From: Ernest Wright <ewright1@alpinecom.net>

Date: April 21, 2005 4:27:11 PM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] New to Group, shopping for a Firewire camera

On Apr 20, 2005, at 8:21 PM, Milton Aupperle wrote:

Hi Tim and Ernest;

Here's my diatribe on cameras, pricing and other tidbits.

  iRez, Orange Micro and ADS Pyro pretty much folded up shop as soon as  

Apple's iSight was released (you can't compete against Apple on the Mac 

- you'll get your gonads removed financially). The iSight won't work  

without you destroying it (it has auto focus so your need to wreck that  

to expose the CCD) and it won't work with Astro IIDC because it doesn't 

support bayer formats or any of the firmware modifications I make to  

provide 1 second exposures.

and lots more...

Thanks for all the info, Milton. Tell me, why is the mono FireI board camera more expensive than the color model on the retail site you mentioned?

Ernie