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Originally Posted by iceman
Hey Anthony! Thanks for an update, been missing your images!
What's better about that camera, when compared to the Luminera, which seems to be the camera of choice at the moment (for a price, of course)?
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I'm after a firewire camera so I can use it under Linux, so that pretty much rules out usb2 cameras like the Lumenera. I already have a bunch of software that works with my current firewire camera and it should also work with the new camera.
The firewire cameras are all directly programmable, so I can make it sit up and beg by programming the registers on the camera, but all the usb2 cameras are proprietary and not directly accessible to programmers like me.
Technically I'd expect the Dragonfly Express to be pretty much on a par with the Lumenera, maybe a bit more sensitive but not by a lot. It's also a lot lighter - only about 50g compared to the 300g or so for a Lumenera camera.
On the other hand the Lumenera camera is a lot cheaper :-)
regards, Bird