I got this warning the other night in SharpCap and don't know what it means or how to remedy the problem. How does one increase bit depth?
warning: Looks like you’re taking long exposures at a bit depth of 8, you may want to increase your bit depth.
Thank you,
Joe
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Re: bit depth warning
Hi Joe,
you need to change the colour space that your cameras running in – you are probably in RAW8 if you are using a colour camera or MONO8 if you are using a monochrome camera – change that to something like RAW12, MONO16 (something with a higher number after indicating a high bit depth). Once you start taking exposures of more than a few seconds there's usually enough detail in the image to warrant using the higher bit depth. When you're taking short exposures for lunar/planetary/solar imaging there's no point in having the higher bit depth – it just slows down your camera and make sure capture files bigger for no gain in image quality.
Cheers, Robin
you need to change the colour space that your cameras running in – you are probably in RAW8 if you are using a colour camera or MONO8 if you are using a monochrome camera – change that to something like RAW12, MONO16 (something with a higher number after indicating a high bit depth). Once you start taking exposures of more than a few seconds there's usually enough detail in the image to warrant using the higher bit depth. When you're taking short exposures for lunar/planetary/solar imaging there's no point in having the higher bit depth – it just slows down your camera and make sure capture files bigger for no gain in image quality.
Cheers, Robin
Re: bit depth warning
Thank you Robin, so much to learn. Your help is invaluable.
Joe
Joe