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739 kikkut Offline Send Email May 21, 2012
1:31 pm
Hi Torsten! Thank you for a quick answer to my problem. That sounds exactly what I need. I will try it out next time we have clear skies here. Best regards ...
740 davidgriff81 Offline Send Email May 21, 2012
1:41 pm
While we're talking 2.2....:) Would it be possible to lock the size of the image window when zooming? Currently, if we change the zoom level, the image window...
741 Paul Maxson
sunspot51 Offline Send Email
May 21, 2012
2:06 pm
Hmmm...that does sound like a good idea! Paul ... Those who say it can't be done should stay out of the way of those who are doing it....
742 Randy
masterbeorn Offline Send Email
May 21, 2012
2:28 pm
Does anyone know why the DMK has a lower limit of 260 on gain, and won;t go any lower? I did several runs this weekend and it appeared to me that the image...
743 Blair, Grant
grantcblair Offline Send Email
May 21, 2012
2:42 pm
I don't know the engineering reason why the gain has a minimum level of 260, but if the image is still over-exposed, I would do one (or both) of: 1....
744 Ken
stargazer_ken Offline Send Email
May 21, 2012
3:00 pm
Randy, You only want the gain lower to reduce noise. At the lowest level they provide, you won't have any additional noise reduction if it were possible to go...
745 Randy
masterbeorn Offline Send Email
May 21, 2012
3:11 pm
Sorry I forgot to post that. I'm Running the DMK 41AU02.AS. Here's a log sheet of one of my captures: Filename=Sun_R_133810.avi Date=19.05.2012 Start=13:38:10 ...
746 Ken
stargazer_ken Offline Send Email
May 21, 2012
3:33 pm
So it looks like you are shooting the sun, what scope and filter are you using? Ken...
747 Clif Ashcraft
wa2guf Offline Send Email
May 21, 2012
3:39 pm
Looks like just what we need for the Venus Transit... Clif...
748 Randy
masterbeorn Offline Send Email
May 21, 2012
4:08 pm
Lunt 60PT - single stack. I'm sure if I was double stacking this wouldn't be as much of an issue as it would reduce the number of photons....
749 H-G Lindberg
limpan12000 Offline Send Email
May 21, 2012
4:14 pm
Have 2 laptop one Samsung R580 and one ASUS X32U. OPERATIVE SYSTEM windows 7 64bit. In Samsung Fire Capture run ok no problem, but in ASUS...problem.... When i...
750 Ken
stargazer_ken Offline Send Email
May 21, 2012
4:32 pm
I have a Lunt 60PT as well and also have the DS option for it. The sun will clear the trees in a little while and I'll see what kind of exposure it needs and...
751 Ken
stargazer_ken Offline Send Email
May 21, 2012
5:35 pm
Darn, the clouds started coming in so I won't be able to check today. I notice that you have your gamma set to 42. That's very low. Things start looking pretty...
752 Randy
masterbeorn Offline Send Email
May 21, 2012
5:44 pm
Thanks Ken, Got rain all day today here. I'll take another shot at it on Saturday. I was able to get a lot better contrast last Saturday after readjusting...
753 Ken
stargazer_ken Offline Send Email
May 21, 2012
6:04 pm
I tend to adjust the pressure with an eyepiece before I put the camera in. Otherwise you are having to constantly readjust the exposure as it goes on and off...
754 torstenedelmann Offline Send Email May 21, 2012
6:27 pm
Originally changing the window size while zooming was thought to be a feature but I know this has some drawbacks. I will see what I can do. Maybe I should...
755 torstenedelmann Offline Send Email May 21, 2012
6:34 pm
Hi H-G, Did I forgot to mention that FireCapture is a through-away application so install and reinstall is the standard procedure :) Please try starting...
756 H-G Lindberg
limpan12000 Offline Send Email
May 21, 2012
7:35 pm
When start on Debug i get this, se attached image h-g...
757 H-G Lindberg
limpan12000 Offline Send Email
May 21, 2012
7:52 pm
Sorry, here is the right debug image from ASUs: FireCapture_Debug exe have stop function its say. h-g...
758 torstenedelmann Offline Send Email May 22, 2012
11:08 am
Seems to be difficult to debug. I have two more ideas you could try: #1 replace the TISCam.dll with the version from the Files section #2 start FireCapture in...
759 kikkut Offline Send Email May 24, 2012
10:28 am
Hi! When it comes to processing solar images did I learn a lot from this guy: http://www.sungazer.net/ccdprocess.html Best regards Oivind Tangen...
760 Ken
stargazer_ken Offline Send Email
May 24, 2012
11:45 pm
Ok Randy, Had some time to play with the 60mm PT in single stack today. Played a bit and was surprised that I could do half way decent with a gamma of 42. One...
761 Randy
masterbeorn Offline Send Email
May 25, 2012
2:02 pm
Thanks a lot Ken, It's been raining almost everyday here, but hopefully the weather will clear this weekend for me to get out the scope and play some more. I...
762 Randy
masterbeorn Offline Send Email
May 25, 2012
2:04 pm
Thanks Oivind, I've seen his web page before, but with the new laptop, it was good to get the remainder so I can bookmark his page. He does have some good...
763 Ken
stargazer_ken Offline Send Email
May 25, 2012
2:20 pm
But what did you think of the pictures? The interesting thing to me is that I can make an image captured at gamma 100 look about the same as one captured at...
764 Randy
masterbeorn Offline Send Email
May 25, 2012
2:32 pm
Awesome photos Ken, Sorry, I failed to mention that. I like to high contrast ones. Randy...
765 art.trail Offline Send Email 3:02 am
When I change profiles, the program crashes on me. Has anyone else had this happen, or should I be looking at my laptop or other processes interfering as...
766 torstenedelmann Offline Send Email 5:41 am
Art, Please check and send any files named "hs_err_pid*.log" in the FireCapture main folder after crashing. Torsten...
767 torstenedelmann Offline Send Email 5:42 am
Ken, You may also try the Contrast function in the pre-processing options. This should help better focusing on solar images as well. Regards, Torsten...
768 art.trail Offline Send Email 9:46 pm
Torsten, I have uploaded it to the "Art T" folder. Thanks! Art...
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