Rippled "mask" over live image with ZWO.
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2019 10:23 am
Hi,
I used to get excellent results from SharpCap using my ZWO120-MC-S with USB3.
Now I have a strange "mask," like rippled glass, superimposed above the live view on the laptop & PC screen.
Nothing has changed as far as I am aware. The mask is carried over to my captured videos as if part of the real image.
Making them worthless for further processing in Registax, etc.
I routinely use RGB24 and vary the size of the capture window to suit the subject.
No setting in SharpCap and I have tried all of them, alters the strange "mask" like appearance.
It is the same in white light and H-alpha. Sun, Moon or terrestrial trials makes no difference.
I have captured a short video for YT where I deliberately moved the H-alpha Sun's image around behind the mask to show the strange effect.
https://youtu.be/hHIlU7H2RA0
The "real" image actually appears below the upper, "fixed" mask on the screen.
The problem transfers identically from my laptop to my PC.
With exactly the same results when I plug in the ZWO in SharpCap and view on a larger 28" monitor.
I'm using USB3 ports with the supplied ZWO USB3 flat, camera cable.
I'd be most grateful for any advice to get rid of this problem so I can start imaging seriously again.
Thanks for your time...
I used to get excellent results from SharpCap using my ZWO120-MC-S with USB3.
Now I have a strange "mask," like rippled glass, superimposed above the live view on the laptop & PC screen.
Nothing has changed as far as I am aware. The mask is carried over to my captured videos as if part of the real image.
Making them worthless for further processing in Registax, etc.
I routinely use RGB24 and vary the size of the capture window to suit the subject.
No setting in SharpCap and I have tried all of them, alters the strange "mask" like appearance.
It is the same in white light and H-alpha. Sun, Moon or terrestrial trials makes no difference.
I have captured a short video for YT where I deliberately moved the H-alpha Sun's image around behind the mask to show the strange effect.
https://youtu.be/hHIlU7H2RA0
The "real" image actually appears below the upper, "fixed" mask on the screen.
The problem transfers identically from my laptop to my PC.
With exactly the same results when I plug in the ZWO in SharpCap and view on a larger 28" monitor.
I'm using USB3 ports with the supplied ZWO USB3 flat, camera cable.
I'd be most grateful for any advice to get rid of this problem so I can start imaging seriously again.
Thanks for your time...