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Bucket,
No, I am not a car.
I like the way you think - CHEAP!

Lee,
Thanks for the input. I have a 13" TV I can use. That setup sounds good.

You need a camera with a MANUAL shutter speed as without it the clubshaft will be blurred. Indoors without lighting you can see the clubshaft with a little blurr at 1/250. 1/500 or 1/1000 is better. It will however darken the screen.

I was considering a Sony DV/DCR-HC26 camera. It is just under $300, which is about the high end of my price range right now. One of the things that was interesting about this camera is that one of the Auto Exposure modes is "Sports Lesson". It has a max shutter speed of 1/4000sec. One thing that concerned me is that I read in one review that the video quality was "grainy", but I thought that maybe they were comparing it with really high end cameras. Are you familiar with this camera or is there another one in the $300 range you think would work better?

You can set up your own practice lab at home but will need to learn from someone how to position the cameras correctly, esp. the DTL camera when working on plane.

I found a post by Martee in the thread below that gives a pretty detailed explanation of how to set up the camera:
http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=231

Thanks,
Kit