hello Gavin, I have an avermedia hybrid tv card (pcmcia) and it works quite well with my sony vaio laptop except the WDM driver doesn't work with astrosnap. I...
Hello Gavin, My experience using a standard PC LCD monitor to display astro images has been lees than I like, and I have gone back to a CRT monitor and or a...
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I like looking for objects with my MallinCams that tend to push their limits. Finding Hoag's Object in April of 2005 with my B&W PRO DOB was one. All five...
Jack, Thank you for the input on Abell 1. Is there anything else deeper? I love those deep sky targets. The Video Star Party is coming up on August 18-19 2007...
Thanks everyone. I have an old CRT TV gathering dust somewhere so I will compare the image on this with that on my PC's LCD screen. Regards Gavin ... images...
Gavin, My experience with a CRT and a LCD is that you need to tweek the LCD with the contrast and brightness adjusting knobs to match the views on the CRT. You...
Thanks for the tip Henk. ... LCD with the contrast and brightness adjusting knobs to match the views on the CRT. You can totally obscure faint objects on the...
See rolandlinda3 album; last two items; mislabeled as July (it was a long night) but the camera and Tom O's platform performed well so we could study and...
Tonight, I took the 20" ZOC Starmaster out under less than ideal conditions (hazy with almost no definition of the Milky Way) in my suburban driveway with my...
Bob, So I guess focusing on the small screen was not an issue and you were able to easily see and adjust the menu. How close do you have to get to the monitor...
Hi all, I have just posted three photos in my photo gallery (Astroimaging by Tom O) taken with a MallinCam Hyper Plus Color camera through a brand new 25" f4...
Tom, The pics of the Veil and M27 are riveting. That 25" f/4 Spica Eyes sure is taking some very sweet pictures. With Dan's drive system, someone is going to...
OK, Tom, great shots. I'll by your scope for couple thousand. Just kidding...great shots. Go knock the socks off the folks in Oregon and have fun doing it....
Tom, Woah! Now that's impressive! Talk about knocking my socks off... Here's a few questions if you don't mind: I realize that integration was 28 seconds. Is M...
Hi Tom, excellent work, I love your photos. Keep up the good work! JS ... by ... the ... Technologies. ... filling ... to ... up ... declared. ... the...
Awe inspiring, great stuff Tom... Gary Shannon Butler, Pa ... From: Tom Osypowski To: mallincam@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 8:39 PM Subject:...
Hi Rock, Jack, Et al... Opened up the aperature after 57 days straight of rain here...Didn't god wipe out everything after 40 days of rain...He must have...
... off... Here's a few questions if you don't mind: I realize that integration was 28 seconds. Is M 27 a single 28 seconds exposure or coadded of multi 28...
... When using the longer integration times, I too have found that I need to turn down the AGC, or the image comes up too bright and washed out and the...
Rock, I am possibly in the market for an astrovideo camera again and remote control feature is quite important for me. When do you think it will be available?...
Hi TOm, No trick questions here. I would not dare do this to anyone. Just wondering how you got these wonderful images. Here's how the Hyper Mode or ...
Hi Jarek, The wireless system will be available as a upgrade only at this time. It will have a very small compact wireless keypad, built in antenna in the...
Tom, have you done any sensitivity tests with your scope and the different camera settings? The reason I ask is that I have sometimes slightly increased AGC...
Slight correction, Tom. We did the Trifid work at 14 seconds and 1/4 scale AGC on our 12.5 Dob. I checked it at 28 seconds but the image was nearly the same....
... Just ... Mode or ... menu ... imager ... then to ... multiply ... X4 ... happening. ... selected ... this is ... Thanks for that clear explanation, Rock!...
... Just ... Mode or ... menu ... imager ... then to ... multiply ... X4 ... happening. ... selected ... this is ... Thanks for that clear explanation, Rock!...
To, In my experience with the PC Card version of the AverMedia device, if I make adjustments to the brightness, contrast, etc to make the object look best on...
Jack, I did an experiment last night with the AVerTV card that I have, and it turns out I misspoke when I said the saved image is not influenced by the screen...