Hi Gav,
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Originally Posted by GC - South Aus
G'day Jarrod
Some great advice, thanks.
The image is without IR/UV filter. Should I be? I generally only use this type of filter for planetary imaging.
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I have seen both cases argued, some say you don't need one for Ha imaging and others swear by it.
Now you may not need one but personally I feel that as long as it doesn't introduce any type of artifacts to the image it may help with contrast.
I always use mine and I don't think there is any harm done, I'll try without next time just to see if I can notice a difference.
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Originally Posted by GC - South Aus
The spc camera is colour. I think it can be turned to b&w during recording as well, but not true mono.
I have recently acquired a DMK 31 AF 03 which is also a colour camera, so I am planning on using IC Capture too. But have no experience with it yet.
I have never used an RGB image splitter program before. I also never thought of reducing the B & G channels in GIMP either. Although that would be quite time consuming.
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I have still seen some good Ha shots with a colour SPC before so don't let it deter you at all, but as most of the detail comes in via the Red channel it will make things tougher but certainly not impossible.
I haven't really used a channel splitter program either, I downloaded 'RGB split' once and then decided to go and have a lie down but it may be a solution, easier than doing it individually in GIMP anyway?
I don't know if there is an easier way, there normally is.
The DMK should be a good cam too and coupled with IC capture it won't be so hard to get used to. When you start off in IC capture the standard defaults, on mine are "Gain 260" and "Gamma 100" are enough to get you up and running with good results.
It's just a shame that IC capture doesn't run the SPC.
Still you are well on your way and the first pics I would of been happy with when I tried the SPC900 out.
Hopefully it clears up soon and look forward to seeing more pics too. Especially the white light.