test eta shot with new cooled canon40D

h0ughy (David) · #1 13-05-2010, 01:48 PM

got my "new" camera yesterday and managed to get a quick 55 minute shot of eta to test the camera on the 127ED

11 x 5 min shots stacked in DSS and processed in Pixinsight

Omaroo (Chris Malikoff) · #2 13-05-2010, 02:51 PM

Nice result David. Quite a bit of otherwise hard-to-get detail sitting in the ditch down the middle, in between the shore lines. Very cool! (pun unintended..)

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #3 13-05-2010, 03:41 PM

Pretty in Pink Dave

madwayne (Wayne) · #4 13-05-2010, 04:16 PM

Have to be happy with that one David - I asusme there are no darks calibrated in it.

Nice shot

Wayne

h0ughy (David) · #5 13-05-2010, 04:38 PM

did a tweak on the detail....sorry not the colour yet

Jeffkop (Jeff) · #6 13-05-2010, 09:02 PM

What a beautiful mess.

gregbradley · #7 13-05-2010, 09:31 PM

Nice and sharp and great detail. Green in the background needs toning down though.

Greg.

h0ughy (David) · #8 13-05-2010, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Omaroo

Nice result David. Quite a bit of otherwise hard-to-get detail sitting in the ditch down the middle, in between the shore lines. Very cool! (pun unintended..)

thanks

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Originally Posted by jjjnettie

Pretty in Pink Dave

I like Pink

looks "nice" to me - might not be the correct colour but then what is ?

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Originally Posted by madwayne

Have to be happy with that one David - I asusme there are no darks calibrated in it.

Nice shot

Wayne

done with flats , dark flats, bias, darks and of course lights LOL

On a sad note - the camera failed tonight when i was testing it. ERROR99 - but it was the shutter control that failed. Better off to find it now then later. oh well back to the trusty cooled 350D while i send this back for repair

h0ughy (David) · #9 13-05-2010, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by gregbradley

Nice and sharp and great detail. Green in the background needs toning down though.

Greg.

will do that now Greg - it was a very quick lunchtime process and i did know that.

stay tuned

Hagar (Doug) · #10 13-05-2010, 09:38 PM

Nice image David. Sorry to hear it has failled already, bummer.

gregbradley · #11 13-05-2010, 10:01 PM

Tell me as I am out of the loop with DSLRs but it seems to me that the 40D was a new highpoint for Canon in astrophotography. Did the 50D get any better or was it only minor tweaks that don't affect astrophotography? And there's a later model out too I think.

Greg.

h0ughy (David) · #12 13-05-2010, 10:10 PM

ok here is a repro - i hope it is better Greg

h0ughy (David) · #13 13-05-2010, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Hagar

Nice image David. Sorry to hear it has failled already, bummer.

i had an inkling that it could - especially after Alan's. I did ask Yun to extensively test the camera - i am not sure if he did or no so i wont comment on that. The main thing is that it has travelled several thousand miles after the rebuild and anything could have happened?

gregbradley · #14 13-05-2010, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by h0ughy

ok here is a repro - i hope it is better Greg

Now that is a nice image. Wow, that is right up there mate.

Your 40D is going to extract more of the performance out of your 127ED which is obviously a nice scope.

Greg.

h0ughy (David) · #15 13-05-2010, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by gregbradley

Now that is a nice image. Wow, that is right up there mate.

Your 40D is going to extract more of the performance out of your 127ED which is obviously a nice scope.

Greg.

I hope that it does (when i get it fixed

) PM me your email and i will send you the full framejpeg if you like - so you can see it at 1:1

multiweb (Marc) · #16 13-05-2010, 10:20 PM

Cool pic. Great details and nice contrast.

h0ughy (David) · #17 13-05-2010, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by h0ughy

I hope that it does (when i get it fixed

) PM me your email and i will send you the full framejpeg if you like - so you can see it at 1:1

as for the colour - i was a tad rushed at lunch and didn't pay much attention to the tinge - though i knew it was there i didn't realise how bad it was until i saw it on an uncalibrated monitor. i processed this on a poor old Toshiba core solo Satellite - but it does have a beautiful screen and is calibrated.