From: "Stephen W. Ramsden" <sramsden@natca.net>
Date: June 29, 2012 8:03:59 PM MDT
To: "Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com" <Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] Re: the deep blue sea
the coupon was only intended for visitors at the event. It would be a violation of the coupon terms to do anything you are asking.
They are worth every penny of the full price and I would encourage you to buy one so we can keep PGR interested in expanded the market of their awesome cameras more for astronomers.
Stephen W. Ramsden
On Jun 29, 2012, at 9:48 PM, "daffyddsant" <usenet@davidillig.com> wrote:
You might do well to try Astromart for that. Recall that if a person has used their magic code to buy anything, that code is no longer usable. You would have to hope for someone who either picked up the coupon with no intention to use it, or is saving up her/his pennies to use it later in the summer.
David
--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, "doobisary" <tjp314@...> wrote:
>
> I'm still very serious about this...
>
> Very serious.
>
> Please email me if you've got a coupon you're not using.
>
> -Tim.
>
> --- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, "doobisary" <tjp314@> wrote:
> >
> > That's the discount I had heard about. I also would pounce on a deal like that if given the chance.
> >
> > Anybody collect a coupon who's not planning on using it? Or that would let me send them a check if they'll buy one for me when they cash their coupon in??
> >
> > I'm serious!
> >
> > -Tim.
> >
> > --- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, "daffyddsant" <usenet@> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Not answering for Amazing Alan, you understand, just myself!
> > >
> > > Pt. Grey were handing out certificates at NEAIC for a 50% discount on any of their cameras. No limit on the number of cameras, but a limit of three of any one model, and all needed to be purchased in a single transaction by the end of August, 2012. This is the most generous discount offer I have ever seen. I now have a Grasshopper 6MP mono myself.
> > >
> > > Yes, the SX is very good, but it is not a lunar/solar/planetary camera; it is intended for deep sky photography. Not saying you couldn't take solar system pics with it, but it's not optimized for that. 5 second downloads are not an issue at all for deep-sky photography, but video is best for solar system work. My SBIG STL-11000M requires nearly 30 seconds to download an 11MP full-frame image via USB 1.
> > >
> > > My Pt. Grey cameras (I also have monochrome and color 1.4MP Fleas) move between my telescopes and my microscope with ease. That's great flexibility. I also attach a camera lens from time to time and run a webcam on the bird bath or the hummingbird feeder.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > David
> > >
> > > *****
> > >
> > > doobisary:
> > > >
> > > > Amazing, Alan!!
> > > >
> > > > So, did Pt Grey offer a discount at NEAF like I heard they might? I was poking around the net yesterday to see who else is using these new exview HAD chips, and found that Starlight Xpress is (not surprisingly, since they've favored Sony chips since their inception). What is surprising is that their price for their cooled version with the 6mp chip is $1K less than Pt Grey's uncooled version. Of course, the Grasshopper has a much higher frame rate (the SX takes 5 seconds to download a full frame). But if cooled Deep sky is the objective, the slow downloads might not be an issue.
> > > >
> > > > ...but I'd really like one of the new Grasshoppers!
> > > >
> > > > -Tim.
> > > >
> > > > --- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, Alan Friedman <alan@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi all,
> > > > >
> > > > > I arrived at Mount Wilson the day before the transit of Venus. I had enough time to get everything unpacked and set up for a test run and shot two streams of video to make sure the computer and cameras were all happy and talking to each other. I forgot about these files in the excitement of June 5th. Looking back through the files while archiving the 200 gigabytes of data from my trip, the conditions on June 4th were much better than the following day… in fact, it is some of the best solar seeing I've experienced in some time. Apologies in advance for the large images, but I couldn't bear to reduce them:
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.avertedimagination.com/img_pages/deepbluesea.html
> > > > >
> > > > > and for those who prefer a non-inverted look at the solar chromosphere:
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.avertedimagination.com/img_pages/deepbluesea2.html
> > > > >
> > > > > These images are not mosaics. They show the full size field of view of the Grasshopper Express 6 megapixel chip used with the f 4.8 Stowaway and Televue 2X powermate.
> > > > >
> > > > > Hope you enjoy them!
> > > > >
> > > > > Alan
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Alan Friedman
> > > > > avertedimagination.com
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
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