UP! - North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
UP! - North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
UP! - North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
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High, wide and handsome!<br />
Win the camera that took these pictures<br />
High<br />
This is the view from the highest point in the<br />
AONB and indeed the whole <strong>of</strong> south-east<br />
England – Walbury Hill, seven miles (10km)<br />
south-west <strong>of</strong> Newbury and at nearly one<br />
thousand feet (297m) above sea level very<br />
definitely <strong>UP</strong>! on the <strong>North</strong> <strong>Wessex</strong> <strong>Downs</strong>.<br />
Oh, and it’s also a high quality picture!<br />
Wide<br />
This stunning landscape was taken in one<br />
panoramic sweep, using an amazing new<br />
digital camera from Sony – an Alpha series<br />
NEX-3. Sweep Panorama technology<br />
within NEX cameras allows 226° horizontal<br />
pictures to be taken – multiple images are<br />
seamlessly merged together to create one<br />
perfect panoramic shot. So, you really can<br />
take home the full horizon-wide view <strong>of</strong> your<br />
20 | <strong>UP</strong>! On The <strong>North</strong> <strong>Wessex</strong> <strong>Downs</strong><br />
favourite AONB landscape. Or use the NEX<br />
vertically to prove you’re not telling tall tales!<br />
Handsome<br />
Some might call this view handsome, others<br />
might link the description to photographer<br />
Cliff Carter who took it, but we are still<br />
talking about the NEX-3 – the handsome<br />
prize provided by Sony for our <strong>UP</strong>!<br />
competition.<br />
Not only is the NEX-3 great for capturing<br />
panoramic landscapes with its extraordinary<br />
DSLR-like picture quality. It has a host <strong>of</strong><br />
other features too.<br />
It has a 1080i HD video option,<br />
interchangeable lens facility, a ‘never get<br />
lost’ user navigation interface, and a tiltable<br />
3-inch Xtra Fine LCD viewing screen with<br />
TruBlack technology.<br />
But, best <strong>of</strong> all, we think AONB residents<br />
and visitors will just love its size.<br />
Just 117.2mm wide, 62.6mm high and<br />
33.4mm deep, the NEX is the world’s smallest<br />
compact interchangeable lens camera –<br />
which makes it small enough to slip in a<br />
handbag, coat pocket, rambler’s backpack or<br />
family picnic basket.<br />
HOW TO ENTER OUR COMPETITION<br />
to win an Alpha NEX-3 camera from Sony,<br />
worth £450.<br />
Simply answer the question on the opposite<br />
page and send us your answer marked <strong>UP</strong>!<br />
Magazine Competition 2011, with your<br />
name, address and a contact number, to:<br />
The <strong>North</strong> <strong>Wessex</strong> <strong>Downs</strong> AONB Office,<br />
Denford Manor, Lower Denford,<br />
Hungerford, RG17 0UN