Re: [libdc] [libdc1394-devel] pixelink PL-A742 framerate

[David M. <dcm@MIT.EDU>]

On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 17:19 +0100, Kenn Sebesta wrote:
> So what's up? Have we been fibbed to when we bought the camera? Or is
> there something else we don't understand about the DCAM spec?
> 

Yes, you've basically been fibbed to.  It's a limitation of the image
sensor, so Pixelink can't really do anything about it.

You can read the sensor data sheet here:
http://www.ortodoxism.ro/datasheets2/1/03gxs1pr9x91gfjptgpku4hqwdky.pdf

Page 14 has the equation for computing what the frame rate will be for a
given shutter time.

-David