Thread: Bias frames..?
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Old 15-08-2008, 09:30 AM
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Originally Posted by avandonk View Post
Bias frames eliminate negative values for pixels. This is done by raising the floor so to speak. It is really a computational problem.

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I would have put this slightly differently. A bias is added to a frame by the camera to prevent -ve pixels. A bias frame subtraction removes this. It is needed to scale darks but little else.
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