From: Milton Aupperle <milton@outcastsoft.com>
Date: May 13, 2005 8:31:42 AM MDT
To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] Re: Which Astroiidc option best?
Hi Tim;
Yes your SOL with the current shipping version (1.02 or 1.03) of Astro IIDC - it will not recognize it as the internal names are different.
Actually I'm really surprised that the case says Fire-i and I'll contact you privately on where we go from here.
TTYL..
Milton J. Aupperle
President
ASC - Aupperle Services and Contracting
Mac Software (Drivers, Components and Application) Specialist
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www.outcastsoft.com
On 12-May-05, at 10:04 PM, Tim wrote:
Okay, so that webcam I bought on ebay arrived today. It didn't come with any software.
It not only looks like the Unibrain Fire-i on the outside, it says it's a Fire-i on the case. So,
I went to Unibrain's website and downloaded the mac drivers for it (but supplied by
IOXperts). The only option that came up for installation when I opened the driver installer
was "Aplux 1394 Camera", with "FireWire Unique ID: 0030956000000262" listed below
that.
So, does this mean I'm SOL (sheer out of luck) for using this camera with Astro IIDC?
-Tim.
--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, Milton Aupperle <milton@o...> wrote:
> Hi Tim;
>
> On 10-May-05, at 6:03 PM, Tim wrote:
>
> > --- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, Milton Aupperle <milton@o...> wrote:
> >
> > > Not now with Apple's iSight out their. Actually shortly after Apple
> > did
> > > the iSight, most companies stopped any future production them and
> > EOL'd
> > > all of them. The only exception was Unibrain who are still producing
> > > cameras.
> >
> > A while back, I did a search to see if anyone was using the iSight
> > for astroimaging (since I
> > have one). I only found one or two citations of people who tried it
> > at all - not quite
> > enough encouragement for me to make an adapter to try mine on my
> > scope. Well, that
> > and the fact that my scope is more than 6 feet from the computer.
> > But I'll probably fiddle
> > with it at some point just for hoots. Have to shoot afocally,
> > though, and probably pick the
> > eyepiece projection magnification value high enough to overcome the
> > autoexposure's
> > tendency to saturate the image... ...probably more hassle than it's
> > worth, in the end.
>
> Also the iSight optics have auto focus - at least the current ones do.
>
> > But I do wonder what might happen when the number of iSights out
> > there reaches a point
> > where used units are low enough in price to see amateurs taking them
> > apart and tossing
> > the lens assembly... ...but again, probably not woth the effort.
>
> It might cease functioning altogether, as the Autofocus will continue
> to try and use the optical assembly and if you short out the
> leads/motor in it.... BZZZZZZssstttt..
>
> Also Astro IIDC doesn't support the iSight and your stuck with YUV
> video coming out of those cameras - and that really blows for Astro
> Imaging (bad image aliasing since it delivers YUV411 or YUV422).
>
> 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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