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<blockquote data-quote="Patrick Hogan" data-source="post: 394012" data-attributes="member: 35629">Hi John,&nbsp;Thanks for your replies but unfortunately they do not solve the&nbsp; problem...............&nbsp; I remember seeing somewhere in my quest for an&nbsp; answer that it is only possible with a D4. &nbsp;The problem with the D800 is ... Quote:- You can’t take multiple&nbsp; pictures in live view without waiting for the&nbsp; card to stop writing.&nbsp; It’s very annoying when you’re seeing a great&nbsp; moment in front of you,&nbsp; mashing the shutter button, and nothing at all&nbsp; is happening because the&nbsp; camera is taking 3 seconds to write a single&nbsp; image to the card. There&nbsp; is no logical reason for this. Why doesn’t it&nbsp; use the same buffer&nbsp; capabilities as when you shoot “normally” using the&nbsp; viewfinder? The&nbsp; D800 is an incredibly responsive camera, except when in&nbsp; liveview mode&nbsp; when it turns into a total sloth.&nbsp;For video the external VH8 is brilliant and also for taking low level stills ( no need to lay down on the ground )I was hoping to use it for 'Birds in flight' with tripod and gimbal mount, but with the current&nbsp; problem it is impossible. I am going to try attaching a mini camcorder&nbsp; to view through the viewfinder and into the Ikan monitor.&nbsp;I will update whether I am successful. Thanks again,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Patrick.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Patrick Hogan, post: 394012, member: 35629"] Hi John, Thanks for your replies but unfortunately they do not solve the problem............... I remember seeing somewhere in my quest for an answer that it is only possible with a D4. The problem with the D800 is ... Quote:- You can’t take multiple pictures in live view without waiting for the card to stop writing. It’s very annoying when you’re seeing a great moment in front of you, mashing the shutter button, and nothing at all is happening because the camera is taking 3 seconds to write a single image to the card. There is no logical reason for this. Why doesn’t it use the same buffer capabilities as when you shoot “normally” using the viewfinder? The D800 is an incredibly responsive camera, except when in liveview mode when it turns into a total sloth. For video the external VH8 is brilliant and also for taking low level stills ( no need to lay down on the ground ) I was hoping to use it for 'Birds in flight' with tripod and gimbal mount, but with the current problem it is impossible. I am going to try attaching a mini camcorder to view through the viewfinder and into the Ikan monitor. I will update whether I am successful. Thanks again, Patrick. [/QUOTE]

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