From: Milton Aupperle <milton@outcastsoft.com>
Date: April 26, 2005 3:30:52 PM MDT
To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] Re: Question about Unibrain camera options
Hi Tim;
On 26-Apr-05, at 3:16 PM, Tim wrote:
Milton:
Okay, that helps a lot. I'd hate to buy one (assuming I could) and find it won't work with
your software AFTER buying your software!
The RAW use the same chips and will appear as if it's a monochrome camera - when in fact it's a color camera. What i need to do is set up special code for it in Astro IIDC 2.0 to handle it "differently" from the other Unibrain cameras.
So, what do you think are the odds that the fire-i on ebay is new enough to have the more
sensitive chip? Or would you consider probably ending up paying 75 bucks to win that bid
too close to the price for a new board beastie?
There is no way of knowing whether it is or isn't. I'd guess that it's probably the more sensitive version - but I don't know for sure.
So you'd be saving say $30 to $50 on a roll of the dice.
HTH..
Milton J. Aupperle
President
ASC - Aupperle Services and Contracting
Mac Software (Drivers, Components and Application) Specialist
#1005 - 815 14th Avenue. S.W.
Calgary Alberta Canada T2R0N5
1-(403)-229-9456
milton@outcastsoft.com
www.outcastsoft.com
-Tim.
--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, Milton Aupperle <milton@o...> wrote:
> Hi Tim;
>
> On 26-Apr-05, at 2:35 PM, Tim wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Milton, Alan:
> >
> > So. I'm confused. There's a fire-i camera, NIB, on ebay right now.
> > It's got the plastic
> > case.
>
> Yes..
>
> >
> > the bids are high enough at this point ($50), that I might just prefer
> > to buy a new board
> > camera to be sure that it's got the more sensitive CCD in it.
>
> Okay..
>
> > But: there are two color versions listed, though they use the same
> > Sony CCD. The "RAW
> > Color Version" says "480 TV lines (as monochrome before d-Bayering,
> > user dependent
> > after)", whereas the "Color version" says "400 TV lines".
>
> You mean on
>
> http://www.unibrain.com/1394_products/fire-i_board_cam/fire-
> i_board_camera.htm
>
> right?
>
> The "RAW version" is a new product. I don't see where you can order it
> from, what price it's at and I don't know if it's compatible or not -
> but I'd guess that it won't be recognized. Also I'm not getting one to
> check it out either as thanks to Homeland Security - it now cost me
> $150 CDN to receive and return "evaluation" cameras back and forth
> across the border now due to all the freaking paper work and fees.
>
> And yes it does matter which camera it is, for example Point grey
> Research's Fire Fly cameras uses the TSLV1501 chip set that the
> Unibrain, iRez, iBot, ADSPyro cameras uses, - but it isn't set up the
> same way and does not work with Astro IIDC at all.
>
> Milton J. Aupperle
> President
> ASC - Aupperle Services and Contracting
> Mac Software (Drivers, Components and Application) Specialist
> #1005 - 815 14th Avenue. S.W.
> Calgary Alberta Canada T2R0N5
> 1-(403)-229-9456
> milton@o...
> www.outcastsoft.com
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