Re: Please Help me find a camera!

On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 10:00:10 -0000, "GrahamH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>Ah, engage brain before posting eh? Yes I meant Logitech 4000 Pro. My "test"
>was not on a telescope, just the standard cameras viewing a night scene. All
>settings on auto so the gains would have been higher than you would usually
>want. The 740K had more detail with less noise. Maybe it had a longer
>exposure capability although IIRC there wasn't a noticeable difference in
>frame rate. Your result is more relevant to this group. Are you sure they
>use the same chipset?

I don't know how often these things change, but I've had both open together on
my bench (in June or July I'd guess), and there was no difference at all. The
circuits looked the same, too, except possibly for some component values (can't
read those of most surface mount parts).

That's when I compared their performance, too. To get the same results, I had to
set the gain slider a little lower on the Toucam, but once I did that I couldn't
distinguish between images.

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