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Old July 2nd 07, 04:24 AM posted to sci.astro.ccd-imaging
Thomas Juerges
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Default Programmable/Controllable camera (USB) with Full Focus Control

Hi Ben,

On Sat, 09 Jun 2007 22:55:28 -0700 wrote curious314159:

Any recommendations on digital cameras that can be accessed and
controlled
fully through the remote (USB) port, including full focus control?
Info on
open source C/C++ SDK's would be very helpful too. I am fairly new on
the subject.


I am not aware of any digital camera driver with focus control but why not
use a CCD camera?
Fingerlakes makes some all right cameras and the source-code
availab driver can be compiled (and works) at least with Linux. I have
not tested the BSD or Win version of the drivers. focus control could be
achieved with a tiny additional program which reads the frame, does a
Gaussian and tries to adjust the focus depending on the FWHM change
(minimising the FWHM in both perpendicular axis).

Cheers,
Thomas