Monthly Archives: December 2012

It’s Raining Again…

It seems to have rained here for almost all of December and the Met Office says that it’s already been the wettest year in England since records began in 1910 and stands a good chance of being the wettest year … Continue reading

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SPC900 vs. PS2 Eye camera

When I posted images from the Xbox, Lifecam and SPC900 for comparison, someone asked about the PS2 Eye camera (not the Eye Toy). Last night whilst I was imaging Jupiter and Europa I had a go with it. Control is … Continue reading

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Our own little deluge

I feel desperately sorry for those people in the south west and Wales caught in the recent flooding. The pictures from the news are shocking. We didn’t suffer quite so badly, merely having the road past the end of our … Continue reading

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Registax v6 vs. Autostakkert!2

I’ve had some discussion with a few people about using Autostakkert!2 instead of Registax for stacking planetary images, and potentially using AS!2’s drizzle function as well so I decided to reprocess some of my recent Jupiter images So, here are … Continue reading

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SPC900 webcam brightness setting

It has been said that the brightness setting for the SPC900 camera affects only what appears on the screen and not what appears in the capture file. Having read the code for the Linux SPC900 driver I wasn’t at all … Continue reading

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SPC900 vs. Xbox Live cam vs. Lifecam Cinema

“What webcam can I use if I can’t get/afford an SPC900?” seems to be a common question now the SPC900 has become difficult to get hold of, but there doesn’t seem to be much empirical evidence on which to base … Continue reading

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