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by Shannon
Wed Apr 18, 2018 11:09 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: SharpCap says I upgraded to Pro version and it won't save captures now
Replies: 2
Views: 1641

Re: SharpCap says I upgraded to Pro version and it won't save captures now

I found the original version of SharpCap I had, the "upgrade" was a separate install. This felt extremely shady to me. SharpCap made it look like a regular bug fix upgrade and gave me ZERO notice I was about to go to a yearly subscription plan. While I do not mind a one time payment for gr...
by Shannon
Wed Apr 18, 2018 10:32 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: SharpCap says I upgraded to Pro version and it won't save captures now
Replies: 2
Views: 1641

SharpCap says I upgraded to Pro version and it won't save captures now

I bought a ZWO ASI cam last year which came with SharpCap. Everything has been great, it had all the functions and features I needed. About a month or two ago, it began to say there was an upgrade which "fixed bugs with (fill in the blank) cameras". I finally let it upgrade today and I wis...
by Shannon
Sun Dec 03, 2017 5:30 am
Forum: ZWO Cameras
Topic: How do I determine the gamma neutral point for a ZWO ASI178MC?
Replies: 4
Views: 2826

Re: How do I determine the gamma neutral point for a ZWO ASI178MC?

Thank you for the responses! I'll go with 50 for now then and assume that is neutral.
by Shannon
Sat Dec 02, 2017 1:05 am
Forum: ZWO Cameras
Topic: How do I determine the gamma neutral point for a ZWO ASI178MC?
Replies: 4
Views: 2826

How do I determine the gamma neutral point for a ZWO ASI178MC?

I noticed SharpCap sets my gamma to "50" by default in "Image Controls". When I read the SharpCap documentation, it was pretty clear that neutral gamma is "1", but it seems like other astrophotographers swear that is not the case and neutral gamma is closer to 40 or 50....