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Post by davy on May 4, 2015 14:22:18 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2015 15:03:09 GMT
It may be usable for lunar davy but forget anything else. Min illumination 0.1 at F1.2 in low light mode says it all.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2015 15:41:30 GMT
That's a 4K resolution camera. The Mallincam Universe full resolution images need to be displayed on a 4K or Ultra High Definition monitor to be viewed properly. A 4k monitor is the next thing on my observatory wish list. I think we will all be viewing at that resolution eventually but it will take quite a while before that standard becomes the standard. You have to see the full resolution Universe images compared to the lower resolution videos. 4K will be the same when compared with HDTV resolution. If today's image resolution is eye candy I think we will have to come up with a whole new term for 4K.
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Post by davy on May 4, 2015 18:41:13 GMT
Just checking to see if folk still post here lol. . ive been searching the internet for new cameras and im struggling..i watched simon from niarobi on nsn and he was using a board cam from security 2000 we banned sense up to 256 , he had it on a x2 barlow on a celestron 8"...best view of saturn ive seen $25.. So where does va go from here on a budget. I see mallincam releasing a new camera and rumour is its pricey. Avs still in limbo with the apu1 What's everyone's thoughts on cameras and direction for budget av are we stuck on analouge camera's. .so what about ip cameras..hd cameras..usb board cameras.
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Post by davy on May 4, 2015 19:03:59 GMT
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Post by davy on May 4, 2015 19:21:11 GMT
internals of the ln300 I believe
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2015 19:24:36 GMT
I think I would rather have a box cam than a board cam, just for easy of use. I wouldn't know how to build a board cam into a housing so that it could be used on a scope. Some decent offerings can be found at rfconcepts.
The new Mallincam Sky-Raider is based on the same sensor as the Lodestar X2, so I would expect it to be sensitive and with the same resolution. Rock has worked some voodoo on it to make it more like a va cam and boasts 2hr exposures. (like you would ever need it. 2 minutes would be more than enough) Price wise, its not bad if you live in the states, but with shipping and duty, it may kill it for for the UK market. You could get a Watec 910HX cheaper and I think it even has the same sensor.
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Post by Dragon Man on May 5, 2015 7:47:39 GMT
Yeah Davy, about the lack of posts lately. I think it has a lot to do with the weather still. Not much happening with the sky so not a lot to report.I notice SGL is almost as quiet.
No matter how many fancy cameras they come out with for the USB people, I will still stick with the Composite/Analogue combination. 1. Can run cables as long as I want without having to worry about USB Booster connections or wireless over two separate PC's. 2. Can watch direct on a TV or Monitor without the need of a PC. In fact I can plug in 2 or 20 TV's if I want, directly to the camera. Great for outreach. Some say USB is better because it's just 1 cable to plug in. But it's nowhere near as versatile as Composite. I'm happy to plug in 3 cables rather than 1. It's not like it's hard work or time consuming. It's just 3 cables (without a PC it's only 2 cables) so I don't know why some people put down Composite by using the old excuse that USB is only 1 cable. 'If' or 'When' composite HD cameras work for Deep Sky I'll have one. But until then I'll keep going with what I have, in composite Tell me how plugging in 3 cables is difficult. Here's a video of me setting up: www.flickr.com/photos/ken_james/16555435734/
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2015 11:26:32 GMT
I never thought I would agree with your view Ken, but I do. Composite is not any more difficult than usb and with composite you get to see the better view on a tv screen. The digitalised view on a pc screen does not compare with what I see on my tv.
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Post by Dragon Man on May 5, 2015 12:03:54 GMT
I never thought I would agree with your view Ken, but I do. Composite is not any more difficult than usb and with composite you get to see the better view on a tv screen. The digitalised view on a pc screen does not compare with what I see on my tv. well, that's encouraging
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Post by davy on May 5, 2015 13:25:43 GMT
Hi allen .. the board cam has optional cable that has power lead,composite and an osd switch.I was thinking a wider casing and a big cooling fan ..job done.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2015 18:32:17 GMT
Actually I agree with an awful lot of your views Ken, but a couple of years ago I was a usb only guy and never thought I would prefer composite. USB cameras still have a place in my camera arsenal, especially for solar and Lunar, but for DSO its analogue cameras all the way.
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Post by johnno on May 5, 2015 20:38:52 GMT
I'm turning my little inova camera into a finder just ordered today the adapter from Modern astronomy so it will screw into the end of my SW 9 x50 finder scope.
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Post by Rick in NWArk on May 7, 2015 13:27:09 GMT
I like having both, honestly. And I like leveraging both at the same time on occasion.
At some point, cameras will have an HDMI out instead of the BNC / S-Video. I wouldn't be surprised to see that from Rock first.
At the end of the day, HD/4k output is as only as good as the captured data (or quality of the upscale). Low lux makes it hard to get that.
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