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by edgar619
Mon Nov 12, 2018 7:00 pm
Forum: Other Cameras
Topic: Touptek direct show..for Robin
Replies: 2
Views: 1903

Touptek direct show..for Robin

Robin Touptek has a IMX 224 sensor and ZWO ASI has a 224 sensor. both are color cameras using Sharpcap 3.2 for both....do know the answer or where to get it for the relationship between ... if white balance for ASI 224 is set @ 50...what would that SC setting equate to for the Touptek direct show an...
by edgar619
Mon Nov 05, 2018 11:42 pm
Forum: Deep Sky Imaging
Topic: ASI 290 mini mono and SC problems
Replies: 8
Views: 4098

Re: ASI 290 mini mono and SC problems

Robin

Other way around ...so the results bothered me too

I may not have done the “test” correctly though

Don’t fret about this ...I will work on 2s exposures and high gain to start with and see where the this goes

Thx
by edgar619
Mon Nov 05, 2018 8:32 pm
Forum: Deep Sky Imaging
Topic: ASI 290 mini mono and SC problems
Replies: 8
Views: 4098

Re: ASI 290 mini mono and SC problems

Robin

If I follow you on sensitivity and am doing this properly the 290 needed exposure is 9.9ms and the 224 is 2.0ms .This gets the histogram for both to 50%

I will need your coaching to tell me how these two exposure settings tell me what to do with other SharpCap settings

Thx
by edgar619
Mon Nov 05, 2018 8:10 pm
Forum: Deep Sky Imaging
Topic: ASI 290 mini mono and SC problems
Replies: 8
Views: 4098

Re: ASI 290 mini mono and SC problems

Robin thank you I am using a Celestron SCT NexStar 8” F/10...since I have both a .5FR and a.63 I can lower the F ratio. I will try a reset and max gain...never tried that as I was told and saw so many cloudy nights posting using 350 gain. 8s exposure and 350 gain produced acceptable image the other ...
by edgar619
Mon Nov 05, 2018 4:10 pm
Forum: Deep Sky Imaging
Topic: ASI 290 mini mono and SC problems
Replies: 8
Views: 4098

Re: ASI 290 mini mono and SC problems

Thank you Wickett for these suggestions I reinstalled the latest driver version just to be sure I have been daylight focusing on an object more than a mile away ..but I will I k another object and recheck This is a mono only camera....so only two choices mono 8 and mono 16..I have chosen 16 based in...
by edgar619
Mon Nov 05, 2018 2:05 pm
Forum: Deep Sky Imaging
Topic: ASI 290 mini mono and SC problems
Replies: 8
Views: 4098

ASI 290 mini mono and SC problems

Robin I am an experienced SC Pro user Using a Touptek 224. I have purchased a ASI 290 mini mono.i downloaded the proper ASI drivers. Verified all my laptop drivers are up to date. I have done daylight tests , using my Acer E 15, to establish all is working and obtain proper number of focusing turns ...
by edgar619
Mon Oct 29, 2018 12:50 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: SharpCap 3.2 Now Available
Replies: 14
Views: 10810

Re: SharpCap 3.2 Now Available

thank you both for your replies although I am experienced with SW and computers the process of how to apply the captured darks [ and then confirm they have been applied ] is still unclear...it is not clear what selecting means...is it just clicking on the file? ..do i do this while live stack is cap...
by edgar619
Sun Oct 28, 2018 4:29 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: SharpCap 3.2 Now Available
Replies: 14
Views: 10810

Re: SharpCap 3.2 Now Available

robin

i am not communicating very well

i know where there are on my laptop..see attachment

does SC apply them automatically when it live stacks [ if so how do i know it has happened ] or do i have to initiate a command [ if so how do i do this]

thanks

Bryce
by edgar619
Fri Oct 26, 2018 10:37 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: SharpCap 3.2 Now Available
Replies: 14
Views: 10810

Re: SharpCap 3.2 Now Available

Robin

read the 3.2 manual and see how to capture darks. It says SC can subtract darks for direct show cameras within live stack. I have one. Does this happen automatically or if not.............. what is the process i follow.

thx Bruce Heath

The manual doesn't say
by edgar619
Fri Oct 26, 2018 4:15 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: SharpCap 3.2 Now Available
Replies: 14
Views: 10810

Re: SharpCap 3.2 Now Available

robin

while waiting for an answer

i cycled through all my versions--2.9 to 3.2 and did dark captures with each

when i got to 3.2 this time it worked

i did it again and it worked again

not sure why it didn't first time....but it failed twice


good to go!

all the best

Bruce