The dark frame looks very respectable noise wise... KAI-11002M C1 I see
smooth..
Yeah I hear you on the "backup camera" idea.. I've been eyeing the ML11002 or the ML3200 as a 2nd camera... but I just cant justify it... If I got the ML11002, I dare say I'd fall in love with the massive field of view, and then rarely ever use the ST8300.. Unless I had 2 scopes and 2 mounts, I think 2 cameras would be excessive..
Tom Davis has the idea, get 2 cameras, both with the same sensor, one mono and one colour.. 2 complementing optical systems, highest resolution scope used with mono camera for luminance while the lower resolution scope used with the color camera to catch RGB info quickly and efficiently...
I have definitely been considering the extreme case of sacrilege I'm going to have when I mate an SBIG camera with an FLI filter wheel... I'm kind of worried that the whole shebang might just spontaneously combust upon screwing it together haha!
Fingers crossed that it all works!!
Great to hear the new laptop is all up and running, ready for imaging!
I got the CFW 2-7 running in MaximDL last night after a few emails with Greg... Although I think I need to buy a plugin from Software Bisque in order to get the CFW running in CCDSoft V5.. Gotta get all this sorted before the camera arrives!!