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All's well that ends - mostly- well. I managed to salvage some shots. Turns out I misjudged the exposure in totality - I didn't think to bracket whilst making modifications on the fly. And, for some reason I my saved shots were in monochrome. Operator error. but still ... eclipse corona_.jpg color c...

Well, auto expose failed. It set the exposure very high, reflecting I suspect the large proportion of black pixels. So, the image was blown out. I was able to quickly recreate t he sequence - thanks L-Kid - and off we went. All seemed to go nicely. Some great screen captures on my Ipad. The saved FI...

I should have mentioned I am running a ZWO camera.

As mentioned previously, only certain cameras have auto exposure capability

john

Well, I think I got it to work in auto exposure mode First, things that didn't work - Leaving the exposure setting blank Editing the exposure setting in the .scs file to AUTO Creating a sharpcap profile profile that has auto for exposure But, if created a .scs file and edited it to eliminate all exp...

Is there any way to enable auto exposure, or is it necessary at all.

Robin

The documentation for collimation says it is for Newtonians. So it won't work on an SCT, RC or refractor ?

If it is not too much trouble, can you explain why.

TIA

john

I use a windows Surface Pro 2. It is a dated model, according to Msft. I found that my fingers were too fat to get good control of things like the histogram sliders. I also tried using a pen, but that too provided poor control. I always use a mouse, or the track pad on the Surface Pro 2 keyboard.

Sorry - I should have mentioned that the link to the latest version is in post # 66 on that page.

j

Carl You might want to take a look at the unofficial sharpcap quickstart guide over on cloudy nights. See https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/5967 ... ide/page-3

john

Last thought Wikkett brings up a good point about power, especially in portable mode. The Surface pro only has one USB port (3.0), but I suspect it is pretty low power. It is sufficient to run a risingtech IMX224 camera, but I haven't tried it with any larger power hungry computer. You should see if...