From: "doobisary" <tjp314@pacbell.net>
Date: October 1, 2009 11:11:08 AM MDT
To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: NOS Pt Grey cameras on ebay
Hi Mark:
I saw that, and wonder if it's referring to the free shipping offer to CONUS? If you're interested, why not ask the seller that question?
Also, for those interested, when I emailed Pt Grey for a price for the flea2 I bought, I told them I was interested in quotes for the Scorpions as well. They quoted me $1995 for the 1600x1200 model.
Also, do a search for "Point grey" or "firewire camera" or "[name] camera", and you'll see listings for other Pt Grey models. Last I checked, there was a color flea 640x480 (great camera, I have one) and a monochrome Dragonfly2, from other sellers. All at decent prices.
I found other brands as well, including some TIS cameras (but the prices were about retail for these). Most were pretty pricey, and I'm less familiar with them anyway. I really like the Pt Grey products, and am most familiar with them.
-Tim.
--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, Mark Gaffney <markgaffney@...> wrote:
That`s cool Tim. I notice there`s no international shipping available
even if I could afford one.
Mark.
On 02/10/2009, at 2:43 AM, doobisary wrote:
Hi all:
This week, I purchased a new old stock Pt Grey Scorpion 1600x1200
monochrome camera on ebay for under $300, including CA sales tax. I
ordered it "buy it now" on Monday afternoon, and it showed up in
the mail yesterday! Exactly as described in the ad, all the Point
Grey seals in place. QA inspection stickers and packing date from
Pt Grey from July, 2007.
I already had an extra cmount to 1.25" adapter I wasn't using, so I
put that on the camera, found a 6' firewire cable I also had laying
around (will need to add another 5 meter cable, though) and took it
out and tried it out on my 6" f/10 Newt with a 2.5x Televue. Boy,
that's a cool camera! In full frame mode, it's even easier to
center objects than it is with my flea2 (1032x776). I was shooting
without any filters, just the IR blocker in the camera, so
atmospheric refraction was an issue (smear). It's quite a bit more
sensitive than my color flea2 (perhaps not surprisingly). I can
shoot with a 640x480 ROI at 16.67ms/frame, 60 fps, and still have
enough light through the 6" for decent signal. The seeing was
awful, and yet I got a decent image out of a couple of videos I
tried before calling it quits for the evening.
If others are interested, this is a great deal, and the seller (an
electronic components retailer) has one more 1600x1200 and two
1360x1024 Scorpions for sale. All NOS, unopened, but without cables
or Flycapture software or firewire card (which I haven't used from
my flea and flea2 purchases, since I'm using Astro IIDC).
Here's the link to one of the ads: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/
eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300350362241&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
I'll post one of the Jupiters I shot last night with the camera...
-Tim.