[rainwatcher (Peter)]

Hi all i have been using Deep Sky Stacker and Canon Digital Photo Professional to stack and process my photos. Spend half the night and the final stacked image is not as good as a single CR2 file. The images are not too demanding, Canon 1000D at 18, 25 and 55 mm aimed at the centre of the Milky Way, usually about 10 of 15 second shots. Not ready to do eyepiece projection untill i get the basics right. I am also not using tracking as I am still experimenting with my new camera setup. Not ready to give up yet but my old film photos were far superior, however i would expect stacked images to be better than they are. Any ideas ?.