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Cannot Find ToUcam what about this?

Started by TheSnowman, 06/05/2006 03:27AM
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Alfred Snow
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I have been wanting to get started in ccd imaging and have been trying to get my hands on a Philips ToUcam to get started. I have not had any luck, I have been outbid on this site and very rare to see one for sale.

Philips has a new webcam on the market the: Philips VGA CCD PC Camera Pixel Plus
Megapixels: 1.3 (1280x960) resolution
Frames per Second: 90 fps
Port Connectors: 1 x USB 1.1
Power Source: USB

I would like to know if anyone had tried this new camera and its effectiveness for a beginning astrophotographer?


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Posted 06/05/2006 04:39AM | Edited 06/05/2006 05:08AM #1
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If you are referring to the SPC900NC, yes, it will work for planetary imaging.

The 900NC uses the same Sony ICX098QB CCD sensor that the ToUcam 840K uses. I don't have direct experience with it, but I installed the firmware for the SPC900NC on my Toucam 740k.


http://www.home.zonnet.nl/m.m.j.meijer/D_I_Y/spc900nc.htm
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