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Old 09-08-2010, 12:09 AM
ScopesNC (Jim)
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Originally Posted by ballaratdragons View Post
Went into the Canadian Foymount Star Party broadcast.

Nice guys. Had a good long chat with some of them (and you too Jim )

Was interesting watching 'live' as they set up their solar imaging gear then showed us the Prominences!
Pity I couldn't talk Rock Mallin into donating one of his Mallicams to me

Was a great broadcast

I spent last night mucking around trying to get my Toucam to broadcast properly but the quality really let me down. The images were crap
Seeing as I can't afford to get a Mallincam I might have to keep an eye out for a cheap 2nd hand Gstar-ex.
The main thing is your there and using the site. I'm sure for now that webcam can do planets and brighter sky objects. It all happens in smaller steps for a lot of us. Keep an eye out on the used equipment sites you never know what might show up. The CN folks talk a lot about the camera
samsung SDC 435 on sale for $142 at Spytown.com I have seen it work really well. Does 8 seconds and for the money is a nice alternative to the higher end cameras.
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