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The best lenses for your Nikon D600By Kevin Carter - Wednesday May 15 2013 Lens Recommendations
Following on from our series of selecting the best lenses for the Nikon D800 with its potential for massively detailed images from the 36Mpix sensor, we've now turned our attention to that camera's younger sibling, the 24Mpix D600.
General Overview
Wide Angles and Telephotos
Standard zooms and primes
Further readings for the The best lenses for your Nikon D600
To provide photographers with a broader perspective about mobiles, lenses and cameras, here are links to articles, reviews, and analyses of photographic equipment produced by DxOMark, renown websites, magazines or blogs.
Following on from the lens recommendations for the earlier full-frame Nikon D600, we've now had the opportunity to assess a wide range lenses with that model's replacement, the 24-Mpix D610. We've analyzed a total of 95 Nikkor and third-party prime and zoom models with the D610 to assess image quality, and we've come across some unexpected results. Read onto find out more about that and which lenses perform best when paired with the camera.
After evaluating the performance characteristics of lenses mounted on full-frame models such as Nikon D800 and D600, as well as the Canon EOS 5D Mk III, we've now had the opportunity to analyze a range of lenses on the Sony SLT-A99. In this concise report, we'll see how well the combination of Sony's high-end image sensor and the latest Alpha mount lenses perform.
Announced in 2012, the Nikon D800 is the current undisputed king of DxOMark, with results that eclipse every other camera from all other manufacturers. However, with so much resolution on tap, the question is, which lenses should you use to make the best of what you've got? The DxOMark labs have tested 61 different lenses on the D800 to bring you an unparalleled resource of which lenses are best and which should be avoided. To make it easy to follow, we have broken the reviews down into sections so you can concentrate on the lenses that are important to you. This first section will give you an overview of the D800. We will follow this with a review of the standard focal length lenses, then the telephoto lenses and super-zooms and finally there will be a wide-angle review.
Added by oasis888 | April 18 , 2014
Zeiss 21mm on D600 even usable?
Since so no one makes a focusing screen to enable easier manual focus with this body, should it even be on the best lens list? Or can it work as it is on D600
Added by jag11088 | August 08 , 2013
Nikon 70-210mm f/4 for D600
A different version of this lens is available but....I can't find where to go on website to suggest adding this one (f/4 throughout range) to database. Can someone give me a step-by-step?
Dxo support doesn't understand the question.
Added by AWoon | June 28 , 2013
Best Lens for Nikon D7100 or D5200?
Thanks for the objective and scientific review. I really think this is best review I've seen.
Just wondering if you will be doing any review on Best Lens for Nikon 7100 or D5200.
Best regards
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Added by Emilie_DxOMark | July 08 , 2013
Re: Best Lens for Nikon D7100 or D5200?
Thanks for your interest in DxOMark.
It is planned and should be published during summer :)
Best regards,
The DxOMark team
Added by parrysights | May 20 , 2013
D600 Wrap Up Reviews
A real tour de force; well done. With your analytical reports and the practical input of experts like Thom Hogan it really is hard for amateur photographers to make any regrettable errors when buying Nikon lenses or bodies.
It's always possible to do more, but this really provides definitive world-class benchmarks for higher end equipment.
Thank you very much.
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Added by Emilie_DxOMark | May 21 , 2013
Re: D600 Wrap Up Reviews
Thank you very much for your comment and your kind support!
Best regards,
The DxO Labs team
Added by Obelcoo | May 16 , 2013
Sony A99
Cool for Canon 5d III Nikon D800 and D600. But, when with the Sony a99?
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Re: Sony A99
Thanks for your comment.
The A99 is one of our priority. But before there will be Canon EOS 6D and Canon EOS 700D.
Best regards,
The DxOMark team
Added by Tord | March 15 , 2013
Nikon 600 back from the cleaners :-)!
Got my D600 back from Nikon a few days ago, with a note telling me it isn't dust-proof! Water-resistant, yes, but not dust-proof?! Guarding their backs, I guess ...
I love it anyway! I'm sure it will have some more dust problems in the future, who cares?! A fantastic camera for me, a poor enthusiast, who sold my beloved Pentax gear to buy this lovely baby! Today I have a nice setup for it: the 28/1.8, the 50/1.4G and the 85/1.8G, plus the Sigma 70 macro, and two classics: 400/5.6 and 80-200/4. If I need a 35 I'll use the DX lens, works quite well (needs some cropping, but not that much)! And I have the AF-S VR 70-300, too, but is more or less is glued to the V1. So no zooms on my D600 (sold the 18-70 & 55-200 today), except that supersharp old 80-200 manual lens!
This oil/dust issue isn't nearly as bad as that happened to a lot of K-5 owners, including me (mine was minor, didn't need to send it off)!
Just tried the 28/1.8G I bought today on it - smooth!
Added by deepakv2u | March 04 , 2013
Worst Nikon Camera
I was very happy and excited as it was my first full frame camera, but the sensor dust ruined my camera and my hopes of producing better images, even after cleaning i still see sensor spots on my images when i use it for landscape photography. I am not talking of one or two spots but around 25 to 30 dust spots even after cleaning. Please do not buy this camera, Thanks Nikon for ruining my hopes and ambition.
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Added by Istvan Lörincz | March 08 , 2013
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Hi there!
deepakv2u: Can you tell me how you got these 30-35 dust spots on your sensor?
I am taking pictures for years as a pro photographer and never had any dust spots on my sensor. How come you got so many on yours in that short time??
All the best,
Added by oasis888 | February 25 , 2013
Nikon's not getting my money on this one!
24MP looked so good, I was ready to jump. But the dirt/grease issue hasn't gone away and now some people are not even having major issues until after 2700 clicks?
After reading Tom Hogan's latest threads http://www.bythom.com/, I'm staying with my
D700, D5100 & D300, none of which have ever caused me a second of worry.
NIKON...fix it or forget it!
Added by lothellom | January 11 , 2013
D600 video bad compression
Hi, we are making tests with low light ISO 100 and have found very bad compression errors in this camera. Will soon upload a lot more images. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W68p6PAiR9A ¿does anyone have information about this?
Added by funniq | October 13 , 2012
D600 overexposes just like the D7000
I saw some real life test on the www about the fact that the D600 overexposes. That was the reason why I sold my D7000 and use my 'old' D90.
Can anyone explain me why this D600 with such a bad exposure algorithm gets such a good score on DxOMark ...
I almost wonder if Nikon sponsors this site???? ;-)
Kind regards, André
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Re: D600 overexposes just like the D7000

This a comment for this page on the website
I saw some real life test on the www about the fact that the D600 overexposes. That was the reason why I sold my D7000 and use my 'old' D90.
Can anyone explain me why this D600 with such a bad exposure algorithm gets such a good score on DxOMark ...
I almost wonder if Nikon sponsors this site???? ;-)
Kind regards, André
Might be because DXO Tests the sensor raw output and not the camera. And the sensor is indeed very good.
As for your problem with the D7000, it is not really a problem, new sensors are tuned up to be more sensitive.
So using base iso like 200 or 100 is often pulled, and not the real sensor ISO, so it tends to "over expose", but that's the idea getting more photons in order to get more information on the darker areas of the image and so less noise.
Knowing that, if you're shooting raw, you are able to recover about a stop and a half of highlights dynamic range anyway (except if the highlights are really blown up), so it's all right.
If you dislike the output and do not wish to toy with the raw, just use the center weighed average measure, aim at your subject and use AEL to lock the exposure setting and compensate by minus 0.7 ev it should do the trick.
Just a question of getting used to the gear.
Anyway for careful exposure, nothing is more reliable than a spot or an area measure, global average measure are rarely good, either too conservative or to prone to highlights clipping. IMO
Added by DinoBravo | December 03 , 2012
Re: D600 overexposes just like the D7000
Wow go Nikon go!!! HA HA Trouble is it's not real world.
How does DXO explain low light performance when the 600 is bad @ iso 3200 and not usable after that?? and they say its basically the best W T F ?
No good DXO, even your own tests show different to you results and scores. Oh no Nikon dose not do well no worries we'll post it as the BEST - yeah ;D
The 800 again noise is worse than others and all that res ? what did they do with it? Every real world testing and my own tells and shows why Nikon are cheaper and why they are semi pro cameras. DXO should put the coolpix camera as top dog ! score of 120 ha ha
Added by gkanitz | December 05 , 2012
Re: D600 overexposes just like the D7000
1) The tendency to overexpose cannot be judged by some images published on the internet. Unless the images were taken under controlled conditions the result reflects the knowledge of the user more than the qualities of a camera. If you want real world tests of the D600 and other cameras I suggest you look at www.dpreview.com
2) Correct exposure is a function of the camera's light meter system not the sensor. A camera with the worst sensor in the world could have the most accurate metering system and produce perfectly exposed images, albeit of limited quality due to the bad sensor. The opposite situation is also possible.
3) Regardless of the DXO mark, the only real test for a camera is in the hands of the user. There is no "bad" camera among current crop of advanced semi-pro and professional DSLR's no matter what make you look at. The decision comes down to which feature sets at a given budget are the best fit for your specific needs. At any one time there will always be one manufacturer that has just leapfrogged the rest and be at the top of technical ratings like DXO Mark, but the real world implications of this are for 99,9% of the photographers out there, just a curiosity, not relevant in real world terms.
4) Last but not least I'll tell you my personal experience with the D600. After 4 years using a D300 which is a fantastic camera I switched to a D600 and it is so much better than the D300 as to consider it in a different league. And BTW it does not overexpose. It has the most accurate meter I have had to date. My previous cameras have been D100, D80 and D300.
Added by Nerval | December 13 , 2012
Re: D600 overexposes just like the D7000
Wow go Nikon go!!! HA HA Trouble is it's not real world.
How does DXO explain low light performance when the 600 is bad @ ISO 3200 and not usable after that?? and they say its basically the best W T F ?
No good DXO, even your own tests show different to you results and scores. Oh no Nikon dose not do well no worries we'll post it as the BEST - yeah ;D
The 800 again noise is worse than others and all that res ? what did they do with it? Every real world testing and my own tells and shows why Nikon are cheaper and why they are semi pro cameras. DXO should put the coolpix camera as top dog ! score of 120 ha ha
Right... Sure... Know what? Get the D800 and the D600 in a store, take a couple of shots with your card and then process the raw files... You can print ISO 3200 on 60*40 cm with arguably NO NOISE.
Viewing D800 files on a 24" HD Screen @ 100% is equivalent at looking at an 8.3 x 5.5 feet tall print...
DxO is a company based in France, and if you wanna check their AR is available on infogreffe.fr the French trade registry agency.
Stop raging, seriously. Want to have a proof go shoot full frame. Take D800 and D600 raw file, no noise reduction then take 5DIII 6D raw files no noise reduction, reduce the Nikon files to 21.1 MP (like the canon's) and then watch again at 100%.
You'll see, Nikon SNR is better. Fact. By a margin, but better. Now, instead of raging about something so petty while most of us do not even print bigger than 60*40 cm (24"x16"), people should understand that by today's standard in IQ, at least in FF, there are maybe more relevant issues while evaluating a system than sheer pixel peeping sensor performance...
I use Nikon for instance, and I have criticism about some ergonomics in their cameras or other features, and about the lens line-up as well. If anything should be criticized IMO it's that.
But for that you would have to actually go shoot with one, instead of bashing something that you never ever cared to try...


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Little more than the Intel PDFs
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Comments about oreilly Intel Threading Building Blocks:
The book mostly consists of slightly-annotated variations of the[@] PDFs, albeit slightly easier to read thanks to the O'Reilly layout. But, for example, the parallel_scan description is exactly the same - and just as difficult to comprehend - as that in the "GettingStarted.pdf" over at tbb.Alas the book is already out-of-date; the online documentation versions include C++0x Lambda expression examples, while the book includes a short comment on the possible future of Lambdas right at the end.The book retains the online-docs helter-skelter launch into things, so if you were hoping the book might walk you into how things work with a little more grace, you'll be dissapointed.Lastly: The book continues the emphasis on algorithmic crunching; I was hoping that in the book they might at least invest a little additional time into describing independent parallelism, aka threading. Alas, aside from the stock parallel_while and pipeline documentation from the tbb site, it doesn't really go into it. There is some coverage of the task scheduler, but it is an old version of the online documentation, so it explores how the task scheduler works rather than examining practical use cases.With that said: It fails to inspire any real "wow" as to how TBB might really benefit a non-trivial parallelization task over the equally algorithm-centric OpenMP.
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MPI_GATHERV Example
MPI provides a wide range of collective communications. These send/receive data to/from a group of processors from/to a single processor. This single processor is referred to as the root processor. A simple MPI_GATHER/MPI_SCATTER operation receives/sends the same amount of data from/to each processor. As mentioned last week, MPI_GATHERV/MPI_SCATTERV extend this functionality by allowing both the amount of data received/sent to each processor to vary and for an offset in the location on the root processor where data is written to/read from.
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Total data items to be computed: 23 Number of processors: 6 Distribution of tasks computed on root as: 6+2+2+5+7+1 = 23 Task sizes stored to an array of length 6: /622571/ Array then scattered from root... <after MPI_SCATTER> Processor number: 0 1 2 3 4 5 Array sizes: 1 1 1 1 1 1 Scattered Array: /6/ /2/ /2/ /5/ /7/ /1/
After the processors have completed their independent computations, MPI_GATHERV sends the different sized chunks of results back to the root:
Processor number: 0 1 2 3 4 5 Array sizes: 6 2 2 5 7 1 Result Arrays: /mmmmmm/ /nn/ /oo/ /ppppp/ /qqqqqqq/ /r/ Array then MPI_GATHERV'ed to root... <after MPI_GATHERV on root> Array size: 23 Gathered array: /mmmmmmnnoopppppqqqqqqqr/
In greater detail, the program:
- Starts MPI and sets a main root processor, mroot.
- For each work variable it then sets a different root processor for each variable to be gathered to. (Note use of MOD here to ensure processors are valid.)
- A simple counting method is used to set roughly equal data sizes on each processor. Tables for use in MPI_GATHERV of data size, indata, and displacement, iofs, are created.
- Table and offsets are broadcast, to all processors, and MPI_SCATTER is used to send each processor the size of data it will work with.
- Each processor, if it has a non-zero worksize, allocated space and does work required.
- Root processors allocate space to GATHER data into.
- All processors call MPI_GATHERV, 4 times to collect each variable.
- Root processors now dump data to disk.
- MPI services closed.
Points to note:
The problem size, processor worksize table, and offsets are broadcast so that any processor could work as a root. These values are only required on the processors which actually gather data, i.e. the roots themselves. The only data items which need to exist on the non-root processors are the sending buffer, the size of data to be sent, the type of data being sent, the identity of the root processor, and the communicator to use. (This broadcast could have been refined to only send data to the processors acting as roots, see newsletter #146:
for details on the use of MPI communicators to restrict MPI activity to processor subsets.)
- Note that the offsets are how far from the start of the array the data should be stored, not pointers or array addresses. So, to put data at the start of the array the offset value is 0, not 1!
- In this example MPI_GATHERV is used to create an array in which data from processors is stored in order without gaps in array xglb. Both the order and spacing of data could be varied by use of the offset values. However it is an error for MPI_GATHERV to attempt to write to any location in the receiving array more than once.
- By gathering data to different root processors parallel IO is achieved since each of the root processors calls the routine var_dump at the same time but to different files with the local variable.
Note all processors complete all 4 calls to MPI_GATHERV before starting IO. If the call to var_dump was made after each MPI_GATHERV the processor writing would be the only processor working, as others waited for it to complete writing the file and play its part in the MPI_GATHERV operation. (For another example on parallel IO see newsletter #157:
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c********************************************************************** c gatherv demo c written by G Robinson, ARSC 17,18,19th March 1999. c********************************************************************** program main implicit none include 'mpif.h' ! mpi admin variable integer myid, numprocs, mroot,ierr common /par_info/ myid, numprocs, mroot ! distribution tables integer, dimension(:), allocatable :: indata, ipdata, iofs integer ipglb,ipset ! which processors does which glb storage integer Uroot,Vroot,Wroot,Troot integer iuchan,ivchan,iwchan,itchan ! merger array integer, dimension(:), allocatable :: uglb,vglb,wglb,tglb ! processors workdata integer i,ipdo integer, dimension(:), allocatable :: u,v,w,t ! number of different distributions integer nvar !loop and counters integer ip,ipsize integer is,if !! start MPI call MPI_INIT( ierr ) call MPI_COMM_RANK( MPI_COMM_WORLD, myid, ierr ) call MPI_COMM_SIZE( MPI_COMM_WORLD, numprocs, ierr ) print *, "Process ", myid, " of ", numprocs, " is alive" call MPI_BARRIER(MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr) mroot = 0 !set glb workspace roots Uroot=mod(0,numprocs) Vroot=mod(1,numprocs) Wroot=mod(2,numprocs) Troot=mod(3,numprocs) !set datafile channel output iuchan=20;ivchan=21;iwchan=22;itchan=25 write(6,*) ' processor ',myid,' roots are ', $ Uroot,Vroot,Wroot,Troot !! for remote roots table sizes are globally allocated allocate(indata(numprocs)) allocate(iofs(numprocs)) !! read problem size if(myid.eq.mroot) then write(6,*) ' input problem size ' read(5,*) ipglb write(6,*) ' size input: ',ipglb indata=0 !! determine distribution !! simple counting method for distribution ipset=1 do ip=1,ipglb indata(ipset)=indata(ipset)+1 ipset=mod(ipset,numprocs)+1 enddo !! set pointers for gather operation ipset=0 do ip=1,numprocs iofs(ip)=ipset ipset=ipset+indata(ip) enddo endif !! for remote roots broadcast tables. nvar=1 call MPI_BCAST(ipglb, nvar, MPI_INTEGER, mroot, $ MPI_COMM_WORLD, ierr) call MPI_BCAST(indata, numprocs, MPI_INTEGER, mroot, $ MPI_COMM_WORLD, ierr) call MPI_BCAST(iofs, numprocs, MPI_INTEGER, mroot, $ MPI_COMM_WORLD, ierr) !! distribute to each processor worksize nvar=1 allocate(ipdata(nvar)) call MPI_SCATTER(indata,nvar,MPI_INTEGER, $ ipdata,nvar,MPI_INTEGER,mroot,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr) write(6,*) ' on ',myid,' working on ',ipdata(nvar) !! allocate work array, U,V,W,T ipsize=ipdata(nvar) if(ipsize.gt.0) then allocate(u(ipsize)) allocate(v(ipsize)) allocate(w(ipsize)) allocate(t(ipsize)) !! do something simple do i=1,ipsize u(i)=i+100000*(myid+1) enddo v=2*u;w=3*u;t=w+u endif !! gatherv results to different processors !! only allocate space on root processors if(myid.eq.Uroot) allocate(uglb(ipglb)) if(myid.eq.Vroot) allocate(vglb(ipglb)) if(myid.eq.Wroot) allocate(wglb(ipglb)) if(myid.eq.Troot) allocate(tglb(ipglb)) ! call gatherv on ALL processors. call MPI_GATHERV(u,ipdata(nvar),MPI_INTEGER, $ uglb,indata,iofs,MPI_INTEGER,Uroot, MPI_COMM_WORLD, $ ierr) call MPI_GATHERV(v,ipdata(nvar),MPI_INTEGER, $ vglb,indata,iofs,MPI_INTEGER,Vroot, MPI_COMM_WORLD, $ ierr) call MPI_GATHERV(w,ipdata(nvar),MPI_INTEGER, $ wglb,indata,iofs,MPI_INTEGER,Wroot, MPI_COMM_WORLD, $ ierr) call MPI_GATHERV(t,ipdata(nvar),MPI_INTEGER, $ tglb,indata,iofs,MPI_INTEGER,Troot, MPI_COMM_WORLD, $ ierr) call MPI_BARRIER(MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr) !! write data out on host processor. if(myid.eq.Uroot) call var_dump(iuchan,ipglb,uglb) if(myid.eq.Vroot) call var_dump(ivchan,ipglb,vglb) if(myid.eq.Wroot) call var_dump(iwchan,ipglb,wglb) if(myid.eq.Troot) call var_dump(itchan,ipglb,tglb) !! if(myid.eq.Uroot) then do ip=1,numprocs is=iofs(ip)+1 if=is+indata(ip)-1 write(6,*) ' on ',myid,' from ',ip,' data start is at ', $ is,' value ',uglb(is),' end ',if,' value ',uglb(if) enddo endif !! quit MPI 399 call MPI_FINALIZE(ierr) stop end c********************************************************************** subroutine var_dump(ic,in,idata) ! input channel integer ic ! input number of data items integer in ! input data to write integer, dimension(in) :: idata !par common integer myid, numprocs, mroot common /par_info/ myid, numprocs, mroot write(6,*) ' dumping on ',myid,' channel ',ic,in write(ic) idata return end c**********************************************************************
"Restart" vs "Rerun" and Preventing the Latter
In NQS terminology, "restart" and "rerun" are distinct terms, as follows:
the NQS request runs for a while, is interrupted, and a checkpoint image is created. Later, using the checkpoint image, it starts up again from the the point at which it was interrupted. Wall-clock time is lost, but no CPU time is lost.
the request runs for a while and is interrupted. Later, it starts again FROM THE BEGINNING. Wall-clock time is lost, and generally CPU time is lost as well.
"Reruns" are uncommon. When a controlled shutdown occurs or running jobs are held, the T3E system operator will hold and checkpoint all jobs first. When he/she releases the jobs, they "restart" from where they were when halted. However, if the system crashes (takes "unexpected downtime") the system will either "rerun" the work from the beginning, or if the job was checkpointed at some time in its past, resume processing from there.
In some cases, jobs should NOT be rerun. For example consider a job which works on a database updating entries. Being rerun may repeat some operations and would not be correct. (Ever wondered why you got billed twice for something?)
Jobs which require manual user intervention between runs should generally not be rerun either. For instance, a program which overwrites result files from prior runs might overwrite useful output generated prior to the interruption.
Fortunately, the "-nr" QSUB options allows you to prevent your job from rerunning. From the qsub man page:
-nr Specifies that the batch request cannot be rerun.
If your job should not be rerun, it's your responsibility to specify qsub -nr.
Computer Art Show Opens at UAF
The first art student at UAF to complete a Bachelor of Fine Arts entirely through creation of computer graphics will present his senior portfolio to the public at an art exhibit in the UAF Art Gallery 6 p.m. Monday, March 22 in the Fine Arts Complex.
Ben Barton used Macintosh, PC, and SGI computers with off-the-shelf software to create large, colorful images of reflective, refractive objects in a 3D environment. His show, titled "RayFract," will be on display 8 am - 5 pm in the UAF Art Gallery through Friday, March 26.
"They're all raytraced images," Barton said. "I set up the parameters of a 3D environment, and create the 3D shapes, colors, textures and reflections."
Barton is the first student at UAF to go through the formal BFA process in Computer Art, a degree program that was just accepted last year, said Bill Brody, Chairman of the UAF art department. "Ben has chosen to construct these imaginary scenes with a devotion to detail that is really quite remarkable" Brody said. "I'm not familiar with any other people working like this. The resolution, the image quality is much, much higher than anybody does in movies. Most people don't have the patience to spend as much time on a computer image as you would on a painting, and Ben does."
Editor's note: Ben Barton is an ARSC student assistant and uses ARSC visualization equipment in his work. Beginning next week, he expects to have some of his images on the web, at:
Congratulations, Ben!
Quick-Tip Q & A
A:{{ You may have different storage quotas for files residing on disk and those that have been migrated by DMF to tape (this is true for ARSC users). How can you determine your current storage volume separated into disk and DMF components? }} du -m The "du" command summarizes disk usage. From the man page, here are three especially useful options: -k Expresses all block counts in terms of 1024-byte units, rather than the default 512-byte units. -m Reports block counts for migrated (offline) files and nonmigrated (online) files. Valid only with Cray Research file systems. See the EXAMPLES section for the format of this output. -s Reports only the grand total for each of the specified file operands. And an example, showing the effect of "-m": yukon:baring$ du -sk ~ 216320 /u1/uaf/baring yukon:baring$ du -msk ~ 216320 on-line 844744 off-line /u1/uaf/baring Q: Here's a fun one... Sourdough Sam sells moose for $10 each, reindeer for $3 each, and ducks for $0.50 each. He floats his raft down the Yukon River to the Chilkoot Pass Trading Post one spring morning and sells exactly 100 animals for exactly $100, selling at least one of each species. How many of each did he sell?
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I was thinking about buying one for deer/hog hunting on private land.
I know very little about them. Are they worth the money? Pro's-Con's?
Wow,,,,57 views and no comments. I guess nobody uses them....
Well, I tried one on, once. Does that count?
If you already limit yourself to still hunting, I suppose that sitting around in a ghillie suit is not much different from sitting around in fleece or down.
I, personally, wouldn't try to stalk an animal in a ghillie suit. But then, I'm getting too old to creep around through the underbrush anyway. Maybe it'd work for you.
I note that you want to hunt deer with a pistol at 80-to-100 yards.
But if you sit in the right place, in your ghillie suit, deer will come to you, and your shot will be closermaybe much closer.
The ghillie suit was invented, I believe, to make a person look like a gorse bush in the open spaces of the English North Country and of Scotland. If the hunter sat very still, the deer wouldn't notice him, and might come close, because he looked like a gorse bush. Are there gorse bushes where you're going to hunt?
However, I am not certain that you really need camouflage, to still-hunt deer. As I understand it, deer see movement, not details.
Deer noses seem to work well, and a ghillie suit will not make you smell any different.
I saw Mickey Gilley in a suit once...does that count?:goofy:
I've always thought Ghillie suits were "cool". But, never used them.
When I was a little kid, my Dad took me duck hunting a lot. Mainly because with my single-shot break action .410, we could take home five more Mallards to eat.
This was TOTALLY different from duck hunting on TV, where a bunch over guys lay around in a duck blind and jump up to ambush incoming ducks.
We were in the middle of nowhere. He would have us sneak up on water potholes, or bends in the small river that ran miles and miles through "nowhere".
Often we snuck more than a hundred yards groveling on the ground, making as little noise as possible. Muzzle orientation is PRIMO doing this.
Because we were below the ducks "eye level", it made no difference what we wore. As long as we made "no noise".
And then, when within 15-20 yards, we'd stand up. I was allowed my "single shot" as soon as the ducks jumped off the water. But, no surface sitting "pot shots".
My Dad waited until they were at least 30 yards out, and he'd shoot at three. After all, the objective was food for the table, and he had a Win. 1897 12 gauge.
He was a depression era kid. His gun was a tool he bought used in the '30's for $15 and a box of shells. That was a LOT of hard-earned money. He was totally
disgusted if he didn't get a Mallard for every shot. Teals, no. Not good eating. Oily. Once I made a mistake and shot a Teal. BAD mistake.
When a sophmore in high school, I mail-orded a Win. Model 12, 30 inch barrel, full choke. The first time we went hunting, I did my "let them jump off the water
and shoot" deal. I hit a Mallard. Nothing was left but the head, a bit of breast, and one wing. Nothing to eat. My Dad made me stay in the car the rest of the day.
"Nothing to eat, and NO sportsmanship either. A totally wasted shell. About time you learned the realities of life !". Yes, I got the message.
He was a hard man, but fair.
Gone now, of course. He was a WWII P47 Thunderbolt fighter pilot. I've got his coffin flag folded into "the triangle" with three shell casings inside.
I'm building one this Summer... scheduled for a refresher/advanced LE Sniper School in Oct. We'll be expected to learn stalking and surveillance (undetected).
Got a buddy (already built one) to help me with the burlap & jute work. I'll post pics when done if anyone is interested.
If you are hunting with a firearm as opposed to a bow, I'd suspect you'd be required to wear blaze orange over the suit. I generally prefer a tree stand for deer and the suit may be just a little over kill up in a tree, but on the ground I would believe them to be quite effective given the wind direction and scent control.
When hunting on private land here in South Carolina you dont have to wear orange.
On public land,,,yes. A hat or a vest or both.
In my opinion, after hunting Whitetail in Wisconsin for 20 years, any camo suit is not as important as marketed. Most animals see in black and white and grays. Most important, stand down wind if possible from where you want to shoot. Their sense of smell, like most animals, is their keenest sense - exception to this is if you are hunting your own property. In that case, local deer already know your scent as well as all family members and are not spooked, but in fact calmed. This may actually be an advantage if the wind is against you. Wear clothes not washed in detergent, just water and hang outside for a week - out of the rain of course, before the hunt. I don't believe in store-bought scents, another marketing gimmick I think - although a fresh road kill of anything laying a few feet from you can be a good cover. Next important of course is be still and quiet as possible - obvious I know, but some forget this. These are the main points in bow hunting at 30 yards and even better at 80 to 100 with a pistol.
I wore camo when "still hunting" in Wisconsin because you move towards where the deer are bedded at about 10 feet per minute in blizzard conditions with the wind in your face - in that case appearance is important because they'll finally see you when you're on top of them but hopefully it's too late for the meat.
I've used them for waterfowl hunting, there very effective as long as you use natural foliage to help you blend into your surroundings, there hard to beat if you want to hide in plain sight!


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Please let me know if you ordered from him this go-around and if you've gotten your boots or not.
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Vanishing Sickness was a wizarding illness which possibly caused the infected person's body parts to disappear. It was a contagious disease, provoked by a magical bug.
The section of "Magical Bugs" at St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries treated this disease.
Behind the scenes
- Xavier Rastrick was a famous wizard entertainer who vanished unexpectedly before the eyes of three-hundred people during a tapdance routine in 1836 and was never seen again. This might have been an instance of vanishing sickness or other unexplained magical phenomenon.
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I own 0ne: GI 4" love it !
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I've got the Springfield Armory PI19132L - full size loaded - great gun.
I have had several over the years - currently, I am w/o one. I am enjoying the 9mm ammo prices being cheaper than 45. So, may be a while before I get another.
Besides, for whatever reason, I shoot a SW99/P99 more accurately than the $1200 TRP I recently had. SO, I may not bother getting another 1911.
I am down to one now. It's my favorite format but ammo prices are a bummer. I might end up trying a 9mm 1911 one of these days..
have 11 military issued from WW I to Vietnam 4 commerical 1911a1 and a colt double eagle which i carry daily. nothing feel as good in my hand
I have had at least one 1911 for the last 28 years. It is still one of my favorite guns in 45acp. Here is my Gold Cup I bought in 1980 and have customized over the years.
I own one, but it is not my favorite platform. I will be spending some cash on it to get it to where I want it though.
Arguably, the most influential pistol ever made and an American classic.
Here's mine:
Springer Lightweight Loaded with ALuma Grips and "Custom" grip tape job.
I own several 1911's and it is one of my favorite platforms. They are a lot of fun to modify and carry very well.
Well, I really would love a Nighthawk or a Springfield Professional. Before Tripp messed up my Springfield TRP, though, I didn't feel like it was as accurate as past 1911's I had owned, and the TRP was a $1200 gun. So, that kinda tempered me on 1911s too.
everybody has to have one.
It's proof you have class and style.
Love my 1911's; have Les Baer TRS, Kimber Raptor, and Dan Wesson PMA.
Series 80 Colt Gold Cup Trophy.
I own 3 a 1941 Colt USGI shipped from factory Aug.1941
a 1972Colt Combat Commander I bought new in Denver in mar 1972
and my last is a Colt stainless 1995 Combat Commander . I picked up couple months ago Had a springer on Lay a way I walk in and saw the Commander. I will talk a good used Colt any day over a new Springfield .
I also have a Colt Mustang if you count it a mini 1911
Yup - Springfield GI - Has become my favorite.
Nuthin' like a pre Series II Kimber :!:
I have three Colt 1911's.I have a 38 Super/9mm a 10mm and a 45.
:-D I've had about 4 of them and now down to 2, Springfield TRD and a Colt CC. I had a springfield 1911A1 and gave it to my son and a Colt Colt Officers S/S Double Eagle that I gave to my other son. I really like the Colt Combat Commander!
Again, Awesome stuff in quality photos. I have a "race jobber with all options cept light and laser, a Seecamp converted DA series 70, a Norinco, Two Colt commanders and a SA Omega 6" and Delta Elite Ultimax. Another picture project.
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The "Delta's Waterfowler Days" Hunting Show at
The 28th Annual Decoy & Wildlife Art Festival
May 1, 2, 3, 2009
This Years Show Will Feature...
All of the well known Decoy Makers from "The Decoy Capital of the World" Havre de Grace, MD as well as the surrounding states. Artists, food and fun for the whole family!!!
Plus...PLUS... Brand NEW This Year... Delta's "Waterfowler Days" Hunting show!!! This brand new addition to the festival is going to be huge!!! Call manufacturer's and national Rep's from these companies including Zink, Foiles, RNT, Sean Mann, Mac Island Calls, Outfitters from all over the US, Decoy Manufacturer's such as Avery, Greenhead Gear and Ure-A-Duck will be on hand selling their decoys direct from the manufacturer!!! Duck Boat Manufacturer's such as Duckwater Boats and Bankes Boats, well known national waterfowling personalities, Waterfowl and Retriever product dealers, Maryland based hunting organizations such as the Upper Chesapeake Chapter of Delta Waterfowl, R. Madison Mitchell Chapter of Ducks Unlimited, Maryland Waterfowler's Association, Maryland Woodduck Initiative and the Maryland Fur Trappers Association, Gun Clubs, Knive Makers...and the list goes on and on. Delta Waterfowl will be offering calling clinics and demonstrations for the young hunters out there... Each participant will receive a free duck call courtesy of the UCC and the EVENT.
Also Featuring "The DOCK DOGS!!!!" From well-known Dock Dogs from all over...and you can bring out your pet to take a try!!!
Also... A World Class Calling Contest "The Upper Bay Classic" for both Junior and Senior Callers. This is a "Meat Style" Contest on Sunday, May 3rd (Registration begins when the doors open on Sunday morning).
On Saturday and Sunday... there will be seminars - free with the small price of admission covering the waterfowling world given by well-known names in the industry.
If your a hunter... this is the show for you!!! Don't miss it... This show is being held by the Havre de Grace Decoy Museum and all proceeds from the ticket sales go to the Decoy Museum to continue their incredible work and love for the heritage of waterfowling here on the Chesapeake Bay and surrounding area...
Its a great way to spend a weekend!!!


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These ominous words, slashed from the pages of a book of Psalms, are the last threat that the darling of London society, Sir Edward Grey, receives from his killer. Before he can show them to Nicholas Brisbane, the private inquiry agent he has retained for his protection, Sir Edward collapses and dies at his London home, in the presence of his wife, Julia, and a roomful of dinner guests.
Prepared to accept that Edward's death was due to a long-standing physical infirmity, Julia is outraged when Brisbane visits and suggests that Sir Edward has been murdered. It is a reaction she comes to regret when she discovers the damning paper for herself, and realizes the truth.
Determined to bring her husband's murderer to justice, Julia engages the enigmatic Brisbane to help her investigate Edward's demise. Dismissing his warnings that the investigation will be difficult, if not impossible, Julia presses forward, following a trail of clues that lead her to even more unpleasant truths, and ever closer to a killer who waits expectantly for her arrival.
©2007 Deanna Raybourn; (P)2007 Audible, Inc.
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"Riveting." (Bookreporter.com)
"Fans of British historical thrillers will welcome Raybourn's perfectly executed debut." (Publishers Weekly)
Loyal member since 1998
"Happily surprised"
In the 12 years I have been an Audible member I have only purchased two or three romance novels. I can't recall what prompted me to use a credit for SILENT IN THE GRAVE, but I am glad I did. The great period detail shows Raybourne did her research. Be sure to listen closely because the author sprinkles quite a few clues throught this clever story. The narration by Ellen Archer is spot on, not sure why some reviewers disliked her.
If you want to listen to a riveting mystery laced with humor, romance and cleverness then SILENT IN THE GRAVE is a great choice.
"Mystery-heavy, Romance-lite, Narrator ok"
If you buy this book looking for a romance you will be disappointed, as the *intimation* of a romance is there, but in the end, the actual romance is holding out for the sequel. (So don't be mislead of the Harlequin title -- this isn't sugary-sweet over-the-top romance book, which in my case was a concern, although ever since Poison Study, I stopped judging a Harlequin book by its publisher :-)
The mystery/plot is fine, although there is a little too much deus ex machina towards the end, but not enough to ruin the book for me. The characters don't always play to societal norms, but it isn't as if this book is trying to pass as accurate historical fiction, so it is forgivable. There are a number of interesting side characters, including pets. Overall fairly well-written gothic/Victorian mystery mix -- good, but not perfect.
As for the narrator, I don't think she is British. It wasn't that the accents were off completely, just occasionally, which to my ear was slightly grating, and at times the "class" of the accent didn't match the "class" of the character. I expect most North American listeners won't be bothered, but British listeners might cringe at times.
From me, the romance gets a 2/5 (although the potential for a really steamy 5/5 exists for the next book). The narrator ranges from 2.5/5 to 5/5. The story gets a 3.5/5.
Mystery reader (especially series) and Austen lover
"Adequate story, but hard to listen to."
I bought this book as a mystery, not as a romance, so I was happy to have the story pretty light on the romance side -- more a tantalizingly slow build up of romantic tension. The period detail was good, and the plot was interesting, although the author did sometimes telegraph what was going to happen next. I liked the characters, minor ones as well as major. I had a little trouble getting into it at the beginning, but I think that was because it started out sounding a lot like many a Victorian or Regency romance. Thank god it never developed into the bodice-ripper I was dreading. All in all, it turned out to be a satisfying story with an interesting ending.
My problem with this book was the narrator. At first, the voice itself bothered me because of a rather saccharine tone, but I got used to that and it fitted the story fairly well. This narrator did a fairly good job with different voices, but different accents did not come out well. One of the servants was supposed to be Scottish, but the accent used sounded so artificial, with words really stretched out of shape, that it was hard to listen to. Another character, said to be Italian, sounded more like a Scotsman. Also, in the course of delivering lines of dialogue being spoken by the upperclass British characters, every once in a while something slipped and a word or two came out not in the right accent because the pronunciation of the vowels had shifted.
But finally, the part of the performance that drove me wild and greatly detracted from my enjoyment of the story was the mispronunciations. It seems obvious to me that when a reader prepares to record an audio book, one of the obligations on that reader is to make sure that he or she knows how to pronounce every word in the text. This reader does not seem to have done that at all. I will grant you that I am not British, but I have listened to and watched a large number of performances of British books, movies and plays, and I believe that I have an ear for the pronunciation of most words, even when spoken by the English. For instance, I know that they do not pronounce "Viscount" as "Viss-count". And I suspect they do not pronounce "bibelot" as "bible-ott." There were many other similar examples in the recording of this book. The fact that the reader did not know how to pronounce the words was her failing. And the fact that the editor, assuming there was one, did not catch the mispronunciations was the failing of the company producing the book.
I would listen to another Lady Julia book, but not if it is read by the same narrator.
"Decent Story, Annoying Narration"
I almost gave up a few times during the course of listening to this book. Although the plot moves along nicely and the charater development is good, Ellen Archer's narration is weird and irritating. She inserts pauses between words for no apparent reason, giving the story...an...odd...halting...quality. I will read the second in the series myself rather than listen to her again.
This book was excellent. I have ecclectic taste in romance novels and this fit right in with my taste. I like romance novels from Nora Roberts, Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick, Elizabeth Peters, J.D. Robb, and Lisa Kleypas; very different writing and genre styles. This book was a cross between Elizabeth Peters (historical, suspense) and Amanda Quick (Historical Romance). The romance is just starting in this book though and I cannot wait until her next book to see what happens...
"Neither Your Standard Mystery or Romance"
Deanna Raybourn has created memorable characters here in Lady Julia Grey, and Nicholas Brisbane. The former is an aristocratic lady with a charmingly eccentric family, and the latter is handsome, dark, exotic -- but Raybourn avoids the traps that could turn him into a Sherlock Holmes clone. Grand fun.
I gave only 4 stars because the reader is only moderately adequate to the task. At times she sounds a bit strangled, which I put down to RP being not her native English accent; and many of the characters sound rather alike, the men particularly. This definitely reduces the listening pleasure, but not so badly that I don't recommend the book.
I ignore genre labels. Some of my favorite books are outside my genre comfort zone. Listening to audiobooks is still reading. Not theater.
"I Loved this Book"
I just recently re-read it as a matter of fact. And not for the first time. I thought everything about it was pretty close to perfection. The author did a wonderful job of creating fully formed and fascinating characters. Julia, the main character was almost the least developed, but that fit well with the plot of this first book in the series and her character was the perfect foil to the eccentric family she tolerates to varying degrees, her dysfunctional long term relationship with her husband and his family and most importantly, to the brilliance of Brisbane. He quickly became one of my very favorite "heroes", using that word quite loosely, of all time. I love every quirk, tic and unlikeable aspect of his character. And Julia slowly emerges as the book progresses and in the other books that follow in the series.
This is one of the best parings of narrator to book. Everything about the crisp, clear, reserved and concise voice of the narrator worked. The way she pronounced "Brisbane" perfectly defined Julia's personality.
The quality of this book alone made me rethink some long held prejudices about its publisher.
"Not a bad historical mystery"
I'm not a big romance reader, but I love a good mystery. I like historical fiction well enough, too. This was a good combination of mystery, historical fiction and chick lit. It was not full of ooshy-gooshy romance (a relief), nor was it full of bodice ripping passion. It was, however, a pretty good mystery and the author did her research for the historical component. The narrator does some pretty terrible accents, though. Everyone who isn't English sounds like an English person doing a caricature. Also, she makes some pretty glaring mispronunciations.
craft lover
"Good for the Ride Home"
I had this book on audio, and enjoyed listening to it every time I got into my car. But there was an element missing that kind of confounds me, actually. I didn't sense any suspense, and I was never sure if there was a developing romance or not between the two "main" characters. Although it was somewhat satisfying in that there was a real ending to the story, I didn't find it a rich story that I could get lost in. Nevertheless, it was worth staying with to the end.
"It's by Harlequin but It's Not Bad At All"
I nearly didn't listen to this book when I realized it was published by Harlequin (Mira line). My experience with Poison Study and Magic Story was not good. However, I was pleased to find that this was a fun historical mystery and that the romantic aspects did not overwhelm the mystery.
While I thought I knew who the villian was early on it wasn't confirmed until very close to the end. I enjoyed that the heroine while espousing current thinking on a number of issues did not go a great distance over the line of opinions held by the most forward thinking Victorians. One of the things that did not feel quite right was the fact that her family was so highly situated. Her father was not only an Earl, but also an intimate of Queen Victoria's. She did not seem to fit into that type of a milieu.
Anyway, if you want something a little lighter and fluffier than Anne Perry then you should sit down with this one (or travel or do your housework while listening to it.)
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Researchers associated with Johns Hopkins Physical Sciences-Oncology Center, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and School of Public Health have published "The Twist Box Domain Is Required for Twist1-induced Prostate Cancer Metastasis," in a recent issue of the journal Molecular Cancer Research. An illustration related to the work graced the cover.
Authors on the paper include co-lead authors Rajendra P. Gajula and Sivarajan T. Chettiar, as well as Russell D. Williams, Saravanan Thiyagarajan, Yoshinori Kato, Khaled Aziz, Ruoqi Wang, Nishant Gandhi, Aaron T. Wild, Farhad Vesuna, Jinfang Ma, Tarek Salih, Jessica Cades, Elana Fertig, Shyam Biswal, Timothy F. Burns, Christine H. Chung, Charles M. Rudin, Joseph M. Herman, Russell K. Hales, Venu Raman, Steven S. An and corresponding author Phuoc T. Tran
Here is an abstract of their paper and caption for the cover:
"Twist1 plays key roles during development and is a master transcriptional regulator of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition that promotes cancer metastasis. We demonstrated three important findings in prostate cancer cells that overexpress Twist1: (1) Twist1 leads to elevated cytoskeletal stiffness and traction forces at the migratory edge of cell collections; (2) The Twist box domain is required for Twist1-induced pro-metastatic in vitro properties and in vivo metastases; and (3) Hoxa9 is a novel Twist1 transcriptional target that is required for Twist1-induced pro-metastatic phenotypes. Targeting the Twist box domain and Hoxa9 may effectively limit prostate cancer metastatic potential."
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Rumer Willis wore less clothes than normal over the weekend but is going to have a tough time catching Scout for least clothed Willis daughter.
Reese Witherspoon took a selfie with Sofia Vergara.
Shia LaBeouf and his mom holding hands in LA over the weekend. Yeah.
Shailene Woodley talks about The Fault In Our Stars
Victoria Justice out with some friends over the weekend.
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Alumni Profile
Tina M. Aown
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Tina Aown, RN, of Boyne City, Michigan, was awarded a Master of Science degree in nursing in December 2009, graduating with a grade point average of 4.0. Ms. Aown has a long history with Excelsior College, having obtained her Associate in Science degree in nursing in 1986, before going on to obtain her Bachelor of Science degree from Western Michigan University.
Aown praised her experience at Excelsior saying, "It provided me a high quality education with an accredited program while also recognizing my experience and previous education. I could focus on what I needed to learn; every course I took was relevant and challenged me to grow professionally." While working full-time and raising four children, she found the Excelsior College faculty and staff helped her to maintain her strong desire to learn and her motivation to excel.
Currently using her knowledge and experience in myriad roles, Aown has been appointed to the American Nurses' Credentialing Center (ANCC) Content Expert Panel for psychiatric and mental health nursing certification and to the American Psychiatric Nurses Association's national conference planning committee. She achieved certification through the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) as a certified nurse manager leader and is taking on increased leadership roles in her primary job as well as additional responsibilities as adjunct faculty and a consultant. Says Aown, "Although I have been a nurse for 24 years now, I feel that as a result of earning my Master of Science degree in nursing, I have a new career in the field that I love. I thank you for this. I feel proud and humbled to be an Excelsior graduate."


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Construction began in November 1985, and the building was completed in 1986. The dedication took place on September 16, 1986. The original cost of the building was $1,200,000. The center was formerly located in TROM III and was built to support the teaching and research in prsychological sciences, biological sciences, preventive dentistry and medical education.
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