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On Oct 28, 2013, at 11:50 , Don Guthrie wrote:

 How could I mistype honor? Even the British spelling would have been better.

They made harmonicas, I believe.
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Re: LED on camera light

MPO - I use an LED light source off camera mounted next to a Pentax 540. Seems 
the birds at my feeders prefer a constant light (faster AF too!) with an 
occasional flash than a flash out of the dimness. Best sky colors are at dawn 
and setting sun. Don't ask to see examples. Working on being competent. Hey 
Dave, is that a wooden or cushioned easy chair you sit in awaiting a Jay to 
pose for you?  :) :)

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On Oct 28, 2013, at 15:26 , Bruce Walker wrote:

 Ken, there's no comparison between the smaller LED light units and a
 hotshoe flash; the flash is many stops brighter.
 
 I compared my 160-LED unit with an AF540 flash using a lightmeter and got 
 this:
 
 LED
 full brightness at 2 feet: F4.0 (125th sec, ISO 200)
 
 AF540FGZ (zoomed all the way)
 1/1 at 2 feet: F90
 1/64 at 2 feet: F11
 
 F90 is not a typo. Focused flash is very bright.
 
 
 On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 8:01 PM,  kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote:
 Thanks Mark.
 
 I can't find the GN for the unit I ordered so I'll have to see how it
 performs for myself.
 
 Kenneth Waller
 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
 
 - Original Message - From: Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net
 
 Subject: Re: LED on camera light




  













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Re: K-3 Vs. D600


On Oct 28, 2013, at 13:09 , Paul Stenquist wrote:

 On Oct 28, 2013, at 3:17 PM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote:
 
 On 27/10/13, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed:
 
 The pentax's full frame is not of the dimension a full frame must be.
 
 Paul. Come of the Scotch will you ;-)
 
 I have yet to see a camera that doesn't have a full frame!

My Pet FT says it's a half frame…
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Re: K-3 Vs. D600

Jz, I read the Half-Frame better than the PEN. 'pologees.


On Oct 28, 2013, at 18:28 , Joseph McAllister wrote:

 
 On Oct 28, 2013, at 13:09 , Paul Stenquist wrote:
 
 On Oct 28, 2013, at 3:17 PM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote:
 
 On 27/10/13, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed:
 
 The pentax's full frame is not of the dimension a full frame must be.
 
 Paul. Come of the Scotch will you ;-)
 
 I have yet to see a camera that doesn't have a full frame!
 
 My Pet FT says it's a half frame…


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Re: K-3 Vs. D600


On Oct 28, 2013, at 20:32 , Bill wrote:

 On 28/10/2013 7:28 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote:
 
 On Oct 28, 2013, at 13:09 , Paul Stenquist wrote:
 
 On Oct 28, 2013, at 3:17 PM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote:
 
 On 27/10/13, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed:
 
 The pentax's full frame is not of the dimension a full frame must be.
 
 Paul. Come of the Scotch will you ;-)
 
 I have yet to see a camera that doesn't have a full frame!
 
 My Pet FT says it's a half frame…
 
 They can self identify all they want, it doesn't change anything.
 I could self identify as a Scotsman, it wouldn't change that I'm a drunk.


Actually, it identifies you as Irish, Bill.


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Re: In Honer of the World Series K-01

We both got it wrong here in the lower 48.

Hohner made harmonicas. Honor your father  mother  and your grade school 
teachers.

:)


On Oct 28, 2013, at 21:06 , knarf wrote:

 Actually, honour is not the British spelling. It is the rest of the 
 English-speaking world spelling.
 
 ;-)
 
 Please note that I resisted the urge to call it the correct spelling - 
 Damn! I just did it! I'm so weak...
 
 Cheers, 
 frank
 
 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com wrote:
 
 On Oct 28, 2013, at 11:50 , Don Guthrie wrote:
 
 How could I mistype honor? Even the British spelling would have been
 better.
 
 They made harmonicas, I believe.
 
 “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel


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Re: PESO - (and VESO) The Christmas Train

You get more bang for your buck, especially with under the tree stuff, with N 
gauge. Two levels, a siding, houses, factories, etc. Oh, and Santa's Sleigh!  
:)  All on a two foot square elevated piece of 3/4 plywood with a 8 hole 
under and through the mountain.


On Oct 28, 2013, at 21:14 , Alan C wrote:

 Thanks for that, George. I over-estimated the size of the chess pieces  
 thought it might be O Gauge. The vintage Lionel was actually S Gauge, a bit 
 smaller than O. I have Lionel, Hornby, Rivarossi  Big-Big plus about 80m of 
 self made track. When I still lived in Rhodesia, there were 3 of us but I 
 never got going again after moving here. Yes, the modern stuff is very high 
 quality  expensive, as you say, like our photography.
 
 Alan
 
 -Original Message- From: George Sinos
 Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 9:10 PM
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 Subject: Re: PESO - (and VESO) The Christmas Train
 
 Thanks for the comments everyone.
 
 Alan - the train in this photo is HO scale, roughly half the size of O.
 
 When I was in the hobby shop buying the circle of track for these
 trains I saw some modern O.  Wow, nothing like the old Lionel stuff
 that I remember from when I was a kid.  Much more detailed and very
 much made to look as real as possible.  Also, very expensive. $50-$80
 for a boxcar. Engine prices were in the Hundreds of dollars. That
 would add up pretty quickly.  Of course, O is pretty big, so you
 wouldn't need much.  Then again, from the conversation I overheard
 while there, I'm guessing the train hobbyists have the same issues
 with rolling stock as photographers have with lenses.
 
 gs


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Re: OT: Lens Coffee Mug

On Oct 24, 2013, at 12:25 , Darren Addy wrote:

Unfortunately, it's a Canon lens, but maybe that makes it more fun to
drink out of.

Makes a GREAT in-car urinal!

Better in the car. Sitting on it's rear lens cap full of coffee is a disaster
waiting to happen indoors. Cup holder in the car make it stable.

FYI- Drink fast, as the lens/cup(s) have no insulating capacity. I intend to
give mine away for only $0.10 at my next yard sale.

On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 2:17 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com
wrote:
http://www.groupon.com/deals/gg-camera-lens-coffee-mug-0?p=10utm_source=pc-occasionsutm_medium=emailsid=309f7515-c7a8-463b-8702-93766adca158division=central-jerseyuser=32f029f8ca24964820edee77957de5e8035f5050f64cf4e6bf5ba2ad1c75a0eedate=20131024s=bodyc=buttond=groupon_occasions_deal

Unfortunately, it's a Canon lens, but maybe that makes it more fun to
drink out of.

Dan Matyola
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Re: K-3 manual now available (PDF)

Stan, your K5 and K20 have built in speakers as well. Shoot a movie, play it 
back, and press your ear close to the holes i the body that are not the mic.

On Oct 23, 2013, at 21:15 , Stan Halpin wrote:

 Ken - I have started into the K-3 manual Darren posted. It looks exactly like 
 the pdf versions of K10, K20, K5,  K5ii manuals that I have used before. 
 Same layout, same level of detail on descriptions of e.g. menu functions, 
 etc. And the What is in the box? page shows that the hardcopy manual is 
 included.
 One thing that strikes me so far is how much more prominent the video-related 
 functions are. And I had not realized that it has a built-in speaker! Verbal 
 alerts? Hey dummy, the flash won't work until you turn it on! I'll read 
 more tomorrow. . .
 
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Re: Maverick OSX


On Oct 25, 2013, at 07:34 , Paul Stenquist wrote:

 Would it were so. Downloading Epson drivers for Macs is never simple. They 
 all come from Apple these days, and Epson's needs are apparently  not a high 
 priority for our friends in Cupertino.

Go figure. 

I'm sure Epson's s/w team got Maverick months ago. 

Apple (for last 6 years) has included Epson's driver with the OS. However, 
Epson has to get them to Apple. This has happened before. 

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Re: An appeal for Divergence and Simplicity from the Luminous Landscape

In that vein, movies, whilst watching the F-1 race in India this morning, I 
noticed that each of the team's row of engineers peering at LCD screens of the 
thousands of sensors on their drivers cars had a slot between the screens and 
the laptops on the bench through which a DSLR was sliding back and forth on 
dual rails, rotating to get different angles (don't think it changed vertical 
angle) as the race progressed. Very erie, with no one in sight at the controls. 
TV? Team records? Don't know, but it was not a movie or TV cameras. Not even a 
GoPro (God that guy must be so rich by now)

Joe!

On Oct 27, 2013, at 17:39 , P.J. Alling wrote:

 Ruminating on the K-3 and the various reviews of the K-5 family of cameras 
 where the reviewer took off points for clunky ways to get into video mode, 
 (this was especially true of DPReview IIRC), I found myself wanting to scream 
 in the guy's face.  What is it about it being primarily a Still camera 
 that you don't get?  This little article from Luminous Landscape makes 
 covers most of my arguments, without the Pending assault charges, though I 
 think his plea for simplicity of control might go a bit too far in the other 
 direction, and having a third dial dedicated entirely to ISO... Pushing a 
 button and turning one of the e-dials isn't all that onerous as long as the 
 button is in a convenient location.
 
 NO Pentax content in the essay but hell half of us don't use Pentax as our 
 primary camera system anymore anyway.
 
 http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/an_appeal_for_divergence_and_simplicity.shtml




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Re: Pentax K-01 follow-up? (or other Pentax K-mount mirrorless)

2013-10-22 Thread Joseph McAllister

On Oct 21, 2013, at 20:42 , Boris Liberman wrote:
 The only thing that I don't like about K-01 is that you cannot attach a EVF 
 to it - you absolutely have to focus/compose by the screen. In the bright 
 light this may prove an issue. You could buy this accessory that attaches to 
 the back of the camera and blocks the stray light, but it would make your 
 camera significantly bigger.


Regards non-slr cameras with LCD screens.

I am thinking of buying a large and long bill'd baseball type hat and wearing 
my flip-up 7.00x close-up watchmaker type plastic lenses that clip on to my 
regular trifocals. I've tried the combo indoors and outdoors with a normal 
baseball cap on an overcast day, and they were great. In the sun the unrimmed 
plastic magnifiers may catch some light which may interfere.

It would depend on the magnification of your flip-ups, but with my 1.25 
drugstore 67mm readers and my 7.00x flip-ups, the LCD of my Pentax Q is in 
focus from ~ 6 inches to ~7.5 inches measuring from my eyebrow, and completely 
fills the immediate field of vision of the glasses. Bonus: You can read the 
letters and symbols on the back of the camera without holding it at arms 
length! And with my trifocal glasses, it's even better.

Flip the added lenses up and they are completely out of the way as would be 
clip-on sunglasses.

Tracking birds or critters in the wild you are still better off with a red dot 
scope at arms length because you can see around the camera to spot your target 
with your spare eye. No need to look at the LCD; find target, place the red dot 
on it (or usually just under or over it so it'd not be centered, giving you 
some room to crop.


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Re: Pentax K-01 follow-up? (or other Pentax K-mount mirrorless)

2013-10-22 Thread Joseph McAllister


On Oct 22, 2013, at 01:25 , Larry Colen wrote:

 On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 01:15:00AM -0700, Joseph McAllister wrote:
 On Oct 21, 2013, at 20:42 , Boris Liberman wrote:
 The only thing that I don't like about K-01 is that you cannot attach a EVF 
 to it - you absolutely have to focus/compose by the screen. In the bright 
 light this may prove an issue. You could buy this accessory that attaches 
 to the back of the camera and blocks the stray light, but it would make 
 your camera significantly bigger.
 
 
 Regards non-slr cameras with LCD screens.
 
 I am thinking of buying a large and long bill'd baseball type hat and 
 wearing my flip-up 7.00x close-up watchmaker type plastic lenses that clip 
 on to my regular trifocals. I've tried the combo indoors and outdoors with a 
 normal baseball cap on an overcast day, and they were great. In the sun the 
 unrimmed plastic magnifiers may catch some light which may interfere.
 
 Joe, 
 you may have just elevated photo-nerdery to an artform.
 
We thank ya Larry. It's always good to be elevated, socially, physically, or 
chemically. Been all three, IIRC…

It's why I got me a degree in Fine Art, so I could spend more time being artsy. 
{poor}

Now you have an opportunity Larry. Inventing photo-nerdery you must copyright 
it; collect some coin!


 
 It would depend on the magnification of your flip-ups, but with my 1.25 
 drugstore 67mm readers and my 7.00x flip-ups, the LCD of my Pentax Q is in 
 focus from ~ 6 inches to ~7.5 inches measuring from my eyebrow, and 
 completely fills the immediate field of vision of the glasses. Bonus: You 
 can read the letters and symbols on the back of the camera without holding 
 it at arms length! And with my trifocal glasses, it's even better.
 
 Flip the added lenses up and they are completely out of the way as would be 
 clip-on sunglasses.
 
 Tracking birds or critters in the wild you are still better off with a red 
 dot scope at arms length because you can see around the camera to spot your 
 target with your spare eye. No need to look at the LCD; find target, place 
 the red dot on it (or usually just under or over it so it'd not be centered, 
 giving you some room to crop.

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Re: In south Australia I was born...

2013-10-19 Thread Joseph McAllister


On Oct 19, 2013, at 13:38 , Bob W wrote:

 (which is absolutely true!)
 
 Spent most of the day as a flaneur, wandering the streets of North London
 with my newly-firmwared Fuji X100, mainly using zone focusing with the
 clever little display it now has.
 
 I was greeted by a very enjoyable sight when I finally got home to
 Greenwich. The X100's battery gave up the ghost immediately after the shot.
 
 Here are some of the shots:
 http://www.web-options.com/MissNancyBlair/
 
 The bookshop is Daunt's, which likes to claim that it is the most beautiful
 bookshop in the world. And who am I to argue? 
 
 In case you don't get the South Australia reference:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vUqeDPZZ80

I presume you refer to the comment conwal babyy 
on page two of the YouTube display, as I heard nothing in the shanty refer to 
anywhere in England - the lower part of the Scottish Empire - where you were 
born!)   :)

Unless you were trying to tie the music into your last image. 



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Re: K-3 Silver

2013-10-14 Thread Joseph McAllister

The description of the K5 and K3 state that Durable magnesium alloy covers 
surround a rugged stainless steel chassis.


On Oct 13, 2013, at 17:55 , Bob Sullivan wrote:

 Frame is magnesium alloy, but skin is plastic.
 
 On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 3:42 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@me.com wrote:
 Aren't the Pentax K5, K5II, K5IIs and K3 all magnesium alloy bodied camera? 
 That's what it says on DPR.
 
 No matter. I took one look at the silver, my head said ugly and I haven't 
 looked at it again. Yuck.
 
 G
 
 On Oct 13, 2013, at 1:34 PM, Kenneth Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote:
 
 Just like I certainly wouldn't spend $250 extra for a silver camera
 
 


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Re: K-3 Silver

2013-10-14 Thread Joseph McAllister

You must be referring to the fake leatherette on most gripping surfaces. Just 
touch the camera anywhere else and you can tell by the temperature it is metal.

Better yet, test your camera for zero degree operation sometime. Let it cold 
soak for ten minutes. Then touch your tongue to anyplace that isn;t plastic. 
Call me and let me know how that worked out for ya.


On Oct 14, 2013, at 01:30 , Larry Colen wrote:

 Yes.and that is skinned in plastic. 
 
 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com wrote:
 The description of the K5 and K3 state that Durable magnesium alloy
 covers surround a rugged stainless steel chassis.




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Re: K-5IIs First Impressions

2013-09-16 Thread Joseph McAllister

IIRC, and sometimes I do, if you hit the OK button then an arrow button, you 
are in focus point mode (if the focus point lights up red).

I had it figured out last week, but…


On Sep 13, 2013, at 10:49 , Bruce Walker wrote:

 Me too. It's modal; you can't tell which mode it's in without
 experimentally pushing a button; and I could never figure out what
 reliably sets it in one mode or the other. Luckily it got stuck in
 focus-point select which is what I need most often, so I was able to
 live with it during my evaluation.
 
 On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote:
 You hit upon my sole gripe with the K-5. Everything else was so minor as to
 be unworthy of note to me, but that one still vexes me.
 
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Re: Which second party camera system do you like? Mini-survey

2013-09-12 Thread Joseph McAllister


On Sep 12, 2013, at 16:20 , Bruce Walker wrote:

 He can't think he's good at *all* things or he'd be on this list.

MARK!


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Re: OT Any advice for inexpensive lapel microphones?

In answer to your question at the end of this message.

Note that the text refers to Quadra's and PowerPC's microphones that come with
the computer. They are talking early to mid-90s here, and refer to the little
mini-hockey puck mics Apple used to ship with their computers. Soft foam
backing, about 1.5 diameter, beige.

Then Apple realized money could be made selling mics to people, and letting
aftermarket whiners into the fray, so they stopped the practice. I can assume
without looking up the tech that the only equipment that still uses such a
system is iPhones and iPads, but their extended pin on their mic/earphone combo
is only to allow both audio sections to share one ground and are mono.

Possibly making some assumptions there, and I'll be corrected if so, but for
best sound, either use a mic with internal pre-amplification, or run mikes into
a small mixer that provides such amplification and has a control to limit or
boost it.

I've never had a problem plugging a Sony Lav mike into my MacBook, MiniDisc
Recorders, and my K5. I've plugged several mics into my K-5, and/or line outs
from a Sony and/or Tascam mixer.

Most of my concert/Live recordings (back in the day) I used PZM plate mics
attached to a 1 x 2' piece of lumber hoisted above the crowd. They were
designed for 2 AA batteries, but I modified the battery holder to take a 9V
battery. It withstood the SPLs of really loud outdoor and indoor
amplification with cleaner sound.

On Sep 8, 2013, at 06:14 , Igor Roshchin wrote:

Fri Sep 6 00:47:24 EDT 2013
Rob Studdert wrote:

On 6 September 2013 03:08, Igor Roshchin str at komkon.org wrote:

Hi Matthew,

Thanks for sharing this one.
I see that some reviews and questions to the answers suggest that the
microphone is designed to be powered (although not with the phantom
mic
power? - sounds weird?).
I understand that if you use it with a computer, you need to enable
the
microphone boost option.

It is not a problem by itself, but depending on the device you are
planning to use it with, you may have some difficulties with the level
of the signal.

Condenser or capacitive mics (which this obviously is) need
pre-amplification close to the module and ao require power. Larger
mics are often battery powered, balanced pro-mics use Phantom power.
This type of mic is supplied DC from the mic socket and is generally
termed Plug-in Power, of course not all devices provide this mic
power.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/insights/blogs/pro-audio/using-lavalier-microphones-recorders.html

http://support.pentaximaging.com/node/616

Cheers,

--
Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio)

Thank you, Rob for the reference.
While knowing that condenser mics require power, I just have never
spent a moment to think about that in relation to the fact that the
computers and recorders must provide that via the input port.

Now, I am curious, and couldn't find the answer by googling:
Boost in Windows' microphone settings, - does it turn on the plug-in
power, or does it really boost the sound card (pre-) amplifier?

A curious thing:
While reading and searching, - I also discovered, that apparently, Macs
have (had?) a special microphone with a special 3.5mm (aka 1/8) plug:
http://www.directproaudio.com/shop/accessories/guide/microphone-sound-card.cfm#Macintosh

Igor

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Re: K-5II/IIs and OSX 10.6.8


On Sep 8, 2013, at 13:10 , Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

 On Sep 8, 2013, at 12:20 PM, Brendan MacRae bpmac...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 I'm just confused since I see that Apple updated its camera raw
 compatibility under Lion (update 4.04) for the K-5II. I like the fact
 that OSX handles DNG across the entire operating system (like hitting
 the spacebar to preview images, including DNG files). Is the DNG from
 the newer bodies still compatible with 10.6.8 this way? Has the DNG
 format changed in the new bodies? Since I've been using Aperture 2 for
 RAW processing (and can't upgrade) I'm hoping for backward
 compatibility.
 
 I see what your issues are now ... 
 
 Unfortunately, Aperture relies upon the OS X core frameworks for its raw 
 processing, and (IIRC) will not accept image files even in DNG format for 
 which the core frameworks have not been updated. To use the new frameworks, 
 you'll need the latest OS X and Aperture versions. 
 
 Of course, you could see if you can get a K5II DNG file from someone and test 
 it out, but I suspect that you'll have to do something different from what 
 you have been doing. 

I've been running OSX 10.6.8 for years, and Aperture 3 works fine. I'm at 3.0.3 
now. It and my 24 2008 iMac get along fine with any and all DNGs I throw at 
it. But I don't have a K5 II, just a K5. It should make no difference as DNG 
format is universal. Pentax/Ricoh cannot just change it for their cameras.


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Re: Which second party camera system do you like? Mini-survey

I'd probably want to have a K-56 camera and a G5 to mount it in. Choppers are 
too shakey. Sure, they make isolation mounts for video work, but not for the 
pilot and passengers!

 
On Sep 8, 2013, at 08:36 , eactiv...@aol.com wrote:

 Well, I've narrowed down my choices to:   Canon T4 or T5 (in case I decide 
 NOT to switch -- remotely possible), Pentax  K-r, Fujfilm X-Pro1, and 
 Panasonic GX7. (Hope all those letters and numbers are  right, but you get 
 the 
 idea). As you can see, I am all over the place. The one  similarlity is they 
 all have good reviews and photo enthusiasts really like  them.
 
 Godfrey has told me of a couple of local places where I might  hold 
 cameras, and/or rent. So next month I will start checking them  out.
 
 THANKS everyone for the input!!!
 
 Carry on with your regularly  scheduled programming, Marnie aka Doe ;-)  


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