DMK has arrived

[matt]

Well...

I am very happy.

My DMK 21AF04.AS arrived this morning before I headed off to work.

Gonna be hard to concentrate today knowing it's at home waiting to be used with the 9.25 tonight:D

Will have to zip off and buy a Belkin hub and 6-6 pin firewire cable this arvo.

Here I go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D:D

[Striker]

The Work place agreement allows staff to take 3 days off a year for new camera arrivals.

Its called "preperations days"

[Ric]

Good stuff Matt, you could have claimed paternity leave for your new arrival.:rofl: I had two days off when the 12" arrived
I'll be looking forward to seeing the images it produces.

Cheers

[[1ponders]]

Ahhhh Grasshopper. The learning begins now, it does. :D

EExxcelllleeent!

[Dennis]

That's great news Matt. FWIW, I use a 4.5m long 6 pin to 6 pin cable from my PCMCIA card (powered by a 12VDC 1.0A mains adapter) and on the 3 occasions I have used it (thanks to the Qld weather) it has worked flawlessly.

Cheers

Dennis

[iceman]

Excellent! Look forward to first light.

[Ric]

I was thinking Matt, It was such a clear day here :lol: :D
It must be a long slow day for you today.

Cheers

[h0ughy]

well sounds like another happy camper and more rain.......congrats

[matt]

Cheers guys.

Got the hub and cables sorted.

Have installed drivers and capture software.

Have fired the camera up and the good news is everything appears to work well:)

But I'm super cheesed off. There's dust and crap all over the chip:mad2::mad2:

Not what I expected from a brand new camera, Telescopes-Astronomy!!!

So guys. Any advice on how to clean a CCD chip would be very much appreciated.

Apart from using a bulb blower, I've never actually cleaned a CCD chip before:(

[Phil]

i would send it back instead of cleaning the chip.
Phil