I was looking for a webcam with the IMX290. Handy to know and a bargain price, what are the specs for resolution? I assume it's USB connected, wonder if sharpcap would pick it up.Įdit - ah ok, looks to be 640x480, pity as I think that's a bit low-res for a good view with a 150 degree lensġ) Yes, I saw the Starvis range. Just checked, the price has gone up to £3. In the next few days I will point it up at the clouds and post a pic here if it helps. I have 1 in my shed pointing down the garden and if Saturn/Jupiter are over my roof it picks them up and I can see clouds, there is a prefered model with a good lens if your going to remove the ir filter (i mention this as the bad model seems to have a solid pink lower right corner when you set a long exposure).
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You might get a slightly better result using a PS3 eye camera, in windows using the drivers supplied with CL-Eye-Test.exe I can get a 10 second exposure, these cams where available for 50p in CEX but the price has gone up to £2.50 last time I checked. I have considered modifying a Logi C270 and running that via Sharpcap where you seem to be able to run slower shutter but this far I've not tried as I may need it for other things like remove interviewsĪ sky-cam using an astro camera would normally use a much longer exposure to achieve starfield capture but then you need to handle sensor temps to cut down on noise.Įdit - on the camera linked, I'd be real iffy about an ad that claims 12MP and then says its a 640x480 sensor, makes you wonder what else they aren't telling truths about I've a couple of CCTV modules aimed at the sky and I can get some view of cloud at night so long as there's other skyglow to help, but limited to slow shutter of 1/20s it's not the best but does show the brightest stars. Units that use the Sony IMX (starvis) sensors will do a bit better at low light but the limiting factor is usually exposure times. Also if you have any other IR sources like CCTV their IR will interfere with the image if their beam cuts across or onto the camera. It will tho mean daytime images will have an odd colour cast with foliage showing purple, for example.
Stripping off the IRcut filter (on the back of the lens or off the sensor if it's the fixed type) again won't improve sensitivity very much and also not switch the camera from colour to B&W. This won't really improve anything tho in terms of sensor sensitivity.
The IR on a webcam or cctv won't be up to illuminating the cloud level, best you'd get would be a switch from IRcut to a clear filter if it has on-board IRcut filter and a black&white image.
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