Byeos

[Cyberman]

Hello,
Can some one please help me with BYEOS . I can't enable mirror lockup. Mirror setting says off. I am using a canon 600D. If you have any other recommended settings for BYEOS , please let me know. It would be much appreciated. Thanks, Rob

[Startrek]

Here ya go

I have a 600D and have been using BYEOS for 3 years

Canon EOS DSLR Astro settings with for prime focus with or without telescope ( Canon camera’s manufacture dated 2004 to 2014)

Exposure - set to Manual
Autofocus - off or Manual
Grid display - off
Aspect ratio - 3:2
Screen colour - 1 or preferred
ISO - sweet spot is 800
Aperture - aperture is fixed through telescope
Shutter speed - Bulb with remote shutter release
White Balance - set to auto white balance AWB ( if Camera has been Astro modded you have to set a “custom” white balance )
Drive - set to single shooting
Colour Space - set to RGB
Image file - set to Raw + JPEG
Image review - turn off
Metering mode - set to Evaluative
Exposure compensation - set to 0
LCD Auto off - set to disable
Live View Shoot Function - enable
Live View Exposure Sim - enable

Custom functions -
ISO expansion - set to off
Exposure level increments - set to 1/3 stop
Long Exposure Noise reduction - off if shooting darks
High ISO speed noise reduction - off if shooting darks
Highlight Tone Priority - disable
Auto Lighting Optimiser - disable
Auto focus assist beam firing - disable
Auto power off - set to 2 minutes
Auto rotate - off
Built in flash - turn off
Red eye reduction - turn off
Dust delete data - set to none or turn off

Picture Style -
Sharpness 0 or halfway on slider
Contrast 0 or halfway on slider
Saturation 0 or halfway on slider
Colour tone 0 or halfway on slider
Mirror lock up - disable

Note : some older Canon cameras may not have some of the above settings so ignore them

[Cyberman]

Thanks Martin,
I've changed the camera settings as you suggested. Thanks for the detailed reply. The information is greatly appreciated. Do you know if you can lock the mirror up in BYEOS to stop vibrations when the mirror moves or is this not really necessary, Cheers, Robert.

[Startrek]

The settings have the mirror lock up disabled
The shutter release has no affect on the image , at least my images anyway and I’m imaging at focal lengths of 900mm to 1000mm with my 6” and 8” newtonian reflectors and image scales of 0.80 to 0.90 arc sec per pixel so imaging fairly close up to objects

Cheers