If the video does not appear below, watch it on Vimeo: BeetleCam is Back Teaser
BeetleCam is a remote control buggy with a DSLR camera mounted on top. I created the first BeetleCam in 2009 in order to take close-up, wide-angle photographs of dangerous African animals. You can find out more about the initial project in The Adventures of BeetleCam.
We will soon be releasing the next project instalment in which BeetleCam takes on the lions of the Masai Mara! As you can see from the teaser video, it was an eventful trip! We managed to get some incredible photographs and video footage which we will soon be publishing on Burrard-Lucas.com. If you would like to be notified when this happens, please subscribe to our free email newsletter. You can also subscribe via RSS or follow me on Twitter, Facebook and Google+.
Update: The BeetleCam website is now live: BeetleCam Project
Fantastic, hope you got the camera back in one piece!!
I wonder if you put an air horn inside the bettle cam (mark 3 of course) if you could sound that off if they ran off with the camera (or got too close).
Can’t wait to see the photos!
Excellent !! great idea !
Better get wheels on top too and unbreakable tyres for the next model 🙂
Fantastic close-pictures !!
yaaaaaa beetle cam is back and running!
Love the teaser I can’t wait to see more, fabulous pictures and video!!! you guys rock
Maybe spray the mesh with something bitter (oregano oil?) so the animals don’t bite and carry the buggy away.