Best Webcam for planetary imaging?

[rob1]

anyone recommend the best webcam to buy to have a go at some planetary imaging? ive heard the xbox cams dont give that good of an image

thanks

rob.

[ilove1995]

Hi Rob,

The Philips SPC900 in my opinion is still the best webcam you can get for planetary imaging despite it only being available second hand. You can sometimes find a relatively cheap one for £40 or £50 on Astrobuysell and occasionally they come up on the SGL classifieds. Anything better and your looking at spending a few hundred pounds.

Al

[Astrosurf]

Someone on another thread also suggested the Phillips Toucam pro 2, Logitech Quickcam 4000 or Xbox webcam. I use the Phillips which I agree is brilliant. I wasn't overly impressed with the Xbox but then I think I did a rough job on modding! Others find it fine as a starter webcam as it's cheap. I can't speak for the others. If you want to try the Xbox, here's a modding link:

You can find modding tutorials on the web too.

Alexxx

[Grotemobile]

http://www.opticstar.com/Run/Astronomy/Astro-Imagers-Opticstar.asp?p=0_10_0_50_101

Phillips Toucam pro 2,is what i have got.

The trouble it is USB, 1 so the down load

speed is slow.You might be better off with this.

Steve.

[Astrosurf]

It'll be interesting to see what other people think of this too. I'll keep an eye on the comments!

[knobby]

There's a bunch of SPC 900s on eBay at the mo... Last one went for £40.

Seems a bit strange though, almost like someone's found a bunch of old unopened stock and not realised what a gem they had

Probably sitting there now in a state of shock wondering why all these 'old webcams' are selling like hotcakes ?

Or....... Scam maybe?

[riklaunim]

You can also pick this: http://cgi.ebay.pl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290917719959&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:PL:1123 - better than a typical webcam.