• 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.

High End DV vs Consumer Grade HD

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Looking to purchase a good video camera for use both in chasing and in our business. The question I have is this; Just how important is HD in the overall scheme of things? I have been looking at a few refurbished DV Camcorders: JVC Digital S DY-700
JVC GY-DV500U
JVC GY-DV5000U
Sony DSR-300A
Sony DSR-500WSL
The Panasonic Supercam

I even looked at the analog Panasonic WV-F700 as they are dirt cheap nowdays, but I would prefer to stick with the mini-dv or digital Beta units. I also have looked at the Canon XL1S. So my question...considering the price of one of these last gen DV cams is about the same as a good medium to high end consumer HD camcorder, am I just totally insane for wanting to go with the DV cam vs HD?

Chris
 
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In short, YES. Buy HD. If you think about it, would you buy an hold VHS player. No you would not. Look forward. not back.
Have fun and stay safe.
Word of advise as well, the more OPTICAL zoom the better.
 
I'm not a fan of any tape based media, even if its digital. Tapes get eaten, the mechanisms get dirty, and they transfer to the computer in real time (a 1 hour tape = 1 hour to transfer to the computer). Not only that but DV is limited to 60 (sp) or 90 (lp) minutes per tape, so you always have to keep an eye on what you've used. Plus its just more crap you have to carry around and store, and unless you're a rapid recycler, they're relatively expensive to boot compared to hard storage.

HDD or SSD is the only way to go nowadays. SSD is the best because it isn't vulnerable to movement or shock like a hard drive is.

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