• 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.

Just picked myself up a new HD video camera. Canon HF-M30

I have a HD Canon Vixia HV40 refurbished on the way. It was marked down to $499 on the Canon website. It was recommended by an individual and he said he has not had any problem with his. It was first released in May 2008 but not too bad of a camera for the price.And it still uses DV Tape and that is fine with me cause im hearing about the issues with all the various SD cards out there and transfering video.
 
I recently purchased a Canon HF M300. Same thing basically. Great cam. I picked mine up at Adorama in a kit for 389$ Came with a 8 gb card, 2 yr extended warranty, case, cleaning cloth, extra extended lifebattery, instructional dvd.
 
Jarrod, I have that exact same camera. I got it for Christmas from my parents. It's a GREAT little camera but make sure you turn up the video quality on it. Mine came defaulted to the lowest quality video.
 
I'm running the Canon HF100 1080p AVCHD camcorder. Bought it a few years ago when it first came out, so of course paid thru the nose for it. Somewhere around $800 at the time. No issues or problems in 2-3 years of use. I bought it specifically because it was 1080p to match my tv, and used a memory card so I can get instant access to any file, and all I have to do is pull the card and plug it into my laptops card reader to transfer files to my laptop. I have never had an issue with SD cards, but I also only buy quality ($) cards. The picture quality is outstanding, even on my 67" tv.

The only "gotcha" is the fact that editing AVCHD files takes a monster computer. Be sure to check specs before buying if you want to edit on your laptop. My Dell XPS is only 2 years old and it cries everytime I edit a video file....
 
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