comparing recent paul haese, a little older bird one with their dmk b/w and fireware and my older toucam one in very similiar conditions showed the differences up I believe.
There is a 30 fps uncompressed colour camera due for release from ambermile I hope very soon, but after that it is really a step up to the b/w sensor with colour filters and maybe a L filter as well
I have asked Damian P and Bird about Luminescence ie a 4th filter in the filter wheel. Bird believes it is an unneccessary step and Damien agrees with Jupiter so high in the sky.
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Hi David,
>>>What does the luminescence give you and can it be used if you have
>>>not captured in L,R,G,B separately?
This gives you a superior signal/noise image than using straight RGB. Its been long practiced in the Deep Sky world for many years. For example if you took say 40sec in each filter, you could combine (average) the three to create a smooth luminance image. You then then replace the luminance of the normal RGB in photoshop with your new smoother luminance which would hopefully create a superior overall image. Hope that makes some sense :-).
Best Wishes
Damian
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>>>So this can only really be done via a fourth filter in the filter
>>>wheel
and not some software tweeks from a single pass colour avi capture ie a toucam with a colour ccd chip?
It can be done with a colour camera working in mono mode with filters but given the high altitude of Jupiter for you its probably more hassle than its worth. Colour cameras work great when the Planets are high in the sky.
Damian
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