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Old 31-07-2007, 10:45 PM
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I bought this one as a Ver 1, but it looks like they have sent a Ver 2 as it has the inbuilt mic. The gods have smiled on me, I must be behaving better nowadays (Missus has just reminded me the devil looks after his own)
Just what you need for Astro work. A microphone
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Old 03-08-2007, 11:35 PM
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I have just emailed the company requesting further technical data: Lux rating, Pixel size etc

This is the product: http://agent.liquiddigital.com.au/agentv1.htm
Hmmmm . . . still no reply from them regarding Technical Specs!
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Old 05-08-2007, 10:14 AM
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Just what you need for Astro work. A microphone

Recording the Music of the Sphere's perhaps
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Old 05-08-2007, 10:16 AM
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Still waiting for the rain and clouds to go for a decent test
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Old 05-08-2007, 05:58 PM
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Same here.

I have done extensive research and finally tracked down the company in China that makes the AGENT V1 & V2. Australia is the only country where it is called 'AGENT' which is why it took so long to track them.

Anyway, even the manufacturers don't have specs on their site!!!
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Old 15-08-2007, 12:38 PM
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An update on the Agent webcam.
I've managed to get it apart, slip your fingernails into the joint between the main body and front cover and give it a wriggle as you pull and it slides out.Do it a bit at a time as you also have to push the USB cable into the body otherwise you'll break the fine wires inside. Haven't yet figured out how to get the front cover off safely to remove the lens. Just had a bit of a play around with it in daylight mounted behind the eyepiece on the 60mm by way of a Lumicon adapter. The mounting hole for the supplied stand is a standard camera tripod thread. If nature is kind and the clouds stay away tonight I'll try some shots of Jupiter and bright stars. BTW the camera body is 1mm less in diameter than an 1 1/4" eyepiece, so a piece of 0.5mm (0.020") brass or steel shim wrapped around the body should make it just a neat fit in the focuser when i get around to trying prime focus with the lens removed.
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Old 28-08-2007, 04:55 PM
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Removed the lens and given it a try at prime focus in daylight, going to give it a spin tonight for the eclipse. I did have some difficulty getting focus and had to extend the length of the focuser by taking the lens out of the 2x barlow and using it as an extension tube. Just as well, some little chinese assembly person had left a cover on the lens when screwing it into the body. I wondered why it wouldn't work
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