From: Milton Aupperle <milton@outcastsoft.com>

Date: September 8, 2010 9:42:53 AM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

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

Hi Mark;

Yep. I really liked the "Locking ones" too when I saw them first introduced back in 2001 at a FireWire convention on Microsoft's Campus in Seattle.  At least the FW800 cameras have screw holes so you can securely attach the camera and the cable. I just screw them together and leave it that way, and them move the camera and cable as a unit.

I forgot to mention this too, but PGR will have opened a European Distributor in Germany:

http://www.ptgrey.com/contact.asp

which should make it easier and cheaper to order their products.

TTYL..

Milton Aupperle

On 8-Sep-10, at 9:21 AM, Mark wrote:

Thanks, Milton.

I ordered a 9 pin to 6 pin bilingual cable today.

Sure liked the locking ones, but padded another Amazon order with a cheap cable to get free shipping on something else.

Mark

--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, Milton Aupperle <milton@...> wrote:

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