From: Ray Byrne <ray@in4media.co.uk>

Date: November 10, 2006 6:30:46 PM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Wow this just amazing!!!

Hi Group,

Thanks to Milton I've just got my new Image Source DMK21AF04 working and have had a little play using a nice zoom c mount lens I acquired years ago. Although I thought that things looked complex when reading the Help.pdf when you actually start playing it's really intuitive. I've been a long-time user of a Philips ToUcam, K3CCD tools and Registax and these apps. have a steep learning curve. Cobbled to that having to contend with bloody Windows as well - "Your Norton's Virus software has expired" just as you are acquiring and focussing the target "Lord give me strength".

Some of the features though made me LOL - the camera has some dust bunnies on it (a bit bad for a new camera) so I had a play with the Flat Field function! it's LIVE for goodness sake how cool is that.. yes and other features too like the histogram stretch. Also it is so fast in stacking, Registax takes forever. The processing seems so much more controllable and wide ranging than Registax. The whole application is streets ahead of the Windows stuff and all in one package.

Watch this space I reckon some good stuff is on its way.

Best decision I've made in my hobby for years based on this trial

A very happy Ray Byrne

1:27am and I'm still going to have a further play