• 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.

NEW LOW LIGHT HD CAMCORDER

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I was looking at some of the new electronic releases at the 2009 CES, in March Sony will release two new cameras based off the SR12/11 cameras. It appears the XR520V may have a 50% improvement in low light along with a 240 GB hard drive. It also adds GPS tagging to your tape.

It appears Sony obtains the low light improvement by putting a new CMOS sensor and technology that allows more light to the sensor. Popular Science runs a story this month on it also listing it as a night vision camcorder. Here is one link to the CES news.

http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/10026.html

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs...ital_imaging:handycam_camcorder_hdr-xr520v:ss
 
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Looks like a pretty decent upgrade by Sony on the consumer cam side of the market, and a pretty decent retail price. Just by looking I kind of like the placement and ergonomics of the focus control, and 12.1 mp still ability is pretty crazy. I am guessing that this is just the beginning of what will be an ever changing consumer camcorder market, if you buy this cam, by this time next year it will be old news and an even better one will come out cheaper than what you paid for yours, been through that before, the Camcorder I have was introduced at $1700 and two years later better ones were selling for $500. I'll likely stick with my current cam for one more year, and then hopefully the Low Light quality on the HD cams will have vastly improved, and I'll demote the current one to dash cam and upgrade.
 
Another feature that was covered on this camera is the new Steady Shot Active Mode that allows almost a tripod looking shot from handheld. If this is true it would help for the quick jump out shots. The new G lens is what they have developed for the FX1000 that just came out and their DSLR cameras so it should be a very good lens.
 
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