From: Jim Chung <jim_chung@sunshine.net>

Date: December 27, 2010 11:39:22 AM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] Narrowband Imaging with Flea2

Hi Milton,

I'll have to check the preferences panel, I did think it odd that the extended exposure was so short!

I realize the demands of narrowband imaging, I was just trying to push the envelope with such a fast scope because the lay public at star parties don't have the patience to wait 10 minutes for an image to form, they want to see it live.  I had thought about using a Mallicam but that just introduces more cost into the project and I'm still left with a small chip.  I plan to remove the sensor entirely from the 10D body, remove the hot mirror filter and then do some microscopic soldering to reconnect it via a cable back to the body.  I know the Bayer layer will still reduce QE but the camera only cost me $70 off eBay!   The bigger problem is sourcing a planoconvex lens to flatten the curved field of the Schmidt at the ccd sensor!

Jim