For India, we took the new Canon XL2, superseding the faithful but ageing XL1. The lens has a new feel and greatly improved zooming quality and power. We use it together with the XM1, which has so many of the same features in a more compressed form. Heavier than the XL1, and still using MiniDV […]
Now that DV cameras are so much easier to use, and produce such good results, I guess that there are a good number of people using them to film butterflies. If you are, we would be glad to hear of your experiences; why not write to us at our email address? Others might be interested to hear what you have done.
But if you ……..
Because of my true-to-nature approach, it was a logical progression to try out filming, which I was a bit familiar with already, having spent many hours on every summer holiday making Super-8 “feature films” with my children - spoofs of James Bond, and the Monty Python films.
1996 we devoted to accumulating enough material to offer a view of the West European, including British, species, as seen from my bio-geographical standpoint. The resulting film, “Puzzles of the Past” won an Award at the 1998 International Wildlife Film Festival in Missoula, Montana.
I suppose Evolution is partly what the films are all about. The miracle of natural selection and the beauty that the passage of time has created on earth are what inspire me.