”Do one thing every day that scares you.”
“I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
Author: Jeff Fenske Page 51 of 54
AWESOME and REALLY FUN footage from paragliding around the world with Jean Baptiste Chandelier. Includes Lima, Peru.
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiX2eGYJ2Kc]Urban Side
Uploaded by jbintheairintheair on Feb 1, 2012
www.JeanBaptisteChandelier.com
My dad used to say, “Run to the Roar!”
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“Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it…
that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.”
– Dale Carnegie
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UAA student Robin Standley seeks out the warmth and tranquility of the tropical greenhouse to do some studying between classes Thursday afternoon January 26, 2012 at the Mann Leiser Memorial Greenhouses in east Anchorage. “I came today because it’s negative something outside, ” she said. “Inside it’s probably like 75 degrees and wonderful!” Video by ERIK HILL – Anchorage Daily News
Beautiful & True!
Let’s fully forgive and be FREE!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_3KrVksWJ4
Alanis Morissette – This Grudge (2003)
Uploaded by letterman203 on Dec 26, 2007
From open TV concert in the US – Soundstage Concert Series (2003)
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Fourteen years
Thirty minutes
Fifteen seconds I’ve
Held this grudge
Eleven songs
Four full journals
Thoughts of punishment
I’ve expended
Not in contact
Not a letter
Such communication
Telepathic
You’ve been vilified
Used as fodder
You deserve a piece
Of every record
But who’s it hurting now?
Who’s the one that’s stuck?
Who’s it torturing now
With an antique knot in her stomach?
I want to be big and let go
Of this grudge that’s grown old
All this time I’ve not known
How to rest this bygone
I wanna be soft and resolved
Clean of slate and released
I wanna forgive for the both of us
Like an abandoned house
Dusty covered
Furniture
Still intact
If I visit it now
Will I simply re-live it
Somehow gratuitous
But who’s still aching now?
Who’s tired of her own voice?
Who is it weighing down
With no gift from time of said healing
I want to be big and let go
Of this grudge that’s grown old
All this time I’ve not known
How to rest this bygone
I wanna be soft and resolved
Clean of slate and released
I wanna forgive for the both of us
Maybe as I cut the cord
Veils will lift from my eyes
Maybe as I lay this to rest
Dead weight off my shoulders will rise
Here I sit
Much determined
Ever ill-equipped
To draw this curtain
How this has entertained
Validated
And has served me well
Ever the victim
But who’s done whining now?
Who’s ready to put down
This load I’ve carried longer than I had cared to remember
I want to be big and let go
Of this grudge that’s grown old
For the life of me I’ve not known
How to rest this bygone
I wanna be soft and resolved
Clean of slate and released
I wanna forgive for the both of us.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cM9S2AzU28]BMW S1000 RR. Dinner for RR.
Uploaded by BMW on Mar 5, 2010
From zero to 100km/h (62 mph) in just 2.9 seconds sounds very nice. But would that help in our XXXL-experiment?
Don’t try this at home with your dishes. Or your mom’s ones.
How much to charge is a challenge to photographers.
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From: dpreview.com…
PetaPixel has published an excellent response from a photographer to a Seattle-area bride criticizing the pricing of wedding photographers. In a remarkably calm response, Nikki Wagner details the expenses connected to her wedding photography business, dismissing the idea that wedding photographers set their prices high simply because they can. After reading Wagner’s response it’s understandable why the bride is having so much trouble finding an ‘exceptional, amazingly talented, fun photographer’ that she also deems ‘decently priced.’ The post also acts as a reminder that there can be good reasons why there’s a gap between what a product or service costs and how much you think it should be priced. (From PetaPixel)
I couldn’t just post this on my Facebook page.
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcNLdpcBVRM]polar bear female with cubs… ( Polar bears video )
Uploaded by bettan29 on Aug 31, 2011
Hi I hope you like my Polar Bears ….. Bettan .
[music video (((stereo)))] Bernward Koch: “Simply Great” — Soak in this gorgeous song — Bathe in it!
In-God music!
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwPrwczutiU]BERNWARD KOCH – Simply Great(Relaxing music)
Uploaded by BernwardKochfans on Apr 15, 2011
music: BERNWARD KOCH – Simply Great
http://www.bernwardkoch.com
Video edited by Andreea Petcu(oceanflower1)
http://www.youtube.com/bernwardkochfans
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 8,300 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 3 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
It looks like the wider zoom range of its tiny lens still has serious sharpness problems. This is disappointing, and may be a result of Canon trying to design the impossible.
– jeff
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From: DPReview
Just Posted: Our review of the Canon PowerShot S100. The S100 is the latest in Canon’s range of pocketable photographer’s compacts, building on the success of the popular S90 and S95. This most recent model offers a more ambitious 24-120mm equivalent, f2.0-5.9 zoom in front of a Canon-made 12MP 1/1.7″ type CMOS sensor, marking a much bigger advance than in the last update. Is it another step towards the perfect pocket shooter or has the camera giant over-reached itself? Find out in our review.
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Overall Image Quality/Specifics
Canon’s new purpose-built CMOS sensor in the S100 is capable of capturing images that are detailed, nicely saturated and very clean, especially at the lower end of the camera’s ISO scale. The new CMOS sensor gives slightly better image quality than the previous-generation 10MP CCD – an improvement that is subtle but noticeable, especially at higher ISO settings. While the 2MP increase in sensor resolution over the S95 is modest in terms of the additional detail that the camera can capture, the 20% increase in total pixel count does help to offset the effect of noise at a given display size/magnification.
Although the S100 has a broader (24mm – 120mm) zoom range than its predecessor the S95, we’ve found that the new lens is not as uniformly sharp across the frame. We’ve tried no fewer than five sample cameras for our studio testing, and in the worst cases significant decentering of the lens causes one side of the frame to be noticeably out of focus in our studio scene (shot at a subject distance of approximately 1 meter). In all cases, moderate to strong softening occurs at the edges of the frame. This is very apparent in our studio comparison tool, where it is easy to spot any visual discrepancies at a pixel level. However, this does not tell the whole story, in our real-world sample shots decentering has been much less of an issue and most of our shots are not overtly blurred by the lens (take a look at the ‘lens’ page of this review for more detail).
Teresa, Harry’s wife, gave me this photo of him and Kelly at the memorial get-together at his favorite hang-out, the Brown Bear Saloon on Turnagain Arm (5/21/11).
She shocked at least the bartender when she told us Harry got to know Jesus before he died — which made me deeply cry. Harry and I had many interesting times together.
I miss him — and hope to see him again!
: )
Harry & Kelly
From: courieranywhere.com/obituaries…
Harry W. Schuermeyer Jr. (3-16-11)
Harry W. Schuermeyer Jr.
Harry W. Schuermeyer Jr., 58, of Savannah, died Wednesday, March 16, in Savannah.
He was born in Louisville, Ky., the son of Helen L. Wilber Schuermeyer and the late Harry W. Schuermeyer Sr. He was united in marriage to the former Teresa Brown, who survives.
Mr. Schuermeyer worked for 37 years for Northwest Airlines in the cargo department. He lived in Anchorage, Alaska for 54 years.
A celebration of life service will be held in May 2011 in Anchorage, Alaska.
In addition to his wife, Teresa of Savannah, he is survived by one step-daughter, Kastine Black of Anchorage, Alaska and one step-son, Arlen Collini of Anchorage, Alaska; two grandchildren; his mother, Helen L. Schuermeyer of Van Couver, Wash.; four sisters, Barbara Seoul of Anchorage, Alaska, Marica Comitton of Big Lake, Alaska, Sue Costonza of Martinez, Calif. and Pamilia Williams of Van Couver, Washington.
Memorial donations can be made to Unity Hospice in Savannah.
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Screenshot by Jeff Fenske
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEu42L0ufBY]PEOPLE ARE AWESOME (DON’S VERSION)
Uploaded by derDon1234 on Oct 28, 2011
Musik: Hans Zimmer – Final Charge (Last Samurai OST)
List of the video is used: please visit the original videos:
Landscape Volume 2 http://vimeo.com/29950141
Landscape Volume 1 http://vimeo.com/16198274
like there is no tomorrow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqBkf5ibktU
blob jump official world record http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8BX6v9k9CU
crazy close shave pass during wingsuit jump in norway crazy close shave pass during wingsuit jump in norway
Danny MacAskill Way back home http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj6ho1-G6tw
Epic trick shot battle dude perfect http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_2eU1ykV3k
experience zero gravity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhPqn7MuDy0
freeskier phil meier profile http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqApF3VnzfQ
gopro hd hero – best of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgPO46D7Eow
jaxon wong 2011 sampler http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhf_QP3ARF4
just jump skydives http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTvMv2AG6wM
lassi huskainen angry birds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVzW3OGq7kM
mike wilson 99 foot rope swing quadruple backpflips http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwoI9t0e11k
pool skateboarding http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH5tpZdkAJY
pro riders in action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVU0qxNSGjI
reel rock 2010 trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVRDb1CBh58
sepaktakraw vigo cup 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq_p8_HQ9eE
snowscoot euro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RapsKMQXw0w
speed flying ultimate rush http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAq2P0tEXzA
the art of flight – snowboarding film trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh29_SERH0Y
the hd hero2_ 2x as poweful in every way http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUEZCxBcM78
the water http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-gARuGBSdw
winter x games 15 torsten hogmo triple http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJSzjCJ21CQ
worlds widest slip and slide http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF_OQuu3Ap0
MY FACEBOOK PAGE:
https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Epic-YouTube-Videos/135595376545557
Screenshot by Jeff Fenske
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8BX6v9k9CU]Blob Jump Official Guinness World Record
Uploaded by paintballfarmch on Jul 1, 2011
World Record Blob Jump, 24.6.11 Cham, Switzerland, 17 Metres [56 feet] (Guinness Approved). Guiness World Record Blob Jumps. Highest Blob Jump ever. Blob Weltrekord in Cham.
I thought I’d capture Carl’s insightful presentation (details below) with a few images. Carl has been a real encouragement to me in my own photography. He is also a real gentleman and peacemaker.
[Please excuse: The piano juts into the images. I had an immoveable tripod for my little LX-5 — an empty seat back.]
Alaska State Map
11/8/11
Alaska Society of Outdoor and Nature Photographers’ monthly meeting:
“Chugach State Park: Alaska’s Backyard Wilderness”
Photographer and author Carl Battreall will talk about his recent book “Chugach State Park: Alaska’s Backyard Wilderness”. He will share his experiences in getting the images and the creative process from concept to publication of a book.
Carl’s book:
Chugach State Park: Alaska’s Backyard Wilderness at Amazon
ADN article:
New photo book reaches deep into the Chugach
Carl’s website:
Photograph Alaska
11/4/11
Gate B9 Passenger Terminal
Anchorage International Airport
Lights reflect off the marble floor tiles
(with Photoshop adjustments)
11/4/11
Don in the Taylor
11/13/11
Pete and I head back to base after Pete’s push
of this airplane.
From: DPReview
The Cameras
For the purposes of this roundup, I’m restricting my coverage to those compact cameras which offer full manual control over exposure, are capable of shooting raw files, and have flash/accessory hotshoes. There are six cameras on the market which meet these criteria, and all six are covered, but the fullest treatment is reserved for those cameras which offer optical viewfinders (and arguably the ultimate in enthusiast-friendly ergonomics) in addition to their rear LCD screens:
If you head to page five of this article, you’ll see a brief overview, including sample images and useful links, of the other three cameras in this class (all of which we’ve previously tested in full):
The new Canon S100 is having some sharpness issues.
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First Impressions: Using the Canon PowerShot S100
Sometimes reviews get delayed. It can happen for all manner of reasons, and I’m sorry to report that our review of the Canon PowerShot S100 is taking a lot longer than I had hoped. We’re not sitting on our hands though – we’ve used three S100s, and the delay has been caused by concerns over optical issues displayed by the cameras that we’ve seen. Testing, retesting and analyzing results from multiple cameras takes time, and the worst thing we could do in my opinion is to rush a review out before we have the full picture (for a more complete explanation of the issues that we’ve encountered, turn to page 2 of this article).
This article is not meant to replace a full review, but rather to augment our detailed preview of the S100, published when the camera was first announced. Since we published our preview we’ve been able to do a lot of shooting with the S100 and although we are not yet able to pull this experience into a full review, I would like to share some of it with you as we work towards that goal.
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Image Quality (tentative first impressions)It is too early to make any definitive statements about the S100’s image quality, partly because we have a lot more testing still to do ahead of a full review, but also because the camera sitting on my desk in front of me is the third sample that I have looked at, and the third with what appears to be a slightly decentered lens. Quality control issues can affect cameras from early production batches (and inevitably, review samples tend to fall into this category) and I hope that we have simply have been unlucky with the samples that we have received so far.
Related:
Four Noteable Upcoming Compact Cameras: Canon S100 / Olympus SP-810UZ / Fuji X10 and X-S1
This is the correct link for my Facebook page.
This Austrian coaster reminds me of the Alpine Slide at Lutsen Ski Resort in northern Minnesota, on the north shore of Lake Superior, which I’ve run with no brakes (and fully on the wheels), when it first opened in 1977.
This Mieders coaster must be a total gas, being in a whole other speed category and much longer, but all you do is hold on (probably good to lean into the turns though too). Whereas, Lutsen’s Alpine Slide (more like a bobsled track with banks) was a real rush too, because it required anticipatory leaning into the turns by the correct amount, and especially at the right time in order to hit the banks just right and to avoid the danger of flying off of the sled, when running fully on the wheels, not using the brakes at all or the plastic sliders.
And as you can see in the video, Lutsen can only be run wide open when it’s not busy. You can see how fast slower riders are approached — when the fun is cut from maximum to “bummer.”
Though it’s been 34 years, it’s possible Lutsen’s Alpine Slide hasn’t been changed at all, as it was very solidly built.
I can remember parts of the ride like it was yesterday. We’ve been blessed!
jeff : )
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqCkICXWdWI]Mieders Alpine Coaster (with no brakes!!)
Uploaded by davidjellis on Nov 19, 2011
This is a single-pipe alpine coaster in Mieders, Austria. You reach the summit via a cablecar and then sit on a small car with a brake lever and off you go. Having ridden it once using a little braking, I decided to try it a second time without using the brakes. This is SCARY! Enjoy the ride!
Off-ride footage here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA-k3G1F7k0
Note – for websites linking the video, please note that my name is David Ellis (the J is my middle initial).
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABWqAn5stpM]Lutsen Alpine Slide
Uploaded by tundratom on Aug 19, 2006
A run down the Alpine Slide at Lutsen Ski area, North Shore of Lake Superior, Minnesota
I think Russell Means is the conductor.
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbkjPm_QNes]‘I Know How the Moon Must Feel’ Instrumental
Uploaded by TTTEArchives on Aug 12, 2011
Excerpt from the ‘TATMR’ German DVD.
This is how I feel too. Conspiracies are commonplace. People conspire behind closed doors to do all kinds of things — much of it is still good — but much is flat out pure evil. I explore the reasons why at ToBeFree and ONEcanhappen — and give the solutions.
The key concept is that as reverse-Christianity has now become the norm, there is nothing to stop evil from sweeping our nation: The Red Gate Prophecy — What If I Open It Just a Little Bit? The believers, not the non-believers, have opened the gate to sin, which is why this country has deteriorated
I agree with Lionel: let’s live in reality, not sugar-coat it, acting like it isn’t that bad, and people couldn’t be that evil, and America is too big to fail — when all of the indicators show otherwise — including another outright dismissal of Ron Paul once again.
It seems that America will only learn after it’s too late.
Lionel states (which is similar to what Patrick Henry says in the quote linked below):
I, however, dive into the analysis of that which may be supported by those who conspire. I fear not the truth; but I dread the lie.
May we come out from them and be separate — not aiders and abetters to this massively deceptive conspiracy that is trying to take down everyone and every country into this dark hole where there is no light.
Only the Holy Spirit has the light and the power to help us see — and to help us unite with each other in Christ so we can be free!
Power to the peaceful!
Jeff in wonderland — where I will never leave : )
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“What isn’t a conspiracy?”
“Every time you chide and deride the concept of the conspiracy
you’re contributing to its deception and our distraction.”
– Lionel
Transcribed by Jeff Fenske
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From: Lionel Podcast — podjockey.com/lionelmedia… | As usual, emphasis is mine, but here I’m also re-paragraphing to increase readability. For most of us, this cannot be speed-read and still understood.]
“I’m not a conspiracy theorist. I’m a conspiracy analyst.” Gore Vidal said it perfectly. And exquisitely.
For too many, the existence of a confederation or consortium perhaps to effectuate a disastrous end is inconceivable for myriad reasons.
That fear and dread
inspire a recalculation of perception
that negates and nullifies that which is psychically troubling.
Reality is repackaged, the prism tweaked. And voila! Manufactured relief from the sting of reality.
I, however, dive into the analysis of that which may be supported by those who conspire. I fear not the truth; but I dread the lie.
John Le Carre noted, “Until we have a better relationship between private performance and the public truth, as was demonstrated with Watergate, we as the public are absolutely right to remain suspicious, contemptuous even, of the secrecy and the misinformation which is the digest of our news.”
And we forge ahead. As the brilliant particle physicist and theoretician Teresa Giudice of RHONJ is wont to say, “Bring it on.”
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hkFZVAe-7s]You’re A Conspiracy Nut. Admit It!
Uploaded by LionelY2K on Nov 18, 2011
LIONEL
NY’s PIX 11 News Commentary
Aired: November 19, 2011
For reasons Lionel will never understand the idea of the conspiracy has been relegated to the trash heap of nutcase theorems. As will be explained, Everything’s a conspiracy, Sparky.
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I just posted this on my Facebook page, if you’d like to follow this. For awhile, at Facebook, I’ll be posting approximately one photo per day which I pull out of the archive here.
What are these “Cargo’s Last Stand” photos, the Red Wall, etc.?
These photos document the last days of Northwest Airlines Cargo in Anchorage, Alaska.
I coined the term “Cargo’s Last Stand” from Custer’s Last Stand — using this phrase to title my NWA-Cargo-photos category at my personal blog, http://JeffFenske.wordpress.com. There I have listed hundreds of photos which document the end of NWA’s 747 freighter trans-load operation in Anchorage, Alaska.
The Red Wall was in the Anchorage pilots’ freighter base, which many of us signed and said ‘goodbye’ in front of.
At JeffFenske.wordpress.com, I’m still adding photos from Delta cargo, so I’ve recently changed the category name to “NWA > Delta Cargo.” Delta still has a cargo operation, which handles the cargo flown on their passenger planes.
One of my Facebook friends, a former NWA cargo employee suggested that I do a best-of series. So that’s what I’m starting now.
Though only one thumbnail photo will appear in my Facebook link, some will have more than one photo if you click on the link, which is thus far the case.
And as I said earlier, please feel free to download these photos for your personal use, to post or whatever, as long as they aren’t used for commercial purposes. They are all copyrighted Jeff Fenske.
Here is a brief overview of Cargo’s Last Stand from Wikipedia:
Northwest Airlines, Inc. (often abbreviated NWA) was a major United States airline founded in 1926 and absorbed into Delta Air Lines by a merger approved on October 29, 2008, making Delta the largest airline in the world. Northwest continued to operate under its own name and brand until the integration of the carriers was completed on January 31, 2010. …
NWA Cargo
As of 2006, Northwest Airlines Cargo was the largest cargo carrier among U.S. combination passenger and cargo airlines. NWA Cargo’s fleet of dedicated Boeing 747 freighter aircraft flew from some key cities in the United States and East Asia, as well as Amsterdam, connecting with THE CARRIER’S CARGO HUB IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA (Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport), FACILITATING THE QUICK TRANSFER OF CARGO BETWEEN LARGE CITIES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PACIFIC. NWA Cargo also transports freight aboard the passenger fleet of Northwest Airlines to more than 250 cities worldwide. Delta announced that the NWA Cargo hub will be shut down by the end of 2009. … NWA Cargo ended all operations on December 28, 2009.
Here’s to the end of an interesting era that provided many photo opportunities.
Thanks, everyone!
– Jeff
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=Tt-juyvIWMQ]Drivelapse USA – 5 Minute Roadtrip Timelapse Around America
Uploaded by DeFreesProductions on Nov 3, 2011
Roadtrip Timelapse / Drivelapse video from my 12,225 mile cross country roadtrip around the USA from August 2011 – October 2011 compressed into 5 minutes.
*** Turn on annotations to see what state is being displayed in the video ***
More details and a map of my cross country America Roadtrip Timelapse Drivelapse Project can be found here:
http://briandefrees.com/featured/usa-drivelapsetimelapse-project/
Check out night and day timelapses from my USA roadtrip here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgmnYRd6BNI
Music Credits: Waking Lights – “The Sounds”
http://wakinglights.com/
Many more Drivelapse video links at the source page of this video: http://www.youtube.com…
Look at that sailboat!
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I introduce this camera here:
Four Noteable Upcoming Compact Cameras:
Canon S100 / Olympus SP-810UZ / Fuji X10 and X-S1
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Pv07cId1xE]SP-810UZ ZoomTest
Uploaded by guebara on Oct 3, 2011
望遠端(デジタルズーム不使用)のピント合わせが、驚くほど遅い＆すぐぼける・・・
“Wake at dawn with a winged heart
and give thanks for another day of loving.”
– Khalil Gibran