From: Milton Aupperle <milton@outcastsoft.com>

Date: April 6, 2007 7:14:30 PM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] Re: PGR Grasshopper Cameras


Probably the CMOS FireFly MV cameras would fit the bill if your looking for a General Purpose Uncompressed IIDC FireWire Camera.


They will be coming out with a case for it soon, but I don't know about pricing.


It's cheaper than the Imaging Source Cameras and has none of the issues the Unibrain cameras have.


But it is CMOS which tend to be less sensitive than CCD cameras.


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On 6-Apr-07, at 5:12 PM, Jeff Phillips wrote:

So Milton (and the rest of y'all)


What would you recommend to someone using, let's say a 10" LX200, who wants to move up from the Philips SPC900NC? Let's also say this person already has a Canon 350D, so he's not particularly concerned with a long exposure camera, as he feels he's got that covered for a while. And of course this person is a price shopper, so he's looking for a good value, especially compared to the SPC900NC which he's not unhappy with.


=)



On Apr 6, 2007, at 5:50 PM, Milton Aupperle wrote:

I don't know what the price will be yet. They are still finalizing the

cameras, so I can't add their model idenitfier to Astro IIDC 3.02.00

either. So when they get released, I'll be able to do a 3.02.01 release.


I'm really interested in the smallest (1388 x 1036) model, which uses

an EXHAD ICX285 CCD. That's the same as they use in the Starlight

XPress SXV series and is about 170% more sensitive than the CCD used

in the 640x480 Fleas.


You can also run them full size at 17 fps top, assuming your hard

drive can keep up you can shoot some phenomenal big fast images.


But we will see how the pricing comes out.


I'm also interested in their CMOS FireFly MV cameras (< $200 USD) as

they look like slightly higher cost alternative to buying a Unibrain

camera. The major attraction is they don't have the noise / TI

TSB15LV01 that the Unibrain have, can do 60 minute exposures (with the

GPIO dongle) and can deliver 8 or 16 (10 bit real) images too.


Jeff Phillips

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http://imjeffp.com