Hi
OK, made me look. The Celestron models seem to be "Mass Storage" which
means they emulate a usb hard disk. Mac OSX should not have a problem
with this.
The Meade model uses an SD card. That is a standard card and you would
need a card reader with drivers for your mac but should work just fine.
Meade claims you cannot directly download to a mac with their unit but if
it is mass storage, you should be able to. They claim no driver required
for Windows so I find it hard to believe that the standard mass storage
drivers wouldnt work on Mac OSX. However, it is a moot point since an SD
card reader solves the problem (and they are cheap).
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Phil Chambers [ptchamb@No-Spam] (S.F. Bay Area - Calif. USA)
On Thu, 23 Sep 2004, Jeff Crilly wrote:
>
> Oh.. I see. There are some binos these days, that have
> an integrated digital camera. usually, they are small sized,
> e.g. 8x30 or so, and have a small digital camera (fixed focus)
> positioned between the objectives. (I beleive the camera is
> telephoto.)
>
> Meade has a product that is carried at the Discovery store
> (and likely other similar outlets).
>
> http://www.meade.com/captureview/captureview.html
>
> (Turns out also celestron, bushnell, simmons, etc carry similar
> products... its a whole segment of the market... Here's the
> amazon page for "binocular cameras"
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/3168111/ref=br_dp__4/103-5376548-6879065
> )
>
> I've not looked into them
> personally; if I were to do daytime terrestial images, I
> would probably just add a telephoto to the camera.
> _and_ carry binos has needed.
>
> So, I think the target audience for these products is someone
> that uses the binos, but occasionally takes a picture, and
> is not overly concerned with the quality of the image.
>
> I know not which of the above products support Macs..
> My guess is that with OS X, iphoto should support the
> camera, but thats just a guest.
>
> --- John R Pierce <pierce@No-Spam> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > >On Jim Turley's advise, I'm posting this request on TAC.
> > >I'm looking for advise on Camera Binoculars for birding, not astronomy.
> > >My
> > >preference would include
> > >*good quality optics
> > >*lightweight
> > >*waterproof
> > >*Mac Compatible USB
> >
> > I'm not sure I understand what 'Camera Binoculars' are, nor do I understand
> > why Binoculars might have a USB port, Mac compatible or otherwise.
> >
> >
> >
>
Received on Thu Sep 23 11:41:44 2004