Could someone advise on a cheap 12 volt (off car battery) camcorder that I can leave covertly to record in a remote setting (wildlife monitoring). Ideally it should be able to record in long play for uo to 6 hours plus.
or? would it be more sensible to buy a 12 volt video recorder and feed it with a small covert style camera?
Thanks Mark

[MarkE19]

No standard tape bassed camcorder will get even close to that length of recording. Therefore AFAIK your only option is a hard disc bassed cam such as those from JVC and soon to be released by Sony. These can record for even longer than you require, as long as they have a good power source to last long enough. I doubt that any cam battery would get even close, so as you say a 12v connection from a car battery is the only way to go. I would think that most cams can take an external power supply and therefore you shouldn't be too limited by the models that can do what you need.

Mark.

thanks mark for advice, best wishes Mark