Shevill, Roland, CRT are unbeatable to reflect the true image given by any video ccd camera for astronomy. The internal phosphor of a CRT can't be matched by a...
Hi Rock, Interestingly, my best CRT monitors are Sony Trinitron, 3 of them are 14" fine pitch broadcast colour monitors I bought cheap when the ABC went...
Hi Shevill, I'm sure technology will prevail soon and replace those old CRTs. For the time being, I simply want the most for my observation and a CRT fits the...
Rock, I concur with your assessment of the inability of an LCD to properly show the output of the MallinCam properly. I just spent 2 hours at Best Buy,...
Gavin, Great images! Keep them coming - especially the stuff us in the Northern Hemisphere can't see. Jack Jack Huerkamp 38388 Pine Street Pearl River, LA...
Hello all. I'm new to this group and to astronomy in general. I must say that I'm quite fascinated with this Mallincam technology. I live 10 miles west of...
I am in a light polluted area, suburbs of Denver, and love the quality of the images of the Hyper Color. Would not trade it. Richard ... I ... some ... let ...
I hooked up my new Speco 9" and a Sharp HD monitor. While observing M42, the difference was day and night. The Speco displayed the details and a great range...
John, Thanks for the link to the California Nebula picture. I will have to try using my 70-210 lens aon it at Kisatchie this week. Jack ... [Non-text portions...
I've bumped the red setting down one notch, took a little more care adjusting the video converter settings and have posted new images in my photo album. I do...
Gavin, The glow in the upper left is amp glow. To reduce it, you need to lower the AGC (gain). I will look at the other photos and reply further later. Jack ...
thank you My hope is to chase down large faint nebula I got the orion bubble which is quite faint and from NY suburbs! large scope do not help for most of...
Gavin, Your images are excellent! The upper left corner glow is caused by the internal ccd amplifier causing electro luminescence during long exposures. On the...
Hi Rich, Welcome to the group. Selecting the right camera is a tough decision indeed! I use both. I live where I observe / image downtown Ottawa Canada...
Rock, Thank you for the information. I did some poking around on your website and found some pictures on the following link that might sway me in favor of the...
Hi Jack It's not a big issue but I will try lowering the gain to see what it looks like. Thanks Gavin ... lower the AGC (gain). I will look at the other...
Hi Rock Thanks for your detailed explanations. I shall try lowering the gain a little. My intention is to record what I see on the monitor so, for me...
Richard, I have not done this comparison. Hopefully someone else in the group can sassiest you. Jack Jack Huerkamp 38388 Pine Street Pearl River, LA...
I have not either. However, the SPECO quality is as good as it gets. I don't believe you can do better until you go the 1K+ range. Richard K ... From: Jack...
it was tuff tonight thin layer of clouds drove me nuts I can do better but none the less here is holmes and california mallincam 14 sec f1.8 nahg filter ...
Hi everyone, I just received an e-mail from Jack informing me that my camera is ready for delivery . Only one problem though, Jack informs me that the MFR-3...
Hi Jack, I got your e-mail informing me that you have taken delivery of my Mallincam. I have been trying to e-mail you but your provider keeps rejecting my...
Hi Matt, I am responsible for the MFR-3 unit not being finished. I was concentrating on getting the first batch of 4 batches of camera out. I will make a...
Matt, I received this e-mail without a problem. When I get home tonight, I will check into the SPAM issue. Jack ... [Non-text portions of this message have...
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