"jkien" wrote in message
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Although it isn't an astronomy issue, someone may be able to give an
answer:
what is the reason for the time delay of a ToUcam (II Pro) when used as a
real time camera? The delay on my system is about 0.25 seconds,
independent
of stream format parameters such as output size (160x120 upto 640x480) and
frame rate. I am using the VRecord program.


While some delay is probably unavoidable, K3CCDTools will at least give you
the timing of frames to within 50ms - See
http://www.pk3.org/Astro/k3ccdtools_whats_new_2_1_2.htm

Robin