The closing track on the album, for example, is a 31-minute field recording of spring peepers (frogs).

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The team persevered, spending hours in the field recording the movements of up to 28 prides and now have data on more than 5000 individual lions.

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Undaunted, Clark stormed through the field, recording one lap record after another eventually regaining first place.

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Once you've finely tuned your settings (including the width of the stereo field) actually recording something is a breeze.

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By incorporating versatile NIKKOR lenses to the equation, users can now create a variety of photography effects to video such as isolating subjects with a shallow depth of field, and recording in low light conditions.

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The recording unit features a 2-inch LCD screen to view footage in the field, edit video and make exposure control adjustments.

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