3/18/2023 0 Comments Ultimate vocabulary![]() Using words such as unmitigated, grotesque, and magnanimity, the vocabulary of Slaughterhouse Five is of a more modern in origin. A tragic examination of the life of a soldier in World War II, Slaughterhouse Five challenges readers to deeply examine their preconceptions of war and life. “Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.” The most famous line from Vonnegut’s ultimate work succinctly wraps up the mood and theme of the novel. Perhaps the best choice for vocabulary expansion of any novel on this list, Ulysses will challenge even the most veteran of readers. The length of the novel is compounded by the fact readers must keep a dictionary and a notebook beside them. Joyce takes great pleasure in using words such as bedraggle, omphalos, and ineluctable. However, it is also ranked in the top 100 of the greatest English novels of all time. Clocking in at 265,000 words in length, with 30,030 unique words, it is considered one of the most difficult novels in existence to read. One of James Joyce’s greatest works, Ulysses is a massive tome. ![]() Learn for yourself who the Lilliputians and Yahoos are, as well as the meaning of such words as lingua franca, inure, demesne, and declivity. Jonathan Swift’s scathing satirical work about elitist culture and the Catholic church is one of the greatest novels ever written. Besides using terms that hark back to Middle English, Martin describes the world of Westeros in such detail that all authors can learn a bit about the use of adjectives and adverbs. Martin’s talent with language is something to be admired. However, the written Game of Thrones far surpasses the silver screen version – not only is the tale more than 1,000 pages long, but George R.R. The series’ growing popularity is mainly due to the television adaptation. Telling the story of two lovers separated by distance and circumstance, the book includes words admirable for their sheer beauty - as well as phrases reminiscent of the liquidity of Spanish. This modern love story by Gabriel Garcia Marquez was originally written in Spanish, but loses none of its beauty in translation. Many of the references in modern literature are based off the works of the Bard, and the English language, itself, owes much to Shakespeare.ĭid you know he invented quite a few of the words used in everyday language? Love in the Time of Cholera If you only read one of Shakespeare’s plays, read Hamlet. Despite this, it’s not a difficult read, making the tale a great place to start for someone working to expand their vocabulary. It’s also a great novel for vocabulary purposes - tossing around words like ardent, prodigious, cosmopolite, and apoplexy. You may want to keep a dictionary on hand while reading! The Count of Monte CristoĪlexandre Dumas’ famous adventure novel explores the classic, timeless themes of betrayal, hope, and vengeance, as well as the consequences of those actions. Here are seven novels, both classic and modern, that will grant you a bigger vocabulary. Your high school teachers might have considered the classics the only true literature with educational value, but there are plenty of modern tales that can help you pick up new words to fling around at cocktail parties. There’s no better way to gain a larger vocabulary than by reading novels of all types and genres. ![]() People read for a variety of reasons: entertainment, knowledge, understanding.
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3/18/2023 0 Comments Cleanspark llcIN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Agreement to be signed by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above written. Each party shall bear his or its own commissions, expenses and legal fees incurred on his or its behalf with respect to this Agreement and the closing of the transactions contemplated hereby. With a copy to: Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, 3414 Peachtree Road, NE, Suite 1500,Įmail: above addresses may be changed by written notice to the other party in the manner provided above however, that no notice of a change of address shall be effective until actual receipt of such notice.įees and Expenses. 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THIS EQUIPMENT PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT (together with all Schedules and Exhibits hereto which are incorporated herein by reference, this “ Agreement”), dated as of Aug(the “ Effective Date”), is entered into by and between CleanSpark DW, LLC, a Georgia Limited Liability Company, with its mailing address at 2380 Godby Road, College Park, Georgia 30349 (“ Buyer”), and WAHA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Georgia corporation, with its corporate address at 2146 Roswell Road #108-851, Marietta, Georgia 30062 (“ Seller”). Rob is the recipient of federal and private funding (including T32, F31 and R01 mechanisms) and the 2022 Science & PINS Prize for Neuromodulation from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). His research includes the development of improved noninvasive neuromodulation methods for the repair of neural and behavioral functions in people with schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive behaviors, and age-related cognitive impairment. Rob’s research primarily uses electrophysiological measurements of brain activity, computational modeling, noninvasive neuromodulation, and behavioral tasks to investigate the mechanisms of visual perception and cognition in healthy younger and older adults, and people with neuropsychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia. ![]() Typing a 'Modifier key shortcut' that leads to a link requires you to press the 'Enter' to complete the action.Rob completed his PhD at Vanderbilt University, forwent postdoctoral training, and accepted an appointment at Boston University in 2016, where he is currently the Director of the Cognitive & Clinical Neuroscience Laboratory (Reinhart Lab) and on the faculty in the Departments of Psychological & Brain Sciences and Biomedical Engineering. Please read Mozilla's documentation for more information. In Firefox, it is possible to customize 'Modifier key shortcuts'. The following table identifies the modifier keys for some supported web browsers and operating systems: Chrome Some keyboard shortcuts require modifier keys to be pressed simultaneously, along with a single 'action' key. Modifier keys may differ, depending on your combination of operating system and web browser. Toggle the Keyboard shortcuts are enabled option in the dialog.If Jira's keyboard shortcuts don't speed up your work and you'd prefer to turn them off, you can do so via the keyboard shortcuts dialog. Issue actions – shortcuts for working with issues. Navigate issues – shortcuts that make it easier to find and browse issues. Navigate projects – shortcuts that can be used to switch views in a project. Select multiple individual items in a window or on the desktop. (Next column n, previous column p, and toggle all swimlanes – are made for your board.) Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph. The Select MNI/Talairach Coordinates command in the View menu allows you to specify which region of the brain you want to view. The dialog is divided into the following sections:Įssentials – common and frequently used shortcuts that can be used when you’re in a project, on a board, in the backlog, or using filters or a dashboard.īoard and backlog – shortcuts that can be used on the board or backlog. However, the keyboard shortcuts in the Agile Shortcuts section only function in Jira Software, and not in a Jira context. ![]() For example, if you have Jira Software installed, you will see a series of additional keyboard shortcuts in the lower-right of this dialog box (and some additional Global keyboard shortcuts specific to Jira Software in the upper-left section). If you have other Jira applications installed, you may have additional keyboard shortcuts available. More about the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog. These shortcuts only work in the listed application. App-specific – any application-specific shortcuts.Issue actions – shortcuts for working with issues.Navigating issues – shortcuts for navigating through issues.Global shortcuts – shortcuts that can be used when you are in any part of Jira.It allows you to categorize, highlight, analyze information and. ![]() The dialog is divided into sections for the following information: Color coding links the visual with the logical and helps your brain to create mental shortcuts. The Keyboard shortcuts dialog is displayed and shows commands for the operating system and browser that you're using.
3/18/2023 0 Comments Beauty in the eye of the beholder![]() One can’t fairly say: ‘Well I don’t really feel that way about the boiling point of water or the nature of gravity.’ We have to be subservient to the facts science hands down to us. The things it passes judgement on are obviously simply not in the eye of beholders. Science, the most prestigious force in modern society, deals in objective truths. ![]() This tendency to surrender to relativism is a paradoxical symptom of a scientific age. Once it’s been uttered, trying to keep up a dialogue about the merits or drawbacks of certain visual things can come across as shrill, anti-social or just plain rude. There’s often someone around who very quickly closes the discussion down by saying: “Beauty Lies in the Eye of the Beholder” Christians should take pleasure in only those things worthy of pleasure, and what determines that worthiness is conformity to the beauty of God himself.When there are grave disagreements about what’s good and bad in architecture… For example, Philippians 4:8 commands believers to "think on" things that are "lovely" (literally "towards affection"), "commendable" (admirable), and "worthy of praise." These are terms each closely connected to our conception of beauty, and they imply that there are things both worthy and unworthy of delight. He called his new creation beautiful (Genesis 1:4, 10, 12, 18, 21, and 25), and he prescribes specific artistic instructions for liturgical adornments so that they would manifest "glory and beauty" (Exodus 28:2).įourth, in Scripture God commands that Christians delight in what is truly beautiful. Third, in Scripture God declares particular things beautiful. Just as truth and morality find their source in the nature and character of God, so objects may be rightly called beautiful, not if someone simply delights in them, but if they likewise reflect Supreme Beauty. The biblical answer to this question is that absolute standards of beauty exist that produce pleasure for the following reasons:įirst, the self-existence of God demands absolute beauty (John 17:5, 24 Rev 4:11). In other words, is something beautiful because it brings pleasure, or do things bring pleasure because they are beautiful? Another way to put the issue is whether beauty is relative or absolute. The other important factor is the nature of the relationship between beauty and pleasure. This kind of pleasure has traditionally been called "disinterested pleasure." It is pleasure taken in something simple for itself rather than because that thing has met a need. Some pleasures occur as a result of a need being met, such as the pleasure derived from drinking a cool class of water on a hot day.Īesthetic pleasure is different because it is pleasure that comes regardless if a need is met. In other words, beauty isn't the only thing that produces pleasure. Second, "pleases." Aesthetic pleasure is not just any pleasure. Seeing, smelling, hearing, or tasting call all bring pleasure, but so can contemplating something purely abstract, such as a math theorem or a chess game. Both terms in that definition are worth considering.įirst, "apprehended." Beauty can describe things, persons, or ideas-anything that can be apprehended by the mind, and this apprehension may or may not involve the physical senses. Beauty has been classically defined as that which pleases when apprehended (Thomas Aquinas). ![]() As we have been doing for the past 9 years, the team has always been committed to all players.Our finance departmenthas always followed the agreement with 7Road and pay every revenue share from the games that we shall share with 7 Road! However, 7Road has violated contracts with all partners, broken all platform privacy regulations, violated business operating principles, attempted to expose more players to risks, and has embezzled all of Wartune's revenue!4) As a part of the community, what else you deserve to know:Wartune and Wartune Reborn are games in Flash technology, the team had also been working with 7Road in 2 to develop the mini-client function, just to let everyone of the community with the ability to continue playing Wartune even Flash is ending by 2. However, 7Road, a partner of us for 9 years and one of major shareholders, was the first to ask to terminate the partnership on October 2, 2 after receiving suspicion reports of 7 Road website! Due to 7Road's unexpected behavior, the team was not able to foresee and inform the player in advance, I would like to express my deepest apologies to the Wartune community.3) About revenue of the games We have always abided by the contract with 7Road and acted in accordance with the agreement. For 9 years, we have been working closely with 7Road, feedback withplayers' valuable suggestions, from patch optimizations, anniversary celebrations, and festival events. As the investigation progressed, we found a shocking result that the initiator of the aforementioned unauthorized modifications, system destruction and user information theft, was not any unknown 3rd party, but 7Road, the content provider and business partner we used to respect for 9 years!2) About the license Game Hollywood has owned the publishing rights of Wartune until October 2, 2 however, 7Road sent an email without prior warnings, asking to revoke the publishing rights of Game Hollywood and migrate all the players to 7 Road website. ![]() Platforms affected by this unauthorized update included Link, Facebook, Kongregate, and platforms where Wartune published in! We immediately realized this is definitely a serious problem of "gradual leak of user information", and attempted to stop further damage and try to find out the source of 7 Road website. However, on the first day of the holiday, we discovered that some unauthorized features of the games had been altered in the form of, requesting players personal information, breaking of support system connections and transfer of payment endpoint to an unauthorized 3rd party website - 7 ROAD WEBSITE, and more right under eyes. On October 1, 2 Game Hollywood and 7Road started an 8-day long public holiday. We must expose to customers and friends, that 7Road has violated the code of business practices, bypassed a secured platform, and stolen players' personal information without proper authorization.1) Regarding the suspicious modifications of 7Road:In September 2 Game Hollywood and 7Road had already worked together to develop and publish the event for the entire month of October in the games. We saw 7Road, for the first time, jeopardizing and compromising players data, by exploiting the trust of the players. For 9 years, Game Hollywood has been working closely with various platforms to cater every player.We trusted 7Road and even accepted 7Road become the one of the major shareholder of Game Hollywood.However, this year, a series of absurd and bizarre event has happened. Announcement Regarding the Recent Disruption of WartuneMembers of the Wartune and Wartune Reborn Community:We are Game Hollywood, the official licensed distributor which acquired the exclusive right to release Wartune (English) worldwide from 7Road (the developer) since 2 Hollywood offered Wartune/Wartune Reborn (the games, or, Wartune) as a product to numerous platforms, and improves the product to better serve its customers, providing diverse and rich gaming and entertainment experience. 3/18/2023 0 Comments Webcam into arduino camera![]() Serial.println(“Adafruit MLX90640 Simple Test”) Serial connected/acctivated at 115200 baud rate In fact, the individual frame IR detectors’ readings (a total of 768) will display on the serial monitor in grid form. The temperature will display on Arduino’s serial monitor. Once you’re set up and ready, try measuring the temperature of a person (or pet) by pointing the sensor toward it. The library functions and commands are explained on the github repository. We used the Adafruit mlx90640 libraries in this project, which saves time and effort going through the datasheet of the camera and writing everything from scratch. The Adafruit provides pre-defined Arduino libraries for almost all of its sensors. ![]() It makes sense to operate the camera on the same voltage to avoid any logic or data-transfer errors. We powered it with 5V since that’s what Arduino works on. The camera is powered by Arduino’s internal regulator. Both sides are cascaded and only a jumper separates them.įor this project, we used the I2C interface pins that are on the analog side (though you can use another one by shorting the jumper wires). The IR camera’s external interface is an I2C (I-squared-C), so it’s connected with Arduino’s I2C pins, which are present on either side of the board. We’re using the camera in low-resolution because it’s pairing up with the low-power Arduino module, which has limited processing power. The frame rate is 16HZ (half to the human eye).It can measure a temperature between -40 to 300 C with an accuracy of +-2 C.A total of 24*32=768 individual IR detectors forms an image.In this tutorial, we use the Adafruit MLX90640 IR Thermal Camera breakout board. Those pixels with a high, frame-rate capability become a high-definition image or video.Īn example of an IR image.The actual pixels are much smaller. Each individual IR detector in array grabs a minute frame, which is equivalent to one pixel. The IR detectors work together to form a single image. This is because IR photon energy takes longer to be acquired by the IR detector. The frame rate of an IR camera is lower than a typical imaging camera (the eye-detection is 32 frames per second). All the individual IR detectors work together to capture and build an image. For example, by using infrared-radiation imaging, it’s possible to measure body temperature, differentiate dead cells (versus live ones) in a living being, or even detect movement (say as a security measure against break-ins or theft, etc.).Īn IR camera has an array of thermal infrared sensors. This is where an IR camera comes in as it captures IR images, which can be useful in many ways. Sun and fire are sources of IR radiation.īy using IR, it’s possible to view the world within a heat dimension. When IR waves strike a surface, they vibrate and release energy. Though humans cannot see it, we can feel it in the form of heat. Infrared radiation (IR) is a part of the electromagnetic radiation spectrum. Infrared imaging or “heat vision” has been used in several industries, such as in the military, for surveillance and security, search and rescue, and for medical purposes, as well as in other sectors. A thermal camera works on the same principle as a conventional imaging camera - the only difference is in the detection of light/photons. Although infrared light is invisible to the naked eye, a thermal camera can detect it.Ī thermal camera is a non-contact device that picks up infrared energy (or heat) and then converts it into a visual image. Of course, humans cannot see heat directly, but objects do give off infrared radiation at a certain temperature. In this tutorial, we’ll learn the basics of “heat vision” and how to interface a thermal-imaging camera with Arduino. 3/18/2023 0 Comments Bit slicer keybinds![]() Seems like a rather big oversight in 2021. Or a trackpoint, that should work pretty well, too. The only option was to kill it from the task manager.Īnd as far as nuisances with usability go – neither one is particularly usable on a laptop with a touchpad or on a touchscreen, moving around and rotating the view properly simply is impossible without using an actual mouse. I’ve actually managed to swing the window off-screen a couple of times and then had no way to get it back on screen. I’d love to show you nice side-by-side layouts, but both Chitubox versions use some weird windows framework that not only glitches around when you move the window, but it also doesn’t support any of the Windows hotkeys to snap the window to one half of the screen or minimize and maximize it. It’s almost as if Chitu Systems saw their old Chitubox, back then still called Chitubox “Free”, decided it needed a new UI because the old one was so messy, made a whole new UI, and then decided “oh, this turned out better than expected, let’s charge for this and just keep the old one around for the free one”. ![]() In Pro, you’ve still got your options bar to the right, but at the top, you now have a ribbon-style interface that, yes, works really well, but it also makes Pro instantly look a lot more feature-rich compared to Basic, but a lot of the features that are now concentrated up in the ribbon are just simply in this central spot now instead of being cluttered throughout the UI. So, as soon as we open up Chitubox Basic and Chitubox Pro here, it’s pretty clear that these two are related, but Pro simply has a much more intuitive interface.īasic gives you some features up in a toolbar at the top with tiny, unlabeled icons, and then you switch your workspaces between layout and support generation, and from layout to the print preview, and then you can save out your print files. Chitu Systems also independently contacted me about joining their affiliate program, which would pay me a referral fee every time somebody bought Chitubox Pro through a link I could place, however, I declined that offer. So with Chitubox being the only software option that you can use with these printers, let’s check out what the differences are between Chitubox and Chitubox Pro and whether the “Pro” version is even worth $170 a year.ĭisclosure, I guess? I am using the free version of Chitubox, and the Pro version that was included with the Mars 3 provided to me by Elegoo. The official Chitubox slicer comes in two versions – a feature-limited, free version and a “Pro” version that comes as a $170 a year subscription service. The firmware running on these printers is set up to only accept files that are signed off by Chitu’s software, and while there’s been a promise of an “SDK” being made available eventually, we don’t know which conditions, restrictions, and license fees, that eventually, you as the user will pay, that SDK will ultimately come with. With Chitubox (Pro) being the only option as a slicer on the Elegoo Mars 3 and on future Chitu-based resin printers, let’s find out whether shelling out for Chitubox Pro is a necessity or mostly pointless.Īs of today, the Elegoo Mars 3 is locked down to only work with Chitu System’s Chitubox slicer – and any future printers from any manufacturer will be locked down, too, as long as they are built on the Chitu ecosystem. 3/18/2023 0 Comments Shards of war esl![]() Click the link below to get started.Enter, said the self-styled King of the Bitter Sea as he looked up from a hastily scribbled note just handed him by his Captain of Intelligence, Kahil. If you've ever played UO before and are looking for some nostalgia: you will find it here. Rel Por is easily the best overall UO free shard so far, and I invite everyone to come play on launch day to at least check it out. Perhaps more importantly, though, is that UO is one of the last games not protected by DMCA and thus has been continually developed by the community. For starters, UO is a badass game to begin with. On Rel Por, player interaction (read: excitement) is rarely much more than a screen away.Īnyway, people still play this 17 year old sandbox MMORPG for damn good reasons. This makes player interaction rare and/or focused on select few areas, which is boring and ultimately the killer of many MMORPGs. You see, one of the largest problems with most UO shards (who almost invariably use the default map) is that the map area is too large for the player base to fill out. Take a look of this next image of Atria (the map above) superimposed on the default UO map, to scale. Of course, not everything happens in Galven. This along with incentives to move about makes Galven a thriving hub of trade and player interaction. It is usually difficult if not impossible to travel from one end of the continent to the other without passing through Galven. Notice how Galven, the largest city and the one you start in, is in the center of everything. I could go on about how awesome the election, rotating dungeons, and bounty board systems in particular are (for my certain playstyles), but I'll just stick to perhaps the best part of Rel Por: its unique map. A rich and rewarding collecting economy in Rel Por. With varying degrees of rarity, difficulty and methods to obtain. ![]() Planned from the very start, a systematic approach to distribution for every current and future item from wearables to decorations to one of a kind homes. Rel Por accentuates this further with new craftable items and the artifact system to craft magical weapons rather than find them. Players can obtain great wealth and notoriety simply by playing as a merchant. Ultima Online's crafting system provides a unique gameplay experience unlike none other. Improving things further with new, additional houses to purchase and own. Ultima Online's unparalleled house and land ownership continues on Rel Por. The bounty boards and a player reputation system tracks the penalties and honor of all players. The players responsible for dungeon closure get the benefit of choosing which dungeons shall open next.Ī unique system created by Rel Por, imitated by others, to establish a balance of genuine risk for player killers. Players may clear out and close down a dungeon by killing the creatures within and vanquishing the boss. There are over a dozen dungeons to conquer, but only a small number open at a time. Elected militia commanders have access to their own set of bonuses and tools to help organize their armies.Ī system painstakingly balanced over the span of years with the input from hundreds of players that melds the world of two beloved eras of Ultima Online allowing players a rich diversity of play-styles and templates. Become a minister and choose from a list of bonuses to bestow onto your city, making each town unique. Players may campaign for positions as ministers and militia commanders of cities in Rel Por. You never know what or whom you may run into next. The world size has been dramatically decreased and travel by roads accentuated to help facilitate constant player interaction. Rel Por features a brand new landmass for players to inhabit and explore. 3/17/2023 0 Comments Crashplan crashing![]() Users can back up Network Attached Storage (NAS) on Mac and Linux, but not Windows.External drives: The CrashPlan app can back up storage connected to a device such as an external hard drive directly attached via USB, Thunderbolt, or Firewire.Can users back up files on an external drive, NAS, or a mapped drive? For more information, see What should you back up with CrashPlan?. Users should back up the files they create, edit, and access. Typically, these are stored in the User directory or Home folder. The CrashPlan app isn't designed to back up system and application files. What should you back up with CrashPlan?.This usually isn't a problem for smaller backups, but if the backup is more than 1 TB of data or more than 1 million files, users will likely need to increase the amount of memory available to the CrashPlan app to get the backup to complete. Can the CrashPlan app handle terabytes (TBs) of data?Įach new file that the CrashPlan app backs up is indexed, compressed, and de-duplicated, which takes time. For instructions on how to replace an existing device, see Replace your device using CrashPlan. To add a computer, users simply download the CrashPlan app from the CrashPlan console, install it, and sign in. The device then appears on the Active Devices list in the CrashPlan console. When a backup is unable to reach 100% complete, it is often because the CrashPlan app can't access some of the files. This may happen if a file is in use by another application or has incorrect permissions. Why isn’t this backup reaching 100% complete? This is because the CrashPlan app and CrashPlan console calculate file sizes differently. ![]() In addition, users may notice that the CrashPlan app and CrashPlan console show slightly different values for the size of backup. Why does the CrashPlan app show a different number of files than my computer? (CrashPlan).Multiple factors can contribute to this difference, such as our de-duplication and compression processes. If users compare the size of files selected for backup to the file size the CrashPlan app reports it's backing up, they may notice a difference. Why does the CrashPlan app report a different file size than the size of files selected for backup? However, once the first backup is complete, future backups are much faster, because the CrashPlan app only needs to back up new files and changed blocks of data for each file. The length of time for the initial backup can quite literally range from minutes to weeks, and is dependent on many factors, including the number and size of files being backed up, the backup destination, network topology, and available device resources. If the block has not yet been backed up, the CrashPlan app compresses the block to save storage space, encrypts the block to secure the data, and sends the block to the backup destination.Īs a result of this analysis, compression, and encryption activity for new files, a device’s initial backup takes much longer than subsequent, incremental backups.If that block was already backed up, the CrashPlan app moves on and analyzes the next block.The CrashPlan app analyzes a small piece of the file (a block), and checks to see if that block was previously backed up. Backup begins with a process called data de-duplication. ![]() So it’s not like you can look and manually focus with the camera off anyway. Sure, the camera needs to be powered on to focus the lens, but it’s also a camera with an electronic viewfinder. We found the electric focusing pleasantly responsive, though, and didn’t find it a detriment at all. Autofocus purists might balk at the fact that this Tamron focuses electronically by sending an electric signal to a motor when you turn the focusing ring, rather than using a mechanical helicoid to move the lens elements. The same is true of the darkened corners you might see at the lens’ widest apertures, though some people like this effect, too. If you shoot RAW, it’s easy to correct this in image editing software. But if you enable distortion correction in your Sony camera, the distortion will be fixed for you in your JPEGs. Uncorrected you’ll definitely notice straight lines bending outward (aka barrel distortion) on this lens, which can be a fun effect. That means it’s good for up-close macro shots. The M1:2 designation in the name refers to the fact that the lens has a magnification of 1:2 at its closest focusing distance of 4.3 inches. Either lens is a great choice, and which one to choose ultimately comes down to whether you prefer to eke out a slightly wider view (the Sigma) or want a tiny bit more telephoto reach (the Tamron). And this can be minimized in most image editing software if you don’t enjoy the effect. Both the Sigma and Tamron show some distortion at their widest zoom settings, but nothing egregious. Wirecutter’s lead editor for cameras, Phil Ryan, brings his 24-70mm lens with him whenever he can bring only one zoom with him for the day. Both are sharp lenses with zoom ranges that cover most of your needs on an average day of shooting, let in enough light to keep shooting even as the sun sets for the day, and can limit your depth of focus at f/2.8 enough to keep your subjects well isolated (visually) from the background. Low-light fans who shoot full frame and are looking for an everyday lens more akin to our upgrade pick for APS-C above should consider either Sigma’s 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art or Tamron’s 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III RXD. If you don’t shoot with a Sony camera but still want to invest in some great starter lenses, take a look at our lens guides for Canon, Nikon, Micro Four Thirds, and Fujifilm bodies. If macro is your thing, start with the Sigma 70mm f/2.8 Art DG Macro. We recommend the Sony E 55-210mm f/4.5-6.3 OSS or Sony FE 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G OSS as your telephoto, the Rokinon 12mm f/2.0 NCS CS for a wide-angle option, the Sigma 60mm f/2.8 DN or Sony FE 85mm f/1.8 for portraits, and the Sony E 20mm f/2.8 pancake lens. To take your photography to the next level, you’ll want to begin building your arsenal of lenses. In addition to our top two picks, we recommend the Sony E 55-210mm f/4.5-6.3 OSS or Sony FE 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G OSS as your telephoto, the Rokinon 12mm f/2.0 NCS CS for a wide-angle option, the Sigma 60mm f/2.8 DN or Sony FE 85mm f/1.8 for portraits, and the Sony E 20mm f/2.8 pancake lens. Each type of shutter has its own benefits and drawbacks, so it’s worth experimenting to see what works for you.Fast prime lenses (ones that don’t zoom) are recommended for beginners because the lack of zoom forces photographers to get close and better compose their shots. If you’re using an electronic shutter, you also might notice some lateral distortion or skewing with fast-moving subjects or banding with artificial light. On the other hand, mechanical shutters tend to have better (or faster) flash synchronization than electronic ones. Electronic shutters also tend to have a faster frame rate. Of course, a mechanical shutter makes noise because it’s a physical component that moves, while an electronic shutter is silent. To counteract that effect, you can use a neutral density filter to reduce the intensity of the light.įinally, we touched briefly on the difference between mechanical and electronic shutters, but there are a few variables to consider when using each one. If it’s bright and sunny outside and you want to get that “milky,” long-exposure seascape look we discussed earlier, keep in mind that you run the risk of overexposure due to how much light you’re allowing into the camera. Longer lenses require faster shutter speeds, so while you might be able to get a sharp image at 1/60 of a second using a 50mm lens, a 100mm lens might necessitate a shutter speed of about 1/125 if you’re shooting hand-held and don’t want blur. As a rule of thumb, you’ll need a tripod or some sort of stabilizer at any shutter speed that’s slower than the inverse of your focal length. |
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