I just wanted to wish everyone a very happy and prosperous New Year. We were striving to have an updated web site and product availability announcement before...
I wanted to make an announcement to this group that, after many long hours on the development of the Starfish camera, we are ready to release the camera to...
... Wayne, The Starfish uses a monochrome sensor. We did some experiments with the 3.2Mpixel color sensor that you see references to on our web site but the...
Bob, do you have any specifics about the size of sensor and if they are CMOS or CCD and prices? Also, when do you plan on having some for sale? thanks, Wayne...
... Wayne, We don't have anything to announce right now. This is what I can tell you: 1) All of the sensors we are working on right now are larger than the ...
Bob, thank you for the reply. I am interested in getting a high quality camera. I agree that the CMOS is eventually going to replace the CCD. It is great that...
Man I would LOVE to see what might be possible with an astro camera using a Foveon chip. I just hate the idea of throwing away two thirds of the incoming ...
... I agree. I remember a colleague of mine, Rodney Kennedy, saying that " color is mad in the sense that you have light traveling years/ billions of years...
I would like to take this opportunity to invite all of you to the newest astronomy forum/classifieds website brought to you by Adirondack Astronomy, BT...
John, Thanks for sharing this with the group. Bob Piatek fishcamp engineering 105 W. Clark Ave. Orcutt, CA 93455 http://www.fishcamp.com TEL: 805-937-6365 ...
A big advantage to CMOS is the power consumption. Less power drawn means less heat in the camera. The prototype Starfish I've been testing seems to do nearly...
Bob, If I want color for planetary imaging and such, which filter wheel setup would I get for this camera? Just trying to get an idea of which one to get. ...
... Tim, Convenience and ease of use is pretty important for astro- photography. We have a lot to attend to with all of the equipment we use under the stars....
... Wayne, I'm not an expert on filter wheels. I have a Finger Lakes CFW-7 and have built support into the StarLink program for it. That wheel is expensive...
Hi Bob, Nice to see that the camera is available. I repeat my earlier question regarding linux support... Perhaps device drivers from the Mac should work...
Bob, thank you for your replies. I will probally stick with the manual ATIK or Lumicon filters. I had another question. I saw on your website that you had ...
I've been looking for a new guide camera to pick up the slack after selling my SBIG with the remote guide head. The specs on the Starfish look great -...
Shashi, We have intentions of writing drivers for Linux support but, right now, we've got more than enough work to keep us busy. I'm afraid it will be a while...
Wayne, We did our original testing with the MT9T001 and had some good results but the sensitivity was not what we expected. The pixel wells were only 3.2u and...
Mike, The Starfish should work great for you as a guider. I was out last night using the Starfish on my 106mm FSQ and was guiding on a 10.3 mag star with 0.5...
... I was out last night using the Starfish on my 106mm FSQ and was ... That one of the things that sealed the deal for me - you guys are imagers! In my...
... Okay - Now that I read through the Starfish Manual, I see that Starlink is a OS X Application. Too bad, any thought of porting it over to run on Windozzz?...
Hi there, I hope you don't mind but I have a few question regarding your plans for international orders? I see from earlier posts that you were in discussion...
Jason, The problem we are trying to resolve is the need for additional certification required for sale to the EU. In particular, the CE and RoHs directives...
some new camera have pixel of 2.8 micron and the other average at 10 micron dos this can change somthing in our experiment waht do you thing about that jacques...
Jacques, Semiconductor processing improvements have allowed manufacturers to make image sensors with smaller and smaller pixels. This increases their yield...
Hi All, I wanted to offer a few words on my "first light" with the Starfish Guider. Just to end the suspense - this is a GREAT little camera. I'm using a...
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