ADC tuning options?

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bluesilver
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ADC tuning options?

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Hi, Sorry if i have got this in the wrong section here.
I was just interested to know if SharpCap has this ADC function?
I may have made that question a tad hard to know what i am going on about, but this is what i am planning to do.
I have a ZWO ADC, you move the two sliding arms to adjust for seeing conditions.

At the moment i am using a program called FireCapture that has an option to dial in the ADC, basically you just move the two arms around on the ZWO ADC to get the color circles to line up.

I am just interested to know if SharpCap has something similar to this?
I have done a bit of searching and yet to find anything in SharpCap about this.
But any information would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
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turfpit
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Re: ADC tuning options?

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Found in Sharpcap 4 under Tools

SharpCap4 ADC.JPG
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Using the Forum search at the top right of the screen, a search for ADC returns many hits. The first entry is a reference to the manual page:

https://docs.sharpcap.co.uk/4.0/20_ADCAlignment.htm

Hope this helps.

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Re: ADC tuning options?

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That document was the one that i was looking for, for some reason it wasn't coming up on my version of SharpCap,
Jut did an automatic update and is now there.
So it looks like it works a little differently compared to what i am use to.
Might be atrial and error process with this one as i am still not sure what this Black Threshold is all about even after reading it a few times.
The one i use in the other program was fairly straight forward, just get all 3 circles together and that is it.

I was trying to see if anyone had a video out yet showing how this works in SharpCap, but nothing has been produced yet that i can find.
Trial and error may be the best bet here.
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Re: ADC tuning options?

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still not sure what this Black Threshold is all about even after reading it a few times
It takes a bit to digest and probably is best done on a real object with the ADC in place. Adjust so that the red background does not encroach on the object (or the edges).

From the manual entry:

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