Thanks, Rich. It's not really a problem for astro-photography, the number of frames retained is still sufficient to achieve focus in real-time. Were I to make a regular movie or set up a Webcam, it would be a definite problem. I'm looking at *real* digital cameras & scanners now, hopefully will do some shopping soon. I'm amazed at the price drops I'm seeing now over a year ago....you can get 4 megapixels now for around $250! C. --- Richard Tenney <retenney@yahoo.com> wrote:
Chuck,
As to half the frames getting dumped, while I'm not certain, my guess is that it probably has nothing to do with CPU speed or RAM or the capture software, but the method used to connect the camera to the PC. If you are going over a serial cable, the I/O speeds are quite slow and would easily explain the data loss. If over USB, a lot faster but could still prove enough of a bottleneck to drop frames. Firewire would be the ideal but not likely an option on a $19 camera!
FWIW, Rich
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