From: Willie Strickland <willie@igc.org>

Date: June 25, 2005 10:49:13 AM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: [Astro_IIDC] Re: a couple of questions

At 2:58 PM +0000 6/25/05, Tim wrote:

Be careful, though.  I have the Aplux version  of  the  Unibrain

Fire-i, and it looks like the version of the camera in the case

has a smaller lens mount than most webcams (8mm versus 12mm), so

my webcam adapter wouldn't fit.  I ended up epoxying a 35mm film

can with the bottom cut out to the outside of the case (which

didn't hold well, so I've done it

Thanks for the response Tim.  When I used Astro IIDC thursday night, it created files with the following info.

=================== File:20050624_052602_U.mov #frames 511

Color Camera - Model:'Fire-i 1.2' SerialNumber: 0x262FC57

Gamma:  1.00

Brightness: 99

Black Point: 128

Exposure: 66.66 ms

Sharpness Limiting On: 0

Dark Frame Subtraction On: 0

Flat Frame Correction On: 0

Invert Image On: 0

Flip Horizontal On: 0

Flip Vertical On: 0

Binning Off Monochrome

I wonder if the 'Fire-i 1.2' is the newest version or if that is an older version.  What do your files say for the Model?  Just curious.

As for the adapter, I think I am going to try and figure out how to make one myself with a film canister.  I will keep you posted.  Do you use a focal reducer?

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Willie Strickland

willie@igc.org