Guys,
Based on feedback to my first post:
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ad.php?t=20843
I tried again last night and the results are unexpectedly ghastly!
The 'best' result I got is attached. This was at native f/10 on the C11 with the ToUcam 740 at 10 fps, shutter 1/50, brightness 40%, gamma 35%, saturation 40% and gain around 20%. The k3ccd brightness meter was pretty much bang on 200. The f/20 results are so grotty I'm not even going to post - probably out-of-focus as I was hurrying to beat a band of cloud coming across.
The seeing was not as good last night as the 2nd, but still: what the **** happened? FWIW I think it's gone too far in the over-exposed direction as even in the raw frames the central portion was just an amorphous white blob. But if that's the case how come getting a 200+ setting in the meter is 'right' for you guys but is 'wrong' for me?
Any ideas at all - unless someone has a suggestion to the contrary I'll try aiming for about 180 next time...
Onward and upward...
G