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Recommendations for in-camera settings for aviation photography Nikon D100, D200, D300

D100
The D100 was the first affordable semi-professional Nikon DSLR. It features a 6MP CCD sensor and is based on the F80 film body. It features the CAM900 auto focus module, which offers 5 AF sensors (one cross-type). Recommendations for the D100 could be useful for the D70, D70s, D50 and D40.

D200
The Nikon D200 replaced the D100 in Nov. 2005, It has a magnesium alloy body, which is weather sealed. The sensor is a 10MP CCD: The AF has been improved to CAM 100 with more focus points and much better accuracy. In addition the matrix metering mode is now capable to recognize colours and uses a 1005 segment matrix mode to find the exposure. Settings for the D200 might be useful for D80, D90, D60 and D40X as well.


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Instructions for choosing a dSLR Camera

Exposure Control
Now that you know how many pixels your camera is capable of processing, you’re going to want to control those pixels. Finding out how much control (or how little) your camera gives you is an important step. There are a few different points of evaluation here: exposure modes, fastest/slowest shutter speeds, and highest/lowest ISO sensitivity.

Exposure modes determine when the camera automatically chooses its settings, and when the photographer does so manually. Most dSLRs offer manual and automatic settings, with variations in between.

For example, a shutter priority mode lets the photographer choose the setting for shutter speed, such as 1/100th of a second, and then the camera adjusts all other settings accordingly. Conversely, in aperture priority mode the photographer chooses the aperture setting, such as f22, and the camera adjusts shutter speed. Some cameras are equipped with unique scene settings, designed specifically for portraits, sunsets, or night-time shooting.


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Bluetooth GPS Set-Up Guide

To set up a Bluetooth connection with your Globalsat GPS receiver, follow these steps:

  1. Tap the Bluetooth icon in the lower-right corner of the screen
  2. Select “Turn radio ON”
  3. Tap the Bluetooth icon again and select “Add a Bluetooth Device”
  4. Check “My Device is set up and ready to be found” in the “Add Bluetooth Device Wizard” and click “Next”.
  5. Select “New Device” from the displayed Bluetooth devices and tap “Next”.
  6. Tap “Use the passkey found in the documentation”.
  7. Enter the Passkey Code (or PIN code) for the GPS receiver and select “OK” (For the BT-308 passkey code is 2003 and for the BT-328, BT-338 & BT-359 GPS receivers it’s 0000).
  8. Bluetooth Manager will display and designate an Outgoing and Incoming port for your device. (NOTE: Utilize the Outgoing port for third party navigation application port configuration.)
  9. Select “Finish” to complete Bluetooth device configuration.

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Ballet Austin Presents Hamlet Valentine Day Weekend at the Long Center

WHO: Ballet Austin, Choreography by Stephen Mills, Music by Philip Glass
WHAT: Hamlet
WHEN: Valentine’fs Day Weekend, February 13 and 14 at 8 pm, February15 at 3 pm
WHERE: Dell Hall at The Long Center for the Performing Arts W. Riverside Drive and S. 1st Street
TICKETS: $24 - $74 at 1.512.476.2163, balletaustin.org, or at Ballet Austin’s Butler Dance Education Center at W. Third and San Antonio Streets, 10 am - 6 pm weekdays

AUSTIN, TX – In 2000, Ballet Austin premiered Stephen Mills’ contemporary and distinctive interpretation of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, hailed by The Dallas Morning News as “dance theater at its best”. Since its debut, five other companies around the country (BalletMet in Columbus, Dayton Ballet, Ohio Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, and Milwaukee Ballet) have performed it to rave reviews. Nine years after delighting Central Texas audiences, Hamlet returns this Valentine’s Day weekend to mesmerize Austin once more.


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Tips for Good Gardening

Preparing the Plot

Good preparation will make all your tasks easier, and this is particularly true when it comes to laying out the plot and preparing the soil. After all, two key objectives are to make life easy for yourself and the soil good for your plants. You might take over a plot that requires no work, having been left perfect by the departing tenant. More likely, it will be covered in couch grass and other perennial weeds. This isn’t so bad, as a blank canvas allows you to decide how the plot is laid out and the couch grass will hold your paths together no matter how much use they get.


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Teaching Linux Kernel Programming

Third, we will teach students special topics of the Linux Kernel. This includes particular subsystems and modules, new and current development of the Linux Kernel, and contemporary issues. The final project of the course will be a large comprehensive project that involves several parts of the kernel and uses many of the kernel skills learned in the course.

Experimental Platform Like any programming course, a student cannot truly master Linux Kernel programming without getting sufficient practice. However, Kernel programming projects usually require significant hardware resources such as a dedicated lab as well as system administrators to manage the lab equipment.

In this project, we will use a “virtual lab” platform based on user-mode-linux, which is an open-source software to run a full-fledged Linux Kernel on top of any Linux machine. All of the course projects will be developed and standardized on this platform.


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