![]() Jango heads to Coruscant in his trusted ship, the Jaster's Legacy. Jango briefly pauses and replies "I'd be surprised if I didn't." Sure enough, Montross has received the same offer from Tyranus. As he is leaving, Rozatta remarks that he could run into Montross (Jango's enemy and rival bounty hunter) while on the hunt. Jango remarks that death-sticks are big in the underworld of Coruscant to which Rozatta comments that there is a bounty for a death-stick dealer on Coruscant, giving Jango a good place to start. They are very secretive and "everywhere and nowhere at the same time." She remarks that she has heard that they are behind the new death-stick craze. He asks what she knows about the Bando Gora and she replies that she has only heard rumours. ![]() But ultimately she is unable to dissuade Jango from taking on the hunt. Rozatta is very concerned upon learning this, telling Jango that all bounty hunters who have set out to defeat the Bando Gora have vanished. The target: Komari Vosa, leader of the Bando Gora. The prize: 5,000,000 credits, dead or alive. A hologram takes the form of Tyranus, who informs Jango that he is among a select few chosen for a special hunt. Having turned in his bounty, Rozatta informs Jango of a message for him. Main article: Mission to Coruscant (The Hunt) Eventually Jango reaches Meeko's hangar, and has to battle the Muttani's ship, the Longshot, before he is able to capture him. Jango retrieves his jetpack from a merchant on the way. The bounty hunter heads into the trading sector of the Outland Station, where he sneaks up behind an unsuspecting Gran, whom he interrogates to find out the location of Meeko's hideout. Meeko escapes, and Jango is left to fight the borhek, which he disposes of and starts his pursuit of Meeko. Still controlling the borhek, Meeko launches the creature into Fett's back, causing him to lose his jetpack. Jango follows Meeko down, asking whether he would rather be caught dead or alive. Jango arrives and shoots down Meeko's associates and in fear the Muttani drops down into the arena. The red borhek defeats the gold champion, giving the Muttani a reason to celebrate. Meeko is rigging the fight by controlling the red borhek with a neural implant. Above the pit, the Muttani Meeko Ghintee sits surveying the fight alongside a Rodian and a Gran associate. Tyranus declares that he shall accomplish both tasks with a single stroke.Īboard the Outland Transit Station, run by Jango Fett's Toydarian friend Rozatta, two borheks duel in the Pit Fight Arena, where the red challenger battles the standing yellow champion. Sidious replies that the cloners require a host and tells his apprentice that he must find an ideal specimen. He agrees to do so and asks after the clone army. ![]() He declares "this deranged former Jedi has no place in my plans for the future" and orders that Tyranus rectify this mistake. Tyranus begins to say it was due to an experiment but Sidious cuts in that the experiment has failed. He adds that Tyranus previously had a chance to eliminate their leader and asks his apprentice why he did not take it. These included two Mandalorian bounty hunters: Jango Fett and Montross.ĭarth Sidious speaks to Darth Tyranus, telling him that the Bando Gora cult have become a "parasite" and need to be dealt with. Dooku decided that he could accomplish both of these tasks by putting a bounty on Vosa, and he only invited the very best to take up the challenge. He also charged Dooku with finding a suitable person to become the template for the future clone army. When the leader of the Bando Gora cult, Komari Vosa, became a threat to Palpatine's plans, he instructed Dooku, his apprentice, to eliminate her. In Japan, the game was re-titled Star Wars: Jango Fett. The game was made available for PlayStation 3, via PlayStation Network, on April 28, 2015. It was developed by LucasArts and released in 2002 for the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube. Star Wars: Bounty Hunter is a third-person action-adventure video game that preludes Episode II Attack of the Clones and tells the story of how and why Jango Fett became the template for the clones of the Grand Army of the Republic. For the galaxy's most wanted there is no place to hide." ―The game Armed with an array of deadly weapons and skills, you'll face off against galactic scum from the darkest corners of the Star Wars universe. " Let the hunt begin! You are Jango Fett, the most fearless bounty hunter in the galaxy, hired to capture a deranged Dark Jedi.
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We have a wide range including pedal bins, steel-wire waste paper baskets and fun barrels with lids. An indispensable item in the work space is of course the waste paper bin. In addition to these handy storage units, our range also includes pen trays and desk organisers. Do you have collection of magazines and newspapers at home? Give them the place they deserve with our magazine racks. Mesh Office Stationery Desk Tidy Organiser, Home Office Desktop Organiser 4.59 to 28.99 Plastic File Shelf Rack Desktop Magazine Holders Desk Tidy Organiser. Collect paper or letters left lying around in a letter tray. Our magazine boxes ensure that your folders are organised and easy to find with the accompanying labels. With our boxes for paper you can create order out of chaos and keep your important documents together. But if you are working at home you also want to have an organised work space. Keeping your desk tidy is an important part of your work routine. ![]() With a cable tray or wire basket, the office is a lot tidier. Firstly you will receive 4 pieces of 12mm plywood and 3 pieces of MDF. This desk tidy allows us to hold a glue stick and a number of colouring pencils. This project is manufactured mainly from plywood, which is a manmade wood. If you have an over-abundance of wires you can bundle them using our accessories for cables and attachments. Another year 8 project we manufacture this term is a desk tidy. So feel free to use them for storing everything from your children's artwork to all of those annoying cables. What a pleasure! Our boxes, tablet holders, mobile phone holders, media storage and other desk accessories are designed to store all of your things, and they also fit perfectly into our storage furniture. Imagine the difference between a jumble of paper and a few paper boxes in which everything is neatly stored. Organise your paper and media accessoriesĭesk accessories such as folders and boxes are great solutions for clutter. Second chance corner: A second life for IKEA furniture and decoration With everything from suspension files to presentation sleeves, photo albums to envelope wallets, desk tidy sets to storage boxes, weve got everything you.Sustainable Life at home Sustainable Life at home .Affordable accessories for everyday life under €15.Storage & organisation Furniture Textiles Accessories Lighting Kitchen & appliances Smart home Beds & mattresses Kitchenware & tableware Baby & children Bathroom products Outdoor products Rugs, mats & flooring Working from home Pots & plants Laundry & cleaning Home electronics Food & beverages Home improvement Summer accessories Solar panels Rooms ![]() Givenchy Irresistible for Women Eau De Parfume Spray 2. I didn’t go out and test it for very long, but I’d imagine that Very Irresistible can gather some complements. 1-48 of 53 results for 'givenchy irresistible perfume' Results Check each product page for other buying options. ![]() It’s pretty, doesn’t scream for attention, but is very pleasant to be around. GIVENCHY Very Irristible Fresh Attitude After Shave 3.4oz/ 100ML. Mostly, this will be used as a daily wear for just going about your business. Very Irresistible Fresh Attitude Givenchy Men EDT Spray 1.7 FL OZ/50 ML NIB RARE. I’d be more than happy to smell this on a woman that was on a date with, even if I tend to like sweeter gourmand fragrances, usually. An irresistible perfume for women, its top notes of sparkling fruity pear and ambrette add a subtle hint of vibrancy with a floral heart and touch of musk at the base. It actually does seem to have some versatility in its use, either for casual or more romantic wear. Givenchys Irresistible Eau de Parfum presents a floral-wood fragrance that balances notes of luscious rose and radiant blond wood. But, outside of the coldest days, this actually does seem like it’d be perfectly fine to wear, and even be a nice addition to the winter rotation. I would say that this is best used during the springtime and early summer. This perfume doesn’t seem to have any problems sticking around. While testing it out, I routinely got 7-8 hours of use out of this. Then, it will be much more of a personal scent bubble, but wasn’t a skin scent until much later in the wear. When I sprayed it on clothing, I could detect it from 4-7 feet away. I don’t feel that it is too heavy or overpowering but it does a solid job performing.įor the first hour or so, it had a nice projection to it. Projection wise, I’d say that this one is moderate. The dry down does skew much more towards the rose note, along with magnolia, and a general impression of light fruitiness. Very Irresistible has much more energy and vibrancy than does Daisy (which is also a good perfume) and I feel it is much more interesting overall. I just reviewed another floral scent, Daisy by Marc Jacobs, and I have to say that I definitely enjoy the Givenchy much more than that one. The peony note is also a great complement to the rose and I think that it restrains the rose somewhat and doesn’t it let this fragrance just be a pure rose perfume. It adds a playful touch, preventing this from becoming too boring. However, you do get a bright bit of fruitiness up top from lemon verbena and the cassis blending together. If that’s not your thing, I’d probably look elsewhere. A unique mix of five roses and the star anise signature amplified in the eau. Very Irresistible is a very floral scent to be sure. This fragrance is blended very well and the rose is initially joined by the anise note which is vaguely reminiscent of men’s cologne, L’Homme Libre, though much less spicy. ![]() I legitimately enjoy it and don’t have to force myself to give it a chance. That being said, I really like how rose is used in Givenchy’s Very Irresistible. I’m not that much of a fan of rose in fragrance, so when I do a review of perfumes with this flower as an ingredient, I try to be as fair as possible even when it doesn’t suit my personal tastes. Bottle sizes range from 30ml/1.0oz to 80ml/2.7oz, depending on the fragrance you purchase.Notes include: rose, peony, anise, verbena, magnoliaĬlick here to try: Very Irresistible By Givenchy For Women. I love a scent that can make memories come aliveWaooo what an amazing perfume with a premium packaging delivered gift by Scents N Stories. Performance vs performance is excellent, and the price range is between £48/$55 to £83/$95. I love how Irresistible plays with opposite notes to contrast the floral concept, such as anise and woody notes, amplifying fragrances that provide the ultimate aroma of femininity. The Givenchy Irresistible collection is undeniably popular yet does not conform to the overly sweet, powdery traditional rose fragrances you would expect. My top pick is Irresistible Eau de Parfum, as the pear note adds a moreish sweetness to the elegant rose and the powdery iris soothes the sensual woody base. ![]() Then Altan Khan, King of the Tumed Mongols, invited Drepung Monastery's abbot Sonam Gyatso to Mongolia. The secular government of King Tseten Dorje and his descendants enjoyed general support from the Sakya, Jonang, and Kagyu schools, while maintaining somewhat tense but cordial relations with his Gelug neighbours at Tashilhunpo. Tseten Dorje established his residence at Samdruptse castle, also called Shigatse, near the Gelug monastery of Tashilhunpo, and together with his nine sons, eventually extended the reach of his power over both of Tibet's central provinces of Ü and Tsang. Tseten Dorje had rebelled against the heirs of Ngawang Namgyel starting in 1557, eventually overthrowing the Rinpung and establishing the Tsang hegemony in 1565 by declaring himself King of Tsang. Karma Phuntsok's grandfather Zhingshak Tseten Dorje (also known as Karma Tseten) had originally been appointed Governor of Tsang by the Rinpung Prime Minister Ngawang Namgyel in 1548. The child's father, Dudul Rabten, was arrested in 1618 for his involvement in a plot to overthrow Karma Phuntsok Namgyal, leader of the Tsang hegemony. Kunga Nyingpo), named the child 'Kün-ga Migyur Tobgyal Wanggi Gyalpo'. Thus, after his birth on the 22nd day of the 9th month of the Fire-snake year (late 1617), Taranatha, the most remarkable scholar and exponent of the Jonang school (a.k.a. His father had friendly relations with the Drugpa Kagyu and his mother had connections with the Jonangpa Kagyu through her family at Nakartse Dzong. The 5th Dalai Lama's father was called Dudul Rabten, the local ruler of the Chonggye valley, also known as Hor Dudül Dorjé his mother was called Tricham, Kunga Lhadze or Kunga Lhanzi. The aristocratic Zahor family into which he was born had held their seat since the 14th century at Taktsé Castle, south of Lhasa – a legendary stronghold of Tibetan kings in the days of the early empire, before Songtsen Gampo (604–650 CE) had moved his capital from there to Lhasa. ![]() The child who would become the 5th Dalai Lama was born in the Chonggye Valley in Ü, south of the Yarlung Tsangpo River and about two days' journey south-east of Lhasa, to a prominent family of nobles with traditional ties to both Nyingma and Kagyu lineages. | publisher=National Library of AustraliaĬitations are automatically generated and may require some modification to conform to exact standards.To understand the context within which the Dalai Lama institution came to hold temporal power in Tibet during the lifetime of the 5th, it may be helpful to review not just the early life of Lobsang Gyatso but also the world into which he was born, as Künga Migyur. ![]() | title= Portrait of the Dalai Lama speaking at the National Press Club, Canberra,, 2 1992, Portrait of the Dalai Lama speaking at the National Press Club, Canberra,, 2 National Library of Australia, Canberra viewed 14 August 2023 Wikipedia citation 14 August 2023 Harvard/Australian citation Portrait of the Dalai Lama speaking at the National Press Club, Canberra,, 2 Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1992. Portrait of the Dalai Lama speaking at the National Press Club, Canberra,, 2 Retrieved August 14, 2023, from MLA citation ![]() One of the simplest primitives is called a test-and-set (“TAS”) instruction. Inter-thread (inter-process) synchronization in multithreaded programs is usually based on low-level functions supported by the hardware and called, aptly enough, synchronization primitives. G06F9/52- Program synchronisation Mutual exclusion, e.g.G06F9/46- Multiprogramming arrangements.using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs control units using stored programs, i.e. G06F9/06- Arrangements for program control, e.g.G06F9/00- Arrangements for program control, e.g.G06- COMPUTING CALCULATING OR COUNTING.Publication of US20070300226A1 publication Critical patent/US20070300226A1/en Application granted granted Critical Publication of US8434082B2 publication Critical patent/US8434082B2/en Status Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current Adjusted expiration legal-status Critical Links Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.) 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Granted Application number US11/473,580 Other versions US8434082B2 Google Patents Efficient ticket lock synchronization implementation using early wakeup in the presence of oversubscriptionĭownload PDF Info Publication number US20070300226A1 US20070300226A1 US11/473,580 US47358006A US2007300226A1 US 20070300226 A1 US20070300226 A1 US 20070300226A1 US 47358006 A US47358006 A US 47358006A US 2007300226 A1 US2007300226 A1 US 2007300226A1 Authority US United States Prior art keywords value ticket polling thread memory location Prior art date Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google Patents US20070300226A1 - Efficient ticket lock synchronization implementation using early wakeup in the presence of oversubscription The Node QNode in the CLH queue contains a Locked field that indicates that the thread needs to get the lock if true, and does not release the lock, and the thread releases the lock to FALSE.US20070300226A1 - Efficient ticket lock synchronization implementation using early wakeup in the presence of oversubscription The code posted in this is the primary process code, the detailed code is GitHubin. Next, let's talk about the Java implementation of this algorithm. Waiting for the thread as the node in the queue acquires the lock. With the help of a CAS operation, all the nodes waiting for the thread wait for the lock easily and correctly built a global queue. If the predecessor releases the lock, the spin is completed. At the same time, it is also an extensible, high-performance, fair spin lock based on the list, and the application thread is only spin on the local variable, which continuously polls the state of the forefront. We can see it is a spin lock that ensures un hungry, providing the first time to serve the fairness. ![]() If it is found that the pre release lock end spin. The application thread spin only on a local variable, it constantly polling the precursor state, The CLH lock is a scalable, high performance, fairness and spin lock based on the list, CLH lock is Craig, Landin, and Hagersten (CLH) locks,ĬLH lock is a spin lock, can ensure no hunger, provide fairness first come first service. Papers address Of the CLH: Craig, Landin, And Hagersten. I can find a lot of blogs about CLH on the Internet, but it is better to comprehensively, so I have to organize a clear point. ![]() In order to better understand the idea of using the lock in AQS, I decided to understand the CLH lock first. I believe that most people can see the comments on the comment when watching AQS: The wait queue is a variant of a "CLH" (Craig, Landin, and Hagersten) lock queue. Why do you have mypred, don't you do it?.How to understand the SET operation in UNLOCK?.Why use ThreadLocal to save MYNODE and MyPred?.The first thread using the CLHLOCK is automatically acquired to the lock. ![]() Since then, Jessica said, the Vitamix box has been “occupied” by at least one and sometimes two cats at a time. Mere seconds after setting down the Vitamix box, in the moments before we would’ve opened it and happily put our exciting new blender to use, Max (also known as the sentient soccer ball) spotted the box and, assuming it was for him, hopped right up on top,” Jessica wrote. “We are the devoted servants of a trio of cats who go by the names of Max George, Destroyer of Worlds and Lando Calrissian. But while it arrived safely, things took a turn for the worse shortly after in what Jessica describes as their first mistake. On Black Friday, the couple found a great deal and ordered the device. Jessica and her wife, Nikii, had long coveted the Vitamix to help the former get enough fibre and because the latter just loved smoothies. In a post to the company’s Facebook page, Jessica Gerson-Neeves laid out the issue. Unfortunately for one Victoria couple, it also functions as a cat attractant. The Vitamix, at a cost of around $400, undoubtedly does all three. Does it chop up ice? Spinach? Frozen bananas? "Everything is so overwhelming and so painful right now that people are desperately in need of things they can just laugh at.When you select a blender, you’re probably worried about how well, it, well, blends. "It is silly and ridiculous and very low stakes and not an actual problem and just something that people can laugh at," she adds. Those include people experiencing seasonal depression, exhausted health care workers and even one woman "who said that her husband had been profoundly depressed for a long time and this was the first time she'd seen him smile in months," Gerson-Neeves recalls. Gerson-Neeves says she has been particularly moved by the comments that their growing audience leaves on Facebook, both the hilarious and the heartfelt. While no video evidence was caught of the unfortunate incident, his occupation of the annexed territory was immediately preceded by possibly the single least graceful dismount in the history of felinehood (felinity? Whatever), which somehow involved the sentient soccer ball first smacking headfirst into a wall immediately prior to pulling a fly-you-fools, briefly hanging off of the side of the Vitamix box." ![]() "At the cusp of the third-yes, THIRD-week of Appliancegate, we return to the saga to find that the Questionably Sentient Dust Bunny has settled in for the night shift atop the Vitamix. I think we all are very much in need of something that is silly and low stakes right now." ![]() "But why would we end something that is bringing us so much laughter? The cats are having a good time, and so many other people are enjoying this as well. It would be very easy to pick whoever's on the box up and put them on the floor and open the box," Gerson-Neeves says. But she says she and her wife aren't in a rush to end the stalemate since it's providing some much-needed levity. They could, of course, be hoisted off the box at any point. Gerson-Neeves stressed in a phone interview that the cats aren't literally holding the Vitamix hostage. The cats' page has grown from 64 followers to some 25,000, as people around the world learn about the story. The youngest troublemaker is Max, a tuxedo cat with the alias "sentient soccer ball." Then there's George, Destroyer of Worlds ("that's what's on his tag," Gerson-Neeves says), also known as "sentient potato." Rounding out the group is Lando Calrissian, who moonlights in the posts as "questionably sentient dust bunny" because, according to Gerson-Neeves, "he has a lot of fluff and very few thoughts." The posts read like dispatches from the front lines of a high-stakes battle, documenting the trio's every move and their humans' unsuccessful attempts to disrupt them. ![]() It’s at this level of perception that you can decide where lines intersect and create detail. If you’re using a pencil, the applied pressure is also carefully controlled to give certain lines more definition. Visually, any object lines can be tight or loose as long as the line is never broken. On how lines are being drawn and how they relate to what you’re drawing. This gives you plenty of freedom to decide. How do we interpret what we see when it comes to detail that goes into a continuous line drawing? As an artist, you will also have your own opinion on how continuous lines will appear. To Build Visual Acuity and Eye/Hand Co-ordination To expedite the process of drawing by coupling contour and value building.Reduce tentative, sketchy mark-making and decrease erasing.To encourage a greater variety of line and improve line quality.To build visual acuity and eye/hand relationship.Skills developed when Drawing with a Continuous Line: Some artists have turned continuous line drawings into an elevated and highly stylized art form.Įven big companies like NIKE, Nissan, and Adidas have embraced this drawing skill and featured these drawings in their ad campaigns. It may appear childish in many ways, but it is a calculated decision that is determined as you draw each image. This style was actually developed by the world-famous artist Pablo Picasso, and he perfected this technique. Since continuous line drawings will encounter different styles, only your perception of how they go together as a drawing. It’s a skill that you can practice pretty often and helps strengthen your drawing ability. Not only does this make your drawing look messier, but it can also make the detail appear disorganized. ![]() You have to be creative when choosing where continuous lines are going since there is a risk of running over the same lines too often. What Are the 3 Types of Contour Drawing?Ĭontinuous Line Drawing Click Here to Watch Video.How Do You Draw a Blind Contour Drawing?.How to Draw Without Looking at the Paper.What is the Difference Between Blind Contour and Contour Line Drawing?.As a continuous line drawing develops, the outline and shape are fully enclosed by the same lines.ĭetails are then added inside that frame but need to be carefully placed so that any continuous lines don’t intersect too often. This technique also allows you to look at a model and your drawing in real-time. The reason for this is to enable an artist to capture an image that will allow more eye and hand coordination. This method is very different than a simple line drawing since the line that is on the paper remains unbroken at all times. There is also another method where a drawing is completed using a continuous line. This is the standard way to create a drawing that always starts as a sketch. Each line is placed where the overall shape is drawn and then has detail added into the basic outlines. When drawing on a piece of paper, line drawings are carefully laid out and have a specific look. Continuous Line Drawing Technique How to Practice Line Art ![]() You can see the properties of the box in the properties section.Īfter following through this example, you must have come across a variety of tools in the Sketcher and Part Design workbenches. Properties of the box visible in the property section When completed, you should have a solid box similar to the one shown below: Set your desired length and direction in the task panel under the pad parameters.Select the sketch in the tree view and press ‘PartDesign Body’.Then go to the workbench selector and select Part Design workbench.Press the ‘Close’ button, the Leave sketch icon on the toolbar, or press the ESC key on your keyboard twice to exit the Sketch editing.Press ESC on the keyboard to exit the selected square tool.You can edit the dimensions of the sides of the square to the desired length in the task panel. Move your cursor towards the origin of the sketch, when the coincident constraint icon appears, click and move your cursor to draw your square.It is important to note that the combo view will switch to the task panel in the Combo view. In the toolbar, select the square tool.Click OK and start constructing your sketch.For this guide, we shall use the default plane and options.Choose if you want an inverted orientation, and an offset from the base plane.Choose the sketch orientation plane you want to use, either XY, XZ, or YZ.Go to the workbench selector and scroll down to the sketcher workbench and click on it.We shall then open the Part Design workbench and use the 2D sketch drawn using the Sketcher workbench. ![]() We shall set the size of the sides by defining the length constraints. We shall start by using the Sketcher workbench to draw a 2D part. To build a 3D object, you would need to use the Sketcher and Part Design Workbenches. In this guide, we shall start with the ‘Part’ and ‘Part Design’ workbenches which are the most commonly used for designing components. The start center is a welcome screen and it has three tabs namely document, help, and activity. When you open FreeCAD, you will be presented with the FreeCAD start center that looks like the screenshot below. ![]() The only new button is probably the ‘Macro’ button, which we shall look at later in this guide. If you are familiar with other CAD software, you shall realize that the main buttons of ‘File’, ‘Edit’, ‘View’, ‘Tools’, ‘Windows’, and ‘Help’ will be found where you expect them to be. With practice, the features shall stick and you shall find it easier with time. That way, you shall know where to get the specific tools for performing certain tasks or where to look for certain things as you draw/model.Īt the start, the interface may seem complicated, but with the help of this guide, we hope you shall be able to grasp most of the basic features of the interface. Common tools in various FreeCAD workbenches and their workĪfter installing the FreeCAD software, you shall need to understand the FreeCAD interface before starting to draw or model.I think this really improves the user experience (and especially improves flexibility) over having just one user.cfg. When done, you set the shortcuts back to those of your co-worker. ![]() The idea is that you could, like with other software, save several shortcut profiles (default, user1, user2, etc.) so you can load in your shortcuts at a co-worker's pc to help them with something, while using your own shortcut assignments. And you can more easily transfer them to someone else. It also allows you to make regular backups of macros (the assignments, not the. This to me raised the question whether it would be beneficial for FreeCAD to be able to export these customization settings? I think it would be a good idea to store these user customisations in separate files, so you can transfer them over to someone else (who may or may not like your interface and other preference settings). For some reason, my User.cfg got corrupted see this topic, so now I am in the process of restoring my macros, toolbars and keyboard shortcuts by pasting them back in from my old user.cfg (only for the things I know worked fine). ![]() The bottom line is that the f/1.8 aperture enables a more-strongly blurred background than that f/2.8 zoom alternative you were considering (identical focal lengths compared). You may be surprised at how in-focus-appearing the background appears at 18mm f/1.8 in a 650px high size-reduced image. The image below shows a 35mm f/1.8 example focused at approximately 6' (1.8m).Ĭlick on the image to see a complete 18mm and 35mm aperture comparison. Shallow depth of field can mean that the subject pops from a blurred background.īlurring the background is of course easiest at longer focal lengths – and 35mm is not a very long focal length. Wide apertures mean shallow depth of field. (and what does "Contemporary" mean for a lens designation? Will it still be contemporary in 10 years? Are the "A" and "S" lenses not just as contemporary?).Īnd I'm sure that the wide "A"perture is largely responsible for this classification. While I'm loving what Sigma is doing with their lenses right now, I'm not yet a fan of limiting the usefulness of a lens to one of these categories Global Vision lenses receive designations of "A" for Art, "C" for Contemporary or "S" for Sports. The Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM Art Lens is one of the first members of Sigma's Global Vision Lens lineup. (very overcast to eliminate hotspots with some rain to drive away other visitors – and add saturation),Ī sweet loaner car (my car was in the shop) and this lens needing a workout provided far more motivation than I needed to schedule a day trip toįrom this location comes this review's focal length range examples. While landscape photography does not so-frequently need the f/1.8 aperture advantage this lens holds, the right weather conditions This range need being offset by the low light and background blurring capabilities made possible by the f/1.8 max aperture.īeing long on the wide end and short on the long end, 18-35mm still works well for many landscape photography uses. That this lens does not meet my minimal focal length range desires for a general purpose lens is going to be overlooked by most – The Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM Art Lens' focal length range covers only a subset of my recommended range – equating to a 28.8-56mm angle of view on a full frame camera. My APS-C format general purpose lens minimum focal length range recommendation is 18-45mm, which relates to 28.8-72mm in full frame format. The "DC" ("Digital Camera") in the name means that this lens is compatible only with ASP-C/1.6x FOVCF sensor format DSLR cameras. You need the focal length that is going to allow proper framing and proper perspective for your subjects. Let's start the review with a look at the focal length range as that is one of my primary criteria for lens selection. The downsides? A relatively short focal length range and lack of image stabilization are the only ones on my list. Just because a lens has a specific max aperture does not mean that you will want to use that aperture, but this lens rocks at f/1.8.Ĭombine excellent wide open image quality with a great looking, great performing and modest fixed-sized package along with a good price and you have a lens that is going to find a home in MANY kits. The f/1.8 max aperture, available over the entire focal length range, puts this zoom lens on a shelf by itself. In fact, f/1.8 is 1 1/3 stops wider/faster than the next-widest/fastest f/2.8 zoom lens crowd – allowing more than twice as much light to reach the camera sensor than the tied-for-second place lenses. The primary reason for that awesomeness is the not-seen-in-any-other-zoom-lens f/1.8 aperture. The word "groundbreaking" seems inadequate for describing the awesomeness of the Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM Art Lens. 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Regarding reports on how travel firms responded to the situation in Rhodes, he emphasized that while they continue to work hard to satisfy travelers’ demands, they have not abandoned any of their clients.įocusing on the island destinations that dominate tourist flows, Crete continues to be the dominant force in the Greek tourism industry. To get an update on the situation, the Greek travel agencies will meet with the European Travel Agents’ and Tour Operators’ Associations in an exceptional session the following week. Tsilidis remarked that it will be extremely challenging for travelers who have scheduled a vacation in Greece to modify their trip to somewhere else given the peak tourist season in all competing areas in Greece. “These days all the destinations will perform well, especially in August,” he said and added, “Time will help to overcome any issues that may have arisen.” ![]() LysandrosTsilidis, president of the Hellenic Association of Travel & Tourist Agencies, told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA) that the summer season and particularly August will not experience a problem in tourist flows to Greece in response to the question of whether the fire in Rhodes could endanger this year’s tourism. Santorini and Mykonos continue to enjoy widespread acclaim. Since reservations for the majority of sites have achieved 90% capacity, the tourism industry looks forward to August with hope. Given that it will welcome almost 6 million tourists this year, an increase of 10% from the previous year, Crete is the dominant force in the Greek tourism industry. |
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