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What are the Different Camera Sensor Sizes?

Original at Adorama (here). Not all cameras are created equal. An entry-level DSLR won’t give you the same results from a professional, full-frame DSLR—even if they have exactly the same pixel count. If you want to get the highest-quality images with your camera, you’ll need something with extremely powerful specifications and a physically large image…

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Time Zones

Name Description Relative to GMT GMT Greenwich Mean Time GMT UTC Universal Coordinated Time GMT ECT European Central Time GMT+1:00 EET Eastern European Time GMT+2:00 ART (Arabic) Egypt Standard Time GMT+2:00 EAT Eastern African Time GMT+3:00 MET Middle East Time GMT+3:30 NET Near East Time GMT+4:00 PLT Pakistan Lahore Time GMT+5:00 IST India Standard Time…

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7-Band Graphic Equalizer

Details are shown for a 7 band graphic equalizer but the principle can be extended to almost any number of bands with accurate enough components. Only one gyrator stage is shown: all 7 gyrators are the same circuit, only the capacitors change, as shown in the chart. Three of the seven faders are shown to…

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Construct a Country Locale Code

If you speak Greek and living in Cyprus your language code will be el and your country code will be CY and the full locale code will be el_CY. List of Locale Codes Albanian (Albania) sq_AL Albanian sq Arabic (Algeria) ar_DZ Arabic (Bahrain) ar_BH Arabic (Egypt) ar_EG Arabic (Iraq) ar_IQ Arabic (Jordan) ar_JO Arabic (Kuwait)…

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‘Find Album Info’ Not Working In Windows Media Player

If ‘Find Album Info’ isn’t working in Windows Media player, or you’re getting a script error or a ‘page not found’ error message, try this. For some reason, the IP address for the service Microsoft uses to retrieve album information gets changed in the Windows HOSTS file. Here’s the fix: Navigate to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\ Open the…

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The Slopes of the Egyptian Pyramids

The Great Pyramid of Khufu has been a popular subject of speculation for centuries. How was it constructed? Who built it? How old is it? What is the significance of its dimensions, its shape, its orientation with respect to the other Pyramids at Giza? What was its purpose? These topics and others are discussed in…

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AM Radio Transmitter

The picture to the left is a high quality radio transmitter for the A.M. broadcast band. The transmitter legally operates with “micro-power” and will not set any distance records but, unlike simpler designs, the frequency stays put and the fidelity is excellent. Although the schematic looks somewhat complex, the circuitry is easy to build and…

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