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by MrAstroBen
Sat Jan 05, 2019 9:16 pm
Forum: Gallery
Topic: M42 chronicles
Replies: 48
Views: 24562

Re: M42 chronicles

This will help in choosing a camera that meets requirements in terms of FOV and resolution. The resolution is a guide, very widefield images will be over 2 and still good. The FOV is your first concern. 20meg cameras sound great on paper or if you are used to daytime photography. Forget megapixels. ...
by MrAstroBen
Sat Jan 05, 2019 1:44 pm
Forum: Gallery
Topic: M42 chronicles
Replies: 48
Views: 24562

Re: M42 chronicles

Don, I see many folks having similar issues. Unfortunately cameras with a 5s max exposure get sold as astro cams. If sensitive enough 5s is plenty for use as a guide camera. A camera with a 5s max exposure though will give you a hint of what is up there. It will never get you a nice DSO image. Very ...
by MrAstroBen
Mon Sep 24, 2018 7:12 am
Forum: How do I?
Topic: Auto exposure and Altair 290M
Replies: 8
Views: 2676

Re: Auto exposure and Altair 290M

Robin, Put the 290M back in my dome last night. Downloaded the latest version of 3.2 Set auto exposure. It chose 13.1 sec which gave a reasonable histogram at about 10pm. Started a 12hr capture of .ser Re checked at 11pm. Histogram was low, exposure not changed from 13.1s Stopped sharpcap. Restarted...
by MrAstroBen
Mon Sep 24, 2018 6:44 am
Forum: Bug Reports
Topic: Wrong file format selection
Replies: 1
Views: 1033

Wrong file format selection

Altair or ZWO camera Save profile after deselecting auto file format and choosing .ser Re open sharpcap, reload the saved profile and sometimes it chooses fits instead of the file type in use at the time of pressing save Preference set to .ser for video and fits for stills. Also, sometime after maki...
by MrAstroBen
Sun Sep 16, 2018 10:33 am
Forum: How do I?
Topic: Auto exposure and Altair 290M
Replies: 8
Views: 2676

Re: Auto exposure and Altair 290M

Thanks Robin, that sounds good for All Sky use. Especially in day time or if the moon is up average exposure for the majority of the fov works best. Speed of change is less critical. Out of interest, how does it choose an exposure value, from the mid point of the histogram after any user limits are ...
by MrAstroBen
Sun Sep 16, 2018 8:38 am
Forum: How do I?
Topic: Auto exposure and Altair 290M
Replies: 8
Views: 2676

Re: Auto exposure and Altair 290M

Thanks Robin. If you could post when you get around to this i will try the 290M again. Cheers Rob
by MrAstroBen
Fri Sep 14, 2018 6:19 am
Forum: How do I?
Topic: Auto exposure and Altair 290M
Replies: 8
Views: 2676

Re: Auto exposure and Altair 290M

Update. I bought a ZWO 224mc

The auto exposure works well with this. Self adjusts between bright light and darkness.

Seems to be an issue with Altair cams as see another user of a gcam has the same problem.

Rob
by MrAstroBen
Sun Sep 09, 2018 2:27 pm
Forum: How do I?
Topic: Auto exposure and Altair 290M
Replies: 8
Views: 2676

Auto exposure and Altair 290M

Nothing in the manual about this. Tick the box but the histogram still shrivels away as light fades on my all sky dome.

What should it be doing / how is it activated and set up?

Thanks Rob
by MrAstroBen
Sat Sep 08, 2018 10:55 pm
Forum: How do I?
Topic: Auto exposure and Altair 290M
Replies: 1
Views: 1015

Auto exposure and Altair 290M

Nothing in the manual about this. Tick the box but the histogram still shrivels away as light fades on my all sky dome.

What should it be doing / how is it activated and set up?

Thanks Rob
by MrAstroBen
Sat Sep 08, 2018 8:46 am
Forum: Other Astro Imaging
Topic: All Sky settings
Replies: 20
Views: 29810

Re: All Sky settings

The dome placed outside for testing. Sat in a bucket but will add legs after testing done.