A big bee ! at DVinfo.net

Lee Wilson · October 28th, 2006, 09:43 PM

Here is a big bee that landed outside my window on a big stone water bowl (for the birds) captured on my HV10, I was going to try and move around to the front of it and get in real close to see if I could capture its compound eyes, but it flew away !! :(

This thing was massive (for the UK at least!) around 2 inches long, maybe it was the queen ?

You can see it cleaning the thing it uses to gather nectar (probuscis ?) and the inner part popping out to be cleaned. Handheld on auto-focus so a little wobbly.

It is 2 mg - Quicktime / H.264 codec.

clickety click >> http://www.filefactory.com/file/b8b5bb/

Daymon Hoffman · October 29th, 2006, 03:11 AM

LOL - thats awesome! Lucky it didnt sting you. :) Pity we couldnt' see the native stream for your nice shots Lee. :)

Steve Nunez · October 29th, 2006, 07:12 AM

I really hate FileFcatory- always have issues with IntelMacs....link wont work.

Lee Wilson · October 29th, 2006, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Steve Nunez

I really hate FileFcatory- always have issues with IntelMacs....link wont work.

I couldn't find any other free hosting sites, do you know of any recommended ones ?

Lee Wilson · October 29th, 2006, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Daymon Hoffman

Pity we couldnt' see the native stream for your nice shots Lee. :)

Native stream (well Apple intermediate codec anyhow) >> http://www.filefactory.com/file/2169c1/

Steve Nunez · October 29th, 2006, 01:37 PM

Thanks Lee, I had to wait like 2 minutes before the "save as" box appeared- might be a Mac thing or browser- who knows??

That clip is awesome- the HV10 is really the best HDV cam dollar for dollar!
I hope they include "mic in" in their next version of it.

Thanks for posting.

Lee Wilson · October 30th, 2006, 04:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Steve Nunez

Thanks Lee, I had to wait like 2 minutes before the "save as" box appeared- might be a Mac thing or browser- who knows??

Yep ! It takes a minute or so to pop up on my Mac as well (safari / OS X 10.4.6) ??? But to its credit 'Filefactory' is very very fast at sucking big files off your machine and onto its servers.

Lee Wilson · October 30th, 2006, 04:50 AM

Here he is threatening me just before he flew off.

http://www.filefactory.com/file/a4a4d9/

Daymon Hoffman · October 31st, 2006, 02:57 AM

Thanks Lee, very cool :) I'm thinking of selling my MVX3i to get one of these.

Lee Wilson · October 31st, 2006, 04:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Daymon Hoffman

Thanks Lee, very cool :) I'm thinking of selling my MVX3i to get one of these.

Why sell a perfectly good camcorder just to buy a flying insect ?

Daymon Hoffman · November 1st, 2006, 02:24 AM

There's one in every crowd :P

Lee Wilson · November 1st, 2006, 03:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Daymon Hoffman

There's one in every crowd :P

Bada-bing! :)

October 28th, 2006, 09:43 PM	#1
Lee Wilson Major Player Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 376	A big bee ! Here is a big bee that landed outside my window on a big stone water bowl (for the birds) captured on my HV10, I was going to try and move around to the front of it and get in real close to see if I could capture its compound eyes, but it flew away !! :( This thing was massive (for the UK at least!) around 2 inches long, maybe it was the queen ? You can see it cleaning the thing it uses to gather nectar (probuscis ?) and the inner part popping out to be cleaned. Handheld on auto-focus so a little wobbly. It is 2 mg - Quicktime / H.264 codec. clickety click >> http://www.filefactory.com/file/b8b5bb/

October 29th, 2006, 03:11 AM	#2
Daymon Hoffman Major Player Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 267	LOL - thats awesome! Lucky it didnt sting you. :) Pity we couldnt' see the native stream for your nice shots Lee. :) __________________ Welcome... to the real world!

October 29th, 2006, 07:12 AM	#3
Steve Nunez Trustee Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Pembroke Pines, Florida Posts: 1,418	I really hate FileFcatory- always have issues with IntelMacs....link wont work. __________________ Steve Nunez-New York City www.stevenunez.com

October 29th, 2006, 01:37 PM	#6
Steve Nunez Trustee Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Pembroke Pines, Florida Posts: 1,418	Thanks Lee, I had to wait like 2 minutes before the "save as" box appeared- might be a Mac thing or browser- who knows?? That clip is awesome- the HV10 is really the best HDV cam dollar for dollar! I hope they include "mic in" in their next version of it. Thanks for posting. __________________ Steve Nunez-New York City www.stevenunez.com

October 31st, 2006, 02:57 AM	#9
Daymon Hoffman Major Player Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 267	Thanks Lee, very cool :) I'm thinking of selling my MVX3i to get one of these. __________________ Welcome... to the real world!

October 30th, 2006, 04:50 AM	#8
Lee Wilson Major Player Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 376	Here he is threatening me just before he flew off. http://www.filefactory.com/file/a4a4d9/

November 1st, 2006, 02:24 AM	#11
Daymon Hoffman Major Player Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 267	There's one in every crowd :P __________________ Welcome... to the real world!