Rihard Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Hello folks, few days ago I've modded my xbox 360 webcam as per Cliff's instructions. Yesterday the seeing was pretty good so I went to the country side with my Explorer 200P, my MacBook Pro and the modded camera. I took some shots of the moon through Photobooth (I just freshly installed the operating system on my mac so I had no other software). The webcam works out of the box on mac without the need of drivers or setup.I'm pleased with the results as these are not stacked images, they were just "point and shot" The camera seems not bad at all to me. I have to try registax on windows as Saturn and Mars were overexposed on photobooth.Clear skies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
si@nite Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 It performs well, great detailed shots. SIMON. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightfisher Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 very good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sologuitarist61 Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Nice shots indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manofscience Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 TzuiRiky - What did you use to capture this with? Ive just bought the xbox cam and have a macbook running Lion.....I've got the camera to work in photobooth, but there are no options to change frame rate or anything like that so Im giving up with it....Ive tried using imovie (as I assume it would have more options) but it keeps telling me i can only capture from the built in isight camera - it's not recognising the xbox one, which is obviously wrong as photobooth is recognising itIs there any other software for mac I can use to capture effectively? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rihard Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 TzuiRiky - What did you use to capture this with? Ive just bought the xbox cam and have a macbook running Lion.....I've got the camera to work in photobooth, but there are no options to change frame rate or anything like that so Im giving up with it....Ive tried using imovie (as I assume it would have more options) but it keeps telling me i can only capture from the built in isight camera - it's not recognising the xbox one, which is obviously wrong as photobooth is recognising itIs there any other software for mac I can use to capture effectively?Hey manofscience These are single snapshots taken with photo booth I've only tweaked some levels with Preview I've also taken some videos, no need to change the FPS or Exposure, they would still be good for stacking. If you need to tweak (or block) the exposure, you may download the software "iGlasses" that will control most cameras supported by the mac. I've also tried Sharpcap, that is running on Windows XP through Parallels. It works like a charm, but some cameras do not show all the options (including the FPS and other settings) if running through the virtualization software like parallels. Or at least, it didn't show them with the XBox cam. Have you modded your cam already? Have you tried to simply take snapshots of the moon or something else, or to record a MOV video and then stack it through Lynkeos? It works pretty well.Let me know Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manofscience Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Hey manofscience These are single snapshots taken with photo booth I've only tweaked some levels with Preview I've also taken some videos, no need to change the FPS or Exposure, they would still be good for stacking. If you need to tweak (or block) the exposure, you may download the software "iGlasses" that will control most cameras supported by the mac. I've also tried Sharpcap, that is running on Windows XP through Parallels. It works like a charm, but some cameras do not show all the options (including the FPS and other settings) if running through the virtualization software like parallels. Or at least, it didn't show them with the XBox cam. Have you modded your cam already? Have you tried to simply take snapshots of the moon or something else, or to record a MOV video and then stack it through Lynkeos? It works pretty well.Let me know CheersThanks for getting back to me!Yes, have JUST finished modding it - was about to post in the Xbox mod thread as Ive taken apart an old eyepiece and used that as the body instead of the plumbing pipe - Im pretty pleased with it As Ive only just finished it, of course, there are clouds outside! I didnt realise they wern't stacked, thats pretty impressive for single shots!Im pretty loathe to introduce windows to my machine - only because i was a skinflint and didnt get a huge internal HD - and I use this laptop for a lot of other work. If anything I might just invest in a cheap windows machine eventually.I'll get the cam out when the moons next up at a decent time and see how I get on. Thanks for the advice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pajr777 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Wow great shots. I have the Xbox live cam and a soldering iron in an Amazon box in the back of my car, I really should get on with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rihard Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 Wow great shots. I have the Xbox live cam and a soldering iron in an Amazon box in the back of my car, I really should get on with it Thanks. I did "Art Attack" style. Scissors, knife, a recycled plastic barrel and strong glue I didn't even have a screwdriver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rihard Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 Thanks for getting back to me!Yes, have JUST finished modding it - was about to post in the Xbox mod thread as Ive taken apart an old eyepiece and used that as the body instead of the plumbing pipe - Im pretty pleased with it As Ive only just finished it, of course, there are clouds outside! I didnt realise they wern't stacked, thats pretty impressive for single shots!Im pretty loathe to introduce windows to my machine - only because i was a skinflint and didnt get a huge internal HD - and I use this laptop for a lot of other work. If anything I might just invest in a cheap windows machine eventually.I'll get the cam out when the moons next up at a decent time and see how I get on. Thanks for the advice!You're welcome It was a big effort for me to give some room to Windows next to OS X Lion. I eventually made a small virtual hdd with Parallels and installed Win XP, it doesn't take too much space. I had no use of it so far but you never know. I might also go for a cheap dedicated Windows machine. I was happy too for the results of these single shots, having paid something like £ 3 or 4 for this cam on Amazon . Only problem is that the camera has some kind of automatic exposure control and planets will get way over exposed, and the tool I used "iGlasses" doesn't improve the situation, as it seems to play with the already overexposed and washed out output from the camera, instead of lowering the chip sensitivity or locking the exposure. I forgot to mention that I've tried to tweak the same pictures with Adobe Lightroom 4 and they look even better If you have that software, give it a try when you have the chance to take some pics If I'm not wrong, I was able to control these settings properly using Sharpcap under Windows 7. I'll check that out later. I guess using an old eyepiece barrel looks better then my glued art-attack style result I'm curious to see how it looks like. It seems we're both under clouds attack... southern Ireland is being hit by heavy showers and storms since last night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manofscience Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 This is the chap. Just wish there was a sharpcap alt for mac now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargazing_Cliff Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 TziuRiky awesome images they amazing i'm really glad modding of old xbox cam doing great by lot stargazers infact i just modded myself another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telesto Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Very nice well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargazing_Cliff Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Will test my latest xbox cam and wii cam with moon soon as skies clear mite wait for may's super moon TziuRiky will look forward to more images from your xbox cam Super Moon To Return In May 2012 | Video - YouTube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Hopson Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Great shots, I'd be well chuffed with them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rihard Posted April 22, 2012 Author Share Posted April 22, 2012 Good Job Manofscience Stargazing_Cliff: Thanks for the information! I hope the weather will be merciful and to have some sort of tracking then, so I can even stack images Thanks Chris and Telesto .Clear Skies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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