What a surprise to see one of my SLR Videos featuring on the front page of ‘Firstpost’ World News website. This is the second time my work has been a front page feature. Click on Video below to view in HD.
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A417 Road To Maisemore Flooded. After checking the same location I photographed yesterday morning at a similar time 11.0am I could see the water level rose over night. A water mark on the road suggested an increase of several inches but has now retreated a little . This close up video shows the water flowing very fast across the road leaving surrounding fields, flowing towards the River Severn that runs alongside the road.
Technical
I filmed this footage on a Nikon D300s SLR camera and Sigma 50-500mm lens just to see how it coped. You can see some wobble at the beginning which is mainly due to the position Nikon chose to mount the Movie record button, not offering a remote activation option on this model at the time. Newer Nikon cameras address this of course. Sound quality is helped by the Nikon ME-1 Microphone picking up several birds in the back ground and a light aircraft over the sound of the water.
Video Equipment
Nikon D300s SLR Camera
Sigma DG 50-500mm 4.5-6.3 APO HSM Lens
Sigma Step Down Ring 95-86mm UV Filter
Sigma APS-C Hood HA 1030-01
Nikon External Me-1 microphone
SanDisk Extreme 111 30MB/s 4GB Memory card
Manfrotto 055XPROB Tripod -- Without extra weight
Manfrotto 322 RC2 Joystick
Settings 1280 x 720 16.9 12.2MP
Video is straight from the camera with no extra software used.
With special thanks to local birds for their audio input on this video
Andy Sharpe
