• After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

HD , not FHD, cam still available ?

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most HiDef vid cams now do 1080 full HD, but ...

is it still possible to find an affordable videocam that does HD 720 , instead of FHD 1080 ?

IDEALLY

I would like to see a videocam that records in HD 720,

h.264 .mov quicktime files

at 24p or 25p or 30p .

on SD / SDHC cards ( not on tape, not on HDD, maybe flash okay )

with optical image stabilization

manual controls for exposure ( not just quickbutton overexpose for backlight situations but also UNDERexpose for dark dramatic sky scenes )

manual infinity lock ( full manual focus not needed, I almost always shoot in infinity, and infinity lock is needed when there is low light and low contrast )

viewfinder ( not just screen )

stereo sound ( though I would prefer a good mono mic over a bad stereo mic )

good low light rating.

my thinking is that a 720 HD video is good enough, I don't need 1080FHD, and the files are smaller in size and easier to handle and edit on a small netbook and easier/faster to upload to youtube or ftp to media.

some bridge or hybrid photocams also record video just like above specs, but in the example of my Casio Exilim EX F1 there are two things that are missing : yes the EX F1 has image stabilization but it only works when shooting in photo-mode, not in video-mode. And it is not good in low light ( lots of noise ).

suggestions ?
 
This is the first thing that came to mind when I saw your post:

What Happened to TheFlip.com? (replaces previous link).

The specs aren't exact to what you quoted, but I think they are designed for taking quick clips and posting them to the internet (YouTube).
 
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