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Sony SLT Alpha 99 review: New full-frame sensor is Sony's best yetBy Janice Chen - Friday December 21 2012 Sensor Review
Great dynamic range, but low-light shooting trails competitors
Sony SLT Alpha 99 vs. Nikon D800 vs. Nikon D600
The Alpha 99's closest competitor in terms of price point is probably the Nikon D800 (which at $2,999 is about $200 over the A99's price of $2,800), but it sports a higher resolution Sony-made 36.3-megapixel CMOS sensor.
The lower-priced Nikon D600 ($2,100) is actually based on a very similar 24.3-megapixel Sony sensor—though not completely identical to that in the A99 (according to Nikon), it's likely the same technology.
In fact, in good lighting conditions scores are very close among the three cameras, with the A99 less competitive in low-light conditions due to the SLT technology as mentioned above.
And while the Portrait Scores indicate that color-depth performance is very similar across all three cameras, the limitations of the SLT are clearly shown in the A99's poorer Sports Score at 1555 ISO (vs. 2980 ISO for the D600 and 2853 ISO for the higher-resolution D800).
Sony SLT Alpha 99 vs. Canon EOS 5D Mark III vs. Canon EOS 1D X
Even more impressive is the Sony Alpha 99's performance compared with the significantly higher-priced Canon EOS 5D Mark III ($3,500) and Canon EOS 1D X ($6,800).
Though it can't compete with the more-expensive models for low-light sports photography—no surprise, since besides the SLT limitation, the Sony also delivers the highest pixel count vs. the 18.1-megapixel 1D X and the 22.3-megapixel 5D Mark III—its Overall Score of 89 handily beats out the 5D Mark III's score of 81 and 1D X's 82.
Again, it's the dynamic range Landscape Score that gives the A99 its biggest boost. Though the A99's ISO latitude is more restricted (topping out at ISO 25600 vs. 102400 for the 5D Mark III and 204800 for the 1D X), its lowest setting of ISO 50 again helped it achieve the best dynamic range score by far.
Further readings for the Sony SLT Alpha 99 review: New full-frame sensor is Sony's best yet
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.
Finally, a Sony full-frame DSLR: the last one was the Alpha 850. But though the new full-format 24Mpix camera shines with all of its new technology and features, it now belongs to the family of cameras with electronic viewfinders instead of with the Alpha 900 and its traditional DSLR viewfinder. With this new positioning, Sony stands out from among the leading lights in this market segment.
Added by inspiredbynature | March 07 , 2014
Lenses to Test
I know it would be difficult, but is there any chance you guys can get your hands on the older Minolta glass? It is much more integral for the Sony mount since the Minolta mount is still very much a part of our system. So if you ever get your hands on the following lenses (I am a bit biased as a wildlife photographer), can you please test them as many alpha shooters still use them.
Minolta 200/2.8 G APO
Minolta 300/4 G APO
Minolta 400/4.5 G APO
Minolta 600/4 G APO
Minolta 80-200/2.8 G
Hopefully you can get your hands on some of these lenses and test them.
Added by voigtkampff | December 18 , 2013
still no tests for many lens
Any news regarding the tests of broader range of high-end lens for Alpha system? The Sony 50/1.4 ZA SSM was supposed to be tested in the summer and it's still not there. People often ask for testing Sony 135/1.8 ZA or 24/2.0 too, are there any plans for them? And the new 70-200/2.8G SSM II? These are probably the lens the professionals are most interested in.
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Added by Emilie_DxOMark | January 07 , 2014
Re: still no tests for many lens
No news for now as we did not get hand on one sample :(. But these 2 lenses remain in our wish list for this winter. The 70-200mm SSM II should be done too.
Best regards,
The DxOMark team
Added by timtom | December 05 , 2013
test lens
numbers don't talk to me that much... but this is not the point here. However i think the prime lens ranking is going to be bothered when you will review the 135f1.8 sony zeiss. and... the 50f1.4 sony zeiss planar! just purchased it, It's my 4th 50mm among every brands and this is stellar, contrasty as f*** straight from widest aperture. SSM crazy fast and accurate, way above all others CaNikon. Not flawless (distortion, CA f1.4), but almost, it's a must have and indirectly a must test. you must do it!
Added by ripper77 | August 01 , 2013
a99 and D600
i'm a beginner in these dslr cameras, can you suggest to me what to choose between a99 and D600 because im so confuse about the two.
also, what's the best standard lens for nikon D600? at first id like to choose a99 with sal2875 and for nikon lens that i dont know..
please help me..
Added by rtrechow | July 11 , 2013
Sony 300/2.8 SSM scores much too low...
from my rather long experience with the predecessor, the still "current" 300/2.8 SSSM, there has to be a mistake in the testing of the new Sony lens - it will not be worse than the old version (or will it?).
And the current 300/2.8 SSM is at least on par with the Zeiss 85/1.4 AF or the 135/1.8 AF which I use, and A LOT (and I mean: A LOT!) sharper than the Sony 35/1.4, for example - it is one of or even the best lens in the Sony system (for an impression, just look at Sony´s MTF charts).
Almost everybody in the Sony forums who has access to that lens says the same... - so could there have been a mistake?
A focus problem or a "faulty" lens, for example?
I would LOVE to see a retest with a second item - Sony company should be interested in putting the result right and proving the 300/2.8 SSM to be the "stellar" lens it is... - the current version is indeed!
Thank you,
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Added by Emilie_DxOMark | July 22 , 2013
Re: Sony 300/2.8 SSM scores much too low...
Thanks for your interest in DxOMark.
Sony lenses we analyzed were provided by Sony itself. About your remark on the 35mm f/1.4, DxOMark results confirm what you noticed (please check the comparison here Sony 300mm vs 35mm f/1.4).
If you only look at the Sharpness score, the 300mm is far higher rated than the 35mm f/1.4. However the DxOMark score is performed in lowlight condition. In such illumination, the larger aperture of the Sony 35mm f/1.4 enables a lower noise on the SLT A99 sensor. That means that you will finally get a similar IQ on both couples: on one side (300mm), you have a sharp image but with an higher level of noise, on the other side, the image is softer but without noise.
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Added by Hawaii-Geek | July 03 , 2013
Zeiss 50mm f1.4 ZA SSM Test ?
When will you have the new Zeiss 50mm f1.4 ZA SSM on this Test list ?
Would also like to see the side by sides with all the best 50mm
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Added by Emilie_DxOMark | July 17 , 2013
Re: Zeiss 50mm f1.4 ZA SSM Test ?
Thanks for your comment.
We should receive a sample this summer… Stay tuned :)
Best regards,
The DxOMark team
Added by Kuau | June 29 , 2013
Zeiss Manual focus lenses
I use Zeiss manual focus lenses on my A99 and the results are amazing.
Basically I purchased Nikon mount ZF.1 lenses and easily changed the mounts with Leitax mounts, now I have the best of both worlds, class leading glass, fantastic EVF with focus peaking.
I did a comparison of the Excellent Sony 24/2 lens and Zeiss 25/2.8, I preferred the look of the Zeiss 25.
Added by trainerKEN | June 28 , 2013
PLEASE test the Carl Zeiss 135mm f1.8!
I really wish you guys would do some test with this lens... A lot of us a-mount shooters feel that it could possibly be the best a-mount (prime) lens... and even the best 135mm prime on the market. I would love to see how it does (in terms of scoring)
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Added by Emilie_DxOMark | July 08 , 2013
Re: PLEASE test the Carl Zeiss 135mm f1.8!
Thanks for your comment.
ZEISS 135mm is planned on Canon and Nikon mount soon, we will ask for the Sony mount too but we can not give you a precise date, stay tuned…
Best regards,
The DxOMark team
Added by LeCoq | January 22 , 2013
A99 and D600
Hi I have a quick question. Does the d600 has built-in body image stabilization when shooting video? I am getting either the d600 or the a99 primarily to shoot field video for documentaries, then the body image stabilization is very important to me, but it disappoints me the price and the loss of light that the a99 has, any one knows if the d600 has any type of body image stabilization when shooting video? thanks in advance!
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Added by drummerpcr | January 24 , 2013
Re: A99 and D600
The Sony a99 has in-body stabilization whereas the Nikon d600 does not. Nikon does not provide image stabilization in any of its camera bodies, while Sony does use image stabilization in every SLT camera body. Hope that helps!
Added by ferrera | January 08 , 2013
Sony A99
What is the source to mention that in A99, 50 to 60% of light is spent to drive the dual AF system ?
If so, why doesn't it affect the color depth & dynmanic range (both scores same as D600) ? after the tranmission of light is reduced by half ?
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Added by Preter | January 16 , 2013
Re: Sony A99
To avoid embarrassing yourself, at least try to get your facts right? Where did you find the ridiculous 50-60% figure?
The light loss is a rather negligible 1/3 *stop* loss of light only, a difference most people can't even tell with their naked eyes.
However, camera shake and mirror vibration is completely conspicuous to the naked eye. There is in-body image stabilisation of up to 4.5 stops with ANY LENS and the total elimination of mirror vibration shake at ANY SHUTTER SPEED. Whereas you wouldn't shoot handheld at 1/8th or 1/15th of a second previously, it'll end up being your favourite range of low light setting on a mirrorless setup (ask the NEX & m4/3 users who similarly do not have mirror limitations).
Its a massive leg up over a D600 or any other conventional DSLR.
DXO can never take those factors into consideration can it?
Added by lapero | February 22 , 2013
Re: Sony A99
and here we have the biggest sony fan boy directly from sar ;-)
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Re: Sony A99
& here in the form of @Lapero - the biggest example of pointless posts by those who have nothing to offer...

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I'd been sharing fantasies with my wife about watching her fuck another man. Sometimes, when I'd catch her glancing at some young stud just to check him out, I'd tease her and ask if she wanted me to invite the guy over so she could get a closer look and see if that was the guy she was going to fuck while I watched.
One evening we were at a friend's house for a party. There were a number of people there that we both knew and didn't know. An athletic, young black guy about six feet tall was there. My wife and I were introduced to the young man. My wife hit it off with him, had a good time talking. When the guy was dancing with other women, I would catch my wife watching him move around he dance floor. She would comment how smooth his moves were.
I made my usual joking comment, "Well, would you me to invite him home so you can check out the rest of his moves?"
She said I'd always teasing her with that question, so, yes, she told me to go ask him.
Being actually called on it by my wife was actually surprising. She saw my hesitation. She said that I'd been the one always bugging her, so she was going to insist on taking me up on it. She said I'd better get the guy to come home with us or I wasn't going to have any nookie for at least a month.
I approached the guy. I told him that we like to invite him home after the party, that my wife would like to get to know him better.
We got to our house. My wife had us both sit on the couch. She got undressed. The young black stud saw a fine 40 year old red-headed woman with very fair skin (she doesn't tan) woman, with with firm tits, erect nipples and a tight little ass.
She came over to his end of the couch, put one foot up on the armrest so he could see her hairy pussy with little pink lips poking out. She is a true redhead, and the proof was in her pussy hair, tight little red curls. The guy could hardly sit still, trying to grope her pussy, but she told him to wait.
She told me to go get the shaving cream and a razor. After I retrieved it from the bathroom she told me to shave her pussy but leave a triangle in front. She had never shaved her pussy for me before, but now was going to have me shave her for this young stud to fuck her. I was both jealous and excited at the same time.
I shaved her pussy while she was still standing at the end of the couch with one foot up on the armrest, nearly straddling this stud. I could see a very large bulge in the guy's pants.
I finished shaving her lips clean, leaving the little triangle up front as she had instructed. She had me rub lotion on her newly shaved pussy lips. She started rubbing the guy's large bulge, then she told me to get the KY. I retrieved the lubricant. While still in the same position, she had me stand behind her and rub KY into her pussy, saying she thought she would need it for this.
She told me to get undressed and go sit on the bed against the headboard. She also told the young black stud to get undressed. She eagerly helped him, rubbing her hands over his chest, and finally pulling the guy's massive ten-inch cock out of his pants.
I sat one the bead against the head board. She had me spread my legs so she could lay back against me. She told me to slip my hand under her knees and hold her legs up and apart. I now had her legs spread high and wide. I always wanted to be able lick her pussy with it shaved, but now some well hung young black stud was going to be the first guy to lick and fuck those bare lips.
The guy dove into her pussy like he was starving. Even though at this point I wasn't so sure anymore if had been a really great thing to talk my wife into this, now that she was actually about to fuck some young well hung stud. Even still, I found my own, relatively puny, 6 inch cock was achingly hard.
She was pressing her head back into my chest and moaning as the guy lapped away on he pussy. Finally, she told the guy to fuck her. I sat there pinned behind my wife, holding her legs wide apart so this stud could hammer his ten-inch cock deeper into her pink little pussy than anything had gone before.
The guy was nearly out of control as his head shot up from between her legs, he grabbed is cock, and plunged the head of his cock strait into her pussy. He didn't stop until his ten-inch long, two inch thick cock, completely impaled my wife on his first thrust.
I held her legs tight. She screamed as this huge cock seemed to split her open. At first she tried to close her legs, but I had them firmer held wide open. The young stud was also pressing her thighs against her chest, pushing them down beside her tits.
The guy just continued at a hard, steady rhythm, pulling his cock nearly out to where you could see the crown, then plunge the full ten-incher back in until his balls slapped hard against her ass.
Her initial screams of pain subsided into whimpers. Than I started to hear her moaning. She had stopped fighting to get this stud off of her. Now she was moving her ass back up to meet his hard, deep thrusts.
The guy started fucking her faster. She was now lifting herself up so her pussy would meet each of his downward plunges just as hard to meet his strokes as he plunged that monster cock into her.
She was screaming again, but this time she was cumming. I'd never seen her cum like this in the 15 years we'd been married. The stud was grunting and moaning as his pumped his load of cum into her. I could see their mixed cum foaming around his cock.
He must have made her cum hard for what seemed like 20 minutes. Even after shooting his load he was still fucking her. Than he shot a second load of cum deep inside her, this time stopping his strokes and holding himself the full ten inches inside her, making sure his cum got deep into her. Even though he was holding still, my wife was still having an orgasm, grinding her pussy hard against him as he held still.
I felt her body relax as her orgasms subsided. The guy had collapsed on top of her and laid there for a few moments. I held my wife as she ran her hands over the guys back and ass, feeling his muscular buttocks. She reached under him and told me that he had huge balls – no wonder he had unloaded so much cum into her.
The guy got up to leave. As he got dressed my wife told me to stay where I was. She got up, stayed naked, and walked him to the door. In few minutes I heard the door open and shut. She came back to the bedroom. I asked what took so long. She said that she had to lick the guys cock clean before he left. That really upset me, as she's never given me a blowjob, but what surprised me more was the thought her sucking such a huge black cock was also getting me excited.
She now told me to lay down on the bed. That this was all my idea and now she wanted one more thing. She straddled my face, facing away so I also had a perfect view of her ass and asshole. As she spread her legs over my face and lowered her cum dripping pussy to me, those sweet little pussy lips parted, showing that her cunt itself was still stretched wide open, and all that cum was about to run out of her pussy, then she pressed her pussy against my mouth and I had no choice but to start licking and sucking pussy that was full of the stud cum. Suddenly, she leaned forwarded and started sucking my cock for the first time in our marriage.
As soon as she did that, I didn't care any more, I wrapped my arms around her , pulling her more tightly to me and her pussy even harder against my mouth.
She started cuming again almost immediately. I couldn't believe that I was actually shooting my load of cum into her mouth and she was gobbling it up.
After that we fell asleep in the same 69 position and stayed that way until we woke in the morning.
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butter, softened
1 (8 ounce) package
cream cheese
1 cup
white sugar
1/2 teaspoon
vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups
all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon
1/2 cup
chopped pecans
1/2 cup
green sugar crystals
1/2 cup
red sugar crystals
1 cup
pecan halves
Excellent cookie! It's a lot of trouble, but I developed a system that seemed to work for me. I put the parcels of dough in the freezer for a while, then was able to better shape them into round rather than square logs. I kept them in the freezer for a while longer and rolled them in the colored sugar. That also helped to round them. I returned them to the freezer for a while longer, then just brought out enough to cut for one cookie sheet. They were easy to slice, pretty much retained their shape, and didn't stick to the knife blade. While one sheet was in the oven I prepared the next one, and by the time it was ready to go into the oven, the dough was soft enough that I could easily tweak the shape if necessary.
I used chopped pecans on top, and they added a wonderful toasted nut flavor. I used purchased colored sugar because I wanted the large crystals. One thing I noticed that no other reviewer seems to have mentioned is that the sugar caramelized a little and added an extra dimension of flavor and crunch. Definitely a good addition to any Christmas cookie tray.
This recipe tasted bland, like something was definitely missing. It took a lot of time and trouble and I was disappointed with the results. I recommend skipping the red and green sugar crystals. Dip the cookies in powdered sugar. They taste very similar to sandtarts, but were too bland without something like powdered sugar.
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These were delicious and they kept their shape well. Instead of circles, we shaped the logs into squares before we cut them. We already have enough round cookies. Also, they were much better when we are careful not to overbake them. They stay soft and delicious when they're only very lightly browned.
A costly cookie, but completely worth it! I have never made cream cheese cookies before, and I am so impressed by the moistness of this cookie. I added an extra 1/4 cup of sugar, and rolled the cookies in a mixture of crushed pecans and white sugar before cutting, and skipped the extra pecan ontop. I used parchment paper instead of foil in the oven aswell.
I cut the cookies a bit wider, so I had a smaller yield, but these cookies were so moist and yummy, and cooked perfectly in 20 minutes! I will make these cookies again and again.
These cookies are yummy! I didn't let them sit overnight or wrap them, I just dropped them onto a cookie sheet (after a few minutes in the freezer) and pushed the sprinkles down on the top of them. I thought they were prettier this way, I didn't have to wait til the next day to finish them and they tasted just great!
Very delicate flavor. I did the first batch with the colored sugars. I had a problem keeping them the perfect shape. I was really hoping for a round cookie...not oblong. For my second batch I put them in the freezer for about an hour and it helped a lot. I also did crushed candy canes mixed with regular sugar and rolled the logs in that. I liked the peppermint taste with the delicate cream cheese. Good recipe. Thanks for sharing.
I think these cookies are great. I appreciate the fact that they are not overly sweet. I did make a few changes. I did not add the chopped pecans and I doubled the vanilla extract. Instead of pecan halves on top, I used candied cherry halves. I put red cherries on the ones rolled in green sugar and green cherries on the ones rolled in red sugar. They look so cute and festive!
I love this recipe. These cookies are wonderful. Last year was the first for making them and I am about to make more. I put sprinkles on the outside and when I rolled dough flat and covered with sprinkles then rolled into rolls. Made the pinwheel effect. I also put m&m's in the center when they were cut!!
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Servings Per Recipe: 60
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 105
Calories from Fat: 59
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WARNING (1): This is the second part to "In The Woods" the two book are Siamese twins joined at the head. WARNING (2): It is Tana French's nature to show, not tell. And show.. and show... and...
Detective Cassie Maddox piqued me up during "In The Woods" but somewhere between books the perky gymnast lost both her perk and reflexes. So much of "The Likeness" involves minute, laborious, Frenchian efforts to make an astonishing coincidence explicable. In the process she's made it clear that Trinity University's Ph.D. admission standards and student credulity coincidentally collapsed at exactly the right moment to allow French's premise to slide through. Not only that but apparently listeners' ears for accent and regionalism among English speakers also evaporated just in time to allow everyone to accept Australian for Californian for South Carolinian for Dublin for...
Okay... I couldn't jump the shark even though Heather O'Neil tried reeeeeely hard to sell the story. But... the worst speed bump in "The Likeness" is French's inability to ever get to the point. Okay, people are complex... I get it. I got it a few hours into "In The Woods"... part one in this saga. This time I felt like a passenger in a heavy carriage hitched to a turtle. Often I yowled, "Get To The Point Tell me! Stop showing, DAMMIT!"
Pity, French knows how to "cast a lot of lures so you fail to notice the hook in the middle." The characters, shaken loose from boring debris are fascinating, and the ending's darkly poignant. If, like me, you are determined to finish what you've bought... and wondered about Cassie after reading "Into The Woods"... well maybe... maybe... you'll also finish this thing.
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Ms French is my new favorite author. Her books have great plots, great character development, twists and turns. I like the reader best from Faithful Place - he was awesome! If you like a good psychological thriller than her books are for you.
"A fine mystery with complex characters, rich prose"
I enjoyed In The Woods and was pleased to learn Tana French had a new book out. Once again, I chose to listen to it. I wasn't disappointed. The voice is not Scottish, as another reviewer thought, but Irish, and the narrator absolutely nails every dialect she attempts. Wonderful reading of an exciting, well written story. For me, The Likeness called to mind The Secret History, as well as having relevance to French's last book, In The Woods. However, one needn't have read the first novel to enjoy this second one. A treat for readers of mystery, suspense and literary fiction alke.
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I read this authors first book and really enjoyed it. When I read the excerpt at the back for this title, I knew that I had to read or listen to it. This narrator was excellent. The scottish burr very authentic. Lexi/Cassie was a lovable and very interesting character. I really hope that there is another book about her soon.
"fantasy house and dreamy people"
Yes, because of the variation of accent between Irish and British.
Detective Cassie and her BF Sam. And of course Frank
The main character and the british accent guy
No, because it is not thrilling as much as it touchy and leave you in a deeeeeep thinking and intense emotions.
Love the end this time!
"Psychological thriller, not a neat whodunit"
I'm glad I gave this book a go. I had been discouraged by other reviewers who found the premise of The Likeness to be implausible; even though many others were happy with it, I was concerned that such a seemingly outlandish concept couldn't work and I would be stuck with several hours of frustration. But I had listened to In The Woods and already was intrigued by French's deep, psychological twists and turns. Like I said, I am glad I decided to try this novel and make up my own mind. As impossible as it might seem for Cassie to have a double whose shoes she could step almost effortlessly into, French's rendition of this conceit won me over. The book is long because you need a lot of backstory to make the whole premise plausible, as well as to fill in Cassie's story for those who have not heard/read In The Woods. This is a psychological thriller so it's often slow-moving, often frustrating in that you might find yourself yelling out loud at the characters as they do things that you just know will put them in danger, but you still understand why they are driven to do just that. This is not a neat whodunit with obvious villians and heroes. Sometimes the heroes act like villains, or at least they border on it. Sometimes the ones you think are villains are just people who want to forget their past. The ending was not anti-climatic. it was sad, for sure, but it made sense. Sort of like, good intentions don't always lead to the best ends. Now I'm looking forward to French's next novel, where I expect I'll get lost in Cassie's world again.
"Beautiful writing, rich characterization"
This is a follow-up to In the Woods, which I also liked very much. In this book, as in that one Ireland is itself a character, and a very complex one at that. The mystery lies in the way French knots the characters together and then works at picking that knot apart. The solution is really a moment in which we see the characters for who they are behind carefully constructed personas.
Cassie is a wonderful narrator, with a rich and vivid voice, beautifully rendered by Ms. O'Neill.
Make no mistake, this is a literary mystery for those who thrive on setting and characterization.
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"Characters rich, story unique"
Very satisfying to read, a page turner with subtle tones, shadings, inferences, mood swings, and colorations. Tana French knows how to grab the readers and make them care about the characters. I couldn't wait to find out what the characters did next. I actually sneaked it into work and listened with a hidden ear bud for an hour...I HAD TO KNOW what happened next! So smooth, such talent. All the books I have listened to by Tana French were excellent, and can be read in order for best effects, but OK to read out of order too.
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"Exciting suspense! and a great narrator"
I liked "In the Woods" so I figured I'd like this one at least as much. I wasn't disappointed!
It's told from the view of Cassie Maddox, partner of Rob from the last instalment. Cassie's much funnier than Rob, and I enjoyed her character more. Heather O'Neill does a wonderful job in her Irish accent that isn't harsh or overwhelming. Some of the male voices are a little flat, but overall she really added to the story.
My one issue with this story is that Tana French's writing style still has the issues it had in the first book. Similes often don't seem to be a real comparison (for example, various supernatural entities seem to run up and down people's backs quite often). That isn't so bad, really, but the habit of putting two adjectives at the end of a sentence started to detract from the story after a while. I kept asking myself how so many things could be "wild and sweet."
That's a pity, because the story here is even more exciting than the last one. Fans of "In the Woods" will love it, and for those who haven't read it, no problem--it stands alone. It does start a little bit slowly. But still, with the great characters and exciting story, you'll definitely listen to the end.
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From time to time, I make quick, one-off projects for my own entertainment, and I usually don't have anywhere for them to go once complete. So, instead, I will post a few of my recent ones here in hopes that they will amuse you, gentle reader.
Choropleth Mosaics
Some weeks ago, a friend of mine was looking at a choropleth map and commenting that she liked the mosaic of colors. This got me to thinking about using enumeration units as actual mosaic tiles to create an image. I'm sure someone's done something like this before, but here it is:
Tim Wallace, I know, had an idea like this in mind some time before me and has made use of the concept in a slightly different form over on Bostonography.
Picturesque New England
While working on one of my river transit maps, I was reading about a lot of various New England towns, and it seemed to me that approximately every other one was described as "picturesque" on Wikipedia. So, I decided to do some wholly unsound research to map which parts of Massachusetts were most picturesque.
Each town is assigned a "picturesqueness score," which is simply the number of search hits for "(townname) Massachusetts picturesque" divided by the search hits for "(townname) Massachusetts. So, it's the percentage of pages which mention the town that also contain the word "picturesque." I used Bing for the searches, mainly because Google kept searching for the word "beautiful" instead of "picturesque," and I couldn't stop it.
When I was done, I hastily assembled these maps using Indiemapper, which makes doing unclassed choropleths and noncontiguous cartograms a snap.
Oregon Trail
This last week I was a guest lecturer in a cartography course, and as part of the lecture I showed a map extracted from one of the old Apple versions of Oregon Trail (to show the representation of mountains). Thinking about the game later that day, I decided to map out the route taken by my intrepid, dysentery-ravaged party, in a way different than the game uses. Unsurprisingly, I fell back on the Tube map style. I swear I know how to make other kinds of maps, and once I finish my river atlas I may never do them again.
The type is set in a bitmap face called Apple ][, which I found at dafont.com. If you use it, be careful of the kerning — it needs some adjustment. But it was, otherwise, exactly what I needed to make this work.
Making this reminded me that I'd been meaning to do one other map in this style, for some months…
Oregon Wine
I have a friend who is very much into wine, and some way or another, the idea came up that I ought to do an Oregon Trail-style map of the various designated American Viticultural Areas of Oregon.
The image above was created at a size of 320 x 200. If you click, you can view a copy which I tripled to 960 x 600, so it was large enough to actually see. Pixels have gotten a lot smaller since the 80's.
There is a group of five very small AVAs that are situated in the Willamette Valley, which I had to leave out due to size constraints. Suppose I'll need to make a second map sometime.
It was a fun challenge to try and fit everything into such a small space and with no color to work with. I can't say it's wholly successful, but it was good enough for its purpose as an amusement. I have a mind to institute some sort of bitmap-mapping competition, but my last efforts at competition-sponsoring went poorly, so I may just skip it.
That's all for the time being. I'm sure I'll have more amusements in a few months.
12 responses to "Odds and Ends"
Kevin 27th February, 2012 at 08:46
Thanks for these. You can get around the Google search problem by putting "picturesque" in quotes.
Andrew James Hein I (@AndrewJamesHein) 27th February, 2012 at 19:35
There's actually a ton you can do to help get better google search results. This infographic definitely helped educate me a few months ago.
GeoGeek 28th February, 2012 at 10:57
Where did you get the AVA data? I was looking for that a while back, and completely failed to turn it up.
improbabilitytheory 19th March, 2012 at 12:14
You should make prints of that mosaic and sell on Etsy or somewhere. I'd buy one!
delugeofspam 2nd April, 2012 at 21:44
This is disappointing, but not visually.
Sheffield is considerably less picturesque than the rest of Berkshire county, and Eastham (not pronounced "Eastem," rather "East Ham") less so than Welfleet and Truro.
I am glad, however, that Bing provided you with enough "picturesque" hits that Dennis is recognizable.
Woods Hole and the Islands clearly need better marketing, though. Perhaps I should contact the local chambers of commerce, and cite your work in a sales pitch.
MJFC 2nd July, 2012 at 19:44
In relation to the Choropleth map:
Just wondering how you used the original image colour to dictate the colours of the polygons. Did you make the average colour of the original image an attribute for each polygon area and then pull the polygon colour from this attribute?
If so, how, was this using QGIS?


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I just happened to think about my Dynasty sitting in the shop back home. Haven't seen it in a few months, but I'm sure the bottle is on, and the machine is plugged in, as I always forget to close the shop up correctly. I suppose I should call my sister and have her help me out, wait, she might actually burn that bottle of argon up playing with my nice shop toy, lol.
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If that doesn't remind me of the open bottle, I just go around and check them all.
All I can say is that it's cheap and if you remember to turn it on, it works pretty well.
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Hi james_martin_50,
I have done the same thing and I have a 336 cu ft tank of argon so it gets expensive.
After I wasted a full tank, I did a little experiment to see how much leakage there was in my run from the tank to the Dynasty.
I have an Airco (Concoa) 806-9474 regulator-flowmeter with a "Y" fitting feeding 2 hoses.
If I need to back purge, I use the A hose and the B hose. Otherwise, I use the B hose which is connected to the Dynasty.
Both A and B hoses have a shut-off valve built into the "Y" so I close the A valve
when I am tigging without back purging.
After my dumb mistake, here is what I did to see where the leakage was.
1 - I closed both A and B valves and then closed the cylinder valve.
(Approx 2200 PSI showing on the gauge.)
2 - Then I backed out the regulator-flowmeter adjustment handle fully and watched the gauge. Took about 6 minutes to drop to zero.
So even with the 2 valves closed, and in theory no gas could pass, I still had some leakage.
I am guessing this loss is thru the diaphrams in the regulator-flowmeter.
So there appears to be a "leak" even with the valves closed.
(2 questions for those using helium - since helium is a smaller molecule, are the diaphrams in the helium regulators made from a "tighter" material?
Have you noticed this leakage problem?)
My suggestion (and what I do now) like jworman"s system is to use a reminder device.
I got a couple of battery powered LED bicycle flashers from my local dollar store.
Keep one on top of the argon tank valve. When I need to tig, I turn on the flasher.
Hard to miss when I shut down.
If you really want to install a solenoid valve, I would put it "upstream" of the regulator and it could get expensive finding one rated for 2600 psi.
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Having said that, the best way to avoid a potentially expensive (not to mention embarrasing) mistake is to soap test all of your fittings after you install a new bottle.
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