From: "Tim" <tjp314@pacbell.net>

Date: July 18, 2005 2:50:17 PM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: just wishing

--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, "jterry94" <terryj@i...> wrote:

Makes sense. You've got to like those security gurus. No offense to any security gurus 

out 

there. I would prefer progressive cameras for that application; less motion distortion. Of 

course, these are the people that made us pull out all of our wireless networks the other 

day due to a fear of someone putting up 3 foot parabolic antenna in the cemetery across 

from our building so they could steal the signal from inside our Faraday cage so I am 

not 

really high on security gurus right now. 

I pointed out that I was more afraid that the security people wouldn't notice people 

putting 

up a 3 foot parabolic antenna than I was of someone stealing the wireless signal. Didn't 

go 

over too well. 

;o)

jeff:

So, the "M" in the SX camera name still stands for interlaced ccds, apparently?  I've never 

used one or seen one being used on planets, but I can imagine it would have been 

extremely frustrating.  At least with the 3com, I can "turn it off" by going with a lower 

quality setting (which was comparable to the quality from the ToUcam, though with slower 

downloads).  Maybe that's why I liked the HX5 so much.  Does Terry Platt still use Star 

2000 with the M cameras?  or has it been necessary anymore with the SXV guider cameras 

now available?

Sorry for the OT stuff,

-Tim.