Web Cam/RAW mods for Astro, Digital Cinema camera use? at DVinfo.net

Wayne Morellini · March 28th, 2006, 07:46 AM

I have come across links to mods of Web-cams (including changing sensors) and higher quality RAW uncompressed image, for use on telescopes. Normally I avoid this, because you have to get programming information, or decode the software in reverse engineering, which can be considerable. But, if they have done this already, this is very useful to tap into for cheap uncompressed camera recording. Their are HD web-cams now days, and some cameras use quality sensors. So, I don't know yet, but maybe there is something in this for us.

I have everything in a bookmark folder, with a few useful links I collected along the way on related topics, so I'll just post them here and let you sort through them:

These are the main sites:

Astrosurf, RAW:
http://www.astrosurf.com/astrobond/ebrawe.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/200110051...f.org/CHIP.HTM
http://translate.google.com/translat...era%26rls%3Den

QuickCam and Unconventional Imaging Astronomy Group, QCUIAG:
http://www.qcuiag.co.uk/
http://www.cometdust.demon.co.uk/QCUIAG/
http://www.cometdust.demon.co.uk/QCU...Q/colinfaq.htm
http://www.cometdust.demon.co.uk/QCUIAG/FAQ/FAQ.htm
http://www.cometdust.demon.co.uk/QCU...arch/index.htm
http://www.cometdust.demon.co.uk/QCU...video/coaa.htm
http://www.cometdust.demon.co.uk/QCU...tion/index.htm

Molyned Astro webcam list:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/molyned/web-cameras.htm
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/molyned/
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/molyned/astro_links.htm
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/molyned...hotography.htm
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/molyned/CCD-STUFF.htm
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/molyned/morecameras.htm
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/molyned/Vesta-sc.htm

Firewire Camera list:
http://damien.douxchamps.net/ieee1394/cameras/index.php

More important sites, projects, and links I picked up on the way:

http://members.tripod.com/~ghonis/cooled.htm

http://optics2001.com/

http://sweiller.free.fr/links.html#LNK-Soft

http://users.ameritech.net/mniemi000/auto.html

http://wvi.com/~rberry/cookbook/cookbook.htm

http://www.advancedimagingpro.com/
http://www.advancedimagingpro.com/ar...siteSection=65

http://www.astrocam.org/adresses.htm...s de WebCams :
http://www.astrocam.org/adresses.htm...3;ressants f :
http://www.astrocam.org/others.htm

http://www.coaa.co.uk/astrovideo.htm

http://www.ghg.net/cshaw/quickcam.htm

http://www.lafterhall.com/surveillancecameras.html

http://www.licha.de/astro_article_cc...yer_matrix.php
http://www.licha.de/astro_article_cc...le_compare.php
http://www.licha.de/astro_article_ma...d_telescop.php

http://www.modernastronomy.com/cameras.html

http://www.opsci.com/index.asp?paget...arch&exten=asp

http://www.pk3.org/Astro/index.htm?astrolinks.htm

http://www.scopetronix.com/webcam.htm

http://www.sensorsportal.com/

http://www.tfn.net/~blombard/

http://www.turnkey-solutions.com.au/...ware_index.htm

March 28th, 2006, 07:46 AM	#1
Wayne Morellini Inner Circle Join Date: May 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 2,762	Web Cam/RAW mods for Astro, Digital Cinema camera use? I have come across links to mods of Web-cams (including changing sensors) and higher quality RAW uncompressed image, for use on telescopes. Normally I avoid this, because you have to get programming information, or decode the software in reverse engineering, which can be considerable. But, if they have done this already, this is very useful to tap into for cheap uncompressed camera recording. Their are HD web-cams now days, and some cameras use quality sensors. So, I don't know yet, but maybe there is something in this for us. I have everything in a bookmark folder, with a few useful links I collected along the way on related topics, so I'll just post them here and let you sort through them: These are the main sites: Astrosurf, RAW: http://www.astrosurf.com/astrobond/ebrawe.htm http://web.archive.org/web/200110051...f.org/CHIP.HTM http://translate.google.com/translat...era%26rls%3Den QuickCam and Unconventional Imaging Astronomy Group, QCUIAG: http://www.qcuiag.co.uk/ http://www.cometdust.demon.co.uk/QCUIAG/ http://www.cometdust.demon.co.uk/QCU...Q/colinfaq.htm http://www.cometdust.demon.co.uk/QCUIAG/FAQ/FAQ.htm http://www.cometdust.demon.co.uk/QCU...arch/index.htm http://www.cometdust.demon.co.uk/QCU...video/coaa.htm http://www.cometdust.demon.co.uk/QCU...tion/index.htm Molyned Astro webcam list: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/molyned/web-cameras.htm http://homepage.ntlworld.com/molyned/ http://homepage.ntlworld.com/molyned/astro_links.htm http://homepage.ntlworld.com/molyned...hotography.htm http://homepage.ntlworld.com/molyned/CCD-STUFF.htm http://homepage.ntlworld.com/molyned/morecameras.htm http://homepage.ntlworld.com/molyned/Vesta-sc.htm Firewire Camera list: http://damien.douxchamps.net/ieee1394/cameras/index.php More important sites, projects, and links I picked up on the way: http://members.tripod.com/~ghonis/cooled.htm http://optics2001.com/ http://sweiller.free.fr/links.html#LNK-Soft http://users.ameritech.net/mniemi000/auto.html http://wvi.com/~rberry/cookbook/cookbook.htm http://www.advancedimagingpro.com/ http://www.advancedimagingpro.com/ar...siteSection=65 http://www.astrocam.org/adresses.htm...s de WebCams : http://www.astrocam.org/adresses.htm...3;ressants f : http://www.astrocam.org/others.htm http://www.coaa.co.uk/astrovideo.htm http://www.ghg.net/cshaw/quickcam.htm http://www.lafterhall.com/surveillancecameras.html http://www.licha.de/astro_article_cc...yer_matrix.php http://www.licha.de/astro_article_cc...le_compare.php http://www.licha.de/astro_article_ma...d_telescop.php http://www.modernastronomy.com/cameras.html http://www.opsci.com/index.asp?paget...arch&exten=asp http://www.pk3.org/Astro/index.htm?astrolinks.htm http://www.scopetronix.com/webcam.htm http://www.sensorsportal.com/ http://www.tfn.net/~blombard/ http://www.turnkey-solutions.com.au/...ware_index.htm Last edited by Wayne Morellini; March 29th, 2006 at 05:11 AM.