• 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.

Mini DV Cams any suggestions?

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At first i was looking at DSLRS, a little pricy. Then I just gave up on it. Then I thought hey Mini DV.

Is there any MINI DV's that are in the 400$ price range. I already have a sony D8 but was thinking about adding a MINI DV to my arsenal?

Are there any quality MINI DV's in this range.

What have you used in the past? What works well for you?
 
I have a Canon Elura 65. I haven't been able to chase with it yet, but so far its a great camera. I've got extra batteries, lenses, and a few other addons for it. NewEgg has it for 479.99 right now. The Elura has a little bit bigger CCD than the ZR series.
 
I use a Canon Optura 20. Nice camera and we actually put out decent broadcast video with it. However, a potential issue that was pointed out in an earlier thread is that it loads the tapes from the bottom. If it's mounted to either a tripod or vehicle, you WILL have to remove it to load a new tape.

Our station uses some older Sony models for local small stuff and we have an Canon XL1 for the stuff we really want in good shape. We also have a very nice Sony DVCAM that I'm trying to convince the program manager to let me take out in the field.
 
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