Sound of Polder Irrigation


① memo 20190908 ~ Sound of Polder Irrigation ~ Tractor spraying water on the polder grasslands from a ditch, last Friday recorded with the Sony ECM-B1M Digital Shotgun Microphone, in the Super-directional Mode, with Auto levels and low cut filter on, using both the supplied Sony fuzzy wind screen, plus – in addition as a second layer – another different fuzzy wind screen (previously used on a old Canon DM-100 mic) – the camera is a Sony A7S Mark II.

Hello Sony ECM-B1M Shotgun Microphone


① memo 20190906 ~ Hello Sony ECM-B1M Shotgun Microphone ~ First experience in wind and willows around Alphen, Holland, with the Sony ECM-B1M Digital Shotgun Microphone, in the Super-directional Mode, with Manual audio Level 5 (no low cut filter) using both the supplied Sony fuzzy wind screen, plus – in addition as a second layer – another different fuzzy wind screen (used on a old Canon DM-100 mic) – the camera is a Sony A7S Mark II. More detailed wind test follows soon.

Buttermilk Waterway Gouda


① memo 20190730 ~ Buttermilk Waterway Gouda ~ The Karnemelksloot (transl. ‘buttermilk ditch’) waterway has been dug late 1500s (Carnemelx­sloot) and was used for the supply of buttermilk, required for pig farming within the city walls of Gouda, Holland.