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Home Statistics Dancer V (Singer) Height, Weight, Age, Body Statistics
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V Quick Info
Height 5 ft 10.5 in
Date of Birth December 30, 1995
Eye Color Dark Brown
Kim Tae-hyung is a South Korean singer known for being a member of the popular band, BTS (Bangtan Boys). He joined the band in June 2013 with the track No More Dream. He has released various singles with BTS such as Just One Day, Miss Right, Dope, and Not Today.
Kim Tae-hyung
V, Tae Tae, Blank Tae
Kim Tae-hyung in an Instagram selfie as seen in February 2018 (Kim Tae-hyung / Instagram)
Seo District, Daegu, South Korea
Kim Tae-hyung studied at the Korean Arts High School and graduated in 2014. He later joined the Global Cyber University.
Singer, Songwriter, Dancer, Actor
Siblings – Kim Eon Jin (Younger Sister), Kim Jeong Gyu (Younger Brother)
Kim Tae-hyung is managed by Big Hit Entertainment.
Vocals, Saxophone
Def Jam Japan
5 ft 10½ in or 179 cm
Kim Tae-hyung at Incheon International Airport on March 24, 2016 (Taehyung's Moment / Tistory / CC BY-4.0)
Kim Tae-hyung is single as he is busy shaping his career leaving him with no time for relationships. But his ideal type of a girl is someone who is charming, will take care of him, will love him, always look good, can make hot chocolate, and wear wide pants. He also wants to marry his first love and be with her forever.
Dark Brown (Natural)
He often tends to dye his hair 'blonde', 'red' or 'blue'.
Cute face with soft facial features.
Tapering jawline
Kim Tae-hyung has featured in the TV commercials for the following brands –
BBQ Coconut Chicken
Korean ASMR Crispy Fried Chicken
SK Telecom – CF NUGU
Kim Tae-hyung in a selfie as seen in November 2017 (Kim Tae-hyung / Instagram)
Being a member of BTS (Bangtan Boys), a 7-member all boys Korean pop group. On June 13, 2013, Kim Tae-hyung joined the team of BTS on Mnet's M Countdown with the track "No More Dream". He has co-written many of the group's songs such as "Hold Me Tight" and "Fun Boyz".
Releasing cover songs "Hug Me" with bandmate J-Hope and Adele's hit song "Someone Like You".
His song Stigma which he produced with Jungkook's lyrics. The song made a huge success, reaching 26th position on the Gaon Music Chart and 10th position on the Billboard World Digital Singles Chart.
On June 12, 2013, Kim Tae-hyung, as one of the members of BTS, released their debut album 2 Cool 4 Skool under the label Loen Entertainment and Big Hit Entertainment. The album has 9 tracks including 2 hidden tracks.
In 2013, he made his first television show appearance on the talk show, After School Club appearing as a guest.
Kim Tae-hyung does not follow any workout routine. Being a dancer, it's easy for him to get his workout done from his dance practices. He has a well-maintained physique and even if he does not exercise, his dancing compensates and helps him stay in shape.
Also, he does not have any diet plan. He likes to eat and can eat anytime. Kim believes if you enjoy your food, you are unlikely to put on weight.
Kim Tae-hyung Favorite Things
Colors – Black, White, Green
Type Of Food – Japchae and any type of meat dish.
Number – 10
Artist – Eric Benét
Song – 'Rain' by Lee Juck
Items – Computer, clothes, shoes, accessories, and anything unique
Source – BTS Diary
Kim Tae-hyung at the Yangzhou Cotton Festival on September 21, 2014 (Nice Day / Tistory / CC BY-4.0)
Kim Tae-hyung Facts
He is a perfume fanatic.
His band members consider him the strangest member amongst them.
He considers his eyes to be the most charming aspect of him.
His ideal date would be in an amusement park.
His most memorable incident was cutting off his bangs during the shooting of the music video "Danger".
Growing up, he used to work on a farm.
He cried when he watched Miracle In Cell Number 7.
His role model is his father.
If he had a superpower, he would want the ability to talk to cars.
He likes doing the Kkumul Kkumul dance.
The three requirements for his happiness are family, health, and honor.
Featured Image by Kim Tae-hyung / Instagram
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Oh my. It's grilling season. Chicken, steak, kabobs, and my own personal favorites, grilled corn and asparagus, have arrived!
Here in Salt Lake winter tends to linger into spring, then hits us early in the fall so when the weather's right for grilling, those of us who prefer cooking over open flames do so as often as possible.
This Grill is Ready to Go!
Whether you swear by charcoal models or love the control a Weber gas grill provides, these tips will help you make the most of your grilling season -- whether it lasts a few short months or the whole year round*.
• Check your grill and chassis for rust. You can use a wire brush or steel wool to remove the rust, which will help keep it working for years. Another helpful tip is to prime and paint the chassis to prevent rust from accumulating in the first place.
• Check for clogs in your grill's burners. You want even flame distribution for the best cooking results. If the burners are clogged, use steel wool and a flexible pipe cleaner to remove any gunk.
• You can check your hoses for leaks using soapy water. Just coat the hoses using an old paint brush, and turn on the gas. You'll see bubbles if you have a leak, and you'll know which lines to replace.
• Once your grill heats up, clean it before cooking using a grill cleaning brush. Then leave the food residue on the grates when you finish. The gunk will help prevent rusting between uses.
Good Grillers never let this happen!
• You can find a plethora of grill recipes here on tasteofBBQ or with a little help from Google.
A lot of them will mention grill temperatures for different methods of cooking.
Hot: You can hold your hand over the coals for only 2 seconds.
Medium-hot: You can hold your hand over the coals 3 to 4 seconds.
Medium: You can hold your hand over the coals 4 to 5 seconds.
• This should go without saying, but if you handle raw meat, wash your hands often. Don't use a plate or tray that was used on uncooked meats for finished food.
• Spray your grill grate with cooking oil to help prevent sticking--unless your marinade contains oil. Too much oil causes flare ups.
• Never use a fork when turning meat. Tongs will do the trick and prevent piercing that can lead to lost juices. Then to guarantee those juices really stay locked in, let your meat sit (you can cover it with tin foil to keep it hot) for four or five minutes before eating.
And of course, our last tip is to never throw away a broken grill. We have all kinds of grill parts that can get your gas or charcoal grill running like new again.
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*Author's note: I mentioned that our grilling season here is a few short months. That's because that's when the weather's nice and you can grill in your backyard the same as a nearby park. Snow has never, ever, kept me from the grill. It just makes the experience slightly less amazing.


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Ruahine is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate, from 1972 to 1978.

Population centres
Since the , the number of electorates in the South Island was fixed at 25, with continued faster population growth in the North Island leading to an increase in the number of general electorates. There were 84 electorates for the 1969 election, and the 1972 electoral redistribution saw three additional general seats created for the North Island, bringing the total number of electorates to 87. Together with increased urbanisation in Christchurch and Nelson, the changes proved very disruptive to existing electorates.  In the South Island, three electorates were abolished, and three electorates were newly created. In the North Island, five electorates were abolished, two electorates were recreated, and six electorates were newly created (including Ruahine).

The Ruahine electorate was located north-east of Palmerston North and followed the Ruahine Range. Settlements included in the electorate were Feilding, Cheltenham, Kiwitea, and Kimbolton.

History
Les Gandar of the National Party had represented the  electorate since  and when the Manawatu electorate moved to south of the  electorate, Gandar stood in the newly created Ruahine electorate in . He defeated Labour's candidate, T S Mihaere.

The Ruahine electorate was absorbed into the new Rangitikei electorate in 1978. Gandar was defeated in 1978 general election in Rangitikei by Bruce Beetham. Beetham had won the electorate in the Rangitikei by-election, held earlier in the year on 18 February 1978 after the death of Sir Roy Jack. National planned that Gandar would take over the new electorate at the November general election, and stood an interim candidate, local Jim Bull, in the by-election. But, to general surprise, Beetham won the by-election for Social Credit.

Members of Parliament
Key

Election results

1975 election

1972 election

Notes

References

Historical electorates of New Zealand
Politics of the Hawke's Bay Region
1972 establishments in New Zealand
1978 disestablishments in New Zealand


Some website visitors prefer to read the writing on your website while others prefer to watch videos but no matter which content marketing medium you choose, relevant and useful information on your website will keep visitors there longer and video analytics shows you what's working.
You can have a sample video that's freely available and if it's good your "anonymous" visitors may subscribe and join your marketing list and give you permission to send messages to them in the future. This information is probably common knowledge to you if you have spent some time researching online marketing, but the most important thing for real estate agents to remember is that you don't have to get it right or perfect the first time.
The image in this post shows the drop off in video views for Derek Farmer, a McGrath Real Estate Agent in Sydney's Cammeray area. At first glance you see a drop that may appear bad, but these statistics are actually very good. There is always a drop off as people make the decision early on if this video is worth watching for them. If viewers are interested your goal as the presenter is to ensure that viewers stay with you until the very end and as you can see in this chart most viewers stay watching for the entire course of the video – and the video goes for a whole 3 minutes which is a long time for many Internet viewers.
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Saving money is something in which most people and businesses are looking to make happen in their lives or their businesses. There are several tips out there for those who are serious about saving money and all of these do have some merit. However, most people who have a business are looking for ways to save money, which are not going to interfere with the quality of work their business is offering. After all, the livelihood of their business depends on the quality of their work, and when cutting corners to make a budget, the quality of work can suffer.
Those who own a business and are interested in business savings, are going to find utilizing a budget is a great place to start. However, when budgeting their money, they need to ensure the items they are cutting from the budget are not going to affect the quality of the products or services they offer. Through ensuring the product or service will not be affected, the business can cut their expenses, while still gaining the revenue they have predicted. It is important the business take into consideration everything they are doing about budgeting their money, otherwise they could put themselves into a situation in which they are not going to be able to bounce back from.
Those businesses that end up applying and being approved for a small business loan will find this is one of those expenses in which they have to prepare for. The loan for a small business will be given, yet it has to be paid back every month. This is an expense in which cannot be cut out of the budget as it is too vital for the business to avoid. Those businesses that do not pay off their loans and fall behind the payments are legally held responsible for this debt and as a payment; their business could be turned over to the bank and sold to interested parties.
Saving money for your business is no easy task, and it is one in which several businesses fail at. However, if you calculate the loan amount you need to pay, along with the expenses in which your business can do without and still produce quality products or services, then you are on the right track. Through making a budget and sticking to this budget, a business can ensure they are going to last for years to come on the market. There are several businesses who find after just a few short years, they are having to close their doors. In the majority of these cases, the reason for their doors closing is due to financial problems. Those businesses who take the time to plan in advance are going to be able to get through any economy downshift or turmoil they face.
There are several sources of help for making a business budget, and the person will want to ensure they are looking into these. The accountant for a business is the first place to turn for help, as they are going to know just how to cut corners without sacrificing quality.


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The ECMath - Einstein Center for Mathematics Berlin establishes a network of excellence initiatives and projects, which include the Research Center Matheon, the Berlin Mathematical School (BMS), the German Center for Teacher Education in Mathematics (DZLM), the Research Campus Modal, and several Collaborative Research Centers (CRCs) or Transregional Research Centers (TRs).
ECMath supports application-oriented basic research in Matheon, selected students in BMS, school activities in DZLM, and knowledge transfer from science to industry, thus connecting education, cutting-edge research in pure and applied mathematics and large-scale industrial applications.
Frank Noé, Professor at FU Berlin and PI in the recently startet Cluster of Excellence MATH+, receives this year's early career award for theoretical chemistry of the American Chemical Society (ACS). The prize awards his pioneering development of innovative methods for computational biophysics, especially Markov state modeling and its applications to challenging protein simulation and the sampling problem. The ACS Physical Chemistry Division annually sponsors senior and early-career awards in theoretical and experimental physical chemistry that are intended to recognize the most outstanding scientific achievements of members of the division. Frank Noé has an interdisciplinary chair in the departments of Mathematics and Computer Science, Physics and Chemistry.
Sustainable energy supply, individualized medicine or the analysis of social processes: Technology and society face challenges that are characterized by increasing complexity, driven, among others, by increasing digitization and ever larger amounts of available data. Mathematics plays a key role in mastering all this and taking advantage of the opportunities that come with it. With the Berlin Mathematical Research Center MATH+ we build an interdisciplinary and interinstitutional cluster of excellence that develops new approaches to application-oriented mathematics. This should benefit both diverse applications and mathematics itself.
On October 30, 2018, the first general assembly of the new Cluster of Excellence MATH+ took place. Martin Skutella (TU Berlin) was elected MATH+ Chair, Michael Hintermüller (HU Berlin, WIAS) and Christof Schütte (FU Berlin, ZIB) as Co-Chairs. The other members of the newly elected MATH+ Board are Rupert Klein (FU), Gitta Kutyniok (FU), John M. Sullivan (TU), Caren Tischendorf (HU), Felix Günther (TU) as Postdoc Representative and Michael Rothgang (BMS) as Student Representative. Congratulations to all!


"It's self-dealing and it shouldn't get approved. But I don't think we really have a choice."
That's what a limited partner in a buyout fund told me years ago, when the fund manager wanted to lead a restructuring and simultaneously raise a follow-on fund. The message was basically that limited partners should play ball on both fronts, or else the general partner would effectively stop paying attention to hundreds of millions of sunk capital.
Why it matters: GP-led restructurings, once just the provenance of struggling firms, have gone mainstream, increasing around 70% in 2018. They don't always include the so-called "staple" of a primary fund commitment, but they do often put LPs — including public retirement funds and charitable foundations — at a disadvantage.
Even when LPs can "roll" their existing interests into a special purpose vehicle, it can be on less favorable terms than was the initial fund.
ILPA recommends that "rolling" LPs be allowed to maintain initial fund terms, including on carry and management fees.
LP advisory committees (LPACs) should have enough time and information to seek independent advice, including fairness opinions. All LPs should also should be allowed to question to GP and/or its advisor.
LPAC should also have a say on fees, including approval of breakup or termination fees if a deal isn't consummated.
The bottom line is that these rules are reasonable, which probably is why they haven't been widely practiced. But as GP-led restructurings become much more common, both sides would benefit from a mutual playbook.
• Today in terrible: Purdue Pharma, currently being sued by dozens of U.S. states for fueling the opioid epidemic, quietly tried to buy the addiction treatment unit of drug-maker Reckitt Benckiser back in 2014, per The Financial Times.
Internal company documents stated that 'pain treatment and addiction are naturally linked' and contained a picture of a funnel, 'beginning with pain treatment and leading to opioid addiction treatment,' according to [a] lawsuit.
• Golden: In case you haven't yet seen it, here is video of presumptive Fed nominee Stephen Moore on CNN saying he's never really said anything about the gold standard (adding that he's not in favor of it), and then being confronted with video of him speaking repeatedly in favor of the gold standard.
• Stalled: Lyft shares are off another 2% in early trading today, at just $58.70 as of this writing, on news that the newly-public company removed electric bikes from its fleets in New York City, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., due to possible braking issues.
• Antitrusting: Democrats in 2017 introduced A Better Deal, suggesting that antitrust law not only be more strictly enforced, but also revisited "to stop abusive corporate conduct and the exploitation of market power where it already exists."
There seems to be emerging bipartisan consensus on this point, at least when it comes to big tech, but so far we've seen little legislative action beyond campaign-adjacent proposals from Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
One reason for the inaction could be Democratic House leadership. Nancy Pelosi, who spoke at a press conference about A Better Deal, was asked during a recent Recode podcast about antitrust rules, and replied only by emphasizing the need to apply current law. Nothing about a 21st Century update, adding that she hasn't even yet "studied" Sen. Warren's proposals.
Waste Management (NYSE: WM) agreed to buy Florida-based rival Advanced Disposal Services (NYSE: ADSW) for around $3 billion in cash, or $33.15 per share. It represents a 22% premium to Friday's closing price, and the deal value climbs to $4.9 billion once debt is included.
Why it's the BFD: Because it's Waste Management's largest-ever acquisition, uniting the country's number one and number four solid waste management companies.
Bottom line: The move comes just days after both companies were downgraded by Stifel, in light of deeper-than-expected deterioration in the recycling industry.
• Sho Products, a Los Angeles-based maker of cannabis accessories, acquired Master Minded Distribution, a wholesale cannabis distributor.


This review constitutes part of a challenge series undertaken by myself and Simon from The Blether.
Experts are saying that 2013 was the year of the BIG BOOK and you only have to look at recent release lists to see that this is true. Weighing in at some 830 pages, The Luminaries is not the largest book on the 2013 Man Booker Longlist, but it is quite possibly one of the longest books ever to win- this tally includes 2009 winner Wolf Hall and it's sequel, 2012 winner Bring up the Bodies, both by Hilary Mantel. The Luminaries can also claim several other accolades. It is one of few offerings ever to win from New Zealand, and it's author, Eleanor Catton, was only 27 years old at the time she wrote it. If that's not reason enough to be jealous, it's also a remarkable book.
In comparison to other books in the shortlist.
Reviews in other news media praise Catton for her use of the astrological calendar, and her structuring of the book along a reverse fibonacci sequence, whereby each part is halved in length from the one preceding it. The effect is not unlike that of a steam train barrelling along at a seemingly unending velocity. As a result, what starts as an intimidating and confusing puzzle of murder and opium ends as a fast paced and compelling read.
Walter Moody arrives in the goldmining town of Hokitika in January of 1866 only to find himself accidentally trespassing on a meeting of 12 other men in the smoking room of the Crown Hotel. These 12 men all know pertinent information regarding the mysterious death of a hermit, the drug overdose of a notorious but beloved prostitute, and the disappearance of a wealthy prospector. All suspect that something sinister is happening and that it's author is a man named Francis Carver, but no one man holds all the pieces. Moody, a law man with a recent strife of his own, steps in to play mediator. He hears all their parts in turn, and as a result, becomes perhaps the only man able to discern the truth.
This is an ambitious undertaking- Catton must keep separate more than thirteen sides to the one story, not including those who are victims and perpetrators of the crime. She does so with great skill, and carefully guides her readers along, reminding them of pertinent information with an almost Hardy-esque flair for detail and observation. Indeed this novel is reminiscent of a nineteenth century novel in a number of ways, not withstanding its reliance on unlikely coincidences and the notion that the whole world is in fact like a tiny English village where everyone is connected to everyone else. Attention to dress and manners is skilfully played; scenes are never padded with unnecessary detail; and each character is as original as the one preceding it.
Eleanor Catton with her prize.
If you have been put off by the size of this book; don't be. It's a marvellous book- perhaps one of the best things to come out of the Man Booker Prize in a number of years. More readable than Mantel, and certainly a lot more enjoyable than Julian Barnes, I beseech you to read The Luminaries.
Twelve men in a room unknowingly yet serendipitously interrupted by a thirteenth; was this meeting written in the stars?
Though long at over 800 pages, the story and the pace of the writing never slows down. The characters are well fleshed out and the prose is brilliant.
Though I enjoyed the book, I bought it as a combo offer on all the Booker Prize Nominees Flipkart had. I was more moved by We Need New Names by Noviolet Bulawayo and A Tale for the Time Being by Rugh Ozeki. Had I read this as a stand-alone book perhaps, I'd have been more impressed.


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Home » Newsletter » Snowy owl irruption to include parts of Ohio
Snowy owl irruption to include parts of Ohio
John Hageman
// January 8, 2018
According to Project SNOWstorm, a collaborative that includes 40 bird researchers, bird banders, wildlife veterinarians, and pathologists, this winter will be a good year for viewing snowy owls in the Midwest, Northeast, and possibly the Pacific Northwest.
The 3- to 4-pound birds are easily recognized by their overall white appearance, with brown (males) or black (females) barring on most of their feathers. Their face, back of the neck, and upper breast are usually all white. They also have all-white feathers covering their feet and black beak, and yellow eyes with black pupils.
Beginning in mid-November, hundreds of the birds began migrating south from the tundra and are being seen throughout our latitudes in a phenomenon called an irruption.
The reasons for irruptions are not fully understood. Contrary to popular opinion, they don't occur when the birds are starving and seeking prey, but in years when they have experienced bountiful reproductive success.
Reports indicate great hatching success on Quebec's Ungava Peninsula in 2017, resulting in large numbers of birds available to make a flight south. While here, they prey upon rodents, gulls, ducks, and other water birds.
Because the species breeds in the absence of human contact, they are notoriously easy to approach. Their striking appearance and rarity, now believed to number only 30,000 worldwide, make them an attractive subject for photographers to seek whenever they appear locally.
However, when stalking crosses the line and becomes harassment, it can lead to unfavorable outcomes. Birds that have been flushed from their daytime perches have a higher risk of attack by larger raptors such as eagles and hawks or harassment by crows.
Snowy owls are also subject to collisions with automobiles and airplanes, electrocution on power lines, and accidental poisoning through rodenticides.
The Ohio Division of Wildlife recently shared Project SNOWstorm's proper snowy owl etiquette, which includes:
Keep your distance (at least 100 yards away)
Respect private property
Never feed the owls, ever!
Project SNOWstorm was co-founded in 2013 by David F. Brinker of the Maryland DNR, Scott Weidensaul, Research Director of the Ned Smith Center of Nature and Art in Millersburg, Pennsylvania, and Steven Huy of Frederick, Maryland.
They also started Project Owlnet in 1994, whose mission includes expanding migrant owl banding stations, the use of standardized, comparable netting protocols, and improved communication and coordination of owl migration research stations worldwide. It includes 120 owl migration collaborators from North America and elsewhere.
To better understand their daily and seasonal movements, they have tagged 40 Snowy owls in 10 states and hope to tag an additional 10 this winter. This will help gain knowledge of their habitat use and requirements.
They also hope to use this information to help keep them away from airports, where they endanger themselves and aircraft. See www.projectsnowstorm.org for further details about their project results.

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Van Gaal Risks Alienating Fans & Sabotaging United's Season
Can you believe we've only lost one game in the last 17?
As I watched the 95 minutes against West Ham yesterday, I was disappointed not just with the lack of 3 points, but more importantly how our team performed (or didn't). Before the Hammers went 1-0 up, we were dreadful, and it could have been a lot worse if it hadn't been for De Gea, yet again.
In the first half of the season I had a lot of sympathy for Van Gaal – we had our worst injuries for many a season and he was working on bedding in new players whilst getting to grips with the Premier League and managing Manchester United. Early signs were positive, with some good attacking football. Although results were mixed, I think most of us felt that once our defence got sorted, we would be in good shape, and never really doubted our prospects of a top 4 finish.
What's worrying is that LVG came with a reputation of playing exciting, attacking football, but watching United at the moment, and looking at Giggs in the dugout, it doesn't look like anyone quite gets what Van Gaal's philosophy is. The possession football is all very well and good if it produces goals and wins, but this slow build up play is not getting us anywhere, and we have become frighteningly predictable.
We seem to have no pace to our play, no off-the-ball movement, and, in truth, a complete lack of attacking ideas. Personally, I don't really understand what's going on – you look at the line up before a game and you think "how can this 11 not rip the other team apart?!" and then you sit back and watch these same 11 top players totally underperform and play as if they have just met each other in the warm up.
How can Di Maria go from a truly great player for both Real Madrid and Argentina to a player lacking confidence and impact? Falcao – one of the world's most feared strikers – can't seem to hit a barn door, and RVP is also obviously lacking in belief and offering minimal movement up front. Rooney is being played out of position, and whilst he always gives 100%, he is still a forward, and would do a better job up front than either RVP or Falcao is doing right now. Maybe if LVG gave that a try, with Herrera on the right side of midfield, we may see more of a cutting edge to our football.
As United fans, all we want is for our manager and team to succeed and entertain. We want LVG to succeed. We are not a club that likes too much change, and the last time we were changing our boss every five minutes was a trophyless period which none uf us want to repeat. However, LVG has to get this right and fast – we absolutely have to finish in the top 4, but the way we are playing right now doesn't fill us with hope.
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Optimising Film Scans from Olympus micro 4/3 Cameras
One of the challenges with Olympus micro 4/3 cameras is the mind bogglingly large number of options and shooting modes. I use an E-M1 mark II with an Olympus 60mm macro lens to digitise 35mm negatives, but I have never really been sure what the optimum way to configure the camera was. This post is an attempt to put that right…
The Scanning Rig
My film scanning rig consists of a copy stand which makes a good rigid mount for the Olympus, along with a home-made light-box on top of which I can place a holder containing a strip of six negatives. The light-box is deep to ensure an even light, and I use a dark perspex cover with a cut-out so that only one negative is illuminated at a time, reducing the chance of lens flare.
Before starting scanning, I collimate the system by placing a flat mirror on the light-box so that the E-M1 can see the reflection of its own lens. The rig has two axis of freedom: the copy stand allows the camera to tilt side-to-side, while small wedges placed under the light box provide a front-to-back adjustment. The wedges work surprisingly well, and I prefer these to a full tripod head, which makes the camera rig too unwieldy to adjust precisely.
The Olympus and macro lens mounted over the light box. The actual images are taken in a darkened room…
I use a film holder that originally came with an ancient PlusTek film scanner. It is not perfect, but it has thin plastic bars at each frame edge which help keep the film flat. An alternative would be to use some simple glass sheets, although this increases the problem of dust and can potentially lead to visual artifacts such as Newton's Rings.
The main factors that could cause soft images with this setup are:
failure to align the lens and negative planes accurately, causing the image edges to be out of focus
film curvature, causing parts of the image to be out of focus
lens focal plane curvature, causing parts of the image to be out of focus
optical aberrations at the field edges from the macro lens
camera shake and vibration
auto focus errors
Fortunately, most Olympus cameras have a range of shooting options that can help both diagnose and resolve potential sources of softness…
Resolution and Sharpness Tests
For these tests I used four shooting configurations provided by the E-M1 mark II, and which are also supported by most recent Olympus cameras:
"Anti-shock mode" (diamond symbol in the menus). This uses the mechanical shutter, but adds a delay prior to shooting to reduce shutter induced blur ("shutter shock"). For these tests, I used a 1s anti-shock delay.
"Silent-shutter mode" (heart symbol in the menus). This uses a fully electronic shutter, so there should be no risk of shutter shock at all. On newer cameras such as the E-M1 mark II there is almost no penalty to using silent-shutter mode – the main risk being banding if a fast shutter speed is used with a modulated light source (such as most LED lamps or fluorescents). To avoid problems either use an incandescent light or simply avoid short exposure times.
"High-Resolution Mode". This is the Olympus' most commonly cited party trick. The camera takes a set of nine images, moving the sensor fractionally as it does so. The images are then combined in-camera to generate a 50MP JPEG and 80MP RAW file. In theory, this should give the best possible image quality – although at these resolutions if you stop the lens down enough to increase depth of field you risk loosing sharpness due to diffraction.
"Focus Stacking". The traditional way of dealing with depth-of-field issues in macro photography is to take a set of images at slightly different focus positions and then use software to build a composite image, and this is one way to deal with a potential focal plane alignment issue. Usually, focus stacking is a lot of work – but fortunately some newer Olympus cameras can now perform an automatic focus stack in-camera. In this mode, the E-M1 takes a set of eight images at evenly spaced positions around the focus point.
The test negative was shot using an M7 and 21mm Super Elmar lens in bright daylight – a combination which should yield a razor sharp image from edge to edge. The film was Delta 100 developed in DD-X 1+4. For each shot a shutter delay of 8 to 12s was used to eliminate any vibration from the shutter button (you could also use a wireless remote or phone), and three separate images were taken to check for consistency, each being individually refocussed using the camera's auto-focus system. The intention was to choose the sharpest image of the three, but it turned out that each set of three images were indistinguishable – Olympus's auto focus is encouragingly reliable.
For the first set of tests, all the images were shot at f5.6 – pretty much the sweet spot for sharpness with the Olympus 60mm macro lens.
The negatives were processed in Capture One Pro 11.2 and three crops taken from the centre, mid-zone and far corner:
Full 35mm image showing the locations of the crops (below).
Centre Crop
Mid crop
Corner Crop
silent-shutter
20MP RAW
18MB file
1s anti-shock
50MP JPEG
focus stack
4MB file
The first thing to note is that, other than the focus stack, pretty much all the images look good in the centre and are weak at the extreme corner. The weak corner area is a mainly caused by poor flatness in the film holder (depth of field here is a fraction of a mm), with the worst affected corner being that shown here.
The focus stack yields a 20MP JPEG, but as the file size shows there is considerable loss of detail compared to a single image. The in-camera stacking has also trimmed the edge of the frame and then re-scaled the image back to 20MP. The result is clearly the worst of the set by a significant margin, and a focus stack made manually would yield a much better result. Unfortunately this is not really practical for every frame of a 35mm film!
The two single-shot images look pretty much identical, so if using a non-continuous backlight it is safer to just use the mechanical shutter to avoid possible banding (remembering to configure an anti-shock delay).
The high-resolution images clearly resolve more detail in the centre and mid-areas than the single shot images, while the corner remains stubbonly blurry. The 80MP RAW file is very soft out of camera, and needs extensive and careful sharpening to match the 50MP JPEG output – and the only real advantage to keeping the RAW file is for colour film where you want to maximise dynamic range and colour noise.
The following screen shots show larger crops in Capture One, paired with the single-shot on the left vs the sharpened hi-res shot on the right. The improvement with high-resolution mode is clear, and attempts to adjust the sharpening of the single-shot mode are unable to close the gap:
Single-Shot vs Hi-Resolution: Centre crops
Single-Shot vs Hi-Resolution: Mid crops
Single-Shot vs Hi-Resolution: Corner crops
Lastly, a series of images were made to compare high-resolution images, this time taken at different apertures. The choice of aperture gives a trade-off between increase depth of field (tolerance to film flatness issues) and softening due to diffraction:
High resolution aperture series crops: centre.
High resolution aperture series crops: mid.
High resolution aperture series crops: corner.
The centre is good at all apertures, while f5.6 looks like an optimal trade-off between the diffraction softened f8 image and the poorer corner performance at wider apertures.
Capture One Pro 11 Sharpening Settings for Olympus High-Resolution RAW Files
All of the above high-resolution RAW images needed substantial sharpening in Capture One to optimise the image result, and much trial-and-error gave the following settings:
That sharpening value of 900 is not a mistake: the Olympus high-resolution RAW files are extremely soft out of camera and need an improbable degree of sharpening to match the (excellent) JPEG output. Using a large sharpening value with a small radius gave good results without problematic artefacts.
Lastly, the Olympus macro lens has a lot of Chromatic Aberration at the frame edges. Normally, just ticking the CA box in the lens corrections should resolve that – but I found that it actually made the CA worse. The work-around is to click the three dots next to the CA correction tool and select "Analyze". Even though these are black-and-white images, removing the CA helped improve sharpness at the edge of the image field.
for best resolution and dynamic range, use 80MP high-resolution RAW files taken at f5.6, and use heavy sharpening in Capture One
for smaller files with no practical loss of resolution, the Olympus 50MP high-resolution JPEG output is excellent
take great care to align the film plane with the plane of focus
Keep in mind that to see any differences between any of these methods takes a particularly extreme level of pixel peeping combined with a very sharp and very fine-grained film. Even the simplest single-shot approach exceeds the output possible with most dedicated film scanners.
But, for me, perhaps the most surprisingly result is just how much detail can be extracted from Delta 100 in 35mm format!
Categories: Photography, Technique
Tagged as: Capture One, Film, Olympus, Olympus 60mm f2.8 macro, Olympus E-M1 Mark II, Scanning
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The best and worst cities for first-time homebuyers, mapped
By Margarita Noriega Jul 22, 2015, 9:30am EDT
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There's no yellow brick road to affordable housing, but Kansas sure is nice.
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Dorothy was right about Kansas. It's a great place to live, and there's no place like home — especially for homebuyers. WalletHub says as much, crowning Overland Park, Kansas, as the best US city for first-time homebuyers.
This interactive map shows how 300 US cities ranked against one another for first-time homebuyers. Indicated by blue dots are the friendlier areas for buying a home; orange dots indicate less-friendly places.
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Let's be honest: The American dream is so closely tied with home ownership, it's difficult to name an example archetype of a successful American who rents. That is, unless your definition of success includes the Dude, who abided in an apartment.
The average-but-special qualities of Kansas
What factors did WalletHub consider to determine that Kansas is so wonderful? The site looked at an index of factors that it believes make housing a good investment, including affordability, the living environment, and the strength of the local real estate market (read the full methodology here). Overland Park, Kansas, came out on top, but only in an average kind of way. Here's the list of the top 10 cities, based on WalletHub's three focus areas:
WalletHub
Five Texas cities joined Overland Park on the list, as did three Colorado cities and Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. No single city won the top spot in every factor ranking, which makes sense: Some cities have more houses available to buy, but the options may not be in good living environments, and vice versa.
Location, location, population
Overland Park, with fewer than 200,000 residents, hit a high of about 75 degrees on Tuesday. Beyond good weather, homebuyers also care about things like proximity to family, jobs, and lifestyle preferences. Since bigger cities tend to offer more options, let's take a look at how they ranked (again, blue is friendlier):
There's one big problem with using population size alone as a measurement of opportunity: Many cities are struggling to grow their economy despite a large population. A good example of this is Detroit, which ranked 104th out of the 300 largest global metropolitan areas in a Brookings Institution study of city growth since 2009. When comparing the growth of the same 300 cities between 2013 and 2014, Detroit ranked 237th.
So if you still want to buy in or near a city, consider a smaller city. In the ranking below, large is considered to be a city with more than 300,000 residents, midsize is 150,000 to 300,000, and small is fewer than 150,000. Just look at all these unusual options:
How do you feel about Frisco, Texas (and not "Frisco," California)? Maybe you're coming around to Overland Park, and starting to sway from Bryant Park. Wherever you choose to live, you'll need luck, patience, and a bit of the Dude's chill attitude to get there.
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