[wasyoungonce (Brendan)]

Originally Posted by robz

Here is what has made me think a bit laterally on astro cams :

http://www.pmdo.com/wovt.htm

Yeah..but tha'ts a modified & cooled webcam. Obviously these guys are very cleaver in modifying these but the SPC900NC, straight from the box, with nose piece & UV/IR filter gives very good images for the price. We are mainly talking planetary use here.

But without these guys trying them out we would never know if they were good for astro work so I humbly bow down to them.

I know there are users who have obtained great DSO images with Web cams but IMHO due to their pixel size and chip size they are better suited to planetry.

I still vote for the SPC900NC.

Edit:

If I had the mulla...then no doubt I'd be using a DMK cam..but I don't so SPC900NC for me! I'm happy with mine.