Toucam first light

I finally got my new laptop and will try out the toucam for the first time tonight. I will use a C8 2x ultima barlow for starters. What would be a good place to start for the webcam settings on the moon, saturn, jupiter. So far I am thinking 1/25th sec, 10 fps, gamma near zero and take roughly a 2 minute AVI, maybe only 1 minute for jupiter. Also do you prefer to capture using the toucam software or K3ccdtools? I need to get pointed in the right direction to get started so any help would be appreciated.

For Jupiter and Saturn I use similar settings....

Gain about 30-40%
Gamma 0
Saturation 100%
I shoot at 10fps.

For the Moon:

Similar, but I set gain to 0.

For Saturn I typically go 4 minutes, Jupiter about 2 minutes, 1 if seeing is good. The moon only needs a minute.

I use the K3CCD tools for capturing and adjust the exposure and brightness level to give an intensity level of 120-140 on the little bar chart in K3CCD.

Set the (I forget the term, someone else can help here) color to manual (not outdoors or indoors), then after you get the object, set it to automatic for a few seconds and then uncheck the box.

When you process the moon, convert the image to greyscale for better reproduction.

Good luck!!
Paul Maxson
http://glory.gc.maricopa.edu/~pmaxson/index.htm