Bonjour Roland! The power down usual manner would be to turn off the TEC (Thermoelectric cooler) first and wait a few minutes. Since the MallinCam is a mild...
Hi. Just bought a Compaq/HP Presario Notebook PC with MS Vista,dual core pentium, 3 gig mem and 160 gig hd,webcam, wireless capable and 17 in monitor. Man at...
I use TheSky6 and setup some field of view indicators for the Mallincam. My understanding is the PAL chip size is 7.4mm x 5.95 mm (768 x 494 pixels). I also...
Tom, Terrell Jones from the Clayton Junior High School has already contacted me and I furnished him with an invoice for a camera and accessories. He is on the...
I was having an issue last night with my MallinCam Hyper plus dropping frames. The accumulated image would appear then disapper and the screen would be dark....
Planning on going Live tonight 22:00 GMT(0) Check on www.skychannels.org to which channels i'll be broadcasting on. PS. I'll try to broadcast maximum quality...
Folks ... and Michael and Rock Change of plans here at home ! Michele and I will be in town for the Video Star Party so I can attend - I will be there !! Simon...
Hi Gerald, My apology for a late reply. Color images are far more attractive. Don't be deceived on what you read elsewhere. I have seen color galaxies many...
Simon, This is great news!! I was at Foymount last weekend to check the site and we can actually go observe now. The lake we had at the entrance is now taken...
Thanks, Rock. I'm on the wait list for a color model, so now it's up to you! Gerald ... seen ... excellent ... mail ... if ... black ... compensate ... ...
Someone suggested using a diagonal with the MFR4. I tried that and it makes no difference to the FOV, as you would expect I guess. Can anyone tell me whether...
I will want to compare the views with and without the MFR-3, 10mm spacer, etc. Do I have to disconnect the power from the Mallincam every time I remove it from...
dvb... make sure the camera is in the 2 seconds mode or 128X before changing anything at the front the camera. Give the proper time to have the 128X to build...
If anyone has a pic of Saturn taken with a 6 - 8" scope with the MC Hyper Color, please send to me or post or tell me what album it is in. I spent last night...
Rock I'll try that as soon as I get a chance. I should be able to achieve F3 without any spacers, shouldn't I? I thought I read that with the 5mm spacer it...
30 minute sketch of the Twins (NGC 4567 and 4568) using MCHC on 28 second integration time/AGC at 40%, Red one down/blue one up, Sanyo Monitor for study, and...
You aren't missing anything. There have been many discussions about the MallinCam being great for DSO's but sort of poor for planetary detail. A cheap ToUCam...
Wow, 2 perfect Saturdays at TDS, SDAA's dark site. I reported on last weeks great Saturday and couldn't believe it when we got another one last night. Got home...
Planets, Keep in mind that a planet image is usually composed of 3000+ frames coadded and processed with a webcam that has much smaller pixels size. Mallincam...
Roland, Very nice. I describe this pair as the "P" and "The Fan" because of the shapes as seen on the monitor. And it is still 48F in your area of the ...
All, After a long day of work I decided to try my 10" before Astronomy Day coming on May 10 2008. I captured an image of NGC4567-4568 and LEDA 169627 from...
I have been experimenting with the views on the monitor vs the views on a lap top monitor. I find that views on a monitor are far superior to the images on...
Fred, I am using an Archos 605 WiFi to capture and record to .avi format...I record the whole session and then split the files into target segments. I then...
Hi All I am disappointed in the video quality I am getting remotely. I am using Rock's USB Video grabber in S-Video Mode. I have tried feeding it to U-Stream,...
Fred, I have been experimenting with this myself lately. I use the following settings on my laptop capture device and AMCAP. I put the contrast to 50~60 and...
Hello All: Question for the gurus. I would like to automate focus since we know that computer-generated focus is usually far better than manual and can be...
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