I have just spent my 2nd night at the DSI and nothing is going right still!!!!
Rather than muck around with Meades Invisage, I used MaximDL for the first time. I had MaximDL open on one screen and the tutorial open on the other.
I followed every step to the letter through the whole tutorial and yet it still went crazy. The images on-screen were monochrome, so I thought "no big deal, it will turn colour in the end". It didn't.
It was suppose to stack the images and subtract the darks I took. It didn't.
I took the single images into Registax and it showed up a wierd cross-hatch pattern!!! That's the same wierd effect I got in Invisage!
How can it all go so wrong when I followed the Tutorial exactly????
Any help much appreciated
These are supposed to be COLOUR images!
Pic 1. How the finished product came out of MaximDL
Pic 2. After some pretty heavy Processing
Hi Ken,
The images from my Orion Starshoot look exactly the same until I (de-mosaic) convert to colour.
Not sure where the commands are for this are in the Meade or Maxim software.
Hope this helps.
In Registax, you turn on colour, and in the options tabs on the main alignment tab, you turn on DeBayer, and select one of the 4 patterns. Unfortunately, I don't actually know the correct pattern for the DSI. You can try them all and check which one "looks" right until you find out the correct one to use.
Your not having to much luck with this DSI Ken, I feel for you as I know how much you loved imaging with your Toucam, trade her in mate, and get what you know you can get results with.
Ken are you sure that you didn't buy the dsi pro monogrome cam ?
Just joking.
When you are in envisage try it first with the simple settings and see how it goes.
This way you will get at least an color image (i hope).
For "one-shot" color cameras, such as DSLRs, Meade DSI, etc., the color information is built into the raw frame. The images should first be calibrated. If flat-fields are used, turn on the "Apply boxcar filter" option to remove the Bayer matrix; otherwise the color balance will be affected by the color temperature of the flat-field light source. Next use either the Convert CMY or Convert RGB command as appropriate. DSLR cameras require the Convert RGB command; other cameras such as the DSI require Convert CMY.
For "one-shot" color cameras, such as DSLRs, Meade DSI, etc., the color information is built into the raw frame. The images should first be calibrated. If flat-fields are used, turn on the "Apply boxcar filter" option to remove the Bayer matrix; otherwise the color balance will be affected by the color temperature of the flat-field light source. Next use either the Convert CMY or Convert RGB command as appropriate. DSLR cameras require the Convert RGB command; other cameras such as the DSI require Convert CMY.
Is that what your looking for Ken
Shawn
Yeah, kind of, Shawn.
I don't do any 'Flats' or 'Biases'. Just 'Darks'. The tutorial tells me I can succesfully just subtract the darks from the lights without worrying myself with Bias or Flats (no need to calibrate). I did it their way and nothing happened.
Ken are you sure that you didn't buy the dsi pro monogrome cam ?
Just joking.
When you are in envisage try it first with the simple settings and see how it goes.
This way you will get at least an color image (i hope).
Martin, I don't like Envisage. Besides being a needlessly over-complicated program, it crashes whenever it feels like crashing.
I find MaximDL much simpler (the commands layout is easier to use) and it doesn't crash. It also fits on my 800x600 res laptop. Envisage doesn't.
Your not having to much luck with this DSI Ken, I feel for you as I know how much you loved imaging with your Toucam, trade her in mate, and get what you know you can get results with.
Leon
Nah, the camera isn't at fault. It's the operator
Dang fangled computer programs
What makes it harder for me than for others is I don't even understand the lingo in the tutorials . 'Computer speak' leaves me lost.
Hi Ken, I have a go on imagining with DSI Pro last night. I’m not impressed with sensitivity of this camera. GStar beats it hand down. Can you get “live preview” window when you use DSI with Maxim DL? With other cameras I can see image live on the screen but with DSI I see only the images I have exposed. Tried DSI as auto guider, no go, could not connect to COM port.
Hi Ken, I have a go on imagining with DSI Pro last night. I’m not impressed with sensitivity of this camera. GStar beats it hand down. Can you get “live preview” window when you use DSI with Maxim DL? With other cameras I can see image live on the screen but with DSI I see only the images I have exposed. Tried DSI as auto guider, no go, could not connect to COM port.
No Karl, no live image with DSI. The closest is in 'Focus' mode which updates every 1 second (or more).
