Rock Doctor Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Hi everyone, I've seen a couple of posts re the Philips webcams and know that trying to get one of these and not paying through the nose is like the preverbial 'Rockinghorse ****' Does anyone have any other makes and models that would do just as well and if I get one of these what mods do I need to do on it other that a nose piece to accept an LP or IR filter and house it in the focuser. Having had a quick look on the web and Amazon there are now HD webcams which given the age of the Philips must have improvements to the chip and resolution over the Philips. The Microsoft ones look pretty good and are a nice cylinder shape so the nose-piece should be an easy mod to make. Also as a complete newbie to this, why don't you use the webcam after the EP instead attaching it instead of the EP to get the magnifying power of the EP? Is it just that there are no screw fittings on the eye side of the EP or is there something that I've missed. Thanks Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Doctor Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 Thanks Pat I might take you up on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Doctor Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 No rush Pat. I sympathise about the back I've had a long history of back pain interspaced with the osteopath and injections into my spine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Doctor Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 yep I know it well when mine goes I can lie down or walk around but can't do anything in between so I can't drive or use a computer which is no good for work or leisure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Dave - you might like to keep tabs on Astronmiser. Andy Ellis is one of the first guys to develope the Steve Chambers (SC) webcam mods and there's loads of info on the site about it (and Canon DSLR's). I'm about to send him a 1000D for mod'ing myself. They sell a range of ready modified cameras and acessories specifically for astronomy. http://www.astronomiser.co.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Doctor Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 Thanks Kim. that's where I got my power leads for the bench top 12v supply. Don't know whether you saw on the polar scope illuminater thread but the idea of attaching a 12v led to a phono plug and then to a controller box works although I made the one suggested by Stephen as well. I'm now going to modify Stephen's design so that it plugs into a box with a pot to control the brightness. Having as much fun building things for the scope on these cloudy nights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glider Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 MS HD webcam modified, http://www.astronomyshed.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=88&p=67941#p67941 If you can't see the link you may need to join Astronomy Shed and get 4 posts in but it's worth it because there is a lot of other stuff on there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Here's another vote for Astronomy Shed, a great bunch of guy's and some fantastic tutorials from Dion. Anything to do with sheds has to be good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Doctor Posted May 3, 2012 Author Share Posted May 3, 2012 Thanks guys for the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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