Pain In The Neck Camera Relief.....

[Mav359]

In October g0ibi posted what can only be described as the greatest invention since the wheel.....

http://stargazerslounge.com/diy-astronomer/158409-fed-up-off-mucky-knees-using-polar-scope.html

The reason i am so in love with this is because this morning i woke up with such a bad pain in my neck that i thought about going to the doc's.......

I'm doing this... but the 900's are (if you can find one) silly money and bearing in mind all i want it for is a Polar Axis camera would its little bro do the same job?

Philips SPC 200NC Webcam: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

Top post g0ib, I believe i may in fact now owe you my life lol

:hello2:

[JKB]

Have you tried Morgan computers?

Buy Philips SPC880 webcam (Not pre flashed) at Morgan Computers

£14 for the 880 easy to flash to 900

Cheers

Jamie

[Mav359]

Superb, i hope they get them back into stock though.

[DIYASTRO]

SPC200 is CMOS sensor only 30 fps Min Illum. 10 Lux and only 24bit colour

Resolution QVGA Interpolated Snapshot QVGA

SPC900 is CCD sensor 90fps Min Illum. 1 Lux 64 Bit colour Resolution VGA Interpolated Snapshot 1.3 Mp

Boyd

[Gina]

Resolution of SPC200 is less than VGA -

Max. video resolution CIF (352 x 288)

[Reggie]

spc880nc or 900nc don't do 90fps, it would be fantastic if they did but I can't see it. They're a vga resolution, running on usb1 (they're usb2.0 compatible but it actually runs the data at usb 1.1 speeds).

[Gina]

Yes, 10fps is the maximum without severe compression. As for alternatives, the MS LifeCam HD Cinema webcam is only slightly less sensitive (than the unmodded SPC900NC) but has half the pixel size and a bigger chip. This gives 1280x800 maximum resolution.

[Mav359]

I think im going to have to go with one of those, I spoke with morgan and they dont think they are getting the 880's back in & i cant find another source for them.

[daf1999]

I just ordered one from Sherwoods if that's any help - they have them in stock

Philips Astro Cam - A geat way to get into Astro Imaging