From: "Howard" <howard.fink@nyu.edu>

Date: May 26, 2010 2:15:32 PM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: cameras

I'll second Alan with one caveat.  Four years with a webcam got me familiar with the process of digital astrophotography and with my equipment.  Replacing a Toucam Pro with a Scorpion, a more sensitive, 12-bit monochrome CCD and a higher resolution, AND replacing K3CCD with AstroIIDC allowed me to take better pictures from the get-go.  I've got many years to go with the Scorpion, and a "better" camera wouldn't be nearly the change I've already made.  My next step is actually using the filter wheel and filters I've bought and making RGB images.

Howard Fink