I have found processing in JPEG is more difficult as the images are already compressed and White balance set, sometimes on the wrong setting for Astro work. I would also thing that compression artifacts would increase the more images that are stacked, giving a poorer final image. I always shoot RAW, it gives you the flexibility to manipulate your images to the way you think they should look. ICNR can be on or off in RAW mode, I am still yet to see which is better, shooting your own Darks or let the camera do it. Personally I would let myself do the Darks as it gives you more of a chance to get the object you want without waiting for darks to be applied on every image. Personal preference of course. I have seen Bert using ICNR most of the time, absolutely nothing wrong with that at all.
|