I decided after seeing all the posts relating to imaging that it was time to bite the bullet and get one of these cameras. Maybe I might have been a little premature as I already have an Ibot firewire webcam and my laptop has firewire built in to it. For those who dont know what a Ibot webcam looks like, I think the best description is a bit like an eye on steroids. So people, I am going to need some assistance in getting this imaging thing going, obviously as RumplesR lives closest to me, I might see what he can do once his back is on the improve. Paul I can sympathise with you on this, I did something major to my back doing "weights" when I was young and stupid, and ended up in traction..that was fun I can tell you. It still goes "ape" every so often. Word to the wise, look after your backs!!
Any assistance much appreciated people.
BTW I picked the Toucam up from Matthew Lovel at Astronomy.com (he is the guy that pointed me to this forum). He says that there is an upgrade (hardware) that he does to the Toucam to enable it to take DSO long time exposures. New to me with the toucam, but I reckon the knowledgable people here already know of it.
PS. Matthew mentioned he also adds an IR filter to the Toucam, it just screws into the "eyepiece" adapter.
Any comment on this as well guys??
I suppose this post should have been in the photography area, sorry about that..