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Hi Robin, any update on this? Would be great to be able to turn on Ultra mode in SharpCap. I did a little more testing with the ASCOM driver in LCG and it shows a much smaller read noise drop -- 10% as you mentioned sounds about right (don't have the numbers to hand, am building a new mount PC curre...

The ASCOM driver doesn’t see ultra mode on the 26M either (or at least it doesn’t offer a switch to turn it off). However Nick told me that the ASCOM driver will enable ultra by default, even if the switch does not appear. I look forward to reaping the benefit of your investigations

As a delta comparison, I ran a sensor analysis using the ASCOM driver in HCG mode. The ASCOM driver enables Ultra mode. As you can see performance is significantly improved: 26m_sensor_hgcultra.png The 100 gain entry with HCG ultra is equivalent to the 200 gain entry on the "standard" char...

admin wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 7:50 pm PS. SharpCap 3.3 has an audible feedback option (higher pitch beeps as you get closer)

Awesome. I love the PA routine, but have thought a couple of times that it would be neat to have audible feedback like a car parking sensor

Sorry should have said I'm using v3.2.6480 64-bit.

Hi there, I have an Altair 26M (yayy, been waiting for this camera for ever!). SharpCap sees it fine with the native driver, but it doesn't seem to have an option to enable ultra mode. I believe with the 26C an option should appear in the capture format box, but I can't find anything for the 26M. I'...

Hi Robin, I have this camera on loan -- I actually borrowed it so that I could update the NINA Atik drivers to use the latest version of the Atik SDK, because the ASCOM drivers did such a poor job. I found a couple of bugs along the way, the Atik guys were pretty fast to fix them and they are all fi...

Hi there, I'm trying out the latest Sharpcap 3.2.6137.0 with an Atix 414ex. When not live stacking, I do most of my deep sky imaging in NINA, but I still always use SharpCap because of the excellent Polar Alignment routine. This is my first time trying to use this camera with SharpCap. I have the la...

Thanks Dave, just found that information here too -- viewtopic.php?f=21&t=1848

Appreciate the quick fix and fast response!

-simon

Aha! Thank you for this -- I just joined the forums to post about exactly this issue, and while waiting for my first post to be approved did some searching of the forum. I must have a slightly too old version of SharpCap, will grab the very latest and try again!