If I make offroad movies, is it better to use my digital camera with movie maker feature, or should I use the 8mm camcorder, which I wouldn't be able to put on the web?  The last set I made turned out really small.  

As long as theres a way to hook it up to your computer it shouldn't matter. I had a friend vidio me on his digital camera and I was able to make it full screen. Not bad pictures either.

I was just looking at my camera, it was set to 320 x 240 instead of 640 x 480.  No wonder I can barely see my little truck sticking out of the water.  

I think a video capture card would allow you to
make any video into a digital file for web viewing.

You can purchase a card and firewire kit from most computer supply chains. You just need to have a fast computer and LOTS of memory to upload the video to your computer. I bought a set up last sumer got it working but have not messed with it much.
Zig

You can purchase a card and firewire kit from most computer supply chains. You just need to have a fast computer and LOTS of memory to upload the video to your computer. I bought a set up last sumer got it working but have not messed with it much.
Zig

oh ya dont forget about the FAST UPLOAD if u want to upload your stuff on the net because movies with large view and good qualaty are usaly big.