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Originally Posted by Allan_L
Good to see someone else has similar issues re motivation. 
It is good that you post this as I am sure it helps to motivate others too.
Maybe we will see you up at the Pony Club a bit more now? 
PS: Nice to see you wearing the IISAC T-Shirt !
Is that part of the motivation regime. ? |
Thanks Allan - i'll definitely be aiming to get to the Pony Club in August. Even if just as an observer
The IISAC t-shirt was my gardening shirt yesterday
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Originally Posted by rogerg
Good to hear you're trying to get back into it Mike
We've had reasonably good wet weather over here which hasn't helped me. During a recent fine break last week I felt the urge to get some survey shots, but what do you know... PC is completely dead after it's break. So it's back in the shop and now I have a wait ahead of me. So .. just as I was getting back to it, I got stopped at the starting blocks  Hope you have more success! |
Bummer Roger, that's enough to de-motivate you again
I hope your computer gets sorted quickly.
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Originally Posted by Quark
Sounds like a plan Mike,
The DMK21AU618 sounds interesting, it would be great if they change the IC Capture software to allow for a wider range of frame rates and to automatically match the exposure to the selected frame rate, as currently happens with FireCapture. It might be worth the experiment to see if the new DMK will run on FireCapture.
Having the ability to capture 16 bit data with the Flea3 is a bonus. Well, 12 bit really as the last four digits are all zero's and don't contribute to the image. I have seen some nice images that have been captured with the new DMK, however they have been with C-14"s from the US where Jup is at a higher alt than it is currently for us. As a matter of interest for the last 12 months all of my Saturn captures have been as 16bit FIT files not 8 bit avi although I have been going with 8 bit avi for Jupiter simply because of the bottle neck that occurs with my particular capture setup when trying to dump 16bit data at more than 50 fps onto my 2 Tb external drive. Obviously the higher frame rates with 8 bit data don't cause such problems.
Look forward to seeing what you produce with the new DMK.
Regards
Trevor
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Thanks Trevor - I'll have to check out FireCapture. I assume it can capture from USB and not just firewire devices? (unless Fire in the name has nothing to do with firewire
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I forgot that the Flea3 is 12 bit. I'm sure that will make a difference too but hopefully the 618 will be a step up from the DMK21AU04.
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Originally Posted by Dennis
Hi Mike
You’ve made a terrific start already and kicking off with some (relatively) easy stuff such as semi hi-res lunar imaging, is a great plan. Seeing those big, beautiful craters and the gorgeous, sharp detail will inspire you. It should not require you to be at your peak of capturing and processing competence just yet and you should also have some fun and be able to laugh if things go wrong!
In the end, it all depends on good seeing conditions of course! 
Bon voyage!
Dennis |
Thanks Dennis, I'm looking forward to capturing some lunar images. There hasn't been enough hi-res lunar images posted on IIS of late. Time to change that
Though the forecast isn't good for tonight.