Maybe it's a stupid question, but I didn't manage to find a simple way to proceed.
When dealing with long exposures, one is often in a situation where a frame is being recorded but something has to be modfied (gain, filter set, temp, etc).
Is there a simple way to abort a frame in progress, so as to restart the full frame taking with updated parameters. Failure to do so force you to wait until the full completion of the on-going frame.
Generally I turn around the issue by setting a short time exposure , validate, modify again the frame duration which will be taken into accont as soon as a shorter frame is finished. It works, but it's not very elegant.
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how to force a new frame to start
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Re: how to force a new frame to start
Hi,
the technique that you are using is the best bet if you are running the camera in live mode. However, it sounds like you may be better suited to using SharpCap 4.0 and still mode - in still mode the camera only captures images on request (rather than continuously) and you can cancel any capture in progress.
It's a nice idea to have a way to reset a long frame though - I will have to think about how that could fit in.
cheers,
Robin
the technique that you are using is the best bet if you are running the camera in live mode. However, it sounds like you may be better suited to using SharpCap 4.0 and still mode - in still mode the camera only captures images on request (rather than continuously) and you can cancel any capture in progress.
It's a nice idea to have a way to reset a long frame though - I will have to think about how that could fit in.
cheers,
Robin