At 18:59 28 January 2009, noel.wade wrote:

Now, back to cameras... any thoughts?

Hi Noel

I bought a bullet camera with fixed mount (head cam is a pain in the
neck!) and a solid state recorder about the size of a cigarette packet.

The recorder was designed for covert surveillance. It records about 3hrs
on one charge at 30fps VGA with sound onto an SD card. Very good quality
and easy to use. Cost about $600.

Now the bad news - editing. I installed AVS4YOU to edit down the footage.
Have you ever tried to edit 3hrs down to a few minutes? It requires huge
computing power, huge disks, and huge patience. It is unbelievably boring
and the end result won't even be appreciated by your friends, let alone
your family.

IMO better value in other pursuits.

Jim