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Old 12-01-2006, 03:52 PM
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I used the Toucam in 'Normal' mode and I waited for the Trap to drift into view. As it drifted across the screen (coz I got no tracking) I recorded about 170 frames.

This was done before I knew how to use 'Desire' and is done in the ordinary Philips V-Record program.

The settings I used were:
IMAGE:
Frame rate - 5 fps
Brightness - 80%
Gamma - 30%
Saturation - 100%

CAMERA:
Auto setting
Shutter - 1/33rd
Gain - 80%

Using a GS 12" Dob and Toucam at Prime Focus. Dark sky helps.

Last weekend I watched Bert have a go at running my Avi through Registax and he picked up more stars than I did when I tried. So last night I gave it a go again trying to remember what Bert did and I got even more!

Here is an extreme close up of the finished pic. In PhotShop I magnified the image to 500% and played with Brightness/Contrast. That's all I've done so far. It's not a good quality shot.

I hope someone can make my Avi look even better and clearer coz there seems to be a lot of stars hiding in there.
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