Image acquisitionImportant to use a computer because it gives the best focusImages Plus Camera ControlMany features. Lenses and telescopes that I use17-40mm f/4 Canon85mm f/1.8 Canon (Image scale 13.5 arcsec/pixel)200mm f/2.8 Canon (IS 5.4)Borg 77ED refractor, f/5.5 (IS 2.5)TAK FSQ 106 refractor, f/5 (IS 2)TEC 140 refractor, f/7 (IS 1.1) Some accounts on old site were missing name information and.
Why modify the canon sensor?Stock IR cut filter limits Ha response of sensorĭownsides of modifying cameraMust use custom white balanceĪuto mode will not work with custom white balance in older Canons must use P or M modeCanon Warranty is void and they will not service the cameraCost is $200 - $300 (Hutech, Hap Griffin, Gary Honis) As you have probably noticed we have upgraded our gallery and transitioned from our old website. Other reasons to use CanonSoftware readily availableAcquisition (Images Plus, Backyard EOS, Nebulosity, DigiCamControlProcessing (Images Plus, PixInsight, Nebulosity, Deep Sky StackerGain from the experience of othersYahoo Group Digital AstroYahoo Group DSLR Astro Image ProcessingCloudy Nights DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & ProcessingJerry Lodriguss CCD books are excellent and websiteBooks, adaptors, modifications, etc are widely available Processing after demosiacingIrreversible process best done on a computer and not in the camera
How color is createdDebayering the matrix. Although it AutoStakkert (AS3, AS2) is lucky imaging software used to automatically analyze, align, and stack images of the Sun, Moon and Planets that were taken through a Astro Pixel Processor - The best astrophotography post-processing tools Most astrophotography software are for macOS and Windows.
not true of NikonĬanon uses CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) sensorLess sensitive than CCD, but cheaper to makeGenerally consume less power than CCDsProvide excellent color Astrophotography can be simple (tripod and camera) or complex (telescopes and special. "Treat every photon with respect" - David Malin.Why Canon?Provides RAW filesNot directly useable as an imageDigital negatives.unprocessed readout of pixelsWell suited for dark subtracting and flat fielding. Its the Nikon-alternative to BackyardEOS, although it is in Beta. I generally find I'm limited by seeing and the ability to focus well enough more than anything else for planetary stuff. You tell it to capture 100 frames and you get 200MB of 1024圆80 jpegs (from a 50D). From the 50D, 913 frames of 944圆32 video is 127MB.ĪPT does it a little differently and saves the video stream as individual jpegs. The avi won't go straight into Registax but it's easily converted with VirtualDub. I've used a Meade DSI, SPC900N, S3IS, 40D and 50D to capture video using a variety of capture tools.ĮOS_MovieRec is a pretty easy way to get video from a liveview DSLR. Spit - What camera are you using ? I'm not sure what you mean by crop mode in this context. One thing that I'm keen to try is the polar alignment tool and see how it compares to EqAlign. I'm not sure if that is a good thing but it doesn't seem too bloated yet.
There are a lot of other functions in there. The 'Digital Imaging' group is made up of members and visitors who share the same interest in Astrophotography (or Digital Imaging) and to learn how to do it better and easier. Software readily available Acquisition (Images Plus, Backyard EOS. For the actual exposures I use a timer remote. The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because. I primarily use it for focus (with & without a Bahtinov mask) and to frame & orient the camera. I thought that it was the better option when I bought it although they seem to leapfrog each other with functions so this week BEOS may be the better option. I have Astrophotography Tool (APT) which is very similar to Backyard EOS.