Whats Best For Filming Rabbits ?? H I D Or Halogen

[Somewhereyournot 1,117]

Iv changed setting now lads. Not best of quality I know, it's an iPhone. But if u have seen a 140,you will know it's not much difference to a 170 halogen, bigger spot and slightly bright. But this HID, Absolutely smashes the halogens to pieces lol. People will say it's too bright, I don't think so at all, iv had good few things squat or mill about down range of it. And iv caught few rabbits within 50 odd yards of each other so don't spook in field.

[J Darcy 5,871]

Gggrrr..just typed a big bloody post out then hit the wrong key and it all vanished!!

 

From what little I know about it all, this are my thoughts.

 

it really doesn't matter what lamp you use for filming. Yes, the more modern lamps are 'whiter' beamed but , for me, the old yellow beams hold more nostalgia. Nothing will get footage better than you getting that camera as close to the action as possible. This means lamping from where the rabbit is going to run to. If you get that done then you've cracked it. The rest's just childs play and it won't matter what lamp you use.

 

In the mid nineties I was flat-bang out with the video cameras. Big heavy things with tapes and a focus that was so slow it was like watching paint dry. But it was all i could afford so I made do. In actual fact I think that first camera cost me over £600, which was quite a bit of dollar back then. It was a samsung with a whopping 8 times zoom!! Whoopy-frickin-doo!

 

After messing about a few nights and viewing 'dots' moving at the end of very thing lights the penny dropped and I started to chose my locations much better. The favourite of mine was a long rough grass field that rabbits travelled out onto . They lived in the hedgerow that ran alongside, and here was a sheepwire fence, which sent many a rabbit to meet it's maker. back then I was lamping the old bitch, Kim and then a dog called Geoff. Got quite a lot of footage of them back then at night. Once in position I didn't think it was all too difficult as long as the video camera and the lamp were aligned, things went well. A dog catching one rabbit around your feet is worth twenty catches at the other end of the field, so I wouldn't worry too much about what lamp, more like what location you lamp from....good luck...JD

[swg dave 334]

Thanks for replies fellas, appreciated.

[Somewhereyournot 1,117]

I still think the quality of the picture will be better though some how. U could even make the beam wider and it still be bright n good quality so you never over run the rabbit if you get me. Having said that, Iv never filmed my lamping and don't think I would either. But Atb with it