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America's Cup: Emirates Team NZ close up - New Justin Mitchell video posted

by Sail-World.com/NZ 8 Apr 2023 23:27 PDT 9 April 2023
Emirates Team New Zealand - AC75 - Day 9 - Waitemata Harbour - April 5, 2023 © Justin Mitchell

New Justin Mitchell video posted from last Wednesday featuring some great angles on Emirates Team New Zealand's Te Rehutai sailing in a Wind at time of filming: 7-10kts N.

Justin Mitchell: "This is probably my most epic moment of filming in this new campaign."

"From a videography perspective, its rare that the boat comes straight for you... I'm always set up on the shore and its always a bit of a calculated guess as to where the boat will pass the closest and when.

"The funny thing is, I chose today to pull out my old video camera from the previous AC to film the team further out. It served me well for the last cup because of its enormous zoom (which the new camera doesn't have)... but no 4k, which is why I upgraded. And while ETNZ did start their training out on the horizon, they began to get closer, and closer, and closer, until they filled the camera screen coming directly head-on. So in the end, I didn't need the big zoom, but it was awesome to finally catch them from this perspective anyway... its just not 4K"

"Still pretty cool though... there are two head-on upwind runs towards the camera... the second time is more extreme."

For more of Justin Mitchell's fine work, covering the 2021 and 2024 America's Cup campaigns click here for his channel Justin Mitchell TV

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