Re: SAC8 camera

I've had a SAC8 for a few months now.
http://members.cox.net/bsliv/
I've heard rumors of K3CCDTools supporting long exposure for the SAC8, but
not yet.    If you select any resolution other than 320x240 in K3CCDTools,
the software says resolution not supported.  Astrovideo is the only program
I know of to do long exposure with the SAC8.  In Astrovideo, if long
exposure is enabled, all output will be 640x480, hires checked or not.  If
hires is not checked, it acts like a binned mode (2x1) with twice the
sensitivity.  The SAC8 Yahoo group is great for information.

Bill S.


"Carsten A. Arnholm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I don't have a SAC8, but I have several long exposure modified webcams.
>
> In my experience, the image resolution is set in the camera driver,
> typically "Video format".
>
> Also, there is no conflict between AVI's and long exposures. AVI is just
> another file format. The individual frames in an AVI can very well be the
> result of long exposures, that's how e.g. K3CCDTools work.
>
> -- 
> Carsten A. Arnholm
> http://home.online.no/~arnholm/astro/astro.htm
> N59.776 E10.457
>
>
> Bill S. wrote:
> > Shoot long exposures, not .avi's.  There is a Yahoo SAC group with
> > lots of info.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > "SC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> In trying out the new SAC8 ccd camera, I'm finding all images are
> >> 320x240 rather than the advertised 640x480. Does anyone know how to
> >> clock out images at the spec'd size?
> >>
> >> scott
>