HTC One 2014 M8 target renders a visual compilation of all the leaks

Ever since it was leaked that the HTC M8 and Sense 6 will carry on-screen buttons along with the appearance of M8 covers being sold on Chinese supply websites, the web has been flooding with alleged M8 Photoshopped pictures. Lets take a closer look at what we already know about the incoming high-end device from HTC.

There is no denying that many of those leaks are credible, particularly the blue unibody shell we saw first, followed by a 3D printed model, the leaked dual camera/flash and finally a full blown frontal leak. All of which are pieces to a single puzzle from which you can draw the entire picture and thats exactly what we did!

Design wise we can draw the following conclusion from the above leaks:

• The metal unibody is now full, think Desire HD, it extends to the sides getting rid of the previous sandwiched plastic mold
• The only plastic areas left are the injected antenna strips similar to the current HTC One, they also extend to the sides and appear on the front outer edges
• Dual camera flash like the iPhone5s with different color tones, they share a single hole with a unique semi curved design
• The volume rocker is on the right
• The power button moved to the top right
• SIM card is on the top left and SD slot on the opposite right above the volume rocker (evident in the under-screen fixture from the blue leak)
• The  device corners are now more rounded
• There is no added frame surrounding the screen area, instead the metal speaker covers and screen are inserted within the unibody, resulting in a true full metal phone
• The speaker grills extended in width and the top sensors are moved next to the front camera
• The main camera and sub camera have a machined diamond cut edges like the One Mini, the previous white ring on the current HTC One camera is gone
• Its larger than the current HTC One, similar to the HTC Butterfly in size

Sense 6 Blinkfeed and wallpapers were leaked via @evleaks and of course the UI itself appears in many of the latest photos, which reveal a more transparent UI like stock Kitkat launcher and on-screen menu buttons, some widgets are tipped to have flipped from black to white.

Size and bezel comparison with the HTC One 2013 (M7)

More HTC M8 renders

Sense 6 leak by evleaks

Sense 6 mockups

More info along with full size images and version history of these mock-ups can be found in the original thread at XDA.

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Training Visual Basic NET 2008 First Application

First Application :  "Welcome to Visual Basic 2008"

1. Open your Visual Basic 2008
2.  Go to File Menu, Select  New Project and choose "Windows Form Application" as shown in Figure 1.a and Select "OK" button.
   
   Figure 1.a

3.  In the left side of code editor, theres a sidebar window of components, under common controls, select and drag the Button to the window form1 and repeat the same way to add two buttons.

4.  Click Button1, in the right side of the code editor, the property of each component.

       4.a To change the Button1 text, scroll down to locate the property name "Text" by defualt the text name is "Button1" click and change it to "Hit Me".

5. Click Button2, and proceed to 4.a and Button text change to "Close"

6. We are going now to put the code of Button1, double click the Button1 and following code.

     MsgBox("Welcome to Visual Basic 2008", MsgBoxStyle.Information, "Welcome")

7. Double click the Button2 and add the following code.

    Close()

Code Overview should be like this:
Public Class Form1
     Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles v    Button1.Click
        MsgBox("Welcome to Visual Basic 2008", MsgBoxStyle.Information, "Welcome")
     End Sub

    Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click

   End Class

        Close() 

    End Sub

8. To change the Window title "Form1" to "Welcome to Visual Basic 2008"

     8.a Click the form, make sure you dont hit any component at the form, go to component area at the right side then select text and change it to "Welcome to Visual Basic 2008"

9. Saving your work, select "File" menu and locate "Save all", Save Project Window will appear, in Name area put the filename of your project  "Welcome", select your folder location in your drive and solution given automatically but you can change it if you want.

10. How to run your first Visual Basic  .Net 2008 Project

       10.a There are many ways to run your VB application

                1. Press F5  - shortest way

                 2. Click the green arrow right  

                 3. Go to "Debug" menu and select "Start Debugging"

11.  OK, if you see the window name "Welcome to Visual Basic .Net 2008", then its working, if not better review the code.

12. Try to click the button "Hit Me", 

          

13. Try to click the "Close" button, if the close and return to Visual Code editor, well done!

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The Visual Interest

Some of the common questions I have been receiving lately, and not exclusively particular to me only, but those questions are also generally being shot everywhere, especially the online forums would be:

1) What are the best camera settings for this camera (eg E-5 or E-P3) that you always use?

2) How do you take a good photograph? What are your recommendations and advise?

To be honest, those two questions are extremely subjective, and there are no fixed answers !! If I were to sit down and started to type on what goes on in my mind and how to do what I am doing now, I probably need days to finish, and by that time, I can compile a book out of it. Many people are searching for easy ways out, and shortcuts. There are no shortcuts in photography, which I have stressed many, many times in my many blog entries.

All images in this entry were taken with Olympus DSLR E-5 and Zuiko Digitial lenses: 50mm F2 macro and 25mm F2.8 pancake

Small bike

A cap

Legs

Lounging

Worried and tired

Morning smile

Leaning on the hood

There are no Magic Camera Settings

Camera settings are not something that you can just strictly follow by a string of guidelines, and expect to get away with consistent results every single time. Lets say I give you a set of settings as a guide (ISO settings, metering, techniques to focus, flash control, etc) but every single shooting condition varies, with different lighting, subject conditions, and the list of deviation goes on and on. If you are talking about studio shooting, where you get to control every single detail of your photography outcome, then of course you can just perform every single action out of a checklist. In my form of photography, especially when it comes to street shooting, everything can be rather unpredictable, and I do a lot of fine-tuning and setting adjustments to quickly suit the specific shooting condition. Lets say I want to do a panning shot, I will switch to shutter priority, off the IS, and slow down the shutter speed. But when I want to shoot a portrait of an old man, I will prefer aperture priority to gain control of the depth of field. When I am shooting a scenery or landscape, I will narrow down my aperture (stopping down). I change my ISO settings when I come into a heavy shade area. When I am faced with extremely difficult lighting, I do spot metering, and I carefully pick the specific point of interest. Even I have different set of composition styles that I use from subject to subject. There is no one specific guide to what you should do.

There is no one magic setting that fits into every single shooting condition !!! Of course, there is Auto, but lets not go there for now.

It is crucial to understand the exposure basics. Know what ISO, shutter speed and aperture are, know how to control them, and how they can affect the outcome of your photographs. Learn the relationship between those three important parameters, and how to effectively control your camera to create the outcome that you want. If you just follow what other people tell you to do, you are not shooting what you want to shoot. The more you shoot, the more you will understand and have better confidence in executing your settings.

By the road

Youth

Old

Health

Breakfast

updates

The Visual Interest

When people ask me on tips on how to shoot a good photograph, it is rather difficult for me to give an answer. Firstly, I do not even know how they would define a good photograph. Could it be, a technically correct (right exposure, accurate focus, balanced colours, etc), or something more towards the artistic or creative side of things?

And again, there is no universal rule that applies to all form of photography. A good portrait photography handbook will surely be useless when it comes to sports photography. And a wedding photographer might find himself struggling when it comes to insect macro photography. What works for me, may not necessarily work for you. My own sets of tips and tricks may only apply for my own photography style, and it may not be the applicable for general shooting.

In most (take not I did not say all) photography genres, visual interest is very important. You need to have “something” in your photograph, an element that draws the interest of the viewer. Something that may be extra-ordinary or even ordinary but presented in an unusual and outstanding manner. Something that makes the viewer wants to see the photograph and explores it more. It could be something that the viewer has not seen before in his life. It could be something that the viewer did not expect to see at all. This visual interest is the single reason that your photographs may stand out from the rest. Instead of looking for advise and tips on how to take a good photograph, pay attention to the visual interest. It may be something as simple as a smile of an old man, a spider resting at the tip of a grass blade, or white trail of smoke from a blown off candle. The point is, find something “interesting” to shoot, and you will get an interesting photograph. If you are shooting that ugly pair of slippers that you have been keeping for 5 years, no matter how you compose, or light the slippers, at the end of the day, when people view your photograph, what they would think would be nothing but the ugly pair of slippers.

Friendliness

Drink

Tea

Truth

sixty nine

Coffee, to end the session.

Not everything in life can be taught through books, or schools. This is true for photography. You have to pick up the camera, do your own experimentations, find out how the camera works, and find out what works for you and what not. There are no quick methods to improve photography. You have to go out and shoot. The more time you spend on the field, the more familiar you are with your camera, the more comfortable you are handling the settings, and the more confident you will be when you execute your next session.

Photography is not all about numbers. Yes, technical side is significant for you to nail your shots down accordingly, but a good photograph goes beyond that. To find that visual interest, you need to use your imagination, find things that attract your attention, shoot the things that touch your emotions. Photography is a way of sharing your vision. You see something, you capture it with your camera, and you share it with your viewers. If you cannot see that interesting subject in the first place, how the heck will your photographs come out interesting at the end? Concentrate on visual interest. It may be due to repetitive beautiful patterns, interesting long shadows, the burst of sun in a beautiful cloud formation, anything that speaks out to you visually, it will appear wonderful in your photographs.

If you are truly interested and passionate in photography, you will surely do a lot more than just ask those two questions I have posted in the beginning of this entry. Have patience, and shoot more, you will surely find the way. Above all, enjoy shooting !!

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