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JamesF

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My wife has been hassling me about sorting out a summer holiday this year, too :) If western Europe turns out to be as cold this summer as they are predicting, Romania and Bulgaria might look like very nice options...

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Mattscar

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spc 900nc Purchased

Thanks everyone

Where did you get the SPC 900 from? And do you mind if I ask how much? I keep my eye on ebay for them but they only ever go for silly money, although Im getting drawn more and more to them.

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JamesF

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its quiet shock the old supply and demand, these were as low as £4.00 iirc

They were when I bought mine. But as you say that was when they were just thought of as an outdated webcam to be off-loaded cheap and make back a bit of cash on, before people really caught on to how good a planetary camera they were.

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JamesF

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Well, if someone wants to pay £80 for it let them. By the time they've bought an IR filter and nosepiece the total cost will be nearer £120 or even more depending on which filter they buy. That's getting into second hand DFK21 (and other dedicated planetary camera) territory.

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mikehab

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There is of course the other end of the spectrum where (stupid?) people are willing to pay silly money for an SPC900. I was watching this one over the past few days on ebay and it eventually went for £155 !!! Ridiculous...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Long-Exposure-LX-Mod-Philips-SPC-880-900-Astro-Webcam-with-Filter-/271211133414?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&nma=true&si=EMxeJiEIBTs%252BZOEYgzdQeJ83MxM%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

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nightfisher

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I had the spc900, and upgraded to a DMK21 mono for lunar work, i imaged saturn in mono last week and it looks really odd with out colour, wish i had kept my spc now as well as dmk

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LukeSkywatcher

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Interesting to see that nobody has mentioned the Celestron NexImage webcam.

Speaks volumes. Over-priced and a bit of an under-achiever for its price.

Oh i remember the days when the Phillips could be bought for ext to nothing. Then there was a huge demand and the price went skywards overnight. Now you are lucky if you can find one.

Its a bit like the TAL 2X Barlow. Cant find them for love nor money now unless second-hand and anyone who has one doesnt want to sell unless for a good price.

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nightfisher

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If it's mono then you shoot R,G,B +/- some luminance channel. More work, more advanced but the results may be also much better.

sounds like a cop out but never got time to shoot RGB, so tend to stick to lunar, i am very keen on lunar imaging so not a big problem

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