I'm gonna bite the bullet and pick up a new video camera since my old 8mm calved on me. Looking at a middle of the road price. Nothing cheap, but can't fork out the doe for the topend stuff either. Thinking of going all digital. Heard that the technology is really good now. I want something durable to be thrown in my pack and will see some pretty adverse weather conditions. Need something that will film through the spotter well. Something with a manual focus so it won't keep on focusing on the lense of the spotter. Any suggestions? Any ones to avoid?