Would my 3CCD video cam be better than a TuCam?

[toc (Tim)]

I have a older Sony 3CCD camera - the TRV900. Would this be a better planetary imaging device than say a Tucam? I am really stuggling to get useable results from my old Logitech QuickCam...

[ving (David)]

i have seen some reasonable shots from quickcams... you looked for tutorials?

[davidpretorius]

hey tic toc,

what have you tried to image and with what setup ie barlow?

got any images you could post for us to have a look at?

the toucam is more senstive than the others cams, and i haven't seen enough video cams to be abe to advise if they are better than the toucam.

[ving (David)]

check this out if you havent already.
http://www.qcuiag.co.uk/

[anthony2302749]

Hi Toc

Were practicably neighbors, I could help out .

Anthony

[toc (Tim)]

Originally Posted by davidpretorius

hey tic toc,

what have you tried to image and with what setup ie barlow?

got any images you could post for us to have a look at?

the toucam is more senstive than the others cams, and i haven't seen enough video cams to be abe to advise if they are better than the toucam.

I think my issues are twofold - firstly with my current mount I am finding it a really hard and extremely frustrating (i.e lots of swearing and cursing) to actually get the object to hit the CCD, and that is on an Unbarlowed C8. If I had a 5x powermate, it would be almost impossible.

Secondly, the times I have actually had something to process in registax, the end result always seems to be very smeared.

Since I am sick with the flu, I guess I can get stuck into some tutorials

[toc (Tim)]

Originally Posted by anthony2302749

Hi Toc

Were practicably neighbors, I could help out .

Anthony

Thanks

I will take you up on that offer, when I get a replacement autostar controller, cause I killed the LCD screen last light

Also my backyard is so messy its kind of embarrassing Im getting a mini skip in to clean it up.