Any
suggestions as to what it might be? Just curious - and we have been for
3 years ;-)
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ffects operation, so Pentax
engineers probably have prototypes to work with and won't have to change
anything for production chips. The sensor should go into production late
this year or early next year. That means the 645D should go into
production shortly thereafter or possible even simultaneously.
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Wow. This sounds like a *serious* flash!
Very good news indeed.
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which is substantially different, I
believe. Check Stan's web site for user opinions
http://stans-photography.info/
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tt Loveless during his first visit to GFM. I
>trust that, other than prolonged exposure to me, the weekend went
>well for him.
>
>Oh, and I'm reasonably certain there is no truth to the rumor that
>someone donned the absent Mark Roberts' Team Badge and endeavored to
>
"Charles Braswell Jr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>< Mark Roberts
>Sun, 21 Aug 2005 18:21:54 -0700
>
>My SO and I moved to Pittsburgh 3 years ago. Every summer, beginning in
>August, we've heard (but not seen) what we have taken to calling a
>"cli
sassembly is
peeling off the rubber grip around the zoom ring and removing the metal
brushes that carry electrical signals to the innards of the lens. These
will be irreparably damaged if not removed before disassembling the rest
of the lens.
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ouple of shots I needed for a
client as well. And I had an invite to a really good party Saturday
night :)
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I got two and a half years from my MZ-S before it was "obsolete" (that
it, until I bought the ist-D). I'm approaching two years with the ist-D
and have no doubt I will be using it extensively for longer than I did
my MZ-S.
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ptimizing lenses for digital will be unnecessary.
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Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Tue, 23 Aug 2005, Mark Roberts wrote:
>
>> I got two and a half years from my MZ-S before it was "obsolete" (that
>> it, until I bought the ist-D).
>
>I think these were exceptional circumstances.
Not
.
...and even if it *isn't* a lens fault (and I do think it is), one can't
presuppose that digital sensors aren't going to improve over the years.
In fact, one would have to be a fool to think they aren't.
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Hey Bruce, did you ever seen my PUG submission from Feb 2001?
http://pug.komkon.org/01feb/7d003623.html
I like backlit leaves!
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thout it being cliched, but
you've done it. I like the way it's almost but not quite a silhouette.
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t;They tried that already.
>Now you can't get Panatomic-X and Ektar25..
Wow. Talk about driving the point home...
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he FM2 appeared on the
>market and used it for another 19 years. Someone else bought it after
>me and, presumably, is continuing to use it.
>
>Obsolete does not imply not used or not usable.
You got it.
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y... and Canon hired him to handle this campaign? ;-)
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s* to call his
prints "giclee" and insists on referring to them as inkjet prints. I
kind of like that attitude ;-)
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es! Here's how mine varies: For landscape shots with a lot of detail
that I want to blow up large I take 4-6 shots and stitch them together.
Next year at Grandfather Mountain I'm going to be giving a presentation
on this topic. I'll bring along some big prints of 18-25 megapixel
but in the 3:4 ratio I prefer (one of the things I like
about the 645 format).
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"William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>From: "Mark Roberts"
>>
>> I'd like a 26 x 34 sensor myself: It's just about the same image circle
>> as a 24 x 36 but in the 3:4 ratio I prefer (one of the things I like
>> about the 64
eed to be 8x10
Most people who get large prints do so to put them into off-the-shelf
frames in stock sizes - 8 x 10, 11 x 14, etc.
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keep this mail for 18 months, I have entered a cron job to remind me then.
I'll be surprised if it takes that long.
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way at this factor.
Of course, we know full-frame sensors will never be any less expensive
than the one in the 5D
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Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Sunday, August 21, 2005, at 09:35 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
>
>> My SO and I moved to Pittsburgh 3 years ago. Every summer, beginning in
>> August, we've heard (but not seen) what we have taken to calling a
>> "clic
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I am also sort of expecting a wildlife story from someone.
I think Shel's qualifies ;-)
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7;ll keep this mail for 18 months, I have entered a cron job to remind
>me then.
>
>Mark said:
>
>>I'll be surprised if it takes that long.
BTW: My "18 months" figure applies to Pentax. Nikon will be much sooner.
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Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On 24/8/05, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>>BTW: My "18 months" figure applies to Pentax. Nikon will be much sooner.
>
>Actually I was thinking FF 10 or 12MP for $2500 street price. Not Pentax.
No one mentioned fu
king its sound) in early
August and generally continues through September here in Pittsburgh. It
seems to only make its sound around dusk - from just after sunset until
around 9:30-10:00.
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.
>Not on FF DSLRs though...
They *made* a lot of money on FF DSLR's. The pool of people willing and
able to meet the $8000 asking price is drying up so they've
(reluctantly) moved down the pricing ladder. They'll make lots of money
on this one too.
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Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On 24/8/05, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>>No one mentioned full frame at this price.
>
>I did and I am :-)
>
>18 months, full frame at US$2500 street. Mark :-)
18 months for a cheaper version of the D5? Sounds
nspiracy theory. ;-)
Hey, just because you *are* paranoid doesn't mean they're *not* out to
get you!
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"Christian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>> Illinois Bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>>If it's outside, perhaps it is a cicada?
>>
>> I thought it might be an odd sor
Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>On Aug 23, 2005, at 6:17 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
>
>> I'd like a 26 x 34 sensor myself: It's just about the same image
>> circle as a 24 x 36 but in the 3:4 ratio I prefer (one of the
>> things I like a
Didn't get a
>solid freeze, but a "different" image.
>
>Jack
>
>http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=86
Dynamite shot, Jack! That's an award winner there.
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mime and Tai Chi. He was doing this street
performance outside the Roman baths in Bath, England.
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Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7cf01017.jpg
Damn. I haven't looked at that shot in years and now I'm starting to
think I really like it.
Here's a variation:
http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7cf01017a.jpg
I really like it
Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Flash can be comfortable, sometimes it is the only solution.
Sometimes it's "flash now or Photoshop later". I always regard Photoshop
as a last resort.
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out from the archives:
http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d102620.jpg
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actually painted like
>that, rather than being Photoshopped to look that way... >
>
>Hi Mark,
>
>Remember now. "photoshop is not a verb" (Tony Sweet).
He's a wonderful photographer. But he's wrong about that. :)
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ensable in some applications, from
outdoor nature shots to wedding photography.
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th the M28/3.5.
>
>http://www.twosixteen.com/gallery/index.php?list=21
Oh yeah, that looks like GFM
(Especially http://www.twosixteen.com/gallery/index.php?id=169)
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from IBM documentation stylebook)
"Verbing weirds language"
- Calvin (from Calvin & Hobbes)
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al.
Or maybe I don't...
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l
APS-C (but, unsurprisingly, not quite as good as 11 megapixel full
frame).
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my *ist-DS.
What HiMH batteries are you using? Don't trust the mAh ratings, check
out the tests at Imaging Resource, for example.
http://www.imaging-resource.com/ACCS/BATTS/BATTS.HTM
I bought the Powerex batteries that they rated best and I'm continually
astonished at how long they last.
-frame chip was always an
issue. About $1000 each in quantities of 1000 units.
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rth the trip for that alone :)
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I have the F 100/2.8 macro and use it frequently on the ist-D. No
complaints whatsoever. It's very sharp.
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in mind that cheap Canon lenses are really Tamrons!
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Throws???
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a sensation of driving.
I used to have an MG Midget. I remember the first time I took it out on
the expressway and thought "man, I'm really going fast", only to look
down at the speedometer and see an indicated 45 mph!
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.html
After converting to JPEG you can use something like Noiseware.
http://www.imagenomic.com/
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Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>On Friday, August 26, 2005, at 08:21 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:
>
>> Ah, but keep in mind that cheap Canon lenses are really Tamrons!
>>
>Sez who?
Informed sources whose jobs would be in danger if they were named. But
also a
ng
through my old shots and I've found some forgotten stuff I really like.
The "Blue Man in Bath" shot is just one of them. BTW: Here's the latest
version of it:
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Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Yeah, as in "death throws".
Sorry, I was being pedantic. It's "death throes".
>--- Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Throws???
>>
>>
>>
ery closely corresponds to the
overall luminance of the image.
2: The human eye is also most sensitive in its "green channel" so to
speak.
3: Item #2 is probably an evolutionary response to #1
4: Digital camera sensors have twice as many green pixels as red or blue
(deliberately so - obvi
0 f/4.0-5.6 and $80.00 28-80 zooms that they
OEM from Tamron.
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Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Friday, August 26, 2005, at 08:49 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:
>
>> Informed sources whose jobs would be in danger if they were named. But
>> also anyone who's worked in a camera shop and had the opportunity to
>> hold the T
Kick Me Cheeses Through the Goal Posts of Life?
>"Your Cheesing Heart"
>
>"Bleu (cheese) Suede Shoes"
>
>"Nacho Man"
>
>"Muenster Mash"
Provolone Again, Naturally?
...or any song by the String Cheese Incident (an actual, real band)
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27;ve noticed that,
regardless of what the final print looks like (and I expect inkjets will
catch up with wet prints before long), people like knowing (and being
able to tell their friends) that the print hanging on their wall is a
"silver gelatin" photographic print made in a real darkroom. This seems
to apply only to black & white prints.
Well, as long as they buy the print I'm not picky...
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Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>On Friday, August 26, 2005, at 08:49 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:
>>
>>> Informed sources whose jobs would be in danger if they were named. But
>>> also anyone who'
Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I think I need to clarify some of this.:
>When I was in Rochester last weekend I checked in with my friends who
>work at Kodak. The ones who work in the division that makes imaging
>chips seemed fairly optimistic but everyone else was ab
ob goes. That may not be true, but almost everyone I spoke to seems to
*feel* this way.
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>From last year on the PDML:
"I think lens wipes is the one area Kodak will continue to dominate."
- Tom Van Veen
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ash, but the number
of people I've known with lost negatives and prints over the years makes
me think it's a case of "plus ca change..." Digital doesn't make it
*more* likely that people will lose their precious family photos, it
just means it'll happen in a different way.
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c.
My chemist friend was lamenting the days of high-profit-margin products
(which means film). He said he thought it cost more to make the
packaging (box and film canister) than the film itself.
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"P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm sure you have a melodious voice.
I believe "mellifluous" is a more fitting word...
>Doug Brewer wrote:
>
>> oh, Lord, we're trying to =attract= people to the NPW. Let's not
>> threaten
Igor Roshchin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Mark Roberts wrote:
>
>> >From last year on the PDML:
>>
>> "I think lens wipes is the one area Kodak will continue to dominate."
>> - Tom Van Veen
>
>Well, if the lens cleaning tissues were meant,
Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello Mark,
>
>You need new friends !
I thought that was self-evident ;-)
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ixels.
It's remarkably similar to film: The less magnification you have to do
to your capture when making the final print, the better off you are.
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ght have larger pixels than
a 6mp APS-C sensor, so it could be both lower in noise *and* higher in
resolution. Improvement in technology also comes into play because it's
always advancing: This year's sensors are lower in noise than those from
two years ago.
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the willingness or knowledge of how to do it at home.
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ints they are used to. Seen it done.
Even if they have a computer they may not use it for viewing photos.
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Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Even though the cost per print is lower with film,
Yikes! That should be "cost per print is lower THAN with film"
Changes the whole meaning!
>it's a big psychological hurdle to pay it in one lump
>sum like that! Most
I'm selling an item to an overseas PDML member who's going to be in San
Fran Sept 10-23. If someone would be willing to receive a package from
me and meet with the recipient somewhere in this time frame it would be
appreciated by both of us.
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ount) sensor lose its
>advantage by yielding an additional and offsetting
>amount of noise. Developing technology
>notwithstanding.
That would come down to a matter of personal preference. You might pick
a different trade-off point than I would.
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g. Fotowire forwards the files to the
specified shop, which has its own Fotowire download software to simplify
the handling of the files. The shop prints the files as they would any
others. Then the customers pick up the finished prints at the shop.
It's mostly 4x6 stuff and the occasion
Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I like the combination of orange and chrome. Shot with the DA 16-45 at
>29mm, f8, 1/125th.
>http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3672858&size=lg
Oh YEAH baby!
Great one, Paul.
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ct you may be onto something here. Wouldn't be surprised if they
changed their minds in a few months - after the warehouses are cleared
of DS stock, of course ;-)
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David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>1.024x10^3
>
>...just to be different.
400h
(just to be even more different!)
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Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On 26/8/05, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>>I used to have an MG Midget.
>
>Best keep that under your hat Mark.
Too late, the word's out.
My next car was a Plymouth Reliant - given to me by my parents because
they got
ns.
>
>Yeah, I like the Tamrons I've had, too.
I have their recent 17-35/2.8-4.0 and it's excellent.
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Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>1023.
>
>(I'm a meg short of a gig)
...so to speak.
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keithw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Mark Roberts wrote:
>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>>>In a message dated 8/26/2005 5:44:51 AM Pacific Standard Time,
>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>>>Me think, cheap Canon lenses are really _cheap_ Tamrons!
in the City. Hope you enjoy:
>
>http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3674322&size=lg
I love it! This is a *classic* Theriault shot!
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frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I should be able to stay in shape with two hours of brisk riding a day,
>plus longish rides on weekends.
Ya think?
;-)
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of imperfection to be a perfect
shot. (If you know what I mean )
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Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Very nice. It really captures the hustle and bustle of chinatown.
You know, you could pass this shot off as being from any number of
cities around the world. Another thing I like about it.
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g.
Could be, Frank. My tastes in photography usually seem to be similar to
yours but I really like this photo a lot. There's just something so
"English" about it. You have to visit London sometime.
(NO, the London in ENGLAND, wise guy!)
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le" hypothesis. Although
I foolishly sold it years ago, my A50/1.4 was my all-time favorite lens
as far as bokeh is concerned.
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Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am still seriously impressed by "look both ways" writing beneath my
>feet somewhere in Hyde Park...
That writing saved my butt many times ;-)
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least when
stopped down - I haven't tried it wide open yet).
Should be fun... as long as I can scrape by on my (very) minimal French
language skills :-)
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Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I see more signs and portents in the detritus on the sidewalk than in the
>newspaper.
Care to give us your "reading of the entrails"?
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"William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>From: "Mark Roberts"Subject: Bicycling in France: All primes
>
>> > Should be fun... as long as I can scrape by on my (very) minimal French
>> language skills :-)
>
>This should serve you well in mos
difficult situation:
>>
>> " Je passe le vent dans votre direction générale "
>>
>"péter" is the verb you're trying to squeeze out.
Perhaps he's just being long-winded?
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frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>$90US seems a lot of money just to be "carefree and eminently cool" .
What? Seems like a bargain to me!
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Toralf Lund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>So I just ordered the £195 F-100/2.8 macro recently listed at
>ffordes.co.uk...
You are going to love this lens.
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or Sanyo or someone - look for the Korean semiconductor
manufacturers to get into the act soon) decides to make the sensor. I'd
wager that if they weren't working on it two weeks ago they are now ;-)
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was an L lens, which implies it's one of
>Canon's best (or at the very least, a pro lens).
Does anyone know the shooting aperture at which that photo was taken?
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