FYI. Passing along something I found while playing around with a recent ETX-125 Saturn photo. I took a photo, that I was very happy with, from 3/26/08 and ran...
Hi, I plan to use the NexImage at daytime too taking pictures of say trees and leaves with sun shining on them. I found out my present webcam doesn't have fast...
Hi Eugene: I might be wrong about this but I think the Neximage will expose down to 1/10,000 sec. I've used it many times for daylight terrestrial imaging and...
... Hi, Have you tried directly imaging daytime object with sun shining on them? Hope can else can confirm it. What's the shutter speed of cheap cmos webcams?...
Yes, but if the sun's reflection is vastly greater in brightness than the rest of the image then the reflection will probably be saturated and you'll have to...
... The NexImage is designed for planetary imaging or deep sky. How come it has very fast shutter speed that it can even take daytime shots with sun shining on...
As a general rule of thumb CMOS sensors are less sensitive than CCD sensors, therefore a really fast shutter speed for a CMOS sensor might not allow enough...
Hi Justin, I dont know if modifying NI to RAW and back has anything to do with the problem. But regardless of that, the "failed to open avi file" is something...
Hi Bruce, I'm responding a bit late to your post, but I'm just working through an e-mail backlog. Your shot of Saturn with the edge-on rings is very good. I...
Hi Monti. I know how email can mount up. Yes, it is 125 mm aperture. I kinda figure since the rings are "disappearing" that at least getting a hint of the...
Gavin, The AMCap that came with NexImage was, charitably described, user hostile. Pre-allocting files, among other things, was a ridiculous burden in this day...
I found wxAstrocapture, free and dedicated to astronomy use: http://arnholm.org/astro/software/wxAstroCapture/ and there is always the rolls royce, K3CCD...
On 5/15 I took about 10 photos of Saturn with my 5 inch NexStar. I posted two of them in the folder "REVs Photos". I experimented with various settings and...
Very nicely done Rev. The rings are noticeably better than what I got recently with my 5 incher (Meade ETX-125). I only stacked about 1000 frames but also kept...
Hi, Nice shots of Saturn! The planet is particularly difficult to image now because of the dim edge-on rings. The rings are pretty sharp in your picture, and...
Hi, I've been wondering why my Saturn images tend to be somewhat blueish, instead of the planet's creamish-yellow color as shown by NASA pictures. Someone...
... Saturn is lighted by the same Sun that lights an outdoor scene on the Earth. Why not choose the outdoor white balance option? NASA images are not true...
Please help. I just purchased a laptop that has a Vista 64 bit operating system. Are there NexImage camera drivers available for this operating system? Thanks,...
Thanks. 10 fps meant capture at 10 frames per sec and with a shutter speed of 10 fps. I have always used the same shutter speed as frame rate. Is it worth...
When I used to do outdoor terrestrial photography (where things had a definite blue colour temperature) with indoor incandescent film (which was prebiased...
... I'm afraid if your Vista X64 bit your out of luck I had to search for months to find that out and eventually I purchased a lap top and changed operating...
Hi group, This is my attempt on Saturn from last night. The avi was 1801 frames. I used Registax 5 to process but I am a bit lost in this new version. Clear...
Nice sharp pix Daniel. Good overall exposure on a difficult ring shot too. Questions… What size/type scope? Did you use a Barlow? Does the original have...
Hi Bruce, Thanks for the comments! No barlow used and it was on a Celestron 11 inches. I don't think I have enough details for a larger image. Clear skies! ...
Daniel, Then by all means use a 2x or 2.5x or 3x Barlow. It takes a bit more work to find the image in the NexImage, but it gives you more detail that can...
Bruce, VERY good one! Indeed I tried to use the barlow 2X but didn't find the planet! (I did find it once last year but the focus wasn't good). When I put the...
Daniel, I had to wrap one layer of electrical tape around my NexImage nosepiece to get a good fit. Forgot to mention I generally use a 2.5x TeleVue Barlow. ...
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