
- One of the outfits available for heists, the boiler suit with the hockey mask, it's a clear reference to GTA Vice City's heist mission planned at the Malibu Club.
- Among the buyable clothes for Michael, it is possible to give him the appearance of the default attire of Tommy Vercetti.
- Along the water on Vespucci Beach, some beach towels have " I ♥ VC" on them, which is a reference to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
- In the movie Capolavoro, the Heart of Liberty City is seen at part of it.
- There's a wholesale & retail store in Textile City called Broker, a reference to the district of Broker in Liberty City from GTA IV. The shop also features a picture of Broker's skyline on its logo.
- BJ Smith, minor character in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, is referenced a couple of times: in the name of a recreation center and park in Chamberlain Hills (BJ Smith Recreational Center), and in the name of a convenience store in East Vinewood (BJ's Market).
References to other video games
Rockstar video games
- In the Grand Theft Auto Online character creation menu, it is possible to get John Marston from Red Dead Redemption as your father. Red Dead Redemption was developed by Rockstar San Diego; the creator of the RAGE engine, and it is also a Rockstar Games' subsidiary.
- At Vespucci Movie Masks in Vespucci Beach, there is a pig mask which similarly resembles Piggsy from Manhunt which is also made by Rockstar. In GTA Online you can also purchase a hockey mask which resembles those worn by members of the Skins and carnival masks resembling those worn by members of the Smilies.
- In the Vanilla Unicorn strip club, an npc will occasionally wear a purple jersey with the last name "Hopkins" referring to the Rockstar game Bully.
- In Strawberry, under the freeway, there is a lot of graffiti on the walls. One of them resembles a silhouette of John Marston riding a horse at night time, with a full moon. John is the protagonist of the game Red Dead Redemption, another game developed and published by Rockstar.
- There is a book case in the living room of Franklin's Vinewood house, with a few titles that stand out, like the book "Red Dead", by a J. Marston. "J. Marston" likely refers to John's son Jack, who regularly read books and stated that he may write a book himself one day.
- There are two roads in Sandy Shores referencing towns in Red Dead Redemption, Cholla Springs Avenue and Armadillo Avenue. Algonquin Boulevard, a nod to the Algonquin borough of Liberty City, cuts through both.
- The Elysian Fields Freeway in the game is a reference to the Elysian Fields Co. and housing development from L.A. Noire.
- In the mission, The Paleto Score, on the drive to the bank, Michael mentioned that his first successful score was a heist twenty five years ago "a few miles out from Carcer City". This is another reference to Rockstar's game, Manhunt.
- If you go to Sub Urban, you are able to buy a Hawaiian shirt very similar to the one Max Payne wears in Max Payne 3, which is another game created by Rockstar.
- There is a Rent-A-Car agency named "Escalera ". Escalera was a town in Red Dead Redemption.
Other video games
- There are numerous billboards scattered around the game for the TV Show "Rehab Island". The commercial for the TV shows can also be found on TV. The logo in the middle looks similar to the logo from the game "Dead Island", with a marijuana leaf replacing the palm tree.
- The game Jimmy De Santa plays in his room is called Righteous Slaughter 7. It is a parody of modern shooters, mostly mocking the Call of Duty series. DJ Cara also mentions playing the game on the radio.
- In Paleto Bay, there is a junkyard that contains some sort of machine with paint art that resembles Claptrap from the game Borderlands.
- In Debra's condo There's a mural which says: "Live, Love, Laugh", over which Trevor writes "Eat, Shit, Die". This is an obvious reference to Duke Nukem's signature phrase "Eat shit and Die". It could just be Trevor's way of saying 'life'
- In the same condo, in one of the bedrooms is a picture of a vintage map that looks strikingly similar to the one included in the special edition of Assassins Creed IV.
- There is graffiti in an alleyway in downtown Vinewood (where the mission Bearing the Truth starts) on which, amongst multiple Kifflom rambles, is written "The fruit tree is a lie", referencing the iconic "The cake is a lie" catchphrase from the Portal series and possibly comparing it to the fruit tree in the Adam and Eve creation myth.
References to other media
- Floyd's apartment, Trevor's first safehouse in Los Santos, is modeled upon Melanie's apartment from the movie "Jackie Brown" by Quentin Tarantino. Even the pictures on the kitchen's pillar are very similar to those from the movie.
- Some power stations have an orange sticker that says 1.21 GW (GW most likely an abbreviation of gigawatt), a very likely reference to the Back to the Future trilogy
- There is a customized JB 700 armed with machine guns, tire spikes and a passenger ejector seat in one of Devin Weston's car jobs. This is a reference to James Bond's specially modified Aston Martin DB5 (on which the JB 700 is modeled) from the 1964 movie Goldfinger.
- There is also an advertisement near Sandy Shores that mentions a company called, "J's Bonds". This is a reference to the main protagonist of the 007 franchise, James Bond.
- If you go to the clothing store near Trevor's house, there is a jacket called "Champagne Driver Blouson," which has a crab on the back. This is a reference to the movie "Drive," as the main character wore the same jacket, with the only difference being that there was a scorpion on the back.
- In Los Santos, you can find a Museum called Bishop's WTF, an obviously parody of the famous Ripley's Believe It Or Not! museums
- If you go to Chiliad Mountain State Wilderness, you will see a drug deal that has gone bad. If you go down a small slope, you will see a guy on the ground telling you to "stay away from the case." If you grab the case (which grants you $25,000), he still state that you are a dead man. This is a reference to the movie "No Country for Old Men," as one of the protagonists stumbles upon a drug deal gone bad and a case which contains $2,000,000. When the protagonist finds and takes the money, he discovers that a hitman (as well as the police and cartel) are out to recover the money.
- In one of the discount stores, you can find a red jacket named "Overlooked red blouson", which is the jacket worn by Jack Torrance in the movie The Shining. The hotel where the Torrance family stays in the movie is also called The Overlook Hotel.
- Lester owns a poster depicting a flying saucer and the phrase "Accept the truth", a reference to Fox Mulder's "I want to believe" poster in X-Files.
- In the Tuner section of the available wheels in Los Santos Customs, there is a design called Fujiwara - a clear nod to the Initial D manga/anime. The wheel design is also based on the design used for the Toyota Corolla Trueno AE86 used in the anime/manga.
- Also in the Sports section of the available wheels, there is a design called Duper 7. This wheel design is based on Nissan GT-R models produced between 2007 and 2010
- There is a mansion that is based on the Playboy Mansion.
- Sometimes when you switch to Trevor when not in a mission, he and another man in front of him will be riding a Faggio and Trevor will say, " We are scooter brothers! Scooooter brothers! ". This is a reference to 4PP (4PlayerPodcast), more specifically http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxKj_CmtHRI
- In Strawberry, there is a graffiti in an alleyway that resembles the Nyan Cat.
- During an optional tour in Downtown Vinewood, the Vinewood Tour lady will state that the mayor's office appeared during a "twenty-minute final dogfight to save Earth in the movie Invasion: Los Santos". The "dogfight to save Earth" is a reference to 1996 alien invasion movie Independence Day, which ends with a lengthy dogfight sequence, while the title Invasion: Los Santos is a reference to another alien invasion movie, Battle: Los Angeles.
- In the desert in Sandy Shores, on a few rocks, a lot of the number 8 are inscribed. There is also an inscription which writes: " One is done, Two was fun, Three tried to run, Four called mom, Five's not alive, Six is nix, Seven's in heaven, 8 won't wait. " This may be a reference to Freddy Krueger's poem and this may have been written by a serial killer or rapist, possibly by Merle Abrahams.
- Inside Lester's safehouse, before you leave his bedroom, take a right. There will be some action figures that closely resemble Master Chief from Halo, Superman and Black Adam from the DC Universe, presumably Han Solo from Star Wars and two other figures. Also, below the figures is a replica of the Excalibur sword.
- There is a car tuning garage close to the Vanilla Unicorn called "Car Tune Network" a reference to the TV station Cartoon Network.
- The heist mission The Big Score is a reference to the film 'The Italian Job ' where 3 Mini Coopers are used to carry out a heist to steal gold bars. However, the protagonists use four Gauntlets to steal gold. Still, both involve manipulating the traffic light system and armoured trucks.
- In the mountains there is a Thelma and Louise Easter Egg. If you go to the right part of the mountains between 7:00 and 8:00 PM you see a vehicle similar to the one from the movie. A few feet behind the vehicle are a few police cars and a helicopter. You see an officer begin to approach the vehicle. As he gets closer the vehicle's engine starts and the car drives off of the edge of the cliff. This Easter Egg only happens if you are in a helicopter. You will not see it on foot however, if you approach the scene on foot from the bottom of the cliff, you will see the vehicle crash and it is possible that it can land on you.
- During one of the main missions a pilot that is flying with Trevor will remark that the LSPD have come a long way concerning racism in the last two decades. The pilot may be referencing the events of Grand Theft Auto San Andreas and C.R.A.S.H.
- While driving in Blaine County you will sometimes come across a parked camper van with two men dressed in chemical overalls standing nearby. One of the men is an older bald man with a goatee and glasses, the other is a younger man with a beanie hat on. This is an obvious reference to Breaking Bad depicting Walter White and Jesse Pinkman respectively.
- On the radio station West Coast Classics, DJ Pooh talks about a new smartphone app called Digipun. This refers to Digimonsters.
- Sometimes a person can be found outside the Vanilla Unicorn at night texting. When passing near him, one of the lines he might say is "I sent that bitch a smiley face, bitches love smiley faces!", referencing the popular line from the show The Boondocks.
- There is a calendar inside the Merryweather base in Elysian Island (Seen over the safe in Stocks and Scares) with a picture of a Reefer and a caption saying "I'm on a boat!", referencing the Lonely Island song I'm on a Boat.
Adult Humour
- In the Los Santos Country Club, there is a golf sign saying, "169 Yards".
- "69" is graffitied on the back of the Vinewood Sign.
- The name of the shop Liquor Ace sounds like "lick her ass" when said aloud.
- The Lifeinvader commercial suggests that the Lifeinvader tablet can be used as a fleshlight.
- The two tires used as the Tire Nutz logo line up with a silo behind them to form male genitals from a certain angle.
- GTA V has 69 storyline missions.
- In Vinewood Hills, there is a house (near the runaway bride's home) with a garden gnome leaning forward with his pants down, as if he is ready for anal sex/mooning.
- In Michael's bedroom, there's a "kama sutra" book on the night table.
- After switching to Michael in his home, sometimes when he suddenly enters his room and his wife is on bed, Amanda says that thought she had locked the door, and throws away a dildo, then goes to sleep.
- Wiwang (wee wang) is the brand of various AC units installed on building rooftops.
- The route layout for the "Freeway" street race resembles a crude drawing of a penis and testicles when viewed from above (best seen on the Rockstar Social Club page).
- In the construction site assassination mission (Mile High Club), a factory who developes the sites building materials is named Fap, which is a slang term for masturbation.
- Fabien's Yoga positions represent the Kama Sutra.
- In Exercising Demons-Franklin, when approaching Mary-Ann, she starts her counting on 69, and refers to the triathlon as a "Three-Way".
- Having sex with a Prostitute will increase your stamina.
- When seen from high above, the roller coasters tracks resemble male genitalia.
- Tracey's bedroom door will sometimes be locked and she can be heard through it having sex.
References to real life people and events
- The 2011 London riots in the UK are mentioned on radio advertisements.
- News reports about a hurricane flooding Liberty City and leaving many homeless can be heard on Weazel News, Radio Mirror Park, and Michael's TV during the Mr. Philips mission, referring to the recent Hurricane Sandy which impacted the New York City region, upon which Liberty City was based.
- Syrian uprising mentioned by the host of Non Stop Pop 100.7.
- Cold War mentioned on the radio.
- Leonora Johnson's murder is a clear reference to the Black Dahlia murder: the victim, Elizabeth Short, was found murdered and severely mutilated on January 15, 1947 in Leimert Park, Los Angeles. Some of her wounds, like cuts on her breasts and portions of flesh removed, are similar to Leonora's.
- There is a poster that includes a picture of Marilyn Monroe, Charles Chaplin, John Wayne and Elvis Presley.
- Just outside of Sandy Shores is a small hill painted and engraved with many words and pictures relating to aliens and UFOs. One of the engravings is '6EQUJ5'. This is a reference to the famous Wow! signal, a mysterious and controversial radio signal from space detected in 1977 that many believe originated from an artificial interstellar source.
- Mosley Auto Services in Strawberry Avenue are a reference to Max Mosley, former FIA President, involved in a Nazi themed sex scandal with two
- On the north shore of the Alamo Sea, north of the westernmost dock is a run down house with a tapdancing hillbilly outside. He is marked on your radar as a friend, while a woman sits nearby and watches on. This is a reference to Jesco White from the documentary "The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia".
- Weazel News occasionally references the poor state of the healthcare program in the United States.
- Bath Salts and cannibalism were mentioned in a radio segment advertising toilet cleaner, which is a reference to the Miami Cannibal Attack, in which a man suspected to be on bath salts attacked a man and bit off most of his face.
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Billboard of DJ Toni.
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"Red Dead", by J. Marston.
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Drive Easter Egg.
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No Country for Old Men Easter Egg Location.
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Max Payne 3 Easter Egg.
QUB3D from GTA IV.
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Playboy Mansion.
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Niko's LifeInvader page.
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GTA: San Andreas' Rochell'le pictured on $50 bills in the Yellow Jack bar.
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Thelma and Louise Easter egg.
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A sign in the main drag of Los Santos depicting Marilyn Monroe, Charlie Chaplin, Elvis Presley, and John Wayne.
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A beach towel on Vespucci Beach, referencing Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
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The Shining jacket easter egg.


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Katamari Forever is a trip down memory lane for Katamari lovers, both literally and figuratively. The title of the game in Japanese means " Katamari Tribute." The game was conceived as an homage to the two earlier versions, and those familiar with them will find themselves once again in the familiar terrain of past rolling fun. For newcomers to the game, the simplicity of the idea - you push a ball that picks up objects and grows larger, allowing you to pick up still more objects - means that learning to play is simple and straightforward. The fun of the game is in the wacky sensibility that is at once sugar-sweet and razor-ironic, that makes it so easy to love. There are a few cool new effects and there are multiple graphic styles that you can unlock that distinguish this from the old versions and make it more than simply a rehash of the old games.
At first, however, I must confess I was disappointed that it was so much the same. There were no new landscapes to explore, the presents were in the same places so it didn't take effort to find them. Stuff like that. But after the first levels, I started finding the playing very hard, and I needed my skill from the older games to make it through the new. I started to obsess again, and that's a good thing.
The music his the same quirky humor as the rest of the game. Many songs are remixes of earlier versions. I especially liked the oompah version in the school recorded by the "Katamari HS Marching Band"
Two new additions are the jump and the hearts. Instead of just rolling along ( and sometimes getting stuck) you can now jump. I am still having a love/ hate relationship with the jump. When I try to jump the way you are taught in the tutorial, I succeed maybe ten percent of the time. Fortunately I figured out that the right shoulder button jumps you as well or I would have started throwing things. The frustrating thing is that when I get excited playing, I move the controller around as I play and then I jump A LOT when I don't want to. My friends are having the same problem so it isn't just me. The Katamari makers are cruel inhuman pranksters and I'm giving them a piece of my mind just as soon as I finish the next level.
The other new features of the game are strategically placed hearts encased in energy columns. Roll up one of these, and all the objects nearby that you are big enough to grab are magnetically pulled toward you making your score pop. One kind of heart pulls everything in your immediate vicinity in one giant suck. The other lasts a full 5 seconds, so you can roll around getting bigger very fast. The bigger you are, the more you attract, so there is strategy in when you trigger these bonus effects. But if you wait until you are too big, you lose the option.
One of the most fun aspects of the game is the new character of the Robot King. The King suffers a concussion and is in a coma so the prince builds a machine version of him to keep the stars in the heavens. The Robot King is the opposite of the King, insecure, worried, helpless and hopeless - picture Eyore with the King's critical eye. He's afraid of everything he's supposed to do and you are no help.
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Between rolls there is a carnival-like village square in the form of a pop-up book for the cousins to congregate. By walking up to either the King's head or the Robot King's head, they pop up and you can enter a solar system with their respective levels of play. If you want to change cousins or presents, you change the page of the pop-up book and can enter the appropriate carnival ride to do so.
As you play, you can lock other versions of play. There is Eternal mode, which lets you play as long as you like. I thought at first there'd be no point, but actually it's great to be able to explore the terrain of each game and to see where everything is. During regular play, you also unlock Classic mode, which does not have the new tricks but has the same rich colors as the original versions of the game. When you have played through the entire game and awakened the King, that unlocks speed mode, which causes your Katamari to roll at high speed through the terrain. Watch out for the race car world, because suddenly you're zooming doubly fast and bouncing out of control all over the place. I was very happy to find that there was new play after the finish. And that the Robot King was not turned to junk but still allowed to be a part of the cosmic fun.
Katamari Forever
Publisher: Namco Bandai
Platform: PS3
Rating: E
Single player/multi-player
Published on Dec 31, 1969


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- shutter speed range: 30-1/8,000 seconds, bulb
- sensitivity or ISO (film speed equivalent) range: 100-12,800
- shooting modes: auto (stills and movie), creative auto, program auto, shutter-priority, aperture-priority, manual (stills and movie), 3 custom settings
File Formats and Storage:
- still image storage modes: RAW, JPEG, or RAW+JPEG
- top JPEG resolution (pixels): 5,184 x 3,456
- movie image size: up to 1,920 x 1,080 resolution
- accepts optional CompactFlash® memory cards (supports UDMA and Microdrive cards)
Connections and Dimensions:
- high-speed USB interface
- audio/video output
- mini HDMI output (cable not included)
- external stereo microphone input jack (microphone not included)
- PC sync flash terminal
- N3 terminal for optional Canon accessories including RS-80N3 remote switch
- 6"W x 4-1/2"H x 6-9/16"D
- weight (without battery and media): 46.5 oz.
Supplied Accessories:
- Canon 28-135mm zoom lens
- rechargeable LP-E6 lithium ion battery
- LC-E6 battery charger
- adjustable neck strap
- USB and audio/video cables
- body cap and eye-piece cap
- software CD-ROM (PC and Mac)
What's in the box:
Canon EOS 7D Kit owner's manual
- Digital SLR camera body
- 1 Body cap (installed)
- LP-E6 Lithium-ion battery pack (7.2V/1800mAh) with plastic cover
- LC-E6 battery charger
- EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM standard zoom lens
- E-72mm lens cap (installed)
- Rear dust cap (installed)
- 6.5' USB cable with in-line ferrite core (has a USB Type-A connector on one end and a Mini-USB Type-B connector on the other end)
- 51" Audio/Video cable with a composite video and stereo RCA connectors on one end and a proprietary connector on other end
- Neck strap
- Eye-piece cover (on neck strap)
- EOS Digital Solution Disk ver.21.0 CD-ROM
- Software Instruction Manual CD-ROM
- How to Use Camera Accessories CD-ROM
- Instruction Manual (English)
- Instruction Manual (Spanish)
- Instruction Manual (Spanish)
- Pocket Guide (Eng)
- Pocket Guide (Spa)
- CD-ROM Guide
- Limited Warranty card
- "Try My Photo" brochure
- USB Cable caution sheet
- Bar-code sheet
- Lens Instructions (6 languages)
- Lens Warranty card
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Features & specs
|LCD Screen Size
|Adjustable-angle LCD
|Lens 35mm Equivalent
|Optical Zoom
|Digital Zoom
|Filter Diameter
|Manual Focusing
|Manual Exposure
|Built-in Flash
|HDMI Output
|Internal Memory
|Memory Media
CompactFlash Type I/II+Microdrive
|Sensor Size
|22.3 x 14.9mm CMOS
|Image Stabilization
|Highest Resolution
|5184 x 3456
|4K Video
|Video Resolution
|1920 x 1080, 1280 x 720
|Width (inches)
|Height (inches)
|Depth (inches)
|Weight With Battery (ounces)
|Parts Warranty
|1 Year
|Labor Warranty
|1 Year
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Recording Features
28-135mm Lens
Play, Edit, and Print Functions
Battery Information
Supplied Software
Image Capacity
Recording Features
Rugged Exterior Body: The EOS 7D's chassis is built of lightweight and rigid magnesium, and the camera's seals are built to resist water and dust.
Viewfinder: The EOS 7D features a redesigned viewfinder that not only offers 100 percent coverage, 1x magnification, a 29.4° angle of view, and user-controlled dioptric adjustment, it also features a newly-designed transparent LCD display which enables a number of viewfinder displays to be overlaid at the touch of a button. Whereas with other cameras the representation of AF points and metering areas are static, with the EOS 7D, they can be displayed, adjusted and hidden, in camera, with ease. This means less distraction and more clarity to view the image in its entirety. Display options include: grid, spot metering, AF points display, hide all, zone AF, spot (single-point) AF, AF point expansion and Dual Axis Electronic Level display. When using the self-timer or remote control, when your eye does not cover the viewfinder eyepiece, stray light may enter the eyepiece and affect the exposure when the image is captured. To prevent this, you can use the supplied eyepiece cover, attached to the neck strap, to cover the eyepiece.
Clear View LCD Monitor: The EOS 7D features a 3" Clear View TFT color LCD monitor with approximately 920,000 dots which allows you to view and shoot real-time images. The LCD monitor offers 100% viewing coverage and 7 brightness levels to choose from. The LCD monitor's anti-reflection and water-repellant coating provides a clearer and more smudge-resistant surface and a light sensor integrated into the screen enables automatic brightness adjustment in accordance with ambient light.
Live View: The Live View Function enables shooting your still subjects directly on the camera's 3" LCD monitor. The EOS 7D's Live View Function also makes videos in Full High-Definition. You can access a number of Auto Focusing modes including Quick Mode, Live Mode, and Face Detection Live Mode. The camera allows you to magnify any part of the scene 5x or 10x for precise manual focusing. In addition, you can choose from three preset image brightness modes - Stills display, Exposure simulation, and Movie display. Exposure simulation displays and simulates how the brightness of the actual image will look. Live View also offers a Silent Shooting mode, which allows you to shoot a single frame, or continuously at approximately 3 frames per second at a quieter level than normal.
Dual Axis Electronic Level: The EOS 7D also features a new Dual Axis Electronic Level and tilt display that aids in achieving perfectly level shots, displaying both roll and pitch in 1° increments, either in the viewfinder or on the LCD.
Grid and Electronic Level: The grid and electronic level can be displayed to help keep the camera aimed straight. The grid is displayed in the viewfinder, and the electronic level is displayed on the LCD monitor.
18.0 Megapixel CMOS Sensor: The EOS 7D features a Canon-designed 18.0 Megapixel APS-C size (22.3 x 14.9mm) CMOS sensor that captures a high level of resolution so it's easy to crop images for enlargement without concern of losing detail. A major factor in reducing noise, the CMOS sensor assures that images shot at highest sensitivity will be remarkably smooth.
HD Video Shooting: The EOS 7D offers recording of Full HD video in Live View Mode. Capable of shooting clips almost half an hour long at full 1080 resolution, the EOS 7D makes it possible to shoot broadcast quality video on your camera by simply changing settings. Your Canon EOS high-speed lenses and shooting accessories can be used in shooting video. You can also take a still photo at anytime by pressing the shutter button completely during movie recording.
Note: When shooting movies, us a large-capacity card having a read/write speed of at least 8MB/sec.
DIGIC 4 Image Processor: The EOS 7D's sensor is backed up by Canon's DIGIC 4 Image Processor, which speeds up all operations making a number of new features possible. Processor intensive operations like Face Detection Live mode, HD video recording and lighting and lens peripheral optimization are all possible thanks to the DIGIC 4 Image Processor. Developed to maximize performance between capturing and recording stages of digital photography, Canon's DIGIC 4 chips use advanced signal processing technologies to enhance captures from Canon's CMOS sensors. Sophisticated processing algorithms help to speed up all operations, including write times to UDMA cards.
14-Bit A/D Conversion: 14-bit A/D (analog-to-digital) conversion means extremely fine tonal gradations from light to dark tones, and a significant drop in digital and shadow noise.
Sensor Cleaning: The Canon EOS 7D digital SLR camera has a self-cleaning sensor unit attached to the image sensor's front-layer (low-pass filter) to shake off dust automatically. The dust delete data can also be appended to the image so that the dust spots remaining can be erased automatically by the provided Digital Photo Professional software.
Note: Dust which could not be removed by the automatic sensor cleaning can be removed manually with a blower.
Recording Media: The EOS 7D records images on a Type I or Type II CompactFlash Card. The camera is also compatible with Ultra-DMA (UDMA) CF cards.
Note: No recording media is supplied with the camera.
Image Recording Format: The camera records 3:2 still images in JPEG and RAW (14-bit) formats. Simultaneous RAW+JPEG recording is also possible. In addition, the camera can record video with monaural audio in the MOV format (Video: H.264, Audio: Linear PCM).
- JPEG Image Resolution/Compression: You can choose from the following JPEG resolutions: Large (5184 x 3456 pixels), Medium (3456 x 2304 pixels), and Small (2592 x 2304 pixels). For each resolution, you can set the compression to Fine or Normal.
- RAW Format: The RAW file format records the image data as captured by the camera CMOS sensor without further processing and converts it to digital data and records it onto the card as is. RAW images can be adjusted, then developed and produced into JPEG or TIFF images using the provided software. You can choose from the following RAW resolutions: RAW (5184 x 3456), mRAW (3888 x 2592), or sRAW (2592 x 1728). You can also record a Large/Fine JPEG image along with a RAW or sRAW image simultaneously.
- MOV Format (Video: H.264, Audio: Linear PCM): The EOS 7D supports 1920 x 1080 (30/25/24 fps) and 1280 x 720 (60/50 fps) in HD (high definition) mode and 640 x 480 (60/50 fps) in SD (standard definition) mode. The camera can record up to 12 minutes of continuous HD video or 24 minutes of continuous SD video using an optional 4GB CF card.
Note: Video recording is only available in Live View Mode using the camera's LCD monitor.
Drive Modes: The Canon EOS 7D offers the following Drive (Shutter) modes.
- Single Shooting: When you press the shutter button completely, on shot will be taken.
- Continuous Shooting: While you press the shutter
button completely, shot will be taken continuously.
- High-Speed: maximum 8 shots per second
- Low-Speed: maximum 3 shots per second
- Self-Timer: The camera will record an image 2 or 10 seconds after pressing the shutter button.
Note: The Canon EOS 7D is compatible with the following IR wireless remote controls (RC-1 or RC-5), so you can shoot remotely up to approximately 16.4 feet.
19-Point, All Cross-Type AF System: With 19 high-precision, cross-type AF sensors, any of which can be selected automatically or manually, the EOS 7D is equipped to handle even the trickiest of focus situations with ease. The high-speed microcomputers in the EOS 7D use advanced algorithms that help ensure the fastest, most accurate AF performance under the widest variety of conditions. AF modes can be customized to suit the situation, ensuring reliable focus, every time. The camera employs various auto-focus modes and area to let you seize every photo opportunity with fast, accurate focus:
- AF Area:
- Single-Point AF: (Manual Selection): manually select one AF point to focus
- Spot AF: (Manual Selection): the selected AF point covers a smaller pinpoint are to focus; effective for pinpoint focusing of overlapping subjects
- AF Point Expansion: (Manual Selection): manually-selected AF point and adjacent AF points are used to focus; effective when it is difficult to track a moving subject with just on AF point
- Zone AF (Manual Selection of a Zone): the 19 AF points are divided into five zones for focusing
- Auto Select 19-Point AF: all the AF points are used to focus;
- AF Modes:
- One-Shot AF: suited for still subjects, the camera focuses only once
- AI Servo AF: for moving subjects when the focusing distance keeps changing. The subject will be focused continuously while the shutter button is pressed halfway
- AI Focus AF: switches from One-Shot AF to AI Servo AF automatically if the subject starts moving
- Manual Focus: manual selection of focus
Light Source Detection AF: In addition, Canon's Light Source detection AF automatically compensates the focus by taking into account artificial lighting sources and making appropriate adjustments.
Intelligent Macro Focusing: The EOS 7D's new Intelligent Macro focusing tracks the object or the camera's movement when shooting close-up, to ensure focus is never lost.
AF Assist Lamp: The camera's built-in flash will fire a series of flashes in a row to assist during auto-focusing in low-light situations. This is called the AF-assist beam. It is effective up to 13.1 ft.
Shooting Modes: The EOS 7D offers various different shooting modes.
- Full Auto: During Full Auto mode, the camera automatically selects the settings.
- Creative Auto: The Creative Auto mode enables you to easily change the picture's brightness, depth of field, and color tone; while the camera automatically adjusts the exposure.
- Program AE: This is a general-purpose shooting mode, the camera automatically sets the shutter speed and aperture value to suit the scene's brightness
- Shutter-priority AE: In this mode, you set the shutter speed and the camera automatically sets the aperture value to suit the brightness of the subject
- Aperture-priority AE: In this mode, you set the desired aperture value and the camera sets the shutter speed automatically to suit the subject brightness
- Manual Exposure: In this mode, you set both the shutter speed and aperture value as desired
Exposure Compensation: Exposure compensation is used to alter the camera's standard exposure setting. You can make the image look lighter (increased exposure) or darker (decreased exposure). The exposure compensation amount can be set up to +/-2 stops in 1/3-stop increments.
Auto Exposure Bracketing: With auto exposure bracketing (AEB), the camera automatically changes the exposure level up to +/-2 stops in 1/3-stop increments for three successive shots.
AE Lock: AE lock enables you to lock the exposure at a different place from the point of focus. After locking the exposure, you can recompose the shot while maintaining the desired exposure level. This feature is useful for backlit and spotlighted subjects.
63-Zone Dual-Layer Metering Sensor: The EOS 7D features a new, 63 zone dual-layer sensor designed to complement the 19-point AF system. By taking into account the color and luminosity surrounding chosen AF points, this new system delivers an entirely new level of accuracy for better results even in difficult lighting situations. Since the metering sensor has a color measurement function, exposure errors and focus errors caused by different light sources are minimized; the EOS 7D gives stable exposure from shot to shot in situations where light changes, such as in a theater or concert hall. This makes the EOS 7D ideal for scenes with extreme difference in brightness such as brightly lit scenes or backlit scenes; the camera balances exposure of the main subject at the background, and exposures are not overly influenced by bright areas in the shot. You can select from the following metering modes:
- Evaluative Metering: The camera's standard metering mode suited for most subjects even under backlit conditions, after detecting the main subject's position, brightness, background, front and back lighting conditions, etc, the camera sets the proper exposure
- Partial Metering: Effective when the background is much brighter than the subject due to backlighting, etc, uses approximately 8% of the frame at the center
- Spot Metering: For metering a specific part of the subject, uses approximately 3.5% of the frame at the center
- Center-weighted Average Metering: Metering is weighted at the center and then averaged for the entire scene
ISO Speed: The camera's ISO speed can be set between 100 and 6400 in 1/3-stop increments to suit your shooting conditions. In addition the camera features an Auto ISO setting which allows the camera to automatically set the ISO speed from 100 to 3200.
Built-in Flash: The Canon EOS 7D digital SLR camera features a built-in pop-up flash. The camera allows you to adjust the flash exposure compensation up to +/-3 stops in 1/3-stop increments.
Note: The camera is compatible with Canon's external EX-series Speedlites (sold separately). The camera's built-in flash can work as a master unit with Canon Speedlites having a wireless slave feature and wirelessly trigger the Speedlite to fire.
Bulb Exposures: When bulb is set, the shutter is open during the time you keep pressing the shutter button fully. Bulb is useful when a long exposure is necessary for capturing night scenes, fireworks, the night sky, etc.
Auto Lighting Optimizer: If an image comes out dark or the contrast is low, the brightness and contrast can be corrected automatically. With JPEG images, the correction id done when the image is captured. For RAW images, it can be correct with the supplied Digital Photo Professional software.
Lens Peripheral Illumination Correction: Due to lens characteristics, the four corners of a picture might look darker. This is called lens light fall-off or drop in peripheral illumination. With JPEG images, the correction is done when the image is captured. For RAW images, it can be corrected using the supplied Digital Photo Professional software.
Picture Style: By selecting a picture style you can achieve various effects matching your photographic expression or the subject. You can also adjust the Sharpness, Contrast, Saturation and Color tone of each Picture Style. Picture Style selections include:
- Standard: Image looks vivid, sharp, and crisp.
- Portrait: For nice skin tones, the image looks slightly sharp and crisp, color tone can be adjusted to change skin tone.
- Landscape: Vivid blues and greens, very sharp and crisp image.
- Neutral: Natural colors and subdued images, no sharpness applied. (recommended for users who prefer to process images on their PC).
- Faithful: When the subject is photographed under a color temperature of 5200 K, the color is adjusted colorimetrically to match the subject's color, no sharpness applied. recommended for users who prefer to process images on their PC).
- Monochrome: For black and white images; you can adjust the filter effect of the monochrome setting to Black&White, Yellow, Orange, Red, or Green.
- User Defined 1-3: You can register your own Picture Style settings for Portrait and Landscape modes.
White Balance: You can choose from the following white balance settings:
- Auto: The camera sets the white balance automatically according to shooting conditions, color temperature: 3000-7000 K.
- Daylight: For recording outdoors on a bright day, color temperature: 5200 K.
- Shade: Counters strong blue tones in open shade on sunny days, color temperature: 7000 K.
- Cloudy/Twilight/Sunset: For cloudy days, dusk and dawn, color temperature: 6000 K.
- Tungsten Light: For incandescent illumination, color temperature: 3200 K.
- White Fluorescent Light: Eliminates typical green color casts, color temperature: 4000 K.
- Flash Use: A starting point for studio strobes and Canon Speedlites, color temperature: 6000 K.
- Custom: Enables you to manually set the white balance for a specific light source for better accuracy. By selecting this image, you import the white balance data for the setting, color temperature: 2000-10000 K.
- Other WB Settings:
- Color Temperature: Manually set color temperature from 2500-10000 K in 100 K increments.
- White Balance Correction: You can correct the standard color temperature for the white balance setting. It has the same effect as using a color temperature conversion filter or a color compensating filter. Each color can be corrected to one of nine levels.
- White Balance Auto Bracketing: With just one shot, three images having a different color tone can be recorded simultaneously. Based on the current white balance mode's standard color temperature, the white balance setting can be changed from 0 to +/-3 stops in whole-stop increments.
Color Space: The color space refers to the range of reproducible colors. With this camera, you can set the color space for captured images to sRGB or Adobe RGB. For normal images, sRGB is recommended. In the camera's full-automatic modes, sRGB will be set automatically.
Histogram: A histogram is a graph showing the brightness of an image. The graph display indicates a bright image when skewed to the right side, and a dark image when skewed to the left side.
Mirror Lockup: The Mirror Lockup feature helps prevent camera vibration when using a super telephoto lens or shooting close-ups.
Multi-Language: The camera's menus system supports 25 different languages including English, French and Spanish.
28-135mm Lens
EF 28-135mm Lens: This easy-to-use standard zoom lens can cover a large zoom area ranging from 28mm wide-angle to 135mm portrait-length telephoto, and its Image Stabilizer Technology steadies camera shake up to three stops. Constructed with 16 elements in 12 groups, the result is excellent picture quality, even at wide apertures. Canon's ring-type USM gives silent but quick AF, along with full-time manual focus. Moreover, with dust- and moisture-resistant construction, this is a durable yet sophisticated lens that meets the demands of advanced amateur photographers and professional photographers.
Image Stabilizer: With the Image Stabilizer turned on, you can obtain sharp, natural-looking pictures in dim lighting without using flash or a tripod.
USM (Ultrasonic Motor): The lens uses a ring-type USM for swift, silent autofocus and full-time manual focus.
Macro Mechanism: The lens is equipped with a macro mechanism for low magnification close-up photography. The autofocus function is also available in the macro range.
Auto/Manual Focus Modes: To shoot in autofocus mode, you must set the focus mode switch on the lens to "AF." To manually focus the camera, you must set the switch to "MF," and focus by turning the focusing ring.
Optional Accessories (available from Canon): This lens can be used with an optional EW-78B hood and optional screw-in filters (72mm).
- Image Size: 24mm x 36mm (0.9" x 1.4")
- Focus Length/Aperture: 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6
- Minimum Aperture: f22-36
- Construction: 16 elements in 12 groups
- Angle of View:
- Diagonal: 75º - 18º
- Vertical: 46º - 10º
- Horizontal: 65º - 15º
- Magnification and Field of View:
- Wide-angle: 0.07x, 355mm x 551mm/14" x 21.7"
- Telephoto: 0.19x, 125mm x 188mm/4.9" x 7.4"
- Minimum Focusing Distance: 0.5m/19.7"
- Filter Diameter: 72mm
- Maximum Diameter and Length: 78.4mm and 96.8mm/3.1" and 3.8"
- Weight: 500 g/17.6 oz.
EF Lens Compatibility: The EOS 7D is compatible with all Canon lenses in the EF lineup, ranging from ultra-wide angle to super telephoto lenses. Canon lenses employ advanced optical expertise and micron-precision engineering to deliver unprecedented performance in all facets of the photographic process. Special optical technologies, such as Aspherical, ultra-low dispersion, or fluorite elements are featured in the universally acclaimed L-series lenses. And Canon's Optical Image Stabilizer technology is featured in select lenses to minimize the effect of camera shake. Through Canon lenses, photographers can truly maximize the quality and liberating performance of the EOS 7D.
Play, Edit, and Print Functions
Auto Rotation: Vertical shots can be rotated automatically so that they are displayed upright during playback.
Image Review: The image can be displayed on the LCD monitor immediately after you shoot. The review time can be set to off (not displayed), 2 seconds, 4 seconds, 8 seconds, or Hold, which keeps the image displayed on the LCD monitor until the camera is focused again.
Slide Show: You can view all images on the Compact Flash Card one after another with the Auto Playback function (slide show). You can choose which recorded images will be displayed in the slide show by selecting All images, Folder, Date, Movies, or Stills.
Index Display: This feature allows you to view four or nine images at once on the LCD monitor so that you can search for an image quickly.
Jump Playback: During playback you can jump to images 1, 10 or 100 images at a time. You can also jump screens when in index mode, jump folders, or jump images by shooting date.
Image Magnification: When viewing a still picture in single image playback mode, you can magnify the image from 1.5x to 10x. While the image is magnified, you can scroll anywhere around the image.
Rotating Images: You can rotate an image by 90° or 270° clockwise in the LCD monitor.
Protect Images: You can select specific images from being erased accidentally.
Video/HDMI Outputs: With the supplied video cable, you can playback images from the camera on a TV (NTSC or PAL). There is also a mini-HDMI jack which allows you to connect the camera to an HDTV. A mini-HDMI-to-HDMI cable, such as 280HTC100, is required.
Print Effects: The digital SLR camera allows you to choose from the following Print Effects.
- On: image will be printed according to the printer's standard colors
- Off: no automatic correction will be performed
- Vivid: image will be printed with higher saturation to produce more vivid blues and greens
- NR: image noise is reduced before printing
- B/W: prints in black-and-white with true blacks
- B/W Cool: prints in black-and-white with cool, bluish blacks
- B/W Warm: prints in black-and-white with warm, yellowish blacks
- Natural: prints the image in the actual colors and contrast
- Natural M: printing characteristics are the same as the "Natural" setting, however this setting enable finer printing adjustments
- Default: printing will differ depending on the printer
Brightness: The image brightness can be adjusted within the camera before printing.
Red-Eye Correction: The red eye phenomenon will be corrected within the camera before printing.
Trimming: You can crop an image and print only the trimmed portion as if the image was recomposed. You can also edit out the first and last scenes of a movie in 1-second increments.
DPOF Print Settings: On the CompactFlash Card, you can select which image or images you want to print and how many copies you want. This is convenient for printing images all at once, on optional Canon direct print function compliant printers, on PictBridge compliant printers, or at participating photo labs.
Direct Print Function: Using the supplied USB cable, you can connect this camera directly to a CP-series printer that supports the Direct Print function. You can also connect the camera directly to certain Canon Bubble Jet printers. In this way, you can make prints directly from the camera without connecting a computer.
PictBridge Printing Capability: Using the supplied USB cable, you can connect this camera directly to a PictBridge compliant printer. PictBridge is a new standard that allows you to connect a PictBridge compliant camera directly to a PictBridge compliant printer and make prints, regardless of brand.
Exif Print (Exif 2.21): The Canon EOS 7D conforms to Exif Print, a worldwide standard. Vital camera settings (such as exposure mode, white balance, exposure time) and scene data are recorded to the image file when it is captured. Printers compatible with Exif Print are able to use this information to produce high quality photographs, exactly the way they were intended at the time of capture. This intelligent communication process also allows the printer to correct for poor lighting or mistakes, resulting in photos that can be even better than the originals.
Wi-Fi Compatible: The optional Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E5A was made specifically for the EOS 7D. It's compatible with Wi-Fi Protected Setup to connect easily to a wireless LAN access point for secure image transfer. Sending a batch of photos wirelessly is easy with the WFT-E5A as images can be stored in selected folders and the entire folder can be transferred at once. It offers great handling for vertical shooting and wireless transmission (802.11b or g) to Macintosh or Windows computers for distances of up to 492 ft. (150m).
Battery Information
Power Options: The EOS 7D operates on the supplied LP-E6 Lithium-Ion battery (7.2V/1800 mAh). The battery can be charged in the supplied LC-E6 battery charger in approximately 150 minutes. You can use AA batteries in the optional BG-E7 battery grip. The supplied battery performance specs are as follows:
Possible Shots
|LCD Monitor
|Approx. 800 shots
|Approx. 220 shots
|Approx. 750 shots
|Approx. 210 shots
Optional AC Power: With the optional ACK-E6 AC adapter kit, you can connect the camera to a household power outlet and not worry about the battery becoming exhausted.
Auto Power Off: To save battery power, the camera turns off automatically after a period of non-operation. The Auto Power Off time can be set to 1 minute, 2 minutes, 4 minutes, 8 minutes, 15 minutes, or 30 minutes.
Note: The Auto Power Off function will not activate in Auto Playback Mode.
Supplied Software
Supplied Software: The EOS 7D comes bundled with the EOS Digital Solution Disc Ver.21.0, which includes:
- Digital Photo Professional 3.7 (Windows/Macintosh): The Digital Photo Professional software (DPP) is a high-performance RAW image processing, viewing and editing software for Canon EOS Digital cameras. You can view, edit, process, and print RAW images at high-speed. You can also edit JPEG images while retaining the original images. This software supports RAW, JPEG and TIFF images.
- ZoomBrowserEX Ver.6.4 (Windows)/ImageBrowser Ver.6.4 (Macintosh): ZoomBrowser EX (Version 6.4) for Windows and ImageBrowser (Version 6.4) for Mac OS X are the easy, user-friendly options for viewing and editing of JPEG and even RAW image files. Both allow viewing of numerous types of images including finished TIFF and BMP files. Both also have a variety of search options for finding images, allow re-naming of single images or batches of files, and offer a variety of options for printing without using a separate image-editing program. processing, and printing (you can also edit JPEG images while retaining the original images).
- PhotoStitch Ver.3.1/3.2 (Windows/Macintosh): PhotoStitch Ver.3.2 merges images together vertically or horizontally to make large panoramic images.
- Picture Style Editor Ver.1.6 (Windows/Macintosh): Canon's Picture Style Editor enables photographers to create custom Picture Style profiles that can be used to customize the appearance of JPEG and RAW images captured with EOS Digital SLR cameras. Picture Style files created with Picture Style Editor can be loaded into the EOS cameras that support Picture Style and may also be used when processing RAW images in Canon software applications Digital Photo Professional, ZoomBrowser EX (for Windows) and ImageBrowser (for Mac).
- EOS Utility Ver.2.7 (Windows/Macintosh): EOS Utility (Version 2.7) for Macintosh or Windows handles the connection between the camera and computer, whenever they're connected via USB. It allows remote controlled shooting from the computer, handles downloading of images from the camera to the computer, and allows seamless linking to either Canon's ZoomBrowser/ImageBrowser or Digital Photo Professional software once images have been copied to the hard drive. Furthermore, it's used to upload settings back into a USB-connected camera.
System Requirements:
|Windows Vista (32-bit/64-bit systems, Service Pack 1)
Windows XP Pro/Home (Service Pack 2, 3)
|Mac OS X v10.4, v10.5
|PC with one of the above OS preinstalled
|Macintosh with one of the above OS preinstalled
Pentium 1.3 GHz or higher
PowerPC G4/G5 or Intel processor
Still Image Capacity:
|Image Format
|Image Size
|Image Quality
|Number of Images
4GB card
|Maximum Burst
Number of Images
2 GB CF card
|Standard CF
|17.9M: 5184 x 3456
|8.0M: 3456 x 2304
|4.5M: 2592 x 1728
|17.9M: 5184 x 3456
|10M: 3888 x 2592
|4.5M: 2592 x 1728
|RAW: 5184 x 3456
JPEG: 5184 x 3456
|RAW + JPEG (Fine)
|mRAW: 3888 x 2592 +
JPEG (3456 x 2304)
|mRAW + JPEG (Fine)
|sRAW (2592 x 1728) +
JPEG (2592 x 1728)
|sRAW + JPEG (Fine)
Moving Recording Time:
|Movie Recording Size
|Frames-Per-Second (fps)
|Total Record Time
|File Size
|1920 x 1080
|30/25/24 fps
|12 min.
|49 min.
|330 MB/min.
|1280 x 720
|60/50 fps
|12 min.
|49 min.
|330 MB/min.
|640 x 480
|60/50 fps
|24 min.
|1 hr. 39 min.
|165 MB/min.
Note: After you start shooting a movie, the moving shooting will stop automatically if the file size reaches 4GB or if the movie time reaches 29 minutes and 59 seconds.
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