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Old 17-01-2009, 09:28 PM
jase (Jason)
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MaximDL has my vote for camera control. A little on the costly side, but its difficult to find such a robust data acquisition tool IMO. Three other things reconfirm this perspective.

1. It's post processing tools are also very good. DDP in particular is still "the best" compared to any other tool I've used.
2. You can expand it capabilities with loads of plug-ins (most are free...here are a few)...
http://winfij.homeip.net/maximdl/index.html
http://www.rc-astro.com/resources/rc_console.html
http://www.princeton.edu/~rvdb/images/deconv/deconv_MaximDL.html
3. When you're ready, integrate it with ACP for a killer data acquisition and automation tool. This will allow you to take on mosaics, automate skyflats, improve telescope pointing, perform plate solves, color filter offsets, blah, blah, (you name it!). FYI - ACP only works with MaximDL.

I guess it depends on how "hardcore" you expect to get and what you want to get out of the tool.

PS, when it comes to driver support, MaximDL's in the bag. Very extensive support.
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