Re: Quickcam

[hjohnson@pluto.njcc.com (Herbert R Johnson)]

On Tue, 19 May 1998 22:08:15 MET_DST, ALAIN MAURY <maury@ocar01.obs-azur.fr> wrote:
*>There's been a lot of discussions on many lists about quickcam and
*>what they can do. One of the latest Sky and Tel had a paper about
*>them.
*>I think it is not really sensitive enough, nor has a wide field enough
*>to do something useful. But unless it is tried, it is only a guess.

More to the point, it only uses several bits of dynamic range. Six
or eight, and in any case less than the capability of the CCD chip.
People forget that CCD's are not only sensitive, they also see both
dim and bright at the same time.

Herb Johnson


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