Yes, I realise that theses are superior cameras and have a price tag to match.
The prices are reasonable however compared to many others.
I was merely pointing out the fact that this Microsoft webcam has a new generation of CMOS device that may produce some surprising results.
Curiously, the 900NC was canned as a quality webacm in the professional reviews
.................. they were not impressed........apparently
The Logitech pro 9000 killed it in most areas(especially low light performance
).
The VX 5000 was mentioned to be every bit as good image quality and low light performance wise to the MUCH more expensive Logitech
I guess that in the end, fantastic images can be obtained from webcams just as easily as the more costly astro cameras providing the seeing, equipment, collimation etc. are up to it.............eh?