It's been a big day for Nikon announcements at CES 2016 in Las Vegas, with launches of the Nikon D500, Nikon D5, and new SB-5000 speedlight. The new D500 is a camera that many people have been waiting a long time for — a successor to the Nikon D300/D300s and a true flagship for the Nikon DX line of APS-C cameras. The D500 packs in many of the same new, next-generation features as the Nikon D5 that was also just announced, including a brilliant new autofocus system, EXPEED 5 image processing, and a whole lot more.
For the full specs and overview, you should check out the Nikon's microsite for the D500.
With the Nikon D500 now official, I am extremely excited to say I had the privilege of shooting with the D500 to create images for its launch. I've had to keep this project under wraps since August, but now that the camera has been announced, I can finally share my thoughts on this new DX flagship DSLR.
I'm a music photographer. If it rocks, I can shoot it. Live music photography, youth lifestyle and band/celebrity portraits are my trade. My images have appeared in publications like Rolling Stone, Q Magazine, and SPIN, and my clients include brands like iHeartRadio, Red Bull, and Live Nation. Still, for me, as a lifelong Nikon shooter, working on the campaign for a flagship DSLR has been a dream come true for me as a photographer. The fact that Nikon has never featured a music photographer before and that I was the first made this project even more special for me.
In early August of 2015, I received an email with the simple subject line, "Possible assignment offer." After a non-disclosure agreement and months of planning later, in early November of 2015 I received a prototype that exceeded anything that the rumor mill had hoped for the long-awaited successor to the Nikon D300's throne. In addition to the shooting with the Nikon D500, my assignment was also to use the new SB-5000 speedlight.
We had an amazing shoot over three days with the Toronto four-piece Dilly Dally, whose look and killer live show was perfect for the kind of band we wanted for this project. Not only that, but I'm a big fan of their music, and it was great to shoot with them right as their debut album, Sore, was garnering praise from the likes of Rolling Stone, VICE, Pitchfork, The Guardian, and more.
This shoot was a massive challenge, as we basically had the band's sound check and raucous 50-minute live show to shoot the majority of these images. But if it's one thing music photographers are used to, it's a bit of a challenge!
Since the Nikon D500 and Nikon SB-5000 have just been announced, I thought I'd put together my impressions and share what I can about this new flagship DX DSLR and flagship speedlight.
The D500's overall design builds on the basic platform of the Nikon D810 and introduces a number of really nice improvements. Shooting with the Nikon D500 for the first time is kind of like coming home to discover someone has just upgraded your TV, renovated the kitchen, and upgraded all the appliances — everything is in the same place, it's just better. If you shoot with a Nikon DSLR, that's how the D500 camera feels.
There's no mistaking the D500 is a pro DSLR. From the rugged build to the tactile feel of the buttons and dense feel of the grip in your hand, the D500 is all business. The body features dedicated buttons for ISO, image quality, metering mode, WB, etc, and not a scene mode in sight.
In general, I prefer DSLRs with the form factor of the D500 and D810. The integrated vertical grip of cameras like the Nikon D5 are nice, but the portability and lighter weight of this smaller design are a huge benefit for most photographers. After owning the Nikon D2x and Nikon D3, I have shot with these smaller bodies since the Nikon D700, and, for my work, I haven't looked back since.
The D500 features what is currently the best combination for professional shooters — the combination XQD and SD slots, compatible with the latest G-Series and UHS-II standards, respectively. The newest XQD cards allow for speeds up to 400 MB/s write and 350 MB/s read, over twice as fast as the fastest CF cards (which, as of January 2016, clock out around 160 MB/s write). The SDXC slot lets you use leverage the handful of cheap and large-capacity SD cards that every pro photographer I know has knocking around their camera bag.
So, you basically have the best of both worlds — best-in-class speed with XQD and the ubiquity and utility of SD. As always, you can set the second card slot for backup, overflow, or just saving JPG copies.
While Nikon's move to XQD from CF might force an upgrade in storage for some pros, the increase in speed is worth it. More on this in the Speed section of the shooting impressions.
The Nikon D500 features an eye-level pentaprism viewfinder, which offers 100% vertical and 100% horizontal coverage for precise framing and 1.0x magnification. These might seem like trivial specs, what this means is that the viewfinder shows precisely what you capture in your files, allowing for the most critical framing.
The D500 does away with the built-in pop-up flash entirely, a decision I feel pro photographers everywhere support. On my pair of Nikon D800s, I keep the built-in flashes taped down with gaffer tape to prevent them from popping up until I need to use them — which is never. To me, built-in flashes are just a liability that can break or break off.
This change allows for a big pentaprism while still allowing for a very low-profile hump. I love it. The big boys like the Nikon D4 and new D5 don't have a built-in flash, and the D500 doesn't need one, either.
Though a touch-enabled LCD was introduced with the Nikon D5500, the D500 is the first time we've seen this feature in a professional Nikon DSLR. If you've used a smartphone in the last 5 years, the use of the touchscreen is completely intuitive. During playback, you can pinch and stretch to zoom in or out of images, and swipe left or right to navigate through images.
The touch screen makes image review extremely fast, especially with the "frame advance bar" feature. This interface allows you to move through a series of images instantly, without having to swipe the images. Since the image zoom and framing remains locked, the frame advance bar is perfect for reviewing focus or sharpness of images shot in continuous mode.
With live view shooting, Nikon has implemented touch AF/shutter with the new touch display — tap anywhere on the screen to set focus and take a photo. Tough AF works in movie mode as well.
For my shooting, I loved being able to shoot overhead with the D500's tilt screen. The tilt screen itself is basically the same design implemented on the Nikon D750 — it articulates 180º for low-angle or overhead shooting. The tilt mechanism is great; there when you want it, and completely out of the way and invisible when you don't need it.
The D500 adds a sub-selector control pad to the back of the camera, positioned near the AF-ON button. Introduced with the Nikon D4, the sub-selector is a more ergonomic input for selecting AF point while shooting. Since the sub-selector is positioned in the same arc of the thumb as the rear command dial and the AF-ON button, it makes for an even more fluid shooting experience.
With live music photography, being able to react to a moment on stage is key to being able to make the best images, so, personally, I love to see Nikon pushing for the best user experience, interface, and ergonomics. While it's a small change, but the sub-selector makes Nikon's famous ergonomics and controls even better.
For me, one of the true marks of a professional camera is the connectivity it offers, and here the Nikon D500 does not disappoint. Like the D5 and D810, the D500 offers a PC-sync socket and 10-pin port, which allow the D500 to use a range of industry-standard accessories. Ports like this might be a minor feature, but for they can add up to be a big consideration when using studio gear and accessories, so it's great to see that the D500 has these pro options.
A minor but very important new feature of the D500 is flicker reduction when shooting under 50/60 Hz lighting, such as fluorescent lighting. The D500 essentially detects the oscillation of light levels and minimizes this effect by shooting at the brightest moments.
This is of particular advantage for anyone who shoots sports or other high-speed photography, where minute changes in lighting exposure can ruin the best frames of a decisive moment.
The D500 features a 20.9 megapixel DX sensor with an resolution of 5568 × 3712 pixels. Personally, I feel like 20mp is a sweetspot for many photographers and especially the DX format. Coincidence that the newly announced Nikon D5 full-frame flagship also sports a 20.8mp sensor? I don't think so.
At the 20-megapixel range, you get enough resolution that retouching portrait work is still a breeze, but not so much that file size requires a server farm or a supercomputer to process.
Furthermore, pixel density is kept modest, so you're able to have bigger photosites, which translates into less noise at the sensor level. This is even more true for the smaller DX format, and keeping the resolution at 20mp leverages high detail while still allowing for amazing high ISO performance.
I shoot with the 36mp Nikon D800, but that's basically only because I'm a masochist. Even used to the higher resolution of the D800, I was amazed at the detail and pixel-level quality produced by the D500. Not just for a DX sensor, but for any DSLR, period.
Part of the reason for the fantastic image quality the D500 produces is a result of the sensor design. The D500 ditches the optical low-pass filter, which is a great decision for 99% of the photographers who will use this camera.
Low-pass filters apply a minute level of blurring at the sensor level — the reason for them is to reduce moiré patterns, artifacts that can cause false color or false detail at the pixel level. The downside to low-pass filters is that in order to reduce moiré patterns in the rare instances they do appear in real-world shooting, they sacrifice the sharpest details 100% of the time.
By leaving out the low-pass filter, the D500 is able to deliver extremely crisp detail and make the absolute most out of the 20mp sensor. This is the same decision that Nikon has made with the Nikon D810, which I think signals a favorable trend of really delivery maximum detail and clarity.
Exposure latitude, highlight recover, and shadow detail with RAW files from the D500 are all excellent. Nikon's last generation of cameras have all had superb latitude in the RAW files, and the D500 is no exception.
Even at high ISO, where most cameras begin to suffer with regard to the elasticity of their RAW files, I found the D500 provided plenty of headroom. All sample images in this article were shot and processed from RAW using Nikon Capture NX-D software.
I must note here that the cameras I used were all pre-production prototypes. And, while I was extremely impressed by the image quality, they were prototypes nonetheless and I must stress that the image quality of my samples should not be taken as the final quality of the production release of the D500.
The D500 shoots at a pretty blazing 10 FPS and will sustain this for 200 frames of 14-bit lossless compressed RAW using XQD cards. Let me repeat that. 200 frames of 14-bit RAW. Or in other words, what you get is basically the fastest continuous shooting available on a Nikon DSLR outside of the Nikon D5, and not by much. And for reference, 10 FPS is the same frame rate as the previous full-frame flagship, the Nikon D4/D4s. This is insane.
As a music photographer, I'm constantly chasing those small, fleeting, "rockstar" moments — those instances at the height of a performance. The 10 FPS continuous rate of the D500 is a huge boon to capturing those perfect moments.
Here, the speed of the D500 is another reason why the 20.9mp sensor hits a sweet spot, allowing the camera to provide a level of agility and performance that punches far above its weight and size.
If I had to pick just one feature of the D500 that stands out, I would have to pick the new AF module. Honestly, when I read the technical specs of the camera, I thought there must have been a mistake. 153 autofocus points? 99 cross-type sensors? 55 user-selectable points? We've never seen an AF system like this in a DSLR. And it's awesome.
While the new D5 also features this same new 153-point system, the layout truly sings on the DX format, offering an amazingly wide spread of AF points that fill the frame.
In terms of low-light focusing, the D500 features 15 AF points that are compatible with f/8 effective maximum aperture down to -4 EV. Excuse me while I scream like a fangirl at a One Direction concert.
But specs aside, how does the new 153-point system work in the real world? Shooting with the Nikon D500, when ambient light conditions called for ISO 12800 and above, the AF of the D500 crushed it, even with moving, low contrast subjects in dim lighting (AKA live music photography). When I photograph musicians, they are almost in constant motion — rocking back and forth, moving up to a mic stand to sing and then shifting back to shred — and this kind of action often happens in very low lighting. A typical show might require an exposure of ISO 6400 at f/2.8 and 1/500, and in this type of lighting, AF has to perform or you go home without the shot. The Nikon D500's AF nailed these kinds of challenges with ease.
I shoot almost exclusively in AF-C, and I found that the D500 new AF module and algorithms are as good as anything I've ever used and better. Nikon's AF has always been excellent and one of the reasons I have always used Nikon DSLRs, and the D500 only improves on this legacy.
As a music photographer, I live and die at high ISO. My job starts when the lights go down, and I rarely shoot below ISO 3200 for my live music photography. So this statement is not something I make lightly: The high ISO performance of the D500 blew me away.
Not only does this camera have an astounding native range – ISO 100 to 51200 — but the quality in this range is just tremendous. What Nikon has done is basically made a DX sensor that shoots in the dark like a full-frame sensor. That's how good the high ISO image quality is.
And if 51200 isn't enough, the D500 offers not just HI-1, HI-2, or 3… but HI-5 for an equivalent of ISO 1640000. Yes. ISO One-Point-Six-Million. Million.
Overall, the image quality that the D500 delivers at high ISO is excellent. I consider it a bad day at the office if I have to stretch to ISO 12800, but even here the D500 offers outstanding image quality, not to mention seven (!) more stops of headroom. For my work, I could easily shoot at ISO 6400 and ISO 12800 all day, the high ISO performance is just that good.
Having a DX sensor perform like this is pretty amazing. When I started shooting concerts 10 years ago (yes, I'm going to pull out that card) I used a Nikon D2x. The native ISO range went to 800, and to even get to ISO 3200 you were at HI-2, the end of the road… It's pretty amazing to see what a decade of innovation and improvements mean in terms of high ISO performance, looking back to the D2x and then to the new DX flagship, the D500.
The new SB-5000 speedlight is Nikon's new flagship. It feels like an evolution of the SB-700 and SB-910 in terms of design, and basically takes the power of the SB-910 and shrinks it into an even more compact package.
The SB-5000 has the power of the SB-910, with a guide number of 34.5 at ISO 100 and 35mm zoom head position for the FX format, but in practice the body feels much closer to the compactness of the SB-700.
Shooting in full, mid-day sun for the portrait shoot part of this campaign, the SB-5000 offered plenty of power to spare, even when using big, power-hungry modifiers like the Profoto 4' RFI Octobox. Add in the ability to perform high-speed sync (shooting at shutter speeds faster than 1/250, further cutting available light), and the creative possibilities are huge with the power of the SB-5000.
In addition to being much more compact, the SB-5000 features a built-in, active cooling system. The flash head of the SB-5000 features a micro blower that dissipates heat and allowing for over 100 consecutive full-power outputs. This is a nice improvement over the Nikon SB-910 and SB-900, which feature more passive heat reduction that relies on slowing down the fire rate as heat on the flash bulb builds.
Perhaps the biggest feature of the SB-5000 is built-in radio control for the most reliable and flexible implementation of Nikon's Creative Lighting System (CLS) yet. Just like the older CLS system, which relies on optical and IR transmission, the new radio system used by the SB-5000 allows for precise control over the flash power, flash mode (TTL, Manual, etc) , and grouping of multiple remote flashes.
Needing line-of-sight or needing to bounce the signal of the old IR-based CLS system are gone with the SB-5000.
What's more, the SB-5000 is able to relay some neat info back to the D500 as well, such as battery level, which makes Nikon's remote flash system even more useful when shooting on location.
One of the best parts about using the new SB-5000 is that all remote flash control is done from the D500's rear display using the camera's standard controls.
Instead of using a flash like the SB-910 as the commander unit, or the Nikon SU-800, which require using their own separate interface, remote SB-5000 units are controlled through a flash options menu on the D500. While shooting, I found that being able to use the camera controls to change remote flash setting much faster, simply because of the speed of input from the command dials and multi-selector.
Furthermore, I set the Fn2 button on the back of the D500 as a shortcut to the remote flash options, so it was amazingly easy to change flash power, active groups, and flash mode on the fly. With this shortcut I had the accessibility of a dedicated control without the bulk of a commander flash. Love it.
In addition, the new radio AWL system even adds the ability to control six distinct remote flash groups, up from just three of the optical AWL standard. The addition of two extra groups opens up so many more possibilities for those who use remote flashes, so I'm particularly excited about this evolution.
Shooting concert photography is pretty much like taking your camera and punching it in the face. The shooting conditions range from dim to dark, the targets are moving, and if you're lucky you only get splashed with flying beer and not a boot to the head. The D500 endured all this abuse and just laughed.
With the D500, Nikon took everything I love about their DSLRs and made it better. Ergonomics. Customizability. Image quality. Autofocus. Everything is top of the line. The D500 is the definition of a flagship camera.
These examples were all shot with the new Nikon D500. Photographing live music requires excellent high ISO performance and the best AF, and in this regard the D500 performed flawlessly.
These images were all photographed with the Nikon D500, new SB-5000 speedlight and WR-10 radio trigger. For modifiers, I used the Profoto 4' RFI Octabox and 36" Photex Softlighter II on the keylights. Both of these light modifiers worked perfectly with the SB-5000, with a beautiful quality of light that I highly recommend.
I was extremely impressed by the power of the SB-5000 units, which were more than capable in shooting in bright sunlight as well as throttled down to balance with any existing ambient lighting.
It's been 9 years since the introduction of the D300, and 7 years since the release of the D300s. For those photographers who need the performance of a truly professional DX flagship, worthy of the throne, the wait is over.
I feel like the new Nikon D500 delivers on the speed, performance, and quality that the DX format originally promised us. We have a DX sensor that rivals the image quality of full-frame cameras for per-pixel acuity and high ISO performance, with an agility and responsiveness that is up to the most demanding photographic tasks. All in a compact and lightweight DSLR system.
In particular, the new 153-point AF system is class-leading, and I think that this, combined with the 10 FPS continuous shooting rate, are going to be game changers for any photographers who chase decisive moments.
Thank you to everyone involved with this project, starting with a massive thank you to Shusuke and Sachie for going on this adventure and making these images with me. Thank you to my brother Chris Owyoung and to Fernando Gomes for all of their help on this project. A huge thank you to the band Dilly Dally for being a part of this project and just slaying it.
This whole shoot was a huge team effort just working on my small part of the campaign, and I'm so excited to finally share these images. I started shooting concerts in smoky dive bars — never did I dream my path in music photography would lead to working on a project like this. It was truly a thrill and an honor.
I hope you've enjoyed this collection of thoughts on the new Nikon D500 and SB-5000 speedlight. Thank you for reading.
Great articleTodd. Really appreciate it. The D500's strong point is it's new AF. Regarding your images, do you have the exif for them?
What lenses do you use on this Aps-C camera?
I am a music photographer. For me to tell how well the D500 is doing, I really need to see the EXIF data. As well, it looks like the venue you shot in was not that dark.
Thanks for the review Todd. Just curious how well would an 18-200mm VR II lens would work with this body ? I wonder if the improved AF and high ISO capability would make a difference. I have a friend who currently owns a D300s but loves his 18-200 because of the versatility. With this new body, upgrading to a D750 might not be the only path that he should look at.
It won't work well. It's an old design and superzooms have always been a huge compromise.
Finally, the world's first perfect camera. At least, that's what I got from this raving review.
Good read, thanks! Could you tell us the ISO settings the example images were shot with?
Thanks for the review! Was leaning towards the d750 as my next body, but this may be an even better choice for concert photography.
Can't honestly see that the burst speed is necessary even for a rock band though.
I disagree about the on-board flash tooTodd. I don*t take flashguns to gigs but often someone wants a shot of the band with fans etc after the show and I'm glad of the on-camera. Have you seriously ever been close to breaking one because it was 'in the way'? It never happened to me but was has happened is I got shots the pros without flash missed after/before the show.
I also disagree about the pop up flash. I think it would have been a good addition to the D500 and it would have given the camera broader consumer appeal. needing to buy an additional flash may alienate some consumers who are enthusiast rather than professionals. Other than the flash omission, the D500 appears to be a fantastic camera.
Do you know if there is still a way to trigger Radio Poppers? They currently need pop-up flash support to fire.
Seems like the Nano system would work, but not the PX Radiopoppers unless you want to use another commander flash.
I disagree too. I use the pop-up flash in commander mode to control external flashes. Works great and keeps my D300s uncluttered with attachments. Considering that I have an investment in 2 SB910 and 1 SB700 and 2 Radio poppers, sadly the D500 may be a non-starter for me.
So many AF points is great and a DX that shoots as well as an FX in low light also great. Is it really as good as an FXNikon when the light drops?
The super-fast burst rate seems a bit overkill though, these are musicians, not bullets you're shooting in motion.
I take issue over your comments on the lack of an on camera flash though. I never had a moment when the flash came up and almost got broken and I cover 30+ shows a year. What I have had is people asking me to take pictures after/before the show of the band and fans etc because the pros don't have an off camera flash in their gig concert bags and none on their cameras. To me that's a big negative.
I'm sure everyone would like to know how the D500 compares to the current full frame line-up as far as high ISO goes. What's the performance like at ISO 3200 to 12800? Would you say it's equal (or better) to that of the Nikon D750? Can't wait to see the sample high ISO RAW files.
How is ISO 6400 and 12800 compared to the D750?
Big thanx Todd ! Can you pls tell me if the D500 has U1 and U2 customised exposure setting thanks ? I can't seem to find anything that confirms this online…..
Very curious to learn more. For example, can you relay to the SB-5000 to run older flashes like the SB-910 and SB-800. For example, RF to the SB-5000, which would in turn run the other flashes on CLS? Or would you have to run everything on CLS using an on-camera commander such as a flash or an SU-800? What about using wireless link between camera and SB-5000 to run the other units in SU-4 mode? What about multi-flash setups — would you be able to run older flashes in a six-group set-up as long as they were in groups A, B, and C and groups D, E, and F were all SB-5000 units?
Also, how does D-range compare to the D800?
I don't believe you can combine RF and optical CLS in a single unit. You can use the WR-10 to SB-5000 via radio, but to also use optical CLS, you'd need a commander flash or SU-800. You could do WR-10 and SB-5000 with SU-4 remotes. So you can use the various systems in concert with each other, but they are effectively independent.
I did not perform direct comparisons to the D800. The shoot was intensively focused on the D500 and its use. When I get a full production sample, I plan on writing a full review.
Hi I was wondering what would be a good camera for a beginner? Thanks!
Sadly, without any EXIF and full size sample pictures that aren't already cooked it's pretty difficult to ascertain just how much better the D500 is than it's predecessors.
Heck, some of these shots could be pulled of with a D3100 and a 3rd party flash with triggers for the cost of the SB-5000 speedlight alone.
Still, thanks for your effort and contribution to the excitement of the highly anticipated successor to the D300. The traffic to your website must be great, congrats.
Still, thanks for your effort and contribution to the excitement of the highly anticipated successor to the D300.
Congrats to get this project, Todd! Looking at the images it seems as if you used flash on stage? BTW. Exif data would be very helpful to get an idea of the D500 image quality.
Hey all, first off, I want to thank you for reading and for taking the time to comment. My time with the new D500 was dedicated to creating images for the launch campaign and only that purpose. I hope these impressions are enough for you for now. You're going to love the D500.
I understand and respect it, Todd. But you made me curious. I ever used FF instead of DX but this one sounds somewhat tempting. The IQ looks a bit different from what I'm used from your images and I see flash lights to the left and right of the stage if I'm not completly wrong. I would have liked to ask you if you would go with the D500 instead of your D800s but I understand that out of loyalty you can't answer this.
Sorry to say, but since you don't include EXIF data in your pictures here, they are worthless as "high ISO sample images". They may be shot at 100 ISO in good light for all I know.
Note: The D500 has higher density and smaller photosites than the D800/D810.
Nice write up and pics though, this cam looks like a winner.
An excellent and most informative review.
I presently us the DX option on Nikon D810 for telephoto shots of distant wildlife, including birds.
Considering that DX on D810 has resolution 16 Megapixels with pixel size 4.88 micron, while D500 has 20 Megapixels with 4.22 micron, would the low light performance of DX on D810 not be better than that of D500?
In other words, what low light advantage would D500 offer me over DX on D810?
Hi Peter. I'm glad you found these impressions informative.
If all things were equal, then I would say that the larger photosites would of course have the advantage. However, I think we have to take into consideration that the D500 also represents another generation of sensor development, image processing, and other advancements. So already things are not equal. Once you factor in the new 153-point AF system, improved tracking, and speed of the D500, I think that the D500 is an extremely interesting camera.
It seems like a perfect camera for photographing wildlife, actually.
I thought I would ask you again please if you know if the D500 has custom exposure modes U1 & U2 or custom banks etc ?
Hi Scott. It's not a feature I used, and though it is possible I missed it, I don't believe there are U1/U2 exposure modes.
Big Thanks Todd ! Not much seems to be mentioned about it at this stage, but I do fear that you may be correct unfortunately…..
I'm getting ready to upgrade to a D810 from a D600 (mainly seeking better high ISO performance for live music photography). I'm now really intrigued with this new camera, and was wondering if you still prefer your full frame D800s over this model? I'm so torn!
Hey Mary, I personally shoot with two D800s because I love the resolution and I think that the D800/D810 is very capable despite having a high resolution sensor. However, I think that the D500 occupies an interesting niche now in that it offers the same flagship AF as the D5 and speed that doesn't have an equal in the D800/D810 or D750.
Without having compared the D810 to the D500 directly, I think the high ISO performance is very close (the pixel pitch of the D500 is smaller, but not by much). So I think that speed and AF becomes a big factor with the D500, so it can't be discounted simply because it's not an FX camera.
My personal plan is to add a D500 to my kit to compliment my D800s, to get the benefit of speed and telephoto reach with the 1.5x crop of DX, which can be really nice for larger shows.
Great review. Very informative. I'm in the market for a second body and would appreciate your thoughts. Currently use D800 / 24-70 / 70-200 Nikon lenses for my concert photography needs. Need another body to use at live shows. Does it make sense to find another D800? It's a bit dated. Was leaning towards D810. Thanks for your time.
I currently shoot with 2x D800s. I think the D810 would give you a bump in AF performance and better high ISO performance than the D800. So, I'd go with the D810 over the D800. Or, you could always add a D500 or D750 to give you more speed than the D800 if you need it.
Todd, you don't need to tape down your flash cover. There's a flash mode that prevents the cover from popping up, ever. Don't know where it is on your cameras, but on consumer Nikons, you switch to it while pressing the Flash button.
Do you need the wr-r10 to control the sb5000 from the d500… I'm somewhat confused about this….
Yes, you need the WR-R10 to control the SB-5000, the D500 doesn't have a built-in radio transmitter.
you mention the camera has slots for two memory cards,, does it have to be two different kinds of cards or can they both be the same..
Hi Charlie, unlike the new Nikon D5, the D500 has two different types of cards slots, XQD and SD.
but that is not my question.. have two sd cards,,,can i load Both of them?
Hmm. The D500 does not have a built-in flash. On my D300s, I use this in commander mode to control external flashes. Also, I already have 2 SB910 and 1 SB700. I really don't want to buy new flashes. Will I still be able to control the SB910/SB700 via optical commander without having to buy (several of) the new SB5000? Am I looking an additional expense for some kind of flash controller attachment? Any idea what that will cost? How big is it? Will it have all the features of the D300s optical CLS? If no, this upgrade is going to cost nearly $5K.
You don't have to purchase the SB-5000s, you can still use the SB-910/SB700. You'll need a trigger, however. There are various options, either use a speedlight as a commander on-camera, purchase SB-5000s, or use radio triggers.
Todd, I chose Nikon after seeing your work in Playback years ago. I currently have a D7000 and I'm really stretching it to the limit. I typically shoot with a Nikor 35mm and in low-light clubs like the Firebird. My question is whether there's a big difference between the D810, D720 and D500 and is it worth the upgrade and price? I know that my D7000 is no longer up to snuff. I typically rent a 70mm-200mm lens for bigger shows, but that's getting pricey. Also, I enjoyed seeing your photos at the Nikon D5 and D500 debuts back in February. It was cool to see your work and far you've gone.
what lens did you shoot with using the D500? Just curios to know if you used a DX lens or a full frame lens, and just wondering if the full frame lens are compatible on the D500?


A day I was both nervous and excited for. Nervous something would go wrong, but excited to end this chapter and start again new.
Tuesday morning we drove over to the hospital at 10 am to fill out paperwork, give blood, and talk to the anesthesiologist. We only sat in the waiting room for 20 minutes before they called my name. That morning was tough. I was so emotional and every time a new nurse would come into the room I would cry. Thank goodness everyone was so nice and all they kept saying was, it's fine, let it out, just cry.
We hung out in the back waiting for surgery time to roll around. Doctors and nurses came in and out of the room but all I could do was stare up at the clock. My parents came into the room around 12:15 to give me a kiss and wish me a quick and speedy surgery and recovery. Around 12:30 a nurse came to wheel me into the surgery room. I had never seen a surgery room before, only in the movies or on TV. I looked into the bright room filled with equipment and seven people all decked out in gloves and masks, I could feel my pulse rising and nerves taking over. They put my bed next to the table and asked if I could help them move me over. I remember sitting up for a few seconds before the room started spinning and I heard a woman say, you're ok just lay back down. Next thing I remember there was a mask over my face and then nothing.
I opened my eyes and for an instant I forgot where I was. A nurse was sitting next to me and asked how I was feeling and if I needed anything. The Doctor came over and said everything went great. I can't begin to describe the feeling I felt next. I was happy everything went well and it was all over. I was excited to see Tony and my parents and have them take me home to relax. I felt sadness because I knew all traces of our baby were gone from my body, like nothing had ever happened. I felt relief it was all over and I felt nervous to try again.
The cramps from the surgery were mild, I was really just tired. We went home and I climbed into bed. The Doctor had prescribed Methergine which I was to take every six hours, a total of six pills. Those pills were awful! About an hour after taking them I began to feel major cramping and lower back pain. The pill was causing contractions to expel anything left in my uterus and it was PAINNNNNFUL! Six hours later I was better prepared for the next dose. I stocked up on pain meds and prepared myself for the worst. .
While I pray this never happens again, I know there is a chance it may. I will never be prepared, but I know I will never have another first time. First time being pregnant, first time experiencing these emotions, and first time miscarrying.


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Ice hockey – big guns to face GB on ice
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Peter Russell, leading GB against Canada and USA. Picture by Dean Wooley
Great Britain (GB) will face Canada, USA, Finland, Germany, hosts Slovakia, Denmark and France next year in their first return to the top level of the World Championship since 1994.
GB have been placed in Group A and will play their seven group matches in Kosice.
USA and Canada were beaten semi-finalists at this year's World Championship, before America beat the Canadians 4-1 to secure the bronze medal.
Current world champions Sweden are joined in Group B by Russia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Norway, Latvia, Austria and Italy, with matches taking place in Bratislava.
The 16-team tournament will run from 10 to 26 May with teams playing each other once in the group stages for a total of seven group games.
The top four teams from each group will advance to the quarter-finals and the bottom team in each group being relegated to Division 1, Group A.
GB secured their place in the top flight by winning four of their five games in Division I, Group A to claim the gold medal in Budapest last month.
Scottish-born head coach, Pete Russell, who in charge at Braehead Clan, said: "Seeing the teams we will be playing next year really makes the magnitude of what we achieved in Budapest hit home. To play in Pool A is the ultimate and we are going to get to do that next season.
"It's a fantastic group that awaits us in Slovakia. It's going to be an amazing experience and we will be facing some of the best players on the planet.
"It is something that every one of us will embrace and this group of players has earned that right with the fantastic achievement in getting promotion last month.
"The hard work will start straight away and we have a lot of planning to do over the next 12 months.
"It is going to be an amazing year for British ice hockey and we will be going to Slovakia with the aim of continuing to surprise people again.
"We went to Budapest with two goals – one was to stay in the division and the other was to Dare to Dream. We now go to Slovakia with the exact same mindset and to enjoy this fantastic opportunity that has been created by our stunning promotion."
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With Windows 10 officially announced as a free upgrade for PCs and devices for at least the first year of distribution, the news has left many wondering what the future of Windows will be. Windows enthusiasts, doomsday prophets, skittish investors, and tech journalists are all very eager to weigh in with speculations and rumors.
The predominant theory for the future of Windows has Microsoft turning the company's traditionally licensed operating system into a Software-As-A-Service (SAAS) model. The idea started floating around on ZDNet as a journalist and Microsoft news insider Mary Jo Foley began noticing patterns of unbundling and rebranding of Microsoft services leading up to the Windows 10 unveiling. With speculation becoming fact regarding a free Windows 10 upgrade, the SAAS theory seems beyond plausible. In fact, the SAAS approach seems to be the only reasonable course Microsoft has after their 'free upgrade' announcement.
Russian leaker WZor is offering up his two-cents to the rumor mill today on Twitter. Once translated, the tweet all but confirms Mary Jo Foley's original theory. WZor believes that Windows will transition into a cloud-based OS by the end of 2020. According to the tweet, there are people inside of Redmond currently working on a Windows cloud client, and when complete, the release will follow the Windows 10 free upgrade president.
Microsoft ведет работы над созданием Windows Cloud клиентская часть которой будет полностью бесплатна, ПОЛНЫЙ релиз намечается на 2020 год..
Once the 'free' floodgates are open, there is no going back. To date, developers, content creators, businesses, and services are struggling to find ways to garner a sustainable business with free options. Some have sought pay-as-you-go options, others have taken to freemium models and lower cost bundled subscriptions approaches. Eventually, Microsoft will have to decide what works best for the company and its users. Just like us, we're sure Microsoft is keeping a close eye on the adoption and success of the new free approach. Once the 'free' offer becomes a reality for consumers, it'll be very interesting to see how Microsoft pivots on the enterprise, as well as the next few upgrades for Windows in the future.
Interestingly enough, the rumor of Windows Cloud first appeared back in April of 2014, when Wzor claimed Microsoft was working on a prototype operating system called Windows Cloud. At the time, Windows Cloud was rumored to be an operating system that requires an internet connection for full functionality. While in offline mode, the operating system would be similar to Microsoft's budget operating system, Windows Starter, offering basic functionality. This obviously smells like something you would see in Chrome OS on a Chromebook. Could Microsoft be experimenting with something similar?
Remember, this is just a huge rumor until we hear more concrete evidence.


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NYCC '20: WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS drops some tantalizing hints at season 3
Television's best (and only?) vampire comedy hints at its future.
Supernatural comedies are rare on TV, but What We Do in the Shadows is arguably helping to pave the way. Renewed for a third season, WWDitS has a lot of hype around it, especially since its 8 Emmy nominations. Even though they haven't started shooting yet, the producers and cast had some hints at the show's future.
The panel was hosted by Kathryn VanArendonk, with executive producers Paul Simms and Stefani Robinson in attendance, along with cast members Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry, Natasia Demetriou, Harvey Guillén, and Mark Proksch. The panel kicked off with VanArendonk asking the panelists about what would happen if the vampires were stuck inside during our current situation.
Novak said his character Nandor would probably just get his familiar, Guillermo, to order delivery, and Nandor would dispatch the delivery driver. There would be a lack of victims for the vampires. Guillén said there would be more house meetings than usual. Simms said that Guillermo would be wearing a mask at all times, which would lead to the vampires' confusion.
Proksch said that Colin Robinson would most definitely be a non-masker, which definitely fits with Colin's M.O. of frustrating everyone around him in order to train energy. Demetriou said the vampires would wear masks outside but under their noses.
There was a lot of discussion in the panel about the dynamics between the characters and the actors, and you can watch the panel below for more on that. A favorite bit comes about halfway through, when the Nadja Doll comes to the call for a few minutes, but is unable to get her sound working.
But the most exciting bits were near the end of the panel, as Simms dropped a ton of hints on what would happen in the What We Do in the Shadows' third season. There will be at least 3-4 new magical creatures, including Hellhounds (but no aliens). There was joking about the Muppets making appearances, and Simms revealed that there was at least 3/4 of a page of a script dedicated to Kermit the Frog.
One episode will deal with the vampires all going on a road trip–which gets difficult. Simms explained that they all will have to carry around the soil of their home and place it under their bed, in conjunction with vampire lore. Colin Robinson will celebrate a "big, important" birthday, and he will also sing at some point. A big theme of the season is Nandor looking for love. Fan favorites will also be making returns to the show, although who they are is being kept under wraps. My fingers are crossed for Mark Hamill and Beanie Feldstein.
The panel concluded with a fake commercial for Jackie Daytona's (Lazlo's) bar from season 2, which was pretty funny and deserves a watch. It had tons of tiny details from the episode itself. Overall, the What We Do in the Shadows panel delivered a lot more than expected, which only makes me anticipate the third season more.
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Sick Machine - The 808 kick is a little light sounding. The whole track is a little mono, on the drop, some stereo stuff would make it a little more interesting on the ear.
I can hear you - Bass could be heavier.
We can't hear you - Pretty balanced mix.
Rush out - again a nice balanced mix and a good use of stereo.
That's enough. Some nice tracks, not my genres really, but they sound good and with a few tweaks could be fatter.


Katie was born in an unstable environment to drug-addicted parents. She and her sisters never went to the same school for more than one year, spent two years in different foster care environments, and didn't see a dentist until they came to live with their Aunt Gloria. Katie was only five years old.
Katie ended up hospitalized twice and eventually diagnosed with bipolar disorder and intermittent explosive disorder. But help for Katie was hard to find, and when Gloria could find services for Katie, they were only short-term solutions and didn't address all of her needs.
"I was at the end of my rope. I couldn't find anyone willing to help," Gloria said. In desperation, she dug out an old handbook she got from Katie's DCFS caseworker and called every number in it. It was Metropolitan that told her she and Katie were eligible for the Adoption Preservation program and connected her with therapist Tiaira Robinson.
For a year now Katie has received therapy, psychiatric services, anger management classes, therapeutic day camp, and weekly visits with a mentor. Her relationships with her family – Gloria, her husband Shannon and their three children in addition to Katie's two sisters – have improved.
Though typically Adoption Preservation families receive services for one year, Tiaira has applied to extend Katie's services to preserve her progress as she enters middle school this fall.
"We will not leave you without help. That's never going to happen," Gloria said Tiaira told her.


The government's decision to abolish Home Information Packs (Hips) has prompted a rise in the number of houses on the market, it has been revealed.
Figures published by Rightmove show that property values across England and Wales increased by only 0.3 per cent in the five weeks to June 12th.
This comes after a 0.7 per cent rise during the previous month.
The number of people putting their home on the market has risen by 22 per cent since the decision to end Hips was announced.
Rightmove commercial director Miles Shipside said the "mortgage famine" and surge in sellers is likely to halt any recovery in house prices this year.
"It is an unfortunate concatenation of events that disrupts what was sort of passing as normal service, where investor appetite provided an uneasy balance to the first time buyer-starved market," he added.
The Council of Mortgage Lenders revealed last week that borrowing in the UK rose by seven per cent during May, compared to the previous month.


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Welsh Revenue Authority report on tax revenue raised
The Welsh Revenue Authority (WRA) recently published its Annual Report and Accounts 2021 to 2022, reporting a total of more than £400 million raised from Land Transaction Tax (LTT) and Landfill Disposals Tax (LDT) transactions.
During the year, the WRA managed record levels of tax and processed its highest number of tax returns to date, totalling more than 68,800. A total of 98.4% of tax returns were filed on time, with almost 99% of transactions filed digitally.
Other performance highlights included:
Surpassing the £1 billion tax revenue mark (since starting to manage tax in April 2018).
Recovering an additional £1.6 million from tax interventions and disclosures, where the right tax was not paid at the right time.
Received positive feedback from users, with 92% finding the tax authority's services easy to use.
See: Welsh Revenue Authority raises record tax revenue for Wales | GOV.WALES
FSB South Wales Conference 2022 – Growing Your Business
The second annual Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) South Wales Conference, specifically for small businesses in the region, will help owners and managers understand how they can grow their businesses.
The conference will bring together businesses and experts to focus on how small businesses can accelerate their growth in a sustained and sustainable way.
Various sessions throughout the day will help businesses understand:
How they can identify strategic options and plan for growth.
How they can plan their journey towards net zero.
Various kinds of finance to assist growth.
How to develop suitable marketing and sales plans to support growth.
How to develop a committed team within a business to facilitate growth.
How FSB's lobbying, events and member benefits can support businesses as they grow.
The conference takes place on 8 September 2022 in Merthyr Tydfil.
See: Business Wales Events Finder – FSB South Wales Conference 2022 – Growing Your Business, Events (business-events.org.uk)
Flagship research and development centre open in Welshpool
Automotive manufacturer YASA Ltd will significantly expand its operations from the new centre, based at Offa's Dyke Business Park, creating up to 40 new jobs.
YASA, a leading manufacturer of advanced electric motors and motor controllers for hybrid and electric vehicles, anticipates it will almost triple its workforce at its new base.
The building, which has been constructed by mid-Wales building contractors Pave Aways, will include rooms designed for high-velocity impacts which will stress test motors.
YASA, which will lease the new building, is already an important employer in Welshpool, employing 15 highly qualified engineers.
See: £1.98 million Welsh Government investment sees flagship research and development centre open in Welshpool | GOV.WALES
Welsh company develops a UK 'first' in mobile technology
An innovative new mobile telephone mast, powered through a pioneering wind turbine, has been developed by a south Wales-based company. It has the potential to support Wales' net zero targets and bring telecoms connectivity to 'not-spots' in rural areas.
The project is the latest innovation resulting from support from the Welsh Government's European Union (EU)-funded SMART programme.
This Crossflow project is an illustration of the holistic way this support works:
A Welsh Government innovation specialist formed a long-term, one-to-one relationship with the company. They worked together to assemble bids for nearly £1 million of grants through various SMART Cymru research and development (R&D) rounds.
When the company needed specific academic collaboration, it was introduced to Swansea University.
When the technology was ready for commercialisation, the Welsh Government introduced Crossflow to Vodaphone, which is now beginning to roll out the technology.
Starting with a demonstrator in Pembrokeshire, Crossflow now wants to provide communities across Wales with mobile phone signals powered by sustainable, clean energy and has plans to sell the technology worldwide.
A survey of nearly a third of the 486 companies supported by SMART up to 2021, found a total of 3,000 new jobs were created – around 19 jobs per business – with an average turnover growth of £3.8 million per business. These figures continue to grow as the beneficial effects of innovation endure within businesses.
See: Wales, a nation of innovation: Baglan company and Welsh Government co-invest to develop UK 'first' in mobile technology | GOV.WALES
Helping your employees through the cost-of-living crisis
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has put together some practical information for employers to support their employees through the cost-of-living crisis.
Against a backdrop of soaring prices for food, energy and other essential goods and services, many employers in the UK are asking what they can do to support their people's financial wellbeing.
Several UK employers are generously topping up pay packets with a cost-of-living payment. The CIPD's summer Labour Market Outlook for 2022 finds that 15% of organisations have paid, or are planning to pay, such a payment to some or all their workers, while a further 15% have the matter under review. Private sector firms are most likely to have paid this bonus (18%) – especially those in the primary and utilities (30%), financial services (26%), and construction (25%) sectors.
Even if you cannot afford to offer inflation-beating pay rises, there is still a lot you can do to ease the stress and anxiety your workforce is facing. The CIPD say that now is the time to review your financial wellbeing policies and benefits packages to make sure they are working as hard as they can – especially for those that are most likely to be struggling to make ends meet.
They suggest the following things to consider:
Review your reward strategy – if you can afford to offer a cost-of-living bonus, make sure it doesn't inadvertently do more harm than good for those who claim Universal Credit or Tax Credits.
Review your financial wellbeing policy – do your people know what help is on offer and how to get it?
Review your benefits package – is it working hard enough for those most in need? Again, does everyone know what's on offer and how to access it?
Train your managers – an empathetic and approachable management style can help normalise conversations about money, and let employees seek the help they need.
Examine the CIPD Reward management survey, which looks at the various ways employers are helping with financial wellbeing and tackling in-work poverty.
For the full guidance and example case studies see: Supporting employees through the cost-of-living crisis | CIPD
Employment status and employment rights
Employment status affects everyone who works. Pay, leave and working conditions can all depend on employment status. People with different employment statuses have different rights set out in law. The rights are designed to protect individuals. Most of the rights are compulsory, and usually cannot be signed away. The UK Government has recently issued new guidance.
The guidance complements the existing GOV.UK Employment status guidance, and provides practical advice and examples on:
Employment status and how it determines the employment rights individuals are entitled to and for which employers are responsible.
Factors determining an individual's employment status.
Special circumstances and recent developments in the labour market.
How employment status should be determined for different sectors.
Where to go for further information.
There are 2 additional pieces of guidance for:
Individuals, to help them understand their employment status so that they know their rights, can have informed discussions with their employer about them, and can take steps to claim them and have them enforced where necessary.
Employers or engagers, to help them understand individuals' employment status so they comply with the law, helping ensure individuals receive the rights they are entitled to and avoid unnecessary disputes and associated costs.
See: Employment status and employment rights – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Energy Management – BS ISO 50005
The British Standards Institution (BSI), in conjunction with the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the Race to Zero campaign, are supplying 100,000 free copies of BS ISO 50005.
The ISO 50005 standard provides SMEs with a means to develop a practical approach to energy management to reduce energy consumption, energy bills and greenhouse gas emissions. Using a phased approach enables quick wins to be achieved in reducing energy usage and allows businesses to build upon these successes over time.
See: BS ISO 50005:2021 | BSI (bsigroup.com)
Companies House webinars available as recordings
Companies House have recordings of webinar presentations that you can watch whenever suits your schedule. The webinars cover a range of topics, including:
Starting a limited company and your responsibilities to Companies House and HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
How intellectual property, such as patents, trademarks and copyrights can affect your business.
Guidance on starting a community interest company (CIC).
How to register company mortgages and other charges at Companies House.
How to restore a company to the register.
Click on the links below to view the recordings:
Support to guide you on your business journey
Choosing the right legal structure for your business
Directors' responsibilities – everything you've asked about running a limited company
Directors' responsibilities – data protection – what you need to know and where to start, a webinar by the ICO
Directors' responsibilities – what questions are most frequently asked about starting a company?
Directors' responsibilities – your accounts and how to avoid a late filing penalty
Companies House: Starting and running a limited company
Director's responsibilities: webinar 5
Companies House and the Intellectual Property Office: Starting a company and your IP
Community interest companies: all you need to know about submitting a successful CIC application
Community interest company or charity, do you know the difference?
Companies House: Online charges and mortgages
Companies House and Acas: Managing sickness absence
The new 'Register of Overseas Entities' is live
The new Register of Overseas Entities is held by Companies House and requires overseas entities that own land or property in the UK to declare their beneficial owners and/or managing officers. There will be sanctions for those who do not comply, including restrictions on buying, selling, transferring, leasing or charging their land or property in the UK.
Overseas entities who want to buy, sell or transfer property or land in the UK must register with Companies House and tell them who their registrable beneficial owners or managing officers are.
Overseas entities who already own or lease land or property in the UK will also need to register with Companies House and tell them who their registrable beneficial owners or managing officers are by 31 January 2023.
This applies to overseas entities who bought property or land on or after:
1 January 1999 in England and Wales
8 December 2014 in Scotland
Overseas entities only need to register property or land bought in Northern Ireland on or after 1 August 2022. Entities that disposed of property or land after 28 February 2022 will also need to give details of those dispositions.
See: The new Register of Overseas Entities is live – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Companies House Counter Services will not be re-opening
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Companies House office in London and the public counters in Cardiff, Belfast and Edinburgh were closed.
As Companies House continues to transform its services to provide a fully digital experience, it has been decided that its public counters will not re-open.
See: Companies House London office and counter services will not be re-opening – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
iX Challenge: Healthy Ageing Innovation Accelerator Competition
The Healthy Ageing market is one of the fastest growing markets in the world. The market in China is the largest geographically-defined opportunity. The Accelerator Programme includes a de-risking pathway to enter this market and make UK businesses competitive, as well as growth and export-ready.
The Innovation Exchange Program is working alongside Oxford Innovation Advice and the UK National Innovation Centre for Ageing (NICA), to find innovative companies that are ambitious to grow their business. They seek innovators with new product or service ideas that can support us to stay healthy and active, and help us to remain mobile and connected as we age. They will be providing free expert assistance to participants, particularly focussing on the growing market opportunities in China.
The free NICA Healthy Ageing Accelerator programme is targeted at high growth potential companies of any size and from any part of the UK. It will provide expert support to help companies maximise their business growth, including assisting participants to explore the fast-growing China Market. Successful applicants will benefit from 9 weeks of tailored fully funded support from NICA, Oxford Innovation Advice and Innovate UK KTN experts.
These activities will be funded through the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Fund for International Collaboration (FIC), delivered by Innovate UK.
See: iX Challenge: Healthy Ageing Innovation Accelerator Competition – Innovate UK KTN (ktn-uk.org)
UK Privacy Enhancing Technologies Challenge Prize
Innovate UK (IUK), part of UK Research and Innovation, is working with the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation to run a Privacy Enhancing Technologies Challenge. This is part of an aligned programme with the US National Science Foundation, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
This challenge aims to accelerate the development and adoption of privacy-preserving federated learning approaches and build trust in their adoption.
To achieve this, participants are asked to develop approaches that:
Leverage a combination of input and output privacy techniques.
Deliver strong privacy guarantees against a set of common threats and privacy attacks.
Develop privacy technologies that are capable of supporting machine learning tasks in one or two predefined use cases in the financial crime and public health sectors.
The challenge is split into 3 phases:
Phase 1: Your approach. You will develop a technical white paper which will describe your proposed approach.
Phase 2: Solution development. If successful in phase 1, you will be invited to develop your solution.
Phase 3: Testing. The top solutions will be tested by dedicated Red Teams (ethical hackers).
Up to £700,000 is available in funding across the three phases of the competition.
Applicants successful in Phase 1 and invited to Phase 2 will be able to apply for up to £50,000 to develop their solutions. Up to 10 awards of £10,000 will also be given to the highest scoring projects from Phase 1. The £10,000 can only be used to support the growth of your business and the costs associated with this must be evidenced.
The competition closes on 19 September 2022.
See: Competition overview – UK Privacy Enhancing Technologies Challenge Prize – Innovation Funding Service (apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk)
Innovate UK (IUK) Smart Grants – Latest round of funding
Up to £25 million is available for disruptive research and development (R&D) innovations that can significantly impact the UK economy.
All proposals must be business-focused, with deliverable, realistic and adequately resourced plans to achieve return on investment, growth and market share following project completion.
Applications can come from any area of technology and be applied to any part of the economy, such as, but not exclusively:
Design and media
This round of Smart grants reflects the importance of obtaining economic benefits from public funding, and the potential for successful commercialisation, growth and exports.
To be in the scope, your proposal must demonstrate:
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Martian Land
USA • 2015 • 86m • • Directed by: Scott Wheeler. • Starring: Lane Townsend, Alan Pietruszewski, Jennifer Dorogi, Arianna Afsar, Chloe Farnworth, Chaim Dunbar, Dionne Neish, Caroline Williams, Eddy Owdish, Caroline Attwood, Dan Czerwonka, James Wong, Maximilian Elfeldt. • Music by: Christopher Cano.
In the distant future, mankind lives on Mars, in cities that resemble those once found on Earth, protected from the alien atmosphere by dome-like force-fields. When a massive sandstorm breaks through the dome and destroys Mars New York, those in Mars Los Angeles must figure out how to stop the storm before it wipes them out next.
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Have made no secret in the past of intensely disliking, and even outright hating a lot, a vast majority of The Asylum's (near-universally maligned for good reason) output, though there is curiosity as to whether they are capable of making something good and compulsive about their output's badness. Admittedly, The Asylum do have a small group of watchable films and the occasional (big emphasis on that word) above average one, unfortunately outweighed by the lacklustre at best and often dreadful films they churn out.
After seeing 'Martian Land', giving it a fair chance and trying to not let bias get the better of me, as much as it actually pains me to say it do agree with everybody else who not only found it an awful film but also one of The Asylum's worst. Very much the same as what was said about 'Alien Convergence' and a few other Asylum efforts seen recently. One of their most amateurish and intelligence-insulting certainly, all their trademark flaws are here in 'Martian Land'.
Just for the record, giving a film the lowest possible rating is incredibly rare for me these days, trying to be a fair reviewer trying to see the good in everything viewed. That rating is only reserved for films etc. that look like no effort or heart was put into it and like nobody was trying, a cardinal sin in film but actually not committed all that often. 'Martian Land' is one of the worst examples of this in recent memory.
Visually, 'Martian Land' looks incredibly cheap even for something made on a low budget. It's very drably and sometimes dizzyingly shot, incoherently edited (bacon-slicer-like) with glaring and unforgivably sloppy continuity errors and even the scenery doesn't make much impression despite being actually the least bad aspect of the film. Even worse are some of the most laughable and pathetic-looking special effects to be seen on celluloid, actually looking they were done as an afterthought and on the small remainder of the money they had left.
Can remember little about the music, which tended to be intrusive, annoying and out of place. The dialogue is utter gibberish and truly juvenile and unnatural, even by The Asylum standards and even in their best efforts the script is one of the weaker assets. How it was approved beyond first draft, or suggesting ideas stage, is beyond comprehension.
There is absolutely nothing thrilling, tense, suspenseful, emotionally investable or fun about the story. The predictability may have been forgivable if the film was actually engaging let alone exciting but it fails to be either throughout. Lets not get started on how insultingly nonsensical and ridiculous it is, things similarly are so vague and confused that coherence was also a major issue in places. The conflict had no urgency, imagination, fun or menace at all, it was all just dull and dumb.
As sort of expected, as it is a trademark of The Asylum it seems, there are illogical and irritating character behaviours that makes one endear to them even less in a film with not one interesting or rootable character. There is not one halfway decent performance either, almost like they weren't even trying.
Overall, awful with nothing redeeming about it, except that it is not quite as blatantly derivative as other Asylum efforts.
Review by TheLittleSongbird from the Internet Movie Database.


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Pope Francis Visits the 'Land of Dreams'
Pope Francis spoke to the U.S. Congress Thursday while thousands of people gathered outside to watch the event on large screens.
Pope Francis addresses a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015, making history as the first pontiff to do so.
Hundreds crowded inside the House of Representatives chamber to hear the first Roman Catholic pontiff deliver an address to American government officials.
The pope enjoyed a warm welcome in Washington D.C. Large crowds attended several papal events over the past two days. They lined the streets near where he spoke. Although he walked slowly because of back pain, he stopped often to talk with people and touch their hands.
Four Americans frame the pope's message
The pope's message to Congress was based on the stories of four Americans: Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton. He connected the life of each of these Americans to a part of his speech.
Pope Francis talked about President Abraham Lincoln as a guardian of liberty. Lincoln worked hard so:
"This nation, under God, [might] have a new birth of freedom."
He spoke about religious and other freedoms enjoyed in the United States.
"A delicate balance is required to combat violence perpetrated in the name of a religion, an ideology or an economic system, while also safeguarding religious freedom, intellectual freedom and individual freedoms."
He spoke of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and:
His "dream of full civil and political rights for African Americans."
The pope said, "That dream continues to inspire us all. I am happy that America continues to be, for many, a land of 'dreams.'"
He spoke of the lesser known Dorothy Day, who was a co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement. The movement works nonviolently for justice. Catholic Worker communities are against war and the economic inequality.
Last, he spoke of Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk. Merton supported the peace movement and social justice. He called for a better understanding of Asian religions.
"He was also a man of dialogue, a promoter of peace between peoples and religions."
These four Americans helped to show what the pope wants to see: a world that cooperates to fight poverty, injustice, and violence.
Pope Francis referred to the U.S. agreement with Iran and the new relationship with Cuba.
"I would like to recognize the efforts made in recent months to help overcome historic differences linked to painful episodes of the past. It is my duty to build bridges and to help all men and women, in any way possible, to do the same."
The issue of refugees and immigrants were important in the pope's message. He talked about being the son of immigrants. He said many members of Congress were children of immigrants, too.
Speaking of the refugee crisis in the Middle East and Europe, he asked Americans to apply the Golden Rule: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
The Pope put in a word for Latin American immigrants to the U.S.
"Thousands of persons are led to travel north in search of a better life for themselves and for their loved ones, in search of greater opportunities. Is this not what we want for our own children?
"We must not be taken aback by their numbers, but rather view them as persons, seeing their faces and listening to their stories, trying to respond as best we can to their situation."
Speaking to a Congress that many say is more divided than ever, he urged action. He said a good political leader chooses to start working on programs instead of simply taking up space.
Devout Catholic and House Speaker John Boehner invited the pope to speak to Congress.
Democratic Representative Luis Gutierrez of Illinois said the kindness of Pope Francis for migrants is very different from the tough anti-immigrant talk of leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
"In many ways, Pope Francis represents the anti-Trump, the antidote to his venom," Gutierrez said.
A busy schedule
Later in the day, the Pope flew to New York City to celebrate Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral.
Friday, he was scheduled to address the United Nations General Assembly. Saturday morning, he was to travel to Philadelphia for this weekend's Vatican-sponsored World Meeting of Families.
On Sunday, he is expected to celebrate an outdoor Mass, expected to draw nearly 2 million people.
Moral action for climate change
At the same time Pope Francis spoke to Congress, there was a rally on the National Mall. Sponsored by a network of environmental and religious groups, the Moral Action on Climate Justice Rally brought musicians and speakers to echo the Pope's message. VOA talked with some of the environmental activists after the pope's speech.
Sandy Muffatti and Hank Helman stood with handmade wind turbine "whirligigs." They said they liked the pope's message of protecting the planet. Mr. Helman, of Ruckersville, Virginia, said he hopes that Congress listens to the pope's message.
Roy Taylor is the Clerk of the Quaker Earthcare Witness group. He said the issues of peace and climate were all connected. The Syrian refugee crisis had its roots in a drought. Mr. Taylor said the number of refugees in Europe is a climate change issue.
Harriet Sugarman is the founder of Climate Mama . After she was trained by Al Gore, she started the group to help parents talk with children about the climate. Leslie Meek of Climate Mama said the pope was brave in talking about specific issues but did not directly talk about some controversial issues.
Jodi Rose is the Executive Director of of Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake. Her organization helps religious groups to plant trees and take action to aid the environment. She heard the pope say that if anybody can solve these difficult environmental and social problems, the United States can.
I'm Jill Robbins.
Dr. Jill Robbins reported and wrote this story for Learning English with information from AP and VOA News sources. Kathleen Struck was the editor.
pontiff – n. the head of the Roman Catholic Church
perpetrate – v. to do (something that is illegal or wrong)
safeguard- v. to make (someone or something) safe or secure; protect
nonviolent- adj. not using or involving violence
Trappists – n. a community of monks belonging to the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance, the most severe Roman Catholic monastic order.
whirligig -- n. a device with paddles or parts that are moved by the wind, it turns and whirls
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Facebook Messenger – Things You Might Not Know About
Practically just about everyone who is online everyday has a Facebook account, and with it they also use Facebook Messenger as their main chatting platform. Just recently, the messaging application has surpassed one billion users, and it now makes a name for itself as one of the world's top three apps after just two years since it was split from the main Facebook app. However, there are some hidden tricks located within the application that you might not know about.
Hidden Tricks That You Might Not Know About in Facebook Messenger
First of all, Facebook Messenger is widely known as a mobile application, but did you know that there's a desktop version of it as well? Just head on to your favorite browser and type in messenger.com within the address bar. In here, just log in with either your email address or phone number, along with your password for Facebook, and you can now chat using the desktop version of the popular messaging app. The user-interface is almost the same as that of the mobile version.
Aside from using the desktop version of Facebook Messenger, the application is primarily used to chat with other people by sending text messages across the Internet. However, you might have skipped on the fact that you can also make voice and video calls with as well. And the best part is that it's all free. You can make voice and video calls as long as your device is connected to the Internet. All you have to do is to tap on the phone icon within a chat room to start.
Did you know that you can even use the Messenger app without linking your Facebook account? To access the application without connecting your Facebook account, go to the desktop version of the application and then sign in with your phone number instead of your Facebook credentials.
Tired of typing on the keyboard all the time? Then why not send an audio recorded message to your Facebook friends instead? To do this, tap on the microphone icon within a chat room and then hold on to the big button that appears to record your message. However, do take note that once you release your finger on the button the recording will automatically stop.
There are other secrets hidden away within Facebook Messenger, such as letting users play games with each other even while chatting it up inside a chat room. What's your favorite secret within the popular messaging app?
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Practically just about everyone who is online everyday has a Facebook account, and with it they also use Facebook Messenger as their main chatting platform. Just recently, the messaging application has surpassed one billion users, and it now makes a name for itself as one of the world's top three apps after just two years since it was split f...Read More


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Q: How do I configure scalafx I wish to try out scalafx targeting javafx 8 using scala 2.11.x on the latest version of Intellij. I have downloaded the most recent version of scalafx (scalafx_2.11-8.0.40-R8). To use JavaFx 8 I need JDK 8 however scala 2.11.x says the following:
Required Java Version
The Scala 2.11.x series targets Java 6, with (evolving) experimental support for Java 8. In 2.11.x, Java 8 support is mostly limited to reading Java 8 bytecode and parsing Java 8 source. Stay tuned for more complete (experimental) Java 8 support. The next major release, 2.12, will most likely target Java 8 by default.
Question: How do I configure this? Can I just use Java 8 and scalafx in an Intellij scala project? Thanks.

A: Yes you can use ScalaFX 8 and Java 8 in IDEA project. In fact, ScalaFX 8 can only be used with Java 8. It supports new JavaFX 8 features, and was compiled with Java 8 as binary target. The recommended way is to use SBT. ScalaFX Hello World is an example of a simple SBT project that can be loaded into IDEA.
For a basic project it should be sufficient to add ScalaFX jar as a dependency to IDEA (as you mentioned), you will also need to add Scala binaries. ScalaFX 8 is compiled with Java 8 binary target, so you may need to set that Java level to 8.
Scala 2.11 works fine with Java 8. The "partial support" mentioned in your question is for generation of Java 8 specific byte code, and only means that Scala 2.11 compiler does not take full advantage of new Java 8 lambdas and other features when generating byte code. It does not impact Scala 2.11 and ScalaFX 8 ability to work with Java 8. For instance, you can use from Scala/ScalaFX Java libraries that use Java 8 lambdas.

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PLANO, Texas, February 26, 2018 /3BL Media/ – Ask someone, "What's your favorite childhood book?" Most have a quick answer and a smile on their face. But for some people, there isn't a quick answer. Or an answer at all.
For 33 years, the Pizza Hut BOOK IT! Program has nurtured a love of reading in more than 65 million students across the country, but the company wanted to make a greater impact. Building on this legacy, Pizza Hut established The Literacy Project in 2016 to raise awareness for literacy-related issues and engage consumers to help make a difference. In its first year, the campaign impacted 15.9 million people and distributed more than 275,000 books and educational resources to communities in the U.S., Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica and South Africa.
As a global brand, Pizza Hut is a strong corporate citizen and committed to supporting the communities it serves to ensure its team members, customers and neighbors have a chance to be their best. Supporting and encouraging literacy is one way Pizza Hut supports the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by helping to ensure all youth achieve literacy and numeracy by 2030.
While the company's largest corporate social responsibility commitment is to literacy, Pizza Hut serves its communities in many ways. Pizza Hut is also a part of the 100,000 Opportunities Initiative, which engages youth age 16-24 who face systemic barriers to jobs and education in apprenticeships, internships, training programs and employment. The company also encourages its team members to continue their education through the Life Unboxed EDU initiative, which offers online courses along with tuition discounts and reimbursements.
Pizza Hut partners with Food Donation Connection on its Harvest Program, which donates food to hunger relief organizations. In 2016, Pizza Hut achieved a milestone, donating enough food to provide meals to more than 100 million people in need. The company also participates in the Food Waste Reduction Alliance, an industry coalition created by the National Restaurant Association and the Grocery Manufacturers Association working to reduce the amount of food waste generated, increase food donations to those in need and encourage recycling of unavoidable food waste to divert it from landfills.
To donate or for more information on Pizza Hut: The Literacy Project, visit www.PizzaHut.com/TheLiteracyProject.
Pizza Hut is also the proprietor of The Literacy Project, an initiative designed to enable access, empower teachers and inspire a lifelong love of reading. The program is rooted in the foundation set by the Pizza Hut BOOK IT!Program, which is the longest-running corporate supported literacy program, impacting more than 14 million students each year. For more information, visit www.pizzahut.com.
Educators, librarians, providers, and others whose programs qualify for First Book resources by serving children in need can obtain more information about eligibility and sign up at firstbook.org/register. Visit firstbook.org or follow the latest news on Facebook and Twitter.


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Judith Heard's events hosting antics first became public in 2012 when she co-hosted the grand opening of now defunct Asylum bar along Namugongo Road in 2012. The socialite was at it again last December when she co-hosted the Abryanz style and fashion 2014 Awards.
And looks like Heard is considering adding emceeing as another side job. Word reaching us is that Heard will be co-hosting the launch of Madiba's Bar and Lounge in Kiwatule later this evening.
Heard will again be doing the job alongside very experienced people as comedy star Patrick Idringi aka Salvado and NTV Xpozed TV show host Mc Kats will be her co-emcees tonight.
Madiba's is a new classy hangout in Kiwatule and its situated just next to U-Save Supermarket, shortly after the flyover on your way to Najjera. We have heard the joint is the hottest spot around Najjera, Kiwatule and Naalya areas.
Judith could not hide her excitement when we contacted her. "This is another opportunity to make people happy, that's one thing I have loved to do all my life. I'm storming Kiwatule and I'm coming through with the entire cool Fab Clan," Heard told us.
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