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Hello,
Under camera specific controls > zwo> Misc Controls> Mono Bin> no usage info provided in the manual !
How do I use this setting?

Also, I have an asi071/color cam and would like to use it in mono mode without loss of resolution, is that possible? 16 bit raw if possible.
Thanks, Barry

Hi Barry,

fortunately ZWO actually have a web page that talks about MONO bin - you can find it here : https://astronomy-imaging-camera.com/tu ... ntals.html

When you use a colour camera in MONO mode, behind the scenes the camera (or the software from the camera manufacturer) takes the RAW colour image, converts it to full colour and then converts that full colour image to monochrome. There isn't a way around that. For lots of colour cameras, the MONO option is only available in 8 bit. If you really want 16 bit mono, capture RAW16 and then convert the images to mono in your processing.

thanks,

Robin

Robin,
Thank you very much. The help is most appreciated!
Barry