I use a ToUcam with a Mogg adaptor (another local I believe, xcept living in Sydney now) and a TV Powermate x2 giving f30.

I capture with a 366Mhz Compaq laptop I got off ebay for $150 which actually was a real bargain, running k3ccdtools which is freeware. On my Dell desktop I use Registax version 1 to process, can't be bothered with version 2, both of which are freeware. I use PhotoShop Elements 2 (Costco, $50 I think) to crop, size, rotate, animate etc. I got "The Hidden Power of PE2" book with cd PE2 addins (approx $70 I think) which gives me just about all the capability I need or know how to use for the fraction of the price of PhotoShop Pro.

All up, I've spent about $400 to get into taking these shots (excluding the powermate and scope!) which is not bad. I added all sorts of stuff to the laptop but not to handle imaging.