They will have an aspherical design, also using extra low dispersion glass to improve edge sharpness.

Ffocal reducers will be 0.71x with 1 fstop increase in light.

Will be available in main mounts: Canon FD, Canon EOS EF, Nikon F or G, M42, MC/MD, OM, PK, Leica R, Yashica/Contax

Main problem of all focal reducers in market today is the edge blur, this is due to spherical lens design. Also some small amount of chromatic aberration is present. Someone will solve these issues using aspherical lenses and extra low dispersion glass.

This Apefos suggestion.

Is was outage at Endurance International Group data center. Long one :-(

Some links:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endurance_International_Group
• http://arweth.com/2014/04/endurance-international-group-hostgator-bluehost-data-center-outage/

List of features:

• 180 gram vinyl
• Two vinyl-only hidden tracks hidden beneath the center labels
• One hidden track plays at 78 RPM and one plays at 45 RPM, making this a three-speed record
• Side A plays from the inside out
• Dual-groove technology: plays an electric or acoustic intro for "Just One Drink" depending on where needle is dropped; the grooves meet for the body of the song
• Matte finish on Side B, giving the appearance of an unplayed 78 RPM record
• Both sides end with locked grooves
• Vinyl pressed in seldom-used flat-edged format
• Dead wax area on Side A contains a hand-etched hologram by Tristan Duke of Infinity Light Science, the first of its kind on a vinyl record
• Absolutely zero compression used during recording, mixing and mastering
• Different running order from the CD/digital version
• Utilizes some mixes different from those used on CD/digital versions

White's new album is set for release on June 10th.

I need PV community help. We are a big community and from all over the world so I was wandering if you can help me translate few sentences to different languages so I can add them to my movie Teaser.

I want to add different languages for 2 teasers of my movie "The Killing Silence" for now I have just Spanish and English. so any other language is welcome, Russian, Chinese, Japanese...etc

here are the sentences that need translation and thank you in advance

I am...not your mother

I need to know the truth about this house

sit down

I don't remember this place

I need to see her...she is my mother!!

Don't be afraid it's me "Anir"

watch out !!!

Hi, I am Anir

Have you been here before?

I don't remember this place

What's happening in this house?!? Samir,

what's in this house?!?

Come on!! Stand up and go bring her to me

Open the door!!!

Help meeee!!!

English: Done

Spanish: Done

Swedish: Done

German: Done

Portuguese: Done

Russian: Done

Dutch: Done

There seems to be no foreseeable standardisation of electricity worldwide - despite the obvious cost savings that would produce in producing everything from turbines to appliances in the one standard.

Smart switchable power supplies in domestic appliances have managed to cope with the different countries' power supplies, however we all still know how the fast-flicker of electric lighting involves adjusting shutter-speed of video shooting.

The waveform of 230 volt, 50 Hz compared with 110 V, 60 Hz.

Frame rates for TV and video have traditionally corresponded to multiples of the AC cycle and 60p is often cited as an ideal frame-rate, for smoothness - but as one of the majority who lives in a 50Hz country, I'd like to see a future standard of 100fps video one day.

http://www.quantumbalancing.com/worldelectricity/electricityif.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility_frequency

Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, will unveil today the results of a 2013 Anti-Counterfeit Study it commissioned on U.S. consumers’ attitudes and perceptions of counterfeit consumer electronics in the U.S.i The study reveals that while counterfeit consumer electronics are a significant concern to U.S. consumers, most seem to be unaware of the full impact and risks of their purchase and use. The study revealed that consumers trust their instincts, but seem to lack the understanding of the possible safety risks and the true long-term costs of counterfeit consumer electronics.

According to the Department of Homeland Security, $145 million worth of counterfeit consumer electronics entered the U.S. in 2013.ii The research commissioned by Canon reveals, however, that while three out of every four consumers surveyed were concerned about counterfeit consumer electronics, only about one in two believed they can accurately identify counterfeit consumer electronics.

“Most American consumers are unaware of the full risks associated with these potentially dangerous devices. Four in ten of the U.S. consumers surveyed don’t know counterfeit consumer electronics can harm them, and this lack of awareness leads to what Canon calls a ‘Confidence Trap’,” said Chuck Westfall, Technical Advisor, Professional Engineering & Solutions Division, Canon U.S.A, Inc. “Based on the survey, consumers seem overconfident in their ability to spot a fake, and as a result, are at risk of possible harm.”

Based on the survey results, 18 percent of U.S. consumer electronic purchasers surveyed say they have unknowingly purchased counterfeit consumer electronics this past year. Further, the study revealed, overconfident in their abilities, a significant proportion of consumers surveyed fell victim to counterfeit purchases, largely unaware that they could be putting themselves at risk of inferior product performance.

When it comes to purchase drivers, according to this, the majority of consumers surveyed overwhelmingly value product performance, quality, and safety when buying an electronic good. 82 percent of respondents cited product performance and 70 percent said product safety is important to them. It seems that purchasing counterfeits is therefore largely driven by a knowledge gap. For instance, close to half (45 percent) of consumers surveyed believe that a counterfeit product does the job just as well as the genuine product.

“One of the most significant revelations of this Anti-Counterfeit Study is our obligation to take action and educate consumers about the potential health and safety risks of counterfeit consumer electronics,” commented Westfall. “This research indicates that education can largely impact perceptions of counterfeit consumer electronics, and steer consumers away from making uninformed and misguided purchases. After learning about the facts, 71 percent of the U.S. consumers surveyed said that they were less likely to buy them.”

What it is all about? No one seen fake Canon camera, printer or even lens lately.

Click on http://usa.canon.com/cusa/about_canon/standard_display/aboutcounterfeits and we see that all this loads of long words are about batteries.
It is also about cartridges usually. generally, lot of fakes exist due to only reason - such products have huge margins :-)

Thing is they get it from wrong end. Right end is to establish few standards for size and such for the batteries used and make every damn corporation to use standard. And this is exactly that they try to avoid.

IS MY WORK TOOL ;-)

GH3 S/N. is WE3EF001760

THANKS IN ADVANCE

If you're from France, this browser game may help you to be prepared - just click on the correct flag to indicate which country the displayed person originates from.

(Alas, my highscore so far is only 4...)

The gloves capture the movements and postures of your hands. Software allows this information to be mapped to musical control messages which can then be easily routed to your favorite music software.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mimu/mimu-glove-for-music

Last night I dreamed I was trying to do a video in a very run-down house. I was glad I'd brought a little bag of all sorts of weird CFL light bulbs because the ones in the house were very dim little incandescent bulbs, hanging down from random places in the ceiling, and they were all different fittings I'd never seen before. Then some news people arrived and set up a studio complete with lighting. They asked me to record the programme on my GH2, which surprised me a bit. I was really worried because I wasn't planning to do this and I wondered how much charge the camera had - and why they couldn't record it themselves. So every time they played something pre-recorded into the show (I guessed they'd already have that bit recorded so I wouldn't need to capture it again) I would go off to a back room to save files to make sure I wasn't going to miss any of the live stuff. The LCD was showing a graphic with bottles of milk, with a huge milk-churn showing the total capacity remaining on the SD card. But I couldn't get back into the studio for the next live sequence so I recorded it all off a monitor. I didn't have a tripod either - so the whole thing was shaky, and I was wondering how they were going to use any of this. I was thinking there would be terrible moire all over it, videoing off a screen. I never found out, as I woke up at that point...! Thank god.

I used to have recurring worry-dreams all the time at the BBC, as did other people, so I can't be the only one here who's had one. Anyone else care to share theirs?

Intended for flame only, theories of "different magical colors" and such.

Microsoft has been aggressively trying to persuade MediaTek to push Windows-based tablets in China's white-box market and with the software giant's announcement of offering free Windows licensing to mobile devices sized below 9-inches, sources from the upstream supply chain expect a high chance for the two firms to form partnership. MediaTek and Microsoft did not confirm the rumor yet.

Because of Windows tablets' high prices, most brand vendors have chosen to develop Android-based tablets, but with Microsoft's new licensing policy, brand vendors may reconsider to develop related models, the sources said.

The sources pointed out that Microsoft and Qualcomm are mainly cooperating over Microsoft's Nokia smartphones, which had shipments of 10-20 million units in 2013. However, seeing the Windows platform continues to remain a minor player in the smartphone market, Microsoft is seeking cheaper solutions for its products to boost market share.

It is serious. First results of Microsoft can be already seen in the market of small tablets with full fledged Windows 8.1. If they move Windows Phone and Windows RT to MTK solutions their share can triple in no time.

For me it is actually a Konica Minolta A2, for which I was clever enough to buy the 6-AA-battery accessory while it was still available. The A2's original LiIon battery has long died, but using the standard batteries the A2 is still a quite usable 8 MPixel camera to take where you wouldn't take anything of too much value with you. And the A2 is also one of the few digital cameras that are so "analog-camera-like-to-operate" that you can hand them even to 80+ aged people to take a photo with.

What's your oldest digital camera still ready for shooting?

SOUNDTRACK
Maria Peszek
Miłość w systemie Dolby Surround
from 2008 Album – Maria Awaria

This video it's a bit older, rec and edit in the Spring of 2012. I remember being very interested in studying the natural motion/flow of things and also the macro world and then developing ways of interacting/intersecting/mixing/reacting (along) with it. Many stupid things happened, lots of fun =)

If you figure out the dizzy busy society of bustling beings that get visited by a stiffy happy grinning flaneur fish as a tiny metaphor of nowadays, it's happening in your head only, these are just ants :P

The guy in the background is encouraging me to put my dick instead, that's the level... At least you can listen a nice song by the wonderful Maria Peszek. @MarcioK filmed with our Hx9v + some zoom front element as magnifier.

gashô

PS
I wonder if they will accept it in nAT GEO channel...

What It Does: The Pare Lorentz Documentary Fund provides grants of $95,000 for the production of original, independent, and feature-length documentary films. These must be concerned with social and political issues in the United States and "focus on one of Pare Lorentz’s central concerns—the appropriate use of the natural environment, justice for all or the illumination of pressing social problems."

Deadline: March 31

More Information: http://www.documentary.org/parelorentz

Arthur Vining Davis Foundation, Public Television Grants

What It Does: Provides partial support for PBS-airing programs in late stages of productions.

Deadline: On or before April 1 (and again the same for November)

More Information: http://www.avdf.org/FoundationsPrograms/PublicTelevision.aspx

Good Pitch Australia

What it Does: The winning applications are invited to this annual event where about 75% of filmmakers successfully locate funding for their films, which can be at any stage between early production and festival runs. They do not guarantee funding, but "can promise to help you develop your impact ideas, research the landscape and connect you first to the community of like-minded filmmakers and then to a world of potential partners and advocates." For further details on eligibility and how to apply, visit the Website below.

Deadline: April 11

More Information: https://goodpitch.org/filmmakers

MacArthur Foundation Documentary Open Call

What It Does: Provides significant funding for both U.S. and international documentary filmmakers, covering production and post-production activities. Applications must be through an organization or company and priority is given to experienced filmmakers. According to their Website, they "seek to fund documentary projects that address the significant social challenges of our time or explore important but under-reported topics in a journalistic manner."

Deadline: April 14 – May 1

More Information: http://www.macfound.org/info-grantseekers/grantmaking-guidelines/media-grant-guidelines/media-docume...

AlterCine Foundation, Documentary Film Grants

What It Does: This Canadian grant is for assisting documentary filmmakers working in any language but born and living in Asia, Latin American, or Africa. Applications must be in English, Spanish, or French.

Deadline: April 15

More information: http://www.altercine.org/html/en/programme-de-bourses.php

BRITDOC, Various

What It Does: BRITDOC offers an array of grants, including the PUMA Impact Award for documentary projects exploring such issues as human rights and ecological sustainability (April 28 deadline) and the Bertha BRITDOC Connect Fund, which supports outreach campaigns for socially-conscious documentaries (March 24 deadline).

Deadline: April 28

More Information: http://britdoc.org/real_funds

Pacific Pioneer Fund

What it Does: Supports emerging filmmakers who have already demonstrated a commitment to documentary filmmakers. It is also open to organizations within the United States that are considered charities by the IRS. Applicants must live and work in California, Oregon, or Washington.

Deadline: May 1

More Information: http://www.pacificpioneerfund.com

Abu Dhabi Film Festival, SANAD

What It Does: SANAD offers funds for directors from the Arab world working on documentary (and narrative) feature-length films. Grants are either for development or post-production.

Deadline: The upcoming application window is June 1 - July 15.

More information: http://www.abudhabifilmfestival.ae/en/sanad-fund/about

Moving Image Grant Funds, LEF Foundation

What it Does: The upcoming deadline is for pre-production stage funding and covers long-format documentary films and video projects in the New England region.

Deadline: June 6

More Information: http://lef-foundation.org/NewEngland/Guidelines/tabid/162/Default.aspx

Documentary Fund, Sundance Institute

What it Does: Provides significant funding in all stages of production for independent, international documentary filmmakers. The fund offers "$1M-$2M in non-recoupable financing annually across all stages of development, production, post-production, and strategic audience engagement."

Deadline: July 8

More Information: http://www.sundance.org/programs/documentary-fund/
 

Source: Indiewire

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