DMK Firewire Cameras

[daz]

Have the filters but no wheel

There was an interesting thread by Trevor about IR filters which I must reread!

[Trevor]

Must say thanks’ to Bern @ http://www.modernastronomy.com/ for supplying the camera.

[Trevor]

Well I loaded the software and drivers onto a vista laptop, no problems it all runs ok,

and the Codec’s Y800,RGB24,RGB32 will all run at 60 FPS and load into Registax.

[daz]

Not at all up on the codecs, but I think I just have the Y800.

Are there other/better ones to play with??

[jcm]

Not at all up on the codecs, but I think I just have the Y800.

Are there other/better ones to play with??

I think the others are for the colour cameras. I use the Y800 with my mono camera.

John

[daz]

Ah, OK. Y800 it is then!!

[Trevor]

I have the Mono Dmk too, just run a test and used a lighting mast at the harbour about 2 miles away the focus is Rubbish because of the heat haze but the Codec’s mentioned above all work ok, cant see any difference between them, probably best to stick with the Y800 for a comparison of results from other users.

[jcm]

I have the Mono Dmk too, just run a test and used a lighting mast at the harbour about 2 miles away the focus is Rubbish because of the heat haze but the Codec’s mentioned above all work ok, cant see any difference between them, probably best to stick with the Y800 for a comparison of results from other users.

I you tried stacking in Registax? I know some codecs will not stack in this program but the Y800 definitely does.

John

[Trevor]

Hi John

Y800 RGB24 and 32 stacked ok in Registax.

This is on a Vista laptop.

Trev.

[Trevor]

Been playing around with the DMK, one thing I have noticed is that at a frame rate above 30 fps if I download the avi to a memory stick and transfer to another computer the image quality really suffers when processed in Registax, any ideas why?

Both are running Vista.

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

I'd guess that the memory stick isn't fast enough. Does it work OK if you save to the HDD?

Kaptain Klevtsov

[Trevor]

KK

Yes it works fine saving to HDD, I wasn’t aware that memory sticks had different download speeds will have to look into that.

At the moment I am using a stick labelled “disgo”

Trev.

[GazOC]

You shouldn't save straight to the memory stick, they are nowhere near fast enough.

[Trevor]

Sorry should have made it a bit clearer, I am saving to HDD on the laptop then transferring the avi to a memory stick to put on another computer.

Trev.

[GazOC]

Sorry should have made it a bit clearer, I am saving to HDD on the laptop then transferring the avi to a memory stick to put on another computer.

Trev.

Ah, sorry!

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

Sorry should have made it a bit clearer, I am saving to HDD on the laptop then transferring the avi to a memory stick to put on another computer.

Trev.

Well then thats just plain wierd. Either there is some corruption going on putting it onto the stick, or it happens getting it off the stick. I thought, like Gaz, that you were saving direct to the stick. If stuff gets mangled in the transfer by memory stick, its something else going on.

Kaptain Klevtsov

[daz]

Trev

Have you tried zipping it and transferring?

[Trevor]

I got another memory stick and it works ok now, the other one must be duff, but it works fine with photos and word documents.

What a good idea saving the avi to zip that should save some space.

[daz]