I just went outside for about an hour and a half. Saw that the Moon was up and wanted to get some shots. I run Windows XP in Parallels on my Mac using my NexImage 5. As usual when I start to capture I run into problems! Will list below.
Problems:
- My new table is unstable! I need to find out how to make it not shake
- The stupid iCap software that comes with the NexImage 5 that doesn't work properly! You cannot capture the entire Moon in one single frame (which is fair enough) so I was trying to take video of different sections of the Moon therefore I used the x and y axis to move around. Lined it all up, adjusted my exposure and started to record then all of a sudden it defaults back to the original x and y values?!
No idea why the hell it does it and thought my camera was stuffed. I then downloaded and installed SharpCap, gave that a go (adjusted my x and y axis) and it worked perfectly! It didn't default to the original settings
. One problem solved!
- Next...my tracking on my computerised mount doesn't seem to track properly. Once I align the Moon and track it, it locates and locks on fine but then slowly you can see the Moon moving out of the picture over 15-20 secs then stops therefore which I need to align the Moon lower then when it stops it should be dead centre. Anyone know why this is happening???
- I accidentally stepped on a snail
Highlights:
- Using my brand new Late 2013 October MacBook Pro Retina 13". The battery life on this thing is amazing! It started off with 88%, watched 2 American Pickers episodes on it (90mins) then used Parallels XP capturing video on the NexImage for an hour and a half and they battery is now only down to around 58% (still says I have 5hrs left!).
- A possum scared the crap out of me which made me turn on all the lights.
Lessons Learnt:
- Using SharpCap over iCap from now on. Just want to run through the program and get familiar with it.
Now hopefully the video I captured is alright and will be processing it.
I am hoping tomorrow morning is nice and clear so I can use my PST!
