Bee movie? - Macro test!

Moving bees. Macro shot. Handheld. Fixed Focus. Argh!

Filmed with a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ8 with a superduper custom closeup lens attached.
The background sound is a mix of the original camera sound and footage recorded with a Cowon D2 (a mp3/media player).

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• bee
• bees
• insect
• macro
• lens
• closeup
• close-up

[SpankyTheYankee]

Exceptional! Any hints on what you're using for a lens?

[SchoschProductions]

@SpankyTheYankee This camera has no exchangeable lenses, but its focal length ranges from 36 to 430 mm, so you can get a pretty high magnification when zooming all the way in.

[SpankyTheYankee]

@SchoschProductions I knew it didn't have interchangeable lenses but you said, "superduper custom closeup lens attached" so I had to ask. I've seen some very unusual home-concocted lens attachments! If you got that with the stock zoom-macro, I like it even more. And fixed-focus? I thought it was auto focus all the way, no matter what you are zoomed out (or in) to

[SchoschProductions]

@SpankyTheYankee Like many other cameras in this price range, it cannot autofocus while recording a video, only before hitting record.

[SchoschProductions]

@SpankyTheYankee I forgot to mention that I professionally attached a magnifying glass to the front, resulting in a closer minimum focus distance.

[akeks2009]

Thanks, what a beauty