GStar EX/2

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Originally Posted by Poita

I agree the Mallincam site doesn't do them any favours. I think the whole area of Video Astronomy is misunderstood.

I'd love it if Ken would write an article we could put here, and maybe on the Mallincam site as well!

Several of us have told Rock Mallin that he needs to update his site

His excuse is that he is too busy building cameras for peoples orders and testing new model cameras that he hasn't got time to fix his website.
I would've thought that the website should be done before making any more cameras as it would help sell the cameras you are trying to make.

Peter, as far as me writing an article, I don't know enough about the whole AstroVideo side of Astronomy, and there are many articles already written, and 2 books that I know of on Video Astronomy.
Here's one: http://www.springer.com/astronomy/as...-0-387-87611-5
The only disadvantage I see with this book is that it doesn't include the newer cameras on the market like the Orion StarShoot AstroVideo Camera or any of the Mallincams.
And there is also growing popularity of the Samsung CCTV security cameras, modifying them, and remotely controlling them. It's almost an industry in itself. But the book does have a great deal of good information.
The best places for info and answers is in the Yahoo Groups (Video Astronomy, Mallincam, Gstar-Ex, QCUIAG, SDC-435club, etc) and the Cloudy Nights forum section on Video Astronomy.

I must apologise at this point. I have only just realised that this thread is in the 'Beginners Astrophotography' section, but my posts have been a bit more than Beginners info.
All a bit mind-boggling for beginners to come in and cop a lot of technical hoo-hah!

[Grimmeister (Anthony)]

Originally Posted by ballaratdragons

I must apologise at this point. I have only just realised that this thread is in the 'Beginners Astrophotography' section, but my posts have been a bit more than Beginners info.
All a bit mind-boggling for beginners to come in and cop a lot of technical hoo-hah!

Hi Ken,

Despite being a begginer I appreciate the effort made to differenciate the products and their capabilities. Having people (such as yourself) with a sound understanding and solid facts about them helps us learn and make the right choice the first time. This was afterall the purpose of me asking the question .

While I like the idea of buying a Mallincam I fear they may be out of my budget but will have a good hard think about saving the extra $$$$

I will also think long and hard about getting the colour camera, after seeing your video on youtube that has inspired me and confirmed my decision to buy a camera of this style. Now to chose which one LOL.

Cheers and thanks again for all the info.

Anthony