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unusual facts about HDF-EOS



Canon EF 28–300mm lens

When used on a digital EOS body with a field of view compensation factor of 1.3x, such as the Canon EOS-1D Mark III, it provides a narrow field of view, equivalent to a 36–390mm lens mounted on a 35mm frame body.

Canon EF 300mm lens

When used on a digital EOS body with a field of view compensation factor of 1.3x, such as the Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, it provides a narrow field of view, equivalent to a 390 mm lens mounted on a 35mm frame body.

Canon EF 35–350mm lens

When used on a digital EOS body with a field of view compensation factor of 1.6x, such as the Canon EOS 7D, it provides a narrow field of view, equivalent to a 56–560mm lens mounted on a 35mm frame body.

Canon EF-M

Canon EF-M lens mount, lens mount for Canon EOS M Mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera system (introduced in 2012)

Canon EOS 550D

The British Journal of Photography was impressed by the 550D and said "the EOS 550D is a good match for the 7D at half the price".

Canon EOS 5D Mark III

The Mark III's autofocus system is inherited from the recently announced EOS-1D X, and marks the first time since the EOS-3 film SLR that Canon has put its top-of-the-line autofocus system in a non-1-series body.

End Of Active Service

This is not to be confused with Expiration of Current Contract (ECC) or Expiration of Obligated Service (EOS).

EOS CCA

EOS CCA, headquartered in Norwell, Massachusetts (just outside Boston), is a provider of customer care and receivables management services and one of the largest debt collection agencies in the United States.

Eos Glacier

In association with names from Greek mythology grouped in this area, it was named by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 1998 after Eos, the mythological goddess of the dawn.

EOS International

To date, EOS has implemented their core technologies in rural villages across nine of Nicaragua’s 17 departments and their target area is the municipality of El Sauce, located in the department of Leon.

Eosin

The name Eosin comes from Eos, the Ancient Greek word for 'dawn' and the name of the Ancient Greek goddess of the dawn.

Gino Wickman

Gino Wickman is the founder of EOS Worldwide, a leadership team development company based in Livonia, Michigan aimed at the small business and entrepreneurial community.

Harold Gladstone Watkin

In 1921, he became a member of the British Society for the Study of Orthodontics (BSSO) and a member of European Orthodontic Society (EOS) in 1926.

Hubble Deep Field

Radio snapshot observations with the VLA ruled out one of these fields because it contained a bright radio source, and the final decision between the other two was made on the basis of the availability of guide stars near the field: Hubble observations normally require a pair of nearby stars on which the telescope's Fine Guidance Sensors can lock during an exposure, but given the importance of the HDF observations, the working group required a second set of back-up guide stars.

Ibycus

In another scholium, it is said that the Argonautica's account of Ganymede's abduction by an amorous Zeus (Argonautica 3.114–17) was also modelled on a version by Ibycus (in Homer's earlier account, Zeus abducted the youth to be his wine-pourer: Iliad 20.234), and that Ibycus, moreover, described the abduction of Tithonus by Dawn (Eos).

Ras al-Khaimah Medical and Health Sciences University

The university was established by the Ras Al Khaimah Human Development Foundation (RAK – HDF) under the leadership of His Highness Sheikh Saud bin Saqr al Qasimi, Crown Prince & Deputy Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah and Chancellor of the University.

RAK-HDF is a joint venture of the Ras al-Khaimah Government, Al Ghurair Investments and ETA Ascon Group, Dubai.

Svalbard Satellite Station

For the EOS program, Svalbard was supplemented by Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Underworld Painter

Other subjects include Hades kidnapped Persephone, Eos kidnapped Cephalus, and Castor and Pollux abducting the daughters of Leucippus.

Web Coverage Service

WCS format encodings allow to deliver coverages in various data format, such as GML, GeoTIFF, HDF-EOS, or NITF.


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