• 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.

JVC CAMCORDER

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Forrest lambert

i had a question for anyone that knows the answer, i have a jvc camcorder 32x zoom, and it has auto and a manuel button, when i have it on manuel it has a slow shutter, how can i make it to where i can film at night and have a good pic?
 
increasing your shutter speed will give you a brighter picture in low light. The best way to combat low light is 3ccd's at 1/3 size or more. Otherwise your pushing a boulder uphill.
 
Unless I'm really confused here, I think decreasing the shutter speed will brighten the video up for you in low light situations. The faster a shutter speed fires, the more light that's needed to keep the scene at the proper exposure. Let's say that a shutter speed of 1/120 of a second is the proper exposure for a scene. Now let's slow it down to 1/60 of a second. Now the scene will be too bright because the shutter is firing slower, therefore allowing more light than necessary for the particular scene. The effect will be the opposite with a shutter speed of 1/500 of a second. The scene will now be too dark.

Now, most consumer camcorders are not too hip on producing good video at night. I'm not sure about JVC, but my new Panasonic has a function called MagicPix which gives more light in dark scenes. Does it produce a good image? Not at all...but it will give you usable video if your shooting a tornado at night with lightning illuminating the tornado. Read your users manual and check to see if your particular camcorder has a function similar to this. A similar function is on my older Sony camcorder and it was used to film the Clovis, NM tornado last year.
CLOVIS TORNADO
 
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