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Basketball roundup: Terryville, Litchfield, Pomperaug prevail
Jacob Johnson and Shea Tracy both poured in career highs of 29 points for Terryville in a 76-64 win over Plainville on Saturday in the consolation game of the Rybczyk Memorial tournament.
Terryville jumped out to a 24-11 lead after one quarter.
Johnson added 10 rebounds and Tracy chipped in with five assists for the Kangaroos (3-1), who played without starter Tyler Trillo.
Johnson shot 10-of-12 from the field and Tracy hit 9 of 14 from the field as the Kangaroos shot 60 percent as a team.
Austin Butler led the Blue Devils (0-4) with 19 points and Jayden Lococo added 16.
Litchfield 56, Wolcott Tech 49: Spencer Persechino scored a team-high 18 points for the Cowboys in Litchfield.
Darrin Newbury added 16 points with 15 rebounds for Litchfield (3-1) and Steve Ringquist chipped in with 11.
Matt McCarthy added nine points.
Luke Pergola had a game-high 19 points for Wolcott Tech (2-2) and Jake Munson added 15.
Pomperaug 75, Jonathan Law 35: Cooper Mooney scored 14 points to lead the visiting Panthers in SWC action.
Ryan Johannes and Sam Rubinstein added 10 points each for Pomperaug (4-0). Johannes had nine rebounds.
Drew Gabelman chipped in eight points, and Alec Nord and Grant Wallace had six each. Law fell to 0-3.
Harding 72, Kaynor Tech 63: Terrence Rogers had a game-high 24 points for the Presidents in Stratford.
Marcus Frank had 15 points, 11 rebounds and seven steals for the Panthers.
DeAndre Gibbs added 13 points and 11 rebounds for Kaynor (1-3). Rayon Thompson had four assists.
O'Brien Tech 67, Wamogo 50: Joe O'Toole scored a team-high 25 points for the Condors in a nonleague game in Litchfield.
Devin Bacchiocchi added 15 points and Dan Morgan had 14 for O'Brien Tech (2-2).
Greg Peck scored a career-high and game-high 26 points, including five 3-pointers, coming off the bench for the Warriors (0-5).
Lyman Memorial 47, Thomaston 44: Christian Herman had a game-high 20 points for Lyman Memorial in the East Hampton tournament.
Tyler Donofrio scored a team-high 16 points for Thomaston (1-3) and was named to all-tournament team.
Brian Butkevicius had 12 points and Brian Sousa added 11 for Thomaston.
Girls Basketball
Pomperaug 49, Sacred Heart Academy 41: Hannah Metcalf had 18 points with eight steals and earned the all-tournament MVP honors in the championship game at the Plainville Holiday Tournament.
Kaitlyn Perroti added nine points and 10 rebounds and was named to the all-tournament team for the Panthers (4-1), and Lauren Rubinstein chipped in with eight points and six assists.
Caly Farina added eight points and five assists for Pomperaug.
Cheshire 44, Berlin 32: Missy Bailey scored 14 points and earned all-tournament honors in the consolation game of the Berlin tournament.
Jill Howard added 10 points for Cheshire (5-1).
Bristol Eastern 62, New Milford 54: Khadaijia Brooks scored a game-high 32 points for the Lancers in Danbury.
Jamilla Schoultz added 12 points for Eastern (3-3).
Emily Llerena scored a team-high 17 points for the Green Wave, and Lindsay Heaton added 13.
Bethel 52, Wamogo 18: Savanah Pipkin scored 12 points to lead Bethel.
Brooke Neller and Amber Hine each had seven points for Wamogo (2-2).
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Interview: Tetsuya Yamamoto of Nikon
|Tetsuya Yamamoto, General Manager of Nikon's Development Headquarters within its Imaging Division. (Image courtesy Nikon Inc.)
At this year's International CES show in Las Vegas, we spoke to Tetsuya Yamamoto, General Manager of Nikon's Development Headquarters within its Imaging Division. We discussed the market's reaction to the 1 J1 and V1, and how the system might evolve in the future.
According to Yamamoto, Nikon has been pleased with the success of the 1 System, especially the J1, in the American market but that even before the system's launch 'we were very confident that there were customers out there who would gravitate towards the V1 and the J1'.
He told us that the sort of people buying the J1 and V1 are those customers that 'want a DSLR but don't want something big and heavy'. He went on, '1 System customers like the fast AF and the size of the cameras and lenses, and once they've used [new features like] Motion Snapshot they really like them'.
1 System sensor 'capable of 2K / 4K video'
Yamamoto told us that Motion Snapshot, which combines a still image with slow motion video in a single capture is a feature that Nikon is keen to improve in the next generation of 1 System cameras. There's good news, potentially for videographers too - according to Yamamoto 'the [J1 and V1's] sensor is capable of 2K (2048×1080px) and 4K (~4000px horizontal resolution) video and in the future we hope to incorporate [these functions]'.
'We are going to develop brighter lenses for better total performance'
Also on the agenda for future 1 System products it appears, are improvements to their innovative 'Hybrid' AF systems, which combine conventional contrast-detection AF with a faster phase-detection system, all using the main 10MP imaging sensor.
The key, according to Yamamoto, is faster lenses. He told us 'we want to develop higher speed AF, and specifically to improve phase-detection AF from the imaging sensor. This depends on lens aperture – if the lens [has a larger aperture] then AF is much faster'. In the future, he told us, 'we are going to develop brighter lenses for better total performance – brighter but still small'.
Manual AF control, in-camera NEF editing and Effects filters 'for the future'
Still on the subject of Hybrid AF, which switches between contrast-detection and phase-detection AF modes automatically depending on light level, we asked Yamamoto why Nikon made this system entirely automatic. 'We are studying [manual AF mode control] for the future' he told us: 'for V1-class cameras we would like to do this manually but [AF mode selection in] J1-level models will remain automatic'.
Also potentially on the horizon for future 1 System models, Yamamoto told us, are in-camera NEF (raw) conversion, and in-camera 'Effects'. Asked why the first two functions were omitted from the J1 and V1, Yamamoto explained 'the J1 and V1 are in a new category, and [for these initial releases] we wanted to [focus on] enhancing basic functions like AF and introduce new ones like Motion Snapshot'. In the future though, he told us, 'we are studying the inclusion of [both] in-camera effects and raw conversion'.
'We may provide an option to customize Auto ISO in the future'
During the process of creating our in-depth review of the 1 System cameras, our experience of the J1 and V1's Automatic ISO system has been that they constantly risk blurry images in low light by selecting low ISO sensitivity settings and relatively low shutter speeds. Yamamoto assured us 'we are aware of the issue'. But, he explained - 'the target user [for the J1/v1] is a point-and-shoot customer and for that user we thought that it was better to make [the function] purely automatic'.
'We always have to find a balance [between noise and sharpness]' he went on, 'but after having a lot of discussions and getting feedback we may need to come up with another option'. Encouragingly, he added that 'we may provide an option for customers to customize Auto ISO performance in the future'.
We ended the interview by asking Mr Yamamoto for his vision of the future, and whether mirrorless cameras will replace consumer-level DSLRs. 'We don't think so' Yamamoto told us - 'mirrorless is one solution [if the aim is] compactness but it is just one approach. We don't think it is the only direction, and we are considering further reductions in size even for [our DSLR] cameras'.
Recommended Links:
- Nikon 1 V1 / J1 In-Depth Review (published January 2012)
- First Impressions: Using the Nikon 1 V1 (published October 2011)
- Mirrorless Cameras: A Primer (published Dec 2011)
- Nikon 1 System: First Impressions (published September 2011)
- Why make a small-sensor mirrorless camera? (published September 2011)
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Great example of what kind of video can be shot with Nikon V1. This video was shot in 4K in RAW on V1, then downscaled to 2.4K
It would be nice if Nikon differentiated the J1 and V1 more. The crop factor, EVF, and the for it's size excellent sensor makes the V1 one of the best portable wildlife and birding camera's when coupled to the "normal" Nikon telelenses via the the FT1 adapter. At this time however coupling to the FT1 limits the autofocus to center spot which makes flight shots very difficult . Fixing that, better customizing for ISO and PASM modes for the V1 would make it my next camera.
Why people want easy to broke LCD? :P
Had my Powershot G5 for nearly a decade now and the LCD is still doing fine...
No matter how you guys put it it is NOT going to be a classic...
Nikon tries to put a happy face and save the day but there are so many APS-C size cameras in the making by all major players that V1 and J1 was/is sinking from day one and will drown soon entirely. That's the reality.
Although, maybe if they make it pink...??? (just crossed my mind...).
They sure did: Nikon 1 j1 10-30/30-110 pink is sold for about $850 in Russia :-)
V1 annoying things: EVF does not show live view after images has been captured in single shot mode. This is frustrating and makes camera useless sometimes to catch moments. It is normal to show last image at LCD but EVF should act differently.
No bracketing of any kind, this is sad, it has 60fps could be nice to capture some handheld HDR-s.
2.8 fixed aperture zoom would be very welcome. 8-30 2.8 would be superb.
flash integration is ridiculous. You create a nice camera with toy flash and no connections to external systems. No even possibility to sync wirelessly. Otherwise V1 could allow to create an easy carry kit for internet products, low quality Internet real estate whatever.
I dunno.... Here is a NIKON lens (10x zoom for the V1 & J1) for a camera with a sensor just one small step of from the Fujifilm X10 & X-S1's 2/3-inch imager. So, this Nikon beast is only a modest 10x range zoom lens, but look how huge it really is, and even at its widest focal setting, this thing is an F4.5 lens!!!! Talk about the Black Hole of Calcutta, wow.
Meanwhile, the FUJINON optic on the X-S1 is 26x, and at its widest focal length it is an F2.8 lens. Huge difference in my book. Heck, up until just now I had no idea it is even POSSIBLE to build a 10x zoom lens that starts at F4.5.... and then goes gradually darker as you zoom in towards 100mm.
But it now seems that the Canikon Group is always out there to surprise us... and not always in a good way, I might add.
They got right so many things the first time: AF speed, sensor/camera size, build quality, 10 FPS with AF, colors, metering, silent shutter, very little color noise, etc.
Unfortunately Nikon representatives need to do some "talk-up" since they lack in many areas: lens choice, lens speed/bokeh, ergonomics (especially V1), hot shoe, 24p, known firmware bugs etc. Nikon does not do this explaining and talk up very often but they definitely feel the heat and pressure.
We will have to see if this talk will be followed by rapid actions. At this point this system is just a great start.
Why Nikon not make Nikon 1 as World first 4k consumer camera?
translated : F1.8 and lol...still unable to have bokeh. can we just stick to 4/3rd ;-)
Yes sensor size is right, for future expansion into more useful and pocketable cameras. Nikon took one step in the right direction.
Its the lens line that need to be build and can only be developed with the passage of time. m4/3 (am big fan of them) also came with kit lenses and then expanded to something close to complete.
What I want Nikon to focus is on better sensor technologies like Fuji is experimenting with, (no worries for buildin flash of VF, take them out and make them shrink, give Hot shoe for those who need it), more accurate metering and focus (its quite good at this moment), tilting LCD like Sony NEX, and touch sensitive. Shrink the body even smaller and thinner than J1 and keep it metal and weather sealed.
- Yes for MF controls
- Keep electronic shutter
- Customize Auto ISO
- RAW HD video?
Give it a RAW deal, core functionality and photographers of all genre will buy it. Its target market is just right, good for both worlds, beginers, enthusiast and pro (as backup)
The Series 1 will always be a fashion camera, rather than a creative camera.
This small sensor size even when coupled with fast lenses will not deliver the ability to shoot creative low depth of field pictures that it's larger sensor competitors enjoy. Not ever.
Given that the camera isn't much smaller than Nikon's competitor's models - the whole exercise reeks of cynical market manipulation with a view to protecting Nikon's DSLR range.
So suddenly controlling depth of field is NOT creative?
Not something you guys are ever going to want to do? Enjoy your fashion camera!
'We are going to develop brighter lenses for better total performance"
Duuh, you think so, really? You mean to tell me, you will soon have the technology to develop a ZOOM LENS that can start at its wide angle end a bit faster than the current F4.5 on your 10-100mm clunker?
Really, Nikon? Prove it, then.
See. we're getting half-way decent cameras, and the least of these evils, go for astronomical prices; just because their the lesser of evils. We think we're getting the best. We can do better, than that. Where's the total camera, and that's also affordable? Why are we buying half-way done cameras? Will no one step up to the plate?
Also we're in danger of some marketing idiot dictating what type of camera he thinks we want, because one type failed. Yet, it didn't sale less because it was small, or because it was range finder, or because it was mirror-less, is sold poorly because you did it wrong. Ever think of that? A camera must be balanced. I don't need gimmicks; that are not related to photography. I don't need the outstanding features, to be killed by the missing ones. Put it all together.
This piece meal, component(including accessories) price greed, and "protecting" a brands more expensive camera lines will cost them more, over time, and diminish their brand.
Fact is, NONE of the digital camera makers give a flying hoot about what their customers really want. None of them do, in fact.
Instead, they come out with what THEY THINK will MAXIMIZE THEIR PROFIT. It's the bean counters who are calling the shots these days, folks, so might as well make the best of it.
What can we do? Simple. NOT buy the junk, which is actually simpler than it sounds. Since about 95% of the new cameras and lenses can be quickly relegated into the "JUNK" box.
Like, for instance, a pricey NIKON zoom lens that starts at an F4.5 iris at its widest end. A certified piece of junk, really.
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We OBVIOUSLY need built-in stabilization, and fast glass, and fast AF, and fast shot-to shot in Raw, and ACCURATE AE, and CA and distortion correction automatically, per lens, and silent operation, and 1024p Video without wiggly Jello effects, and harsh AE changes. Then, we need all that, in a value, and affordable package (I like retro looks, and black.). Fuji is trying (but to pricey) so why aren't Canon, and Nikon? Why isn't Pany putting their 4/3rds in Ultra zooms. What aren't camera makers making everything in both fixed, comprehensive lens (matching advantages, and to cost), and also making a removable model with 3 good (but affordable) primes. I mean, do they think were stupid? We're not going to pay the price, for the whole camera, for just one lens. Please, wake up.
Actually, you just answered yourself: "Fuji is trying (but to pricey) so why aren't Canon, and Nikon?"
Pricy or more correctly, POOR value for money... that is enough to make a product obsolete even before it hits the market. Nikon and Canon have better things to do, more products to sell than to dabble in money-losing ventures.
Only Fujifilm and other small players which have nothing to lose are willing to try. So, let them try. Let the market decide if that is indeed what people want. Being the first in the market means nothing if one cannot survive in this cut-throat competitive environment. Check out Minolta if you don't know what I mean.
"We OBVIOUSLY need... 1024p Video."
I sure as heck do not need this "1024p Video" for anything, so why do you, really?
"Fuji is trying (but to pricey)"
So, I guess maybe the main problem is some folks cannot afford these cameras that have most of the 'must have' specs that they say that they need or want?
"Nikon and Canon have better things to do, more products to sell than to dabble in money-losing ventures. Only Fujifilm and other small players which have nothing to lose are willing to try."
MY TAKE: The Canikon Group is well on its way to past tense history. They are quickly becoming bumbling Goliaths. The future indeed belongs to these "nothing to lose" players such as Fujifilm, Sony, Panasonic, Olympus, Pentax, Samsung, and so on. Even the mighty dinosaurs had died out, remember?
Also, you don't make a new, small mirror-less camera; without pushing the boundaries. That's the whole point. We're so sick, and tired, of tiny increments to overall quality. It is new breakthroughs in EVF, such as hybrid EVF, and getting those speeds up to DLSR levels, that is making these newly possible. Design quality lenses, and smaller. Todays lenses have to be well matched, to the rest of the camera. Do it well! Design new sensor technology. I was SUPPOSED to be impossible to produce the new sensor (and supporting processing) in the D7000, on that level, but there you go. It's NOT impossible, and we didn't break laws of physics, doing it.
Respects to Nikon, and it's fine workers.
It's so great that Nikon even attempted this and they did find new innovation. However, the idea that certain features can be left to their DSLR's is wrong. It's as if they've decided only girls who never change settings, will want a small camera. That's just wrong. Be all you can be. Make the best camera you can. Don't leave stuff out. Sure, some things are debatable, but included abilities, and control should be all about making better pictures and highly centered on what real photographers use, and are calling for. It does not matter, if the typical user, of a select model expects the camera to think, for them. it doesn't and they will eventually see that, in their pictures. It doesn't matter, that some peoples picture IQ standards are low, the camera will not stand th test of time. It's practicality dishonest, to make disposable digital cameras. It starts with the lens(es), then a sensitive sensor, and a body with ALL things balanced.
You obviously don't know a bloody thing about these cameras. It can do things that very, very few DSLRs can do. Real professional photographers are snapping them up.
Funny, no comment so far is seeing the Nikon "faster lens" announcement in light of Jan 11 Pana news actually showing proto/mockup faster zoom lens for m4/3.
In response to Pana fast lens announcement, I said: "I'd expect Nikon Sys1 to offer higher speed lenses as well." Now that I congratulated myself it is time for Pana to deliver, oh, sub 2 speed.
It also seems Mr. Yamamoto -- without having any lenses to show -- is under some pressure. His shirt is clipping a bit, too, but we all could use some extra DR and "less noise."
@ OneGuy: An F0.95 lens is fast. So is an F1.2 and an F1.4 lens, actually.
But an F2.8 lens is NOT fast. I guess it is faster than the Nikon 10-100mm lens for their 1 Series, which starts at a laughable F4.5 and then goes darker from there.
People who haven't used the Nikon 1 system shouldn't comment on the camera. Having just returned from a week in Istanbul, I found the camera a worthy substitute for my D300. IQ: I placed an image in a 2013 12" x 12" calender; so we see the future of camera technology that defies physics. I have used cameras with only three controls: aperture, shutter speed and focus. I carried a hand-held light meter. They used film, which I had to process if I wanted any kind of quality. The 1 series can be used without the fancy auto settings Nikon provides the point and shooters, and without custom settings, buried in endless menus. OK, for ISO adjustment, there's a trip to the menu. But if you leave the ISO the last function accessed, it's there up front for the next time. If the auto ISO selection is too slow, use manual. No big deal. Here's a link to my images, a quick edit of the 1750 I made. File names beginning with HG were made on a Nikon D60: http://www.jimkphotographics.com/istanbul2012/
Amen! These Nikon 1 cams competes with the E-PM1 and should be priced accordingly!
An entry level DSLR is no match for the V1. In fact, it is faster than a D7000, but of course the D7000 has some significant advantages. Still, trying to compare this camera to a D3100 or a D5100 is a poor bet.
?An entry level DSLR is no match for the V1. In fact, it is faster than a D7000, but of course the D7000 has some significant advantages. Still, trying to compare this camera to a D3100 or a D5100 is a poor bet."
Sorry Back in the Game, but a D5100 (has the same sensor as D7000) is superior to a V1 in every aspect except/size weight. Lets remember the V1 Autofocus is only fast in good light. Once light gets dimmer it swtiches to Contrast mode and thus is slower than an entry level DSLR in autofocus. You have no control over whether the V1 focuses in phase or contrast.
"People who haven't used the Nikon 1 system shouldn't comment on the camera."
Of course they should. Unless they are Mitt Romney rich, so they can first buy and then use every single camera and lenses ever released by anyone. And even if you are Mitt Romney rich, who has got that much time to do incessant product testing of everything under the Sun, anyhow?
"I placed an image in a 2013 12" x 12" calender."
Q: Who needs a 2013 calendar for anything, considering we had just started in the year 2012?
Although so many of us were looking forward to an APS-C sensor compact from Nikon, we just might be making too much of this small sensor vs. large sensor thing. Magnum photographer Alex Majoli used a camera with a sensor much smaller than the V1/J1 sensor -- and shot for National Geographic, Newsweek, and Vanity Fair under some pretty demanding conditions (i.e. the wars in the Congo and Iraq; the presidential elections here in the U.S.). These 'small sensor camera' images earned him some of photojournalism's most prestigious awards, including the U.S. National Press Photographers Association's Best of Photojournalism Magazine Photographer of the Year Award and the U.S. Overseas Press Club's Feature Photography Award.
My point is simply this -- if he could do that with an 8 year old point and shoot that you could pick up on ebay for $100, I think we can give Nikon's cameras a fairer shake than some of us (including myself) have.
You have hit the nail squarely on the head. It's not what the camera can do on paper, it's what it can do in your hands.
For "situational" photography it's a hard camera to beat.
If you want a portable landscape camera, then the NEX7 with a couple of Leica primes is just about perfect ;)
I have had an NEX 7 on order since August. Anyone got one of these yet? I just got the Carl Zeiss 24mm for it from Amazon yesterday but still no camera.
The sensor quality is about the D40 level, which is amazing, but a hair less than the 4/3rds current best. For the price, that's wrong. I'd get the D40 instead, even if a little bigger, due to (used)price, and performance. Obviously new, I'd look toward the D5100, which is Nikon's lackluster point. They simply did not do their best. The guy practically said, they took away some quality, to make it smaller. That's wrong. Don't make it smaller, until the quality remains! That their job. Not tiered-level, Barbie cams. Especially at theses premium prices. The Canon T3, DSLR kit costs less than this! That's not right.
I owned the D40 and it was a great camera at that time. The V1 smokes it..... it isn't even close.
Indeed after all the in-camera RAW processing, what's not to like about the V1/J1?
"I have had an NEX 7 on order since August."
MY INTERPRETATION: In other words... you do NOT have a Sony NEX-7 camera. Good to know, too.
From a price for performance angle, you can easily spend US$1,600 for a Nikon V1 with that God-awful F4.5 and darker 10-100mm Nikon zoom lens. That's just plain wrong, as you are still having at your disposal and advanced mirrorles compact camera with a truly dark lens, nothing much else.
Nikon themselves have a number of cameras that make much better deals and a lot more sense than their unfathomable 1 Series.
Some people seem to be struggling with the idea that Nikon have 3 sensor formats, CX, DX and FX, on which to base a wide range of solutions for a wide customer base in the future. Many of their existing solutions work very well already.
Just because the combination you want is not there yet, or because you personally don't want a CX camera, so what? Why is that interesting? There are alternatives. If you want to tow a boat, don't buy a Miata.
Honestly some people here will probably complain about the length of the queue at the pearly gates.
The issues with CX are:
(i) too expensive
(ii) lenses and bodies not small enough for small sensors
(iii) Nikon should stop fooling with in-camera RAW processing (see DPReview review) to give the false impression their cameras have good high-iso performance.
Apart from that, people have no issues with Nikon's CX cameras.
"Nikon have 3 sensor formats, CX, DX and FX"
Yeah, they do. Plus they have many others, like 1/1.7-inch, 1/2.3-inch, 1/3-inch, and so on. Right?
"some people here will probably complain about the length of the queue at the pearly gates."
Good point. It is waaaay to long, I tell ya', last time I checked.
The J1/V1 series is a great start for Nikon. I'm sure improvements will follow as discussed in this article. I didn't hear Mr. Yamamoto explain how Nikon will get the scratched zoom lens used by DPReview in their review of the FT-1 adapter to perform better, but we can always hope...
Minor scratches on the front element generally make virtually no difference to IQ - just ask a picture editor :)
"generally" is the operative word in your reply. I just found it humorous, albeit sad, that DPReview would use an outdated, scratched lens (which was a garbage lens new) as the testing lens for a review of the 1 series FT-1 adapters. I expected better, but I'm learning that if it doesn't say "Canon" the review will be sub-par. Spoken as a true, 45+ years Nikon fan-boy.
Control yourself, psandham.
It seems that many are surprised that next '1' camera will bring improvements over the previous generation. Now who would have thought of that ...
What's interesting to me, as someone who asks manufacturers about their future plans quite frequently, is that for once someone actually said something :)
They just released the 1 Series, and instead of pushing it as an elixir, they are already resorting to the rosy future prospects of the replacement model cameras and optics???
Someone should have asked this chap what was Nikon thinking when they released a large, cumbersome 10x zoom lens for the 1 Series cameras that starts at a dismal, darker-than-hell F4.5 iris.... and then goes even darker from there.
Anybody? I mean, if there ever was a "high noon, summer beach only" lens, this is it.
People trying to predict the future of the 1, or how Canon will enter the game, are really clutching at straws while ignoring the hard, irrefutable, unchangeable facts of the science of digital technology.
People say the sensor is too small? Rubbish.
People say that only APSC sized sensor cameras are the way forward? Also rubbish.
The sensor is small because it allows the lenses to be small. The relationship between sensor size and lens size cannot change easily.
But the sensor is big ENOUGH to offer high IQ. The result is a camera that is faster and more compact than NEX, especially with a telephoto lens.
Canon have not played their cards yet. If they offer larger sensor mirrorless, the lenses will have to be larger. For many people, that would still be advantage Nikon 1. If people want a larger camera, they will take their DSLR after all.
It would not surprise me at all if Canon took a similar direction to Nikon with a new, smaller sensor. Now that would shock people!
But the camera isn't small and the lenses aren't small either. In fact, it is thicker than the Olympus E3. Nikon could have made it smaller, but they didn't want to because smaller size is going to be one of their "updates". As it is, Nikon are offering a smaller sensor than M4/3 in a bigger body at a higher price without a built in flash and some basic controls. Wow, thanks Nikon.
Except the lenses are not that much smaller than m43 even though the sensors are. So, what's the point? :)
Urr, thats not right. For example, the Nikon 30-110 zoom is approximately 6cm long and weighs about 175g, thats about 30% shorter and 20% lighter than the equivalent Panasonic 45-175 zoom. And its narrower.
So the lenses ARE smaller. And they have smaller lenses coming. Don't get me wrong, I am a big fan of the m4/3 and the Oly EP3 and I am excited about the OM-D, but lets be accurate.
The Nikon 1 is genuinely small. Genuinely interesting and superior in many ways.
This is great news. Competitors have to compete. We consumers all benefit. These are exciting times for photography fans.
In fairness to the earlier commenters, a V1 with 10-30 lens (which will be by far the most common combination) is essentially the same size as a PEN Mini with 14-42mm lens.
Everyone can cherry pick. For example the Oly 14-42 is only 16% longer, while having a slightly smaller diameter and being a hair lighter than the Nikon 10-30. The new Panasonic (X) 14-42 has a slightly larger diameter but is both shorter and weighs less too.
The Panasonic 14mm pancake has the same diameter, is slightly shorter and weighs 29% less than the Nikon 10mm pancake.
Both the Panasonic 14-140 and Oly 14-150 are shorter, have a smaller diameter and are less heavy than the Nikon 10-100. Especially the Oly weighs about *half* of the Nikon.
It's only the Nikon 30-110 that offers an advantage of 2.3 (Oly) to 3 (Pana) cm less length and less weight (14% less than Oly 31% less than Pana).
So yes, in general the advantage isn't shocking or simply not there, depending on which lenses you compare.
Im not cherry picking.
The 10-100 is a dedicated video power zoom and not really comparable. It is unfeasibly and inexplicably large though, I'll give you that !
The 30-110 is the mainsteam lens practically everyone will buy .
It remains smaller than all the lenses you describe by a reasonable margin.
Besides, you miss the point. Given the smaller sensor, N1 lenses are always likely to be smaller. Its just physics.
I suspect future N1 lenses will demonstrate this better, while m4/3 lenses are really as small as they are going to ever be.
I guess the point here is that small sensors can be a GOOD thing. I instinctively push back against the accepted mantra that "small sensor = bad" and "large sensor=good". It is misleading and for millions of people, plain wrong.
Given that most people do not print large and often only view pictures on line or on an ipad, the obsession with sensor size is illogical. DoF issues aside, I congratulate Nikon on trying something new.
Yes, you're still cherry picking, because you ignore the most obvious kitlenses which cover the most used range, around 28-80mm (35mm equiv.) and you're ignoring the pancakes. Basically you're looking at one lens and make a general statement based on that: "the *lenses* are smaller.." .
And no, the N1 lenses are not always going to be smaller, which the above already proves. It completely depends on design choices. For example, whether or not power zoom is being used, register distance, collapsing designs are used, how much distortion is tolerated/corrected through software (vignetting included) etc. and last but not least, the size of the entrance pupil. For the same amount of light (same diameter of entrance pupil) and all else being equal, there shouldn't be much between them in size, but keep in mind that that would show different F stops on the lens barrels for the same 35mm equiv. FL because of the differently sized sensors.
This is strange.
Your default position seems to be one of looking for the negative, while mine is one of looking for the positive.
Odd, that.
Are you seriously suggesting that there is not a correlation between sensor size and lens size?
And you are suggesting that even though the N1 sensor is perhaps HALF the area of m4/3 , there "should'nt be much between them" in lens size.
Frankly, your thesis is nonsense.
The huge Pentax 6x7 45mm lens / paperweight on my desk is evidence of the relationship between the size of the lens and the area of the film/sensor receiving the image.
I guess we will see what happens when Nikon bring out smaller lenses.
This is , after all, just a camera. I can't say I care enough about it to argue with you. Illogical negativity is a strange attitude to assume.
It is logical and correct to expect that a sensor half the area of m4/3 is likely to have smaller lenses.
I guess we'll see.
And I am not even a Nikon 1 user. I've got a NEX!
I'm simply observing the facts. 1 out of all 4 lenses available is smaller, 3 aren't really.You say the lenses are smaller based on that 1 lens, I say they aren't smaller in general.
If you reread my post above, you'll see that there doesn't have to be a correlation, which isn't the same as saying there isn't one. Again we can both cherry pick examples to attempt to convince the other. You pick a Pentax MF, I say look at the tiny lenses on 35mm film compacts or the ones we just discussed.
But cherry picking doesn't prove anything, so we fall back on physics and the catch in the last sentence from my post above. *For the same amount of light* and the same equiv. FL, all else being equal, size should be about the same too. In reality it often isn't because F stops are usually similar too, which means the lens for the smaller sensor/larger cropfactor is often still smaller. But it also allows less light (for having a smaller entrance pupil).
And all else usually isn't equal.
Have only handled the V1 in the store but find there's a good deal to like. Build and layout are both excellent, as is the EVF. Focus speed, even with the kit zoom, is very impressive. I could imagine an impulse-buy were it not $800. Nevertheless I think Nikon has a winning format in the 1 system. Because it's such a closed system (no hotshoe?!?) their risk would seem in making it complete and relatively affordable over the long haul.
As to Canon's intentions, I suspect the G1X sensor represents their mirrorless system format, should they head down that path. I think they're testing the waters with this rather odd camera.
True. It was about the same for me carrying the E-P3, the NEX 5N and the V1. It's just that the V1 is a heck of a lot better camera for for any possible situation, so I don't care.
I have a case to carry my V1 with 10-30 and 30-110. It is advertised to carry a NEX with a pancake lens and the 18-55. No way I'm getting two lenses in this bag with one of them having 300mm equiv reach unless it is the N1 -- not going to happen with m 4/3 or NEX. Sure, I can leave the 30-110 and go with the "most common combination" but I don't have to ;)
"The sensor is small because it allows the lenses to be small."
Maybe. Except for the 10-100mm, that is about 4x the size of the V1/J1 camera itself.
"Canon have not played their cards yet."
Of course they have. It is called the G1 X. They have nothing else left to play in this game, see?
The people who are buying this camera don't want bokeh. They want the best point-and-shoot Nikon makes. If the picture of Mr. Yamamoto above was shot with a V1, then I bet the photographer was 20 meters away.
No, they want well focused pictures, no matter what the subject is, no matter if it's moving, and no matter the direction. Great speed and metering doesn't hurt either.
I agree. The biggest issue with the size of the sensor, for me, is the lack of DOF control. It's nice to get a bit of background blur or subject isolation when you want it or need it, which is really difficult to attain with such a small sensor. In a few years, when all these mirrorless cameras have great AF and great overall performance, the Nikon mirrorless system will be the one stuck with the smallest sensor and least DOF control.
T3: You got it right. This is why I believe Nikon's 1-system is a big mistake. Time will tell.
I won't use a little camera if I wanted shallow DoF. I'd use medium format.
In fact, for my uses, I don't want shallow depth of field I want deep depth of field. Background blur looks too photographic, too much like a cliche.
Deep DoF is not a drawback of V1, it is a benefit.
No- Deep DoF is neither a drawback nor a benefit, it is a simple characteristic of any small camera. To excpect a small format to deliver shallow DoF is to expect a small camera to make your coffee, and to complain when it doesn't.
I want bokeh in small camera, reason I bought a GF3 with a Leica F1.4 lens. Overall it's smaller than the V1 with kit zoom.
Do you know what Bokeh means? It is a feature of a lens, not a camera body. It describes how unfocussed areas appear, not the existence of unfocused areas.
I think it's Bunkeh. I really don't care how out of focus areas look. They have no interest to me. I want the image to appear as an image in its own right, not one that screams, hey, look at me, I am a photograph made from a camera by a photographer who is clever enough to use the focus control.
Portions of the frame that are OOF are wasted. Shallow focus pix.... well, they sort of look like what your eyes would see before a cataract operation, see?
And I thought they were working on putting VR in the 12 year old 300mm f4.
Hi, Wide angle first, please.
Hope for 4k on V2. :)
This market will not determine its path fully until Canon enters it. until then, you may be buying a betamax.
What is Canon?
What is photography?
Canon has entered it with everything they've got. It's called the G1 X, BTW.
All I want is a 50mm f1.2 for the current DSLR lineup.
Time will show what works and what does not. I am willing to bet time will show Nikon has (once again) placed their bets on the wrong horse.
If the current BCNRanking charts in Japan are anything to go by, it shows Nikon has just effectively killed the sales of their Nikon D3100 with the V1/J1 cams... even then, their overall sales are still poor compared to their biggest competitor(s).
Who cares for 1 system, where is D series?
Okay Mr. Yamamoto, that's fine, but what the 1-series REALLY needs--better access to common shooting parameters like ISO and image quality-size. Thus:
*Bring over the "i-INFO" and 4-way/OK method from the D40-D5100 series of cameras for setting image quality/size, ISO, WB, AF-area mode etc
*Add a command dial
*Make the mode dial a REAL one (P-S-A-M-AUTO-Scenes-Movies)
*Allow the option for re-mapping the red-button to, say, ISO (you could still do movies via the mode dial anyway)
*Let Fn & i/INFO function as "green dot reset" (BIG mistake losing that on the D3000 & D3100 also by the way)
Those small changes would REALLY transform the 1-series for stills-enthusiasts who also use d-SLRs.
If you REALLY intend for the 1-series to be for enthusiasts like me who want a d-SLR-like experience in a smaller package, then please--quick access to common parameters. We're not all soccer moms & dads here, you know (no offense meant to those who are, seriously).
I suspect the 1 System will have a short shelf life.
Nikon adapted their dominance in auto exposure that NAILs it every time, and fast auto-focus, to a wonderfully compact camera.
That gives them a huge advantage over competitors.
Nikon's marketing campaign before Christmas was excellent. Together with that and Nikon's excellent brand prestige and brand loyalty the 1 System should sell well and profitably for Nikon.
But I anticipate that mirrorless cameras with APS-C sized sensors will offer considerably greater overall value.
Fuji is already there with the X Pro 1.
Canon's G1 X, while not interchangeable lens, perhaps implies a near future mirrorless Rebel class camera, with access to a a huge range of truly fast lenses.
1 System is definitely a top choice in small footprint interchangeable lens cameras today.
But Nikon will really have to work hard to hold that edge over coming much larger sensor mirrorless cameras.
I find the Nikon 1 system quite exciting. The current models (J1/V1) don't do it for me, but the sensor development is interesting.
For a pocketable walk-around I've previously used Ricoh and Panasonic/Leica enthusiast compacts with ~1/1.7" sensors and fast glass. These worked well to a point, but the limits of their small sensors often frustrate on challenging shots.
Nikons new sensor format is a great size for a new enthusiast compact with fast glass and a decent zoom. Taking out the mount will allow a smaller package and give Nikon a more compact competitor to Canons new G1X.
So J1/V1 is not for me, but that's no reason to beat it up. Yamamoto said: 'we were very confident that there were customers out there who would gravitate towards the V1 and the J1', and kudos to Nikon for recognising it and going for it. I know several P&S users who have moved up to it and really love it. Also, the camera scores well here in DPRs User Review section (V1 mostly). No need to P in their soup!
It's always the same story in these comments. All the complaining about shallow DoF and what-not. People, nothing can do everything. Other people are not you. Different wishes, different needs. There are positives, there are negatives, Boo-hoo! Please just take the damn thing for what it is and agree or move on.
Fast lenses are fast lenses. If it is background separation you want, get a long one. Or here is an idea, NOT THE NIKON 1.
Many things are combined on the X-Pro1? It seems you didn't really get what i was saying. Does the X-Pro1 have phase detect AF, does it have a full frame sensor, does it have fish-eye, tilt-shift, superwide, tele lenses ? Can a beginner use it ? Is there a large DoF at basically every aperture ? Does it come in pink ? Is it compatible with a 60MP digital back ? And it better take my new XQD cards.
Mr.Yamamoto, I wish nikon can make the FT1 to work with AF-C mode. giving us the ability to use all our long lenses with Nikon 1, with AF-S and VR support, but with continous AF not being supported is quite strange I have to say.
I would not mind even if the AF-C support are restricted to lenses with constant f/4 or constant f/2.8 and brighter.
No -- or whatever "no" is in Japanese.
But hey, they have a 10-100mm 1 Series zoom with F4.5-5.6, would that work for you, too?
Dear Mr, Yamamoto, enough about toy cameras, where in the heck is the D800? And, people interested in this camera who "want a DSLR without the weight" are confused puppies because the J1 and V1 are not DSLRs. Most people willing to deal with interchangeable lenses can deal with a few more grams of weight. Once the "new" has worn off tiny IL systems, folks will refocus on DSLRs (unless you can stick an APS-C or FF chip in these things ie the flight back to quality). Oh and by the way, if you are concerned about weight, do something about the ridiculous weight of your Pro DSLRs and lenses.
"Oh and by the way, if you are concerned about weight, do something about the ridiculous weight of your Pro DSLRs and lenses."
Pro gear is pro gear. You don't put the amount of glass needed for a FF 300/2.8 into a plastic tube, and expect it to remain optically rigid and stable, nor do you bolt the result onto a plastic camera and expect it to hold up under day-in-and-day-out abuse.
Are you just running your mouth because you can? Who said anything about a specific lens but if you would like to produce your your lens making credentials, I'd love to see them. You obviously have limited experience with other brands, companies who manage to produce FF f2.8 lenses that are much lighter.
I agree with most of that, accept I want the smallest camera, that doesn't take a dive in image quality (and overall balance). So, make no small camera before it's time. Right now, that is APS-C. Later, it will be passable, in 3/4rds, but then APS-C will still be potentially better, all things being equal (and they never are). Since we see small cameras, with APS-C, what's the problem? History will show the V1/J1 to be the first crappy versions, no doubt. The problem is, Nikon invested in the wrong sensor. Who do you think pays for those losses?
Did he pinky swear on it? :)
Too late, after a decade of all things Nikon I've pretty much dumped them for alternatives that better suit my needs.
Which translates to: you just bought a camera with mediocre performance and subpar lenses. Nice...
This comes from a Nikon user and fan: I don't care. Make a decent camera with a large (preferably full size) sensor then I will be listening. Sorry, but it's just my personal opinion. I don't care about how much technology Nikon can squeeze in a camera; I care about the image quality and 1 Series is all about software technology rather than good hardware.
...nikon do make a camera with a full size sensor. In fact, up until the D700 was discontinued, they made two. When the D800 is released, they'll make two again.
D700 and Nikon 1 owner here, so unlike most of the anonymous commentary and armchair speculators, I put my money where my mouth is. It's a great little camera, built for speed not comfort.
If you care about Image Quality then you have more options than you can stand. What are you waiting for? You want a decent camera with a large sensor then buy a D4. My guess is that you meant to say that size of the system is important.... therein lies the challenge and Nikon has done something to solve this while others attempt to work around it. They will soon enough have to face the issue.
This sounds like the 1 system is test run for something else. Hopefully a small street camera that can be customized is on the back burner.
To make any impact these new lenses will need to 2 stops faster across the entire FL range than the current rubbish. We currently have shallowest DOF of ~ f/10 FF equivalent. So even 2 stops will still leave us f/5 FF equivalent, but that's not too bad. I'd hope they release a prime or two that are 3 stops faster too.
but the sensor are horrible tiny, under the great big sun, it should be fine, however, how many times you will see great light source with your photos? most of them are shoot under poor dim light situration, and the images will endup very noisy.
with the same price I can get a d3100 with a great lens like 35mm f1.8, and I can use any standard flash on the camera
That is simply not true. You are wrong my friend.
Look here - J1 pictures taken in a dark jazz club. Too noisy? I don't think so..
They look fine as is, but the displayed size is barely enough to print a 3X4" at 300 dpi and black hair already looks smeared due to heavy shadow NR.
Perfectly acceptable IMO unless you are pixel peeping.
This is all about context. If you are taking a small, light camera with a lens equivalent to 300mm that is only a few cm long, you accept some compromises.
Sure, you could take a Phase One MF camera into the club, but then you would'nt enjoy yourself and you'd be the "guy with the BIG camera". Most people do not want that.
ALL cameras are compromises. But given the balance required between AF speed / Small size / Accurate Exposure / ISO performance/ IQ, Nikon 1 offers a good compromise for many people. Probably a better compromise than most cameras on the market for similar money.
I'm not saying its perfect, no camera is. Nikon made mistakes in the design of the camera buttons and some mistakes with functionality.
But it does seem that owners of the 1 are genuinely thrilled with them. There seems to be little buyers remorse. Respected pros like Thom Hogan echo this view. They like the 1 much more than they expected to.
My experience as well, 1600 ISO gives very good results in poor artificial lighting, enough for good Q printing at 10x8" or even larger. Noise characteristic is also nice, grain-like. Of course, no D7000's performance there, but given that this camera can be carried along very easily, it's a nice compromise.
@ topstuff:
Like I said, these would barely print 3x4" at the displayed size, so to get any idea how they would look at a more normal size, pixelpeeping reveals some more truths. And the examples shown highlight exactly one of the main weakness, relatively high shadows noise. Which is countered by high shadow NR. Not always an issue, but for hair such as here, I find the local smearing distracting.
Frankly, even 3200 ISO is very useable with Nikon 1, depending on surface of shadows. 1600 is "business as usual". I am one of those who are thrilled indoors and outdoors with the J1, for stills and HD video.
Pixel peeping is a curse. For any "normal" sharing, be it on line or A3 print (A2?), the Nikon 1 quality is plenty good enough. Maybe not at 3200 ISO for full pages in Vogue, but come on, is that what we "need"?
I am the lucky owner of a Leica M9 and top M lenses, and love that, but, in all honesty, the speed, size, weight, fun factor and combination of features of the J1 (incl HD video!) are pushing the M to the cupboard.
I leave home with 10mm on J1, in right jacket pocket, and a mini but great ultrasonic VR 30-110mm in left jacket pocket, and am covered for all opportunities I am likely to encounter.
Simple, clean, efficient and FUN.
Yamamoto's interview shows an exciting future as well. A small f1.4 30mm (85mm eq) or so is all I miss right now. For the mushy backgrounds.
I understand your way of thinking, but we have to learn to move on from that 'old school' train of thought regarding 'bigger sensor, better picture'. This is brand new technology. I can only imagine what the future holds for this new concept. Embrace it my friend. The first computer took up the space of a huge room. Now look how small they are.
But sensors alone don't make a low light camera. Even when mounted with the fastest native lens (10mm F2.8), it's still a stop or more behind an Oly mounted with a native F1.7 or F1.4 lens (let alone F0.95).
@ john: There is nothing "horribly tiny" about a 1-inch sensor, Sir. Now, a 1/4-inch or 1/3-inch sensor can indeed be considered tiny, maybe even horrible. Just not a healthy 1-inch diagonal size sensor.
Why, will you really be opening up your camera's guts all the time and measure the sensor size inside? Or just take photos and video with it instead?
I swear, people will complain about anything and everything.
"we are considering further reductions in size even for [our DSLR] camera"
I am hoping this means an F mount mirrorless body with a DX sensor.
The theory for mirrorless cameras is that for a given sensor size they can be thinner, shorter, narrower, lighter and less expensive to manufacture. In that list of advantages only "thinner" requires a new mount. With the kit zoom normally sold with an entry level camera any DX sensor mirrorless camera is going to be pretty deep.
With the on chip PDAF auto focus system Nikon has I would still get fast autofocus with existing lenses, at least in good light. I really like the idea of a silent electronic shutter option too.
Such a camera that would not require me to support 2 separate camera systems, could act as a second body when I am traveling heavy with my SLR, have a complete array of lens available the day it was introduced and would be fully compatible with my flash and other accessories.
He says totally automatic AUTO-ISO makes sense for the target market, and I can see that, but only if you've got your flow-charts right in the first place. How many years will it take for major manufacturers to learn that which millions of users understood on day 1? Subjects sometimes move - durr.
The staggering improvement in quality at higher ISOs in recent years seems to have gone unnoticed by the guy typing in the AUTO ISO code. It would have cost them zero to get this right, it's a basic coding error and could be fixed with a firmware update right now.
I think it was obvious that they are aware of the autoISO issue which hopefully means a firmware fix.
Faster lenses! Very good news!
And please Nikon, make future lenses small enough or/and add pancakes to the lineup, otherwise you just loose the size advantage of the your small sensor & body!
Because people will just accept a camera with a smaller sensor if the whole package [camera & lens] is also smaller than comparable MFT & APS-C products.
I quite like their approach in offering the features. One by one, with proper optimization, instead of throw in junk of features confusing the users.
I see this approach work on a*ple, hope it work for nikon too.
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I am not asking for full support but do any of the current gen support C++11? I know VS C++ supports lambda and the auto keyword and I believe gcc supports both as well. Do any of the current gen consoles or handheld (3ds, sony vita) support it?
Most of the major gaming consoles do not have public development kits, and forbid sharing much information about the underlying SDKs. They do tend to trail a few years behind other platforms for cost and stability reasons. If you have development kits for these consoles or the resources to get them, you should be able to contact your licensor for details on C++0x support.
So I can't answer for any of the major gaming consoles, but perhaps more important for independent development, the iOS toolchain does not. Xcode is still based on GCC 4.2, and they're moving forward by switching to Clang/LLVM, not newer versions of GCC. Clang keeps a feature matrix for C++0x support, and it's not nearly as complete as GCC's. Picking some major features, variadic templates, auto, and rvalue references are present, but constexpr, defaulted/deleted methods, and lambdas are not.


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Take a look at Google, Windows 8, etc.
Why does everything look so plain now? Looks really ugly to me.
Is it all because of smartphones and tablets?
Do I have to follow that trend?
Take a look at Google, Windows 8, etc.
Why does everything look so plain now? Looks really ugly to me.
Is it all because of smartphones and tablets?
Do I have to follow that trend?
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I think a big part of it is reducing visual noise. The less "Stuff" there is on the screen, the less complicated the program feels, and users' sense of confidence in their ability to grasp the software increases. This was as true in the 90's as it is today, but the reason you're noticing it now is that we are starting to re-evaluate our assumptions about which UI elements are necessary and which are just training wheels which we as users outgrown.
A classic example is visual borders. Visual borders were used much more extensively in the past than they are used today. In the 90s they served the purpose of spelling out to users how information is organized. While grouping items together creates a sense of organization in itself, the convention that grouping is most likely intentional is not necessarily a conclusion you'll jump to. It's something you need to arrive to by examining the screen for signs that confirm this suspicion, and that's effort. Visual borders were used to reaffirm that the groupings are intentional, and to emphasize the apparent structure of the program. Nowadays we've mostly outgrown visual borders as necessary training wheels; people will readily assume the grouping is intentional and meaningful, and will even expect it. In fact, people don't even need pressable items to look pressable, they can infer from context that this text/flat box can be clicked on to have effect. You may be asking yourself "but does the button have to be flat?", and the answer is that if you want to maximize visual simplicity: it does. A plain blue rectangle over white background is one change from blue to white. A plain blue rectangle surrounded by a black border, placed over white background is two changes: from blue to black and to white. Add shadows, and you get a third change.
I also believe that developers are starting to assume less expertise on the user's part. For example, a typical rationalization for not putting in yet another button on the interface is that we ask ourselves "will this be something the user will have to actively ignore 90% of the time?". If that's the case, then the user's ability to find the button they do need is reduced, because it's hidden in a bigger collection of buttons. In the 90's the average developer would probably think "well, once the user does know where their button is, this problem disappears. They do not need to search for it anymore", and this is a point of view that assumes the user can be expected to rise up to some standard of familiarity with the program. Nowadays we prefer not to assume this. We prefer to create software that will also be usable by the most clueless user possible, that sees the program for the first time, or even sees a program for the first time. This is definitely a business-oriented constraint. We live in a world where high end technology is being targeted at mainstream markets. It's not a niche anymore, it's not only aimed towards high earners or hobbyists. A $400 iPhone can be a present to your grandma. She should be able to figure it out, and if you care about her figuring it out, you should pay attention to the trend.
Your feelings of dissonance are understandable but not warranted. Simplicity and function are not necessarily mutually exclusive. Stack Overflow is simple compared to the UI cacophonies that many news sites are, but it's also useful. The iPod when it came out was simpler in terms of hardware buttons than other players, but it was just as capable. The average smartphone app has less buttons at any screen than old Symbian phones had (before the advent of touch screens), yet they are easier to use and more capable. In short, there's a difference between function and design. They're not strongly coupled (perhaps loosely coupled, but not strongly). When you understand that, most reservations about the simplification of UIs go away. It's a paradigm shift, not a step back.
It's for simplicity's sake, and no, you do not have to follow that trend.
I suggest that you do conduct your own usability tests and work from there.
Fancy interfaces tend to start looking extremely cluttered very quickly. Interfaces that require a lot of components must be plain for that reason. Were those buttons all to have flashy bling effects on rolling over them, textured edges with frilly gold trim, maybe even sound effects (and yes, I've seen all that and more) the application becomes impossible to use productively.
I'd like to bring the opinion that I heard from a professor at the university I study in and from my sister who is a graphic designer (surprisingly they had the same opinion though their professions have very little in common).
They say that the plainer the interface is, the harder is to make it look good. With the shiny and volume stuff that Windows 7 has, it is very easy to make things look "cool" without any much effort. This means that it doesn't matter if you are a professional or an amateur _ your application has a big chance to look good. You could compare this with drawing with pencils and with felt pen.
Besides, plain applications look more simple and intuitive, which is very important since no one likes to read big instructions in order to be able to use an application.


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Children's Health
12% of Kids Use Complementary/Alternative Medicine
Dec. 10, 2008 -- Thirty-eight percent of adults and 12% of children use complementary and alternative medicine, new data from a nationwide government survey show.
The survey marks the first time information on the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) by children has been collected at the national level.
Researchers with the National Institutes of Health and the CDC asked more than 23,000 adults about their use and 9,400 adults about their children's use of 36 non-vitamin or mineral CAM therapies, including herbal supplements, acupuncture, visits to chiropractors, massage therapy, mediation, and even yoga.
"I think this study highlights the growing acceptance of many of these therapies," pediatrician Kathi Kemper, MD, MPH, of Wake Forest University School of Medicine, tells WebMD.
Author of the book, The Holistic Pediatrician, Kemper says many treatments considered alternative just a few years ago, including probiotics for gastrointestinal complaints, are now widely recommended for children.
12% of Kids Use CAM
According to the survey findings:
- 38% of adults and 12% of children 17 and under used some form of complementary and alternative medicine in 2007.
- Children whose parents used CAM were five times more likely to use the therapies (24%) than children whose parents did not use them.
- Echinacea, often used for colds, topped the list of oral supplements most often given to children, followed by fish oil, omega-3, or DHA; combination herb pills; and flaxseed oil or pills.
- Children's use of CAM increased as their parents' education level increased.
Use of CAM was higher among teenagers (16.4%) than among younger children (10.7%), and white children were more likely to use CAM (12.8%) than black (5.9%) and Hispanic (7.9%) children.
Regionally, children living in Western states were most likely to use CAM (14.4%); those living in the South were least likely to use them (8.8%).
"Children are generally much healthier than adults, so 12% usage can be seen as quite high," says study co-author Richard L. Nahin, PhD, MPH, acting director of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine's (NCCAM's) Division of Extramural Research.


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I wrote a Gibbs sampler in R and decided to port it to C to see whether it would be faster. A lot of pages I have looked at claim that C will be up to 50 times faster, but every time I have used it, it's only about five or six times faster than R. My question is: is this to be expected, or are there tricks which I am not using which would make my C code significantly faster than this (like how using vectorization speeds up code in R)? I basically took the code and rewrote it in C, replacing matrix operations with for loops and making all the variables pointers.
Also, does anyone know of good resources for C from the point of view of an R programmer? There's an excellent book called The Art of R Programming by Matloff, but it seems to be written from the perspective of someone who already knows C.
Also, the screen tends to freeze when my C code is running in the standard R GUI for Windows. It doesn't crash; it unfreezes once the code has finished running, but it stops me from doing anything else in the GUI. Does anybody know how I could avoid this? I am calling the function using .C()


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Passion Untamed: A Feral Warriors Novel (Mass Market Paperbound)
They are called Feral Warriors--an elite band of immortals who can change shape at will. Sworn to rid the world of evil, consumed by sorcery and seduction, their wild natures are primed for release . . .
Though the Mage witch Skye has a gentle heart, demonic forces have enslaved her, forcing her to kidnap Paenther, a powerful and dangerous Feral Warrior. Even chained and naked, Paenther is a cunning prisoner who seduces her, body and soul, turning captive into captor.
Paenther's pride demands revenge against the enchantress who emerged from the deep woods like a sensual vision and enthralled him, even as she makes his body burn with passion. Despite his fury over her treachery, Skye's gentle beauty calls to his soul, calming the wild chaos within him, and stealing his heart. But when evil threatens, Paenther and Skye's only chance at survival is to trust in one another . . . and the power of love.
About the Author
When New York Times bestselling author Pamela Palmer's initial career goal of captaining starships didn't pan out, she turned to engineering, satisfying her desire for adventure with books and daydreams, until finally succumbing to the need to create worlds of her own. Pamela lives and writes in the suburbs of Washington, D.C.


text: I am using the latest version of swish-e. Here is the version information. anand@anand-laptop:~/projects/HarvestMan-2.0/HarvestMan$ swish-e -V SWISH-E 2.4.4 Running on Ubuntu 6.10 on an Intel Dual core 1.83 GHZ with 1 GB RAM -Anand On 5/8/07, Anand Pillai <email@example.com> wrote: > Hello list, > > I am not sure if this is the right forum to post this question. I searched > the swish-e website for a developer list, but could not find any. If I am > posting in the wrong forum, please excuse! > > I am the developer and maintainer of an open source web crawler > program in Python named HarvestMan > (http://developer.berlios.de/projects/harvestman). As part of the > request > from a user, I have integrated HarvestMan with swish-e, enabling HarvestMan > to work as an external program for webcrawling, using the "-S prog" option. > This work is complete. > > The crawling and indexing works well for small crawls of say upto > a maximum of 50-100 files. However, when crawling and indexing sites with > a lot of HTML files, swish-e keeps failing with a "Broken Pipe" error. I am > assuming that the way swish-e does the indexing of the external > program's output is to open a pipe to read the programs STDOUT and > index it. > > The following is a snippet of the error when indexing current module > documentation of Python at > http://www.python.org/doc/current/modindex.html. > > <QUOTE> > anand@anand-laptop:~/projects/HarvestMan-2.0/HarvestMan$ swish-e -c > examples/swish-config.conf -S prog > Indexing Data Source: "External-Program" > Indexing "./harvestman.py" > External Program found: ./harvestman.py > > Warning: Unknown header line: 'me: > http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-main.html' from program > ./harvestman.py > err: External program failed to return required headers Path-Name: > . > anand@anand-laptop:~/projects/HarvestMan-2.0/HarvestMan$ Exception in > thread fetcher0: > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "threading.py", line 442, in __bootstrap > self.run() > File "/home/anand/projects/HarvestMan-2.0/HarvestMan/crawler.py", > line 201, in run > self.action() > File "/home/anand/projects/HarvestMan-2.0/HarvestMan/crawler.py", > line 696, in action > self.process_url() > File "/home/anand/projects/HarvestMan-2.0/HarvestMan/common/methodwrapper.py", > line 80, in method > post(self, x, *args, **kwargs) > File "/home/anand/projects/HarvestMan-2.0/HarvestMan/plugins/swish-e.py", > line 40, in process_url_further > sys.stdout.flush() > IOError: [Errno 32] Broken pipe > </QUOTE> > > Python is clearly showing that this is a case of a broken pipe. HarvestMan is > a multithreaded program which means that multiple threads are crawling and > downloading files at the same time and writing to STDOUT. I have tried > increasing the time period between two threads writing to STDOUT and also > tried to run the program with 1-2 threads. Still not much success with large > crawls. > > The swish-e support is added as a HarvestMan plugin. The current source > code can be seen and downloaded from berlios CVS. > > http://cvs.berlios.de/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/harvestman/HarvestMan-2.0/ > > I have been able to run HarvestMan with the swish-e plugin when it > just prints the required information to STDOUT without actually calling swish-e. > This works fine without any issues. > > Can someone let me know where in swish-e source code should I look > to try and fix this issue ? Is there any configuration parameter that > controls the > input buffer and piping when reading external program output ? > > On a happier note, I have been able to crawl and index smaller sites > as mentioned. > For example the swish-e docs URL {http://swish-e.org/docs} indexes without > any issue. The swish-e integration is one of the better features for > this release > of HarvestMan (2.0), so it would be nice if this annoying bug is fixed. > > Thanks for your help. > > Regards > -- > -Anand > -- -Anand _______________________________________________ Users mailing list firstname.lastname@example.com http://lists.swish-e.org/listinfo/usersReceived on Tue May 8 03:06:25 2007


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I would like to set the wallpaper in the login screen (Unity Greeter), how do I do that?
Ubuntu 12.04 to 13.04
Ubuntu 12.04 Unity greeter has introduced selected user dynamic background, that means that when selecting a user from the available users list the background will change to reflect the selected user's desktop background.
By default lightdm will set
Setting the dynamic switching off
(Type sudo password)
Allow the user lightdm to create a connection to the X server
Switch user to lightdm
Turn off the dynamic switching of the background
If you want to reset that setting to default after changing it, follow all the steps until the command above and instead use
When you are done setting off or reseting to default the dynamic background feature you can close the terminal or type 2x
Changing the default fixed background
(you will only see this one if the user did not set a desktop background picture or if the dynamic setting is set to false)
Open a terminal and get root
(Type sudo password)
Allow the user lightdm to create a connection to the X server
Switch user to lightdm
Change the default background with a picture of your choice
(Note: the wallpaper file cannot be located inside a encrypted user's home, those are only mounted after the user has logged in with his account.)
If you want to revert that to the default background follow all the steps until the command above but instead type
When you are done changing the default background feature or reverting back to the default one you can close the terminal or type 2x
For 11.10
Run this command in the terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T)
You will see gedit (text-editor app) appear with this text:
Just edit the line that says
Then click save or Ctrl+S and close the window. You are done.
Log out to see it working.
11.10 - Simple LightDM Manager
An enterprising developer has put together a simple applet that will change the wallpaper:
to install
Bruno Pereira's answer worked for me but could not be used in a context without X11. Here is an other way to do the same ... without the need of X11 (and easily scriptable) :
Edit the following file :
Apply the new settings :
I'd suggest to use Ubuntu Tweak. You can configure what the logo and the backgroundimage comforably without messing around with config files:
This screenshot was taken on 10.10 Maverick, if somebody can check easily if it works also with recent Ubuntu versions an edit of this answer is welcome!
Ubuntu 12.10
This approach uses the dconf-editor, rather than gsettings. Changes to the unity-greeter must be done as the lightdm user. The steps are as follows:
For 11.10:
You need to edit /etc/lightdm/unity-greeter.conf (
For ref check the below screen shot.
The main answer doesn't work for me, as I'm not using unity-greeter. My lightdm is configured to use lightdm-gtk-greeter.
I found a solution by looking through the lightdm source code. It queries DBus to find the BackgroundFile property for the user. You can change this by using the d-feet program (or command-line tools).
Navigate to this point on d-feet:
Double click the "SetBackgroundFile" function. In the window that opens, type your desired wallpaper filename (with double quotes around it). Click the Execute button. If all is well, you'll see a message like, "This function didn't return anything".
The next time lightdm runs, it should have the new wallpaper that you selected.
All versions
1) Download Ubuntu Tweak:
Download for Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin
Download for Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot
If you use 12.04 Precise: to change the login wallpaper just change your desktop wallpaper, with Ubuntu Tweak you can change only the logo.
If you use 11.10 Oneiric you can use Ubuntu Tweak to change the login wallpaper and logo.
2) Open the downloaded package and install it
3) Launch Ubuntu Tweak.
Go to Tweaks > Login Settings. Click Unlock and click on the image you want to change.
If you use 12.04 Precise: to change the login wallpaper just change your desktop wallpaper, with Ubuntu Tweak you can change the logo.
This is a workaround for 12.04 and the current version of unity-greeter (the default "theme"). For other greeters like lightdm-gtk-greeter, the usual editing of the conf file in
What I did is this: I found the image that unity-greeter insists on using. For me, it was in
In my case, I just made a symlink from another background in that location:
run this command while you are in
Keep in mind that if you are going to use a background in your home, you need to make sure your home is not encrypted, as lightdm will not be able to read that file until you login. Also make sure you have the right permissions on the file. If you don't know what any of this means, stick with a wallpaper that's already in
This what worked for me. Via nautilus, I renamed the original
In Ubuntu 12.04 you don't need to do all those command line edits anymore. All you have to do is change your wallpaper and voilá, LightDM will use it as the background (:
Sadly it seems not fully implemented yet, since when your computer starts, you see the default Ubuntu wallpaper for some seconds before it change to your wallpaper. But since we are talking about a beta (Ubuntu 12.04 is in Beta 2 right now), it's expected.
Hope it answered your question (:
Ubuntu 12.04
Just put the desired lightdm background in the default Ubuntu pictures folder (not a subfolder) and then set it as your wallpaper.
This is my solution to those who are not able to change the login screen background.
I was having this problem when I changed the wallpaper but I was getting the default Ubuntu login background. So what I did was locate the
Something which gives full access and now we can see the effect. The wallpaper I choose on desktop is also seen as the login screen background. This applies for all users.


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I exported the List as webpart using Sharepoint Designer for "News and Annoucements". I have created a custom login page for our web app (application page). Is it possible to integrate the webpart with the login page.
Technically, what you exported was a webpart file (either .dwp or .webpart) and it is just an XML file that contains the information SharePoint needs to present the underlying content but it does not include the content itself. As such, whether or not you can incorporate it in a login page depends entirely on your site security.
If your "News and Announcements" list is only visible to authenticated users then no, you cannot include it on the login page as the user has not yet authenticated. However, if you grant anonymous the permission to read that list, then you should be able to use the webpart on the login page.
Hi you can add list view xslt webpart in application page.
please see this link
you telling about login page so it's depends on permissions on list if your list has anonymous access only for view then u just display list data not insert or update ......


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Is there any publicly accessible data that shows quantum entanglement empirically.
I want to see what these researches are seeing that is showing them that indeed this phenomenon is real.
Also, any explanation of such data would be greatly appreciated, ie. what instruments are used to measure what aspects, how to interpret the data, and what specific elements prove the phenomenon beyond any doubt or what things would have to be different in the data to falsify the claim of quantum entanglement.


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26 Sep 2012 6:18 AM #1
Grid filtering using Sencha Architect
As many other people I am trying to implement the grid filtering using this plugin:
That comes in the examples of ExtJS4.1 inside "ux".
There is an example of that working:
But as most of the examples it doesn't use MVC or Sencha Architect.
I tried to use it in Sencha Architect in the last version, that is: 2.1.0 build 637.
I found some problems:
- I am using groupingfeature and summaryfeature so I already have a "features" configuration for the grid, plus it is read-only, I just can add the components that are available. Filtering is none of them.
- After adding the
requires: [ 'Ext.ux.grid.FiltersFeature' ],
According to the example, the way to add the filtering to a grid is like the following:
var filters = { ftype: 'filters', // encode and local configuration options defined previously for easier reuse encode: encode, // json encode the filter query local: local, // defaults to false (remote filtering) filters: [{ type: 'numeric', dataIndex: 'id' }, { type: 'string', dataIndex: 'company', disabled: true }, { type: 'numeric', dataIndex: 'price' }, { type: 'date', dataIndex: 'date' }, { type: 'list', dataIndex: 'size', options: ['small', 'medium', 'large', 'extra large'], phpMode: true }, { type: 'boolean', dataIndex: 'visible' }] };
var grid = Ext.create('Ext.grid.Panel', { border: false, store: store, columns: createHeaders(4), loadMask: true, features: [filters], bbar: Ext.create('Ext.toolbar.Paging', { store: store }) });
Moreover, you cannot add the feature from Sencha Architect:
So, what should I do to make the filtering feature to work using Sencha Architect, how can you use any UX component from Sencha Architect ?
A tutorial in the "learn" section (sencha.com) would be nice.
Any comment about this will be welcome.
Thanks in advance.
26 Sep 2012 8:06 AM #2Aaron Conran
26 Sep 2012 8:39 AM #3
Hi aconran,
Thanks for your prompt reply.
Would you be able to provide me with an example for this specific case? As a rule I would not need to ask. However I think it is something common that people are encountering.
Also, I think that it should be something that you can achieve with Sencha Architect without needing to override. Or am I missing something?
By adding the appropiate JS Resource you mean adding a new resource or adding the "requires" to the Application in Sencha Architect ?
If I override I get the following code:
Ext.define('MyApp.view.override.gridscreen', { override: 'MyApp.view.gridscreen' });
then put my features property using the filters ?
Sencha Architect is for developers, not advanced users... imho, and as a developer, I can say that if it is supposed to be so easy I think should documentation should exist to add all this ux features that are very nice and widely used (as you do in your examples without using Sencha Architect).
Maybe there is some documentation on the topic that I am missing that illustrates how to solve it. Point me to it if that is the case.
I will appreciate additional information, as I am new to Sencha Architect and ExtJS4, and if some tutorial is made and put online other users will definitively find it very useful.
Thanks for your support.
26 Sep 2012 9:46 AM #4
If you are only using standard Ext JS/Sencha Touch components (no overrides), you will be able to create everything without dipping into overrides. We are working on 3rd party component support, but its not quite there yet.
I've created a ticket for us to create an example of grid and filter feature being used within Architect.
By adding a JS Resource I mean go to the top right of the inspector, click + then go to JS Resource and then configure the url appropriately.Aaron Conran
28 Sep 2012 10:06 AM #5
Hi aconrad,
I understand, but filtering is a feature that should be built-in. And there is lot of important components that anyone should be able to integrate in Sencha Architect as something "usual".
I appreciate the ticket and your support, according to your previous reply seems it should be really easy stuff. For me, a zip in this thread will work, or a brief explanation, code.
The only thing I don't understand is why do I need to add the JS Resource (never used the overrides from Sencha Architect, sorry). What I expect is just:
- In Application edit the requires property.
- Put the ux code in the folder so the application can get the code for the ux in the requires property.
- Create override (panel grid).
- Put additional code in the override.
- Works with the grid.
Thanks again.
28 Sep 2012 10:59 AM #6
When you include a JS Resource it will generate an additional script tag linking the file.
When you use requires, it will dynamically load the resource. Note you will probably have to additional configure the loader to tell it where Ext.ux should be loaded from.Aaron Conran
3 Oct 2012 5:34 AM #7
What I did to make it work was editing the code generated instead of the override. But it is not the correct way (even if it is working), and I had problems trying to put the code in the override (probably a javascript error).
I look forward to have the example or some javascript code of the override in the right way.
Thank you.
9 Oct 2012 2:34 AM #8
Quick tutorial
Hi iplanit,
Can you hook us up with some quick tutorial or live example for sencha architect 2
10 Oct 2012 9:10 AM #9
It is not perfect, but I created an example of an override to enable filters in a grid.
TUTORIAL: Google file illustrating how to use the grid filter feature in Sencha Architect.
10 Oct 2012 10:00 AM #10
Thanks for putting together this presentation.Aaron Conran


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Is it possible to register a sub-domain if you don't own the base domain?
For example, could I register NickLarsen.random.com if I don't own random.com?
No. This is not possible unless the owner of the domain allows it.
The general you should believe is Oren's - however there is one exception to this rule.
If a domain is using http://freedns.afraid.org/ as their DNS provider and they've been lazy and not read the fine print, then anyone can create an A record as a subdomain to any domain listed on their site.
If you take a stroll around their site you can find a list of all the domains they have avaliable that you can create your own subdomain of.
Well, you could, technically speaking (configuring a DNS server for yourself, adding a zone file for the domain in question and creating an A or CNAME record for the subdomain in question), but it would work only for the people that use your DNS server to resolve domain names, so it really wouldn't work for that many people. And that's a good thing, because otherwise the Internet as we know it just wouldn't be, and there would be no real trust that you're actually on your bank's website or on a phisher's website.
This is not possible until the base domain owner allows to you, or you are the owner of the base domain. However you can create free subdomain from some free sites like Google will provide yourname.blogspot.com and some other will also providing these types of domain name.


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16 Feb 2013 8:54 AM #1
No documentation for IE 10 development
I was wondering whether for the competition it was expected we take stabs in the dark for development for IE 10, considering Sencha Touch 2.2 is only in alpha release, and there's no documentation for it?
If that's not the case, can someone point me to where that documentation is? I know the competition is over, but it'd still be nice to know.
18 Feb 2013 8:42 AM #2
You are correct and since everyone was in the same boat it should be an even playing field
FYI, there is some documentation in the alpha here: http://cdn.sencha.com/touch/alpha/2....ase-notes.html
Thanks for your question and stay tuned for the Touch 2.2 beta coming soon...
TracyTracy Pullman (Sencha)
18 Feb 2013 9:48 AM #3
Thanks for the reply
I had taken a look at the release notes, and they did help. Was just hoping there'd be a bit more than that.
21 Mar 2013 11:22 PM #4
No documentation for IE 10 development
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Hypothetical: I'm based in the UK. I've developed an application only to discover after it has gone live, that someone else has filed a US Patent application for similar software. I don't know if the patent will actually be granted, since the software-functionality has probably already existed long before now. Definitely the business process has been done for many decades albeit manually or semi-manually. What are my options? I'm thinking
- Assume the patent will fail and just carry on. But be prepared to stop shipping if and when they are granted the patent.
- Assume it will be granted (because that what they normally do by default) and stop selling the application now; and offer refunds to those already purchased.
- Open the source. Make my source code open-source and free to amend etc. But copyrighted. Then I could at least continue and get cred for giving the software away free and revenue for improving or customising the application for individuals.


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12 Nov 2012 2:30 AM #1
[solved]How to load data from store to FormPanel?
I have a form.Panel in which I show some data. I receive the data as XML from the server and load it directly into the fields using
podform.getForm().load({url:url_servlet+'kadastr_zemform.jsp' ... along with a XMLReader.
Now I want to show the data in 3 separate form.Panel. But I just wan't to load the data once before loading it into panels. I guess form.load() no longer works for me in that case.
How would I load the data into several panels? Should I use a store cause I also need to be able to edit the data and send it back?
12 Nov 2012 3:09 AM #2
Hi maxkliver,
If you want to display data into three separate formPanel, for this purpose create a single store and use setValues() method of the form like -
var formData = Ext.data.Store(.........); yourFormPanel.setValues(formData);sword-it.com, Sencha Developer House in Turkey - Istanbul University Technopark Suite 204.
13 Nov 2012 12:58 AM #3
I get error:
TypeError: podform.setValues is not a function
And in FormPanel API i dont see a setValue() function. Whats wrong?
My bad right syntax is formPanle.getForm().setValues();
But anyway its not work with store. Someone can give me example?
14 Nov 2012 6:10 PM #4
var record = store.getAt(rowIndex);
15 Nov 2012 8:51 PM #5Code:
var record = store.getAt(rowIndex); formPanel.getForm().loadRecord(record);
What do you think about this?
But i have a problem. Its works only if i have some alerts before this line. How to use setValuers after store was loaded?
15 Nov 2012 11:30 PM #6
write the code in store load listener.


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NEW CUMBERLAND - A drop in anticipated gaming revenue means that Hancock County will have to keep a tight rein on its budget for the coming fiscal year, commissioners said.
On Thursday, the Hancock County Commission approved a $9.9 million operating budget for the 2013-14 fiscal year, which starts July 1.
"It's a flat budget," Commissioner Mike Swartzmiller said, meaning there's little change from the current fiscal year. "We have to proceed with caution."
Commissioners said anticipated revenue from limited video lottery for the coming fiscal year is $2.9 million - down from a high of $5.2 million in 2007. Anticipated income from table gaming is $430,000 - down from $500,000 two years ago.
The new Hancock County budget also reflects an anticipated drop in revenue from the 6 percent hotel occupancy tax - from a high of $465,000 in 2009 to $200,000 in the coming year. The county is suing Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort over the issue, saying it's being cheated out of tens of thousands of dollars from Mountaineer's practice of not collecting the occupancy tax on complimentary rooms.
Despite the lean outlook, Swartzmiller was sanguine about the county's financial picture when addressing the issue at Thursday's regular meeting.
"Hancock County is still in great financial shape," he said. "I'm really pleased with the budget and the way it turned out."
Commissioners projected expenditures in the amount of $10.2 million for the coming year, meaning the budget was $300,000 in the red.
"You have to turn in a balanced budget," Swartzmiller said. "We had to do some cutting and refiguring of some line items."
None of the cuts involve layoffs, but county employees won't be getting raises this year either, Swartzmiller said.
"We didn't cut any personnel or services. We didn't put any additional burdens on our employees," he said.
Hancock County pays 100 percent of its employees' health insurance premiums. Those hired after July 1, 2008, contribute 20 percent, said Cindy Jones, county administrative assistant for finance.
The county ensured it was submitting a balanced budget to Charleston by cutting things such as overtime and certain project requests from department heads, Jones said. The deadline for county budget submissions is today, but the budgets can be revised until July 30.
Swartzmiller said commissioners did not want to dip into the rainy day fund or long-term capital improvement fund to balance the budget.
"That would be like taking your kid's college fund and using it to buy a pickup truck," he said.
Swartzmiller said commissioners did not use general operating money for a series of recent large real estate purchases - Newell Memorial Field, the old Jimmy Carey Stadium in Weirton, and the New Cumberland Dollar General store. Those purchases were made from the long-term capital improvement fund, he said.
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