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I've been imaging with the camera for a month or so now, and the results have been mixed. I'm still trying to find an optimal gain and offset. I'm using NINA which has native support and the Touptek driver defaults offset to 48. I figured the manufacturers of the camera must know something, so that'...

Maybe updating will help. I'm using a fairly recent version (4.0.8509.0). Not sure what's going on but SharpCap doesn't seem to play nice with this camera. When I open the smart histogram, the screen looks different from what I see with others. Most noticeably, I have an option to measure R, B, G, o...

Just to be clear, the sensor analysis has already been done. My question is about utilizing the Smart Histogram. So, you're saying the Smart Histogram recommendations should take no longer that 5 minutes? One more question, will Sharpcap automatically upscale 12bit data to 16bit format? I ask becaus...

Robin - thanks for your help thus far. I tried running the Smart Histogram but it was taking a long time to run (15+ minutes) and never posted an optimal time so I cancelled. How long should the Smart Histogram run before giving a result? Another aside topic - are there any plans to add native suppo...

I re-ran the sensor analysis using a black level offset of 90 which resulted in a histogram similar to the one you posted above. This is the result from the new sensor analysis. What does this tell me as far as optimal acquisition settings? The manual does not state any unity gain or preferred gain ...

Hi Robin - thanks for the help. I will need to re-run the analysis using the suggested gain settings. In the meantime, I did find this info on Astrobin from two users using the same camera; one is using the Touptek and the other using an Explore Scientific OSC which is a rebranded Touptek. Interesti...

You can adjust the black level in the ASCOM settings when initially connecting. Any suggestions as to what setting I should use?

I just bought my first dedicated astro cam a few weeks ago and have yet to get any sky time with it. I have been imaging with a modified T4i and D5500 and have produced some great images but decided to take the next step. I bought an Orion Starshoot G16 OSC camera at a decent price, but I'm already ...