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Old 13-04-2015, 05:57 PM
guggle (Michael)
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Originally Posted by Amaranthus View Post
Dithering will deal effectively with hot pixels, but not dark current (and the noise associated with this unwanted signal). As noted above, if you have a low-noise sensor coupled with deep cooling, then dark subtraction is probably not worth it. But for uncooled DSLRs, for instance, it's a vital calibration.
I'm not sure what dithering is. Is it moving the scope by small amounts every few frames?

My camera is an unmodified Nikon D3100, and chances are, I won't be modifying it anytime soon..
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