Philips SPC880NC is now.......

[pritc]

Just flashed my two.

Took a couple of minutes with Russ's step by step guide.

Thanks a lot Russ.

Now to try the SC1 long exposure mod.....

Wayne

[Earl]

If thats the soldering one....

i have never been good at soldering... mutter mutter i wonder if i can fry a few LOL

[pritc]

If thats the soldering one....

i have never been good at soldering... mutter mutter i wonder if i can fry a few LOL

Yes.

I have had an original Philips SPC900NC for a while,that I use for planetary/moon imaging.

So for £5, I ordered a couple to experiment on!!!

If I can mod the first to SD1,the second I will try the amp off mod.

Fingers crossed.

Wayne

[johnkirkpatrick]

Great help this thread as i'm getting one.. ( wanted it in my subscription list lol)

[Demon Barber]

Hi All ,can anyone tell me whats needed to connect webcam/wayne`s adaptor to a telephoto lens? Can you buy an adaptor or are these one off`s

Regards

Mike

[Beulah]

i have never been good at soldering... mutter mutter i wonder if i can fry a few LOL

I'm a bit "handy" with stuff.....is it a complicated task undertaking a long exposure mod?

Edited September 20, 2010 by Beulah

[red dwalf]

not to hard if you understand the layout of a board, there`s plenty of diagrams if you google search the mod your after, but for me, i couldn`t understand the instructions at all.

[Merlin66]

Mogg adaptors are available to allow the webcam to be used with a camera lens. I made one from an old x2 camera convertor body. Just watch the back focus requirements v's the length of the nosepiece...I had to cut the nosepiece back to around 22mm length.

Ken

[themos]

I connect my M42 lenses to the webcam by using an M42-to-T-Thread adapter and a T-thread eyepiece holder.

By the way, is enamelled copper wire the thing to use for the LX mod? What diameter should I buy?

[geppetto]

By the way, is enamelled copper wire the thing to use for the LX mod?

Nope, much better to use insulated wire... good source is a meter say of phone extension wire as it has many cores and each core has different colours....

Some mod pictures here that I posted a while back...

http://stargazerslounge.com/astro-lounge/114129-pictures-taken-during-some-lx-mono-mods.html

[Jake Bullit]

Ordered 3 which arrived today.Just flashed the first one,took a bit longer than expected as I hadn`t downloaded the .bin file,after that `twas easy.

Works with sharpcap to on my works XP desktop.

What should I use filter wise(scope in sig)?

[haitch]

Just got round to finishing testing my 4 cams.

Out of the 4 I have one with several stuck pixels (incidentally that is the one that came for a now banned member), 2 with more minor hot pixels (well off axis and only show at extreme frame levels / gain etc in a dark environment) and 1 where I cannot detect any hot pixels.

I intend to use one for planetary and mod 1 for deep sky. I know I can use dark frames to remove the effect of the hot pixels but for which use will I see more benefit from less evident hot pixels? I'm guessing deep sky due to the added factor of long exposure but I'd be grateful for any advice.

[rwg]

Might be of interest to some of you - SharpCap 1.0.12 with SPC900 support is now released - details over on the SharpCap thread in the Observing Discussion forum.

Robin

[simon84]

Excellent news Robin, I will have a look at that.

[LeeW]

Hi alll

Getting this message when clicking the binaries tab,

Run time error '-2147024770 (8007007e)

Automation error

The specified module could not be found

Any ideas please?

[wayne weedon]

Lee. Do you have the .NET extras installed. I'm quite sure sharpcap requires them.

Wayne....

[Photosbykev]

my homebrew adaptor to couple the SPC880 to the back of Canon EF mount lens

SPC880 webcam and the moon | PhotosbyKev

I used the FLO webcam adaptor and machined up an aluminium mount to convert from the 1.25" nose piece to the Canon rear dust cap. works a treat for reference the back focus distance on Canon EF lens is 44-45mm.

[Merlin66]

Kev,

The backfocus for the Canon is exactly 44mm.

[Photosbykev]

Kev,

The backfocus for the Canon is exactly 44mm.

give or take a bit It was only a nominal value Merlin as the nosepiece adjustment will cater for a lot more than a couple of mm's.

[LeeW]

Hi alll

Getting this message when clicking the binaries tab,

Run time error '-2147024770 (8007007e)

Automation error

The specified module could not be found

Any ideas please?

Sorted, tried it on a different pc and worked fine . Original was media centre edition, don't know if that affected it.

[red dwalf]

wow !

flashed mine tonight, took me 2 hours, i hate computers and tech stuff !

didn`t realise that i needed to have the camera running i.e. taking images so when i ran the WCRMAC program it kept coming up with a weard message

anyway up and running now, thanks Russ ! i definatly couldn`t have done it if i couldn`t see you pictures.

[adamsp123]

I've flashed mine using russ post - thanks and all seems good. Noticed price of cam has gone up on morgans WS

[Beulah]

I've flashed mine using russ post - thanks and all seems good. Noticed price of cam has gone up on morgans WS

They're starting to run out of stock....

[yesyes]

I guess it's a matter of supply and demand. They probably had no idea that us astronomers would bulk-buy.

It is now more than twice as expensive as when I bought my 5... ;-)

[jimness]

Eek, now is there an advantage to me getting one of these if I'm quick enough? I have a Neximage which I've modded to use Raw colour mode - is that basically exactly the same as the SPC880? Or is the chip slightly different? All these numbers confuse me...