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Posted: Mon May 7th, 2012 06:06

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Another cactus pix from S Arizona. I gather from our USA friends that the Saguaros are now in full flower I only saw one or two so was lucks to get to photo the one I posted here. This is another Prickly Pear and they were in flower and spread widely over the deserts of Arizona and Utah and even in quite high regions can put up with some frost and snow.(We had two lots of snow on our trip!)

I have been going over some of my video footage and quality and sharpness are amazing (Sound is good too using the built in mike is not so good mono only and wind noise very bad but I had the extra ME-1 worked very well stereo and cuts wind and handling noise). I still think a dedicated professional video camera does a better job and built in steady cam is needed if you work with out a very good video tripod. I did not have tripod with me and looking at monitor on back of camera in live view and full sun with outstretched arms is not easy. I did have my loop with me but it is hard to hold it in place while shooting video.

I think the D800 has some very good uses for serious video production but needs to be used in a carefully controlled conditions. Extreme wide angle ie using 14-24 AF-S lens would give interesting pictures. Sound would be even better using a professional sound location mixer and pro mikes.

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