From: Milton Aupperle <milton@outcastsoft.com>

Date: September 7, 2010 11:12:52 AM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] Re: Flea2 cameras on the 'bay

Mark;

On 7-Sep-10, at 10:31 AM, Mark wrote:

I ordered mine on Sept 3rd and it just arrived.  It was well packed and factory sealed.

Now I have to find a mini Firewire cable around here to assure it's functional.

That's not a "mini FireWire cable", like a 4 pin Fw400 DV cable. That's a FireWire 800 connector. All the Flea 2's and Flea 3's are FireWire 800. So you need a FireWire 800 male cable to attach it. If your Mac doesn't handle FireWire 800, then you need to use a FW 800 to FW400 "bilingual" cable or adapter. See the Astro IIDC FAQ:

http://www.outcastsoft.com/ASCASTROIIDC.html#FAQ

for more details

BTW, those FLEAs are TINY!!

Yes they are. See :

http://www.outcastsoft.com/AstroImages/Cameras.jpg

for a size comparison of TIS, Grasshopper and Flea camera to a 1.25" eyepiece. The Fleas almost fits inside a 1.25" eyepiece and weight less than one ounce.

TTYL..

Milton Aupperle