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Originally Posted by seeker372011
looks good..how about a test shot one of these days with the kind of scope mere mortals can aspire to -say an ED80?
also what software do you use for capture?
and is there a way to autoguide with the same camera ala SBIG?
cheers
narayan
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Well, you know that SBIG have another ccd inside the camera. NO ONE else does this, for the simple fact, it is Patented by SBIG. You can if you like build and sell them, then get sued by SBIG for Patent infringment.
I prefer guiding with a seperate sensor and scope, as do most people.
I will be using a 105mm f5 Achromatic refractor as soon as the weather clears.
Plus on my newtonian as well.
But this is not what you should be looking at in the scheme of things. The important thing is how well and clear the image is produced by the sensor.
Any sensor, be it a DSI or a Trifid with the EV2 sensor, is going to give a bad result if the optics are bad, and a good result if the optics are good.
The optics is half your solution, the sensor is the other half. Plus 10% for processing !!!!!!!. I leaving out mounts and guiding etc, thats another ball game.
No dark frames needed, no bias frames etc. Just setup, and image away.
The software i used was Astrowin, which is what comes with it. It does have MaximDL drivers, but i like the easy use of Astrowin. Plus it converts the Bayer color matrix better than MaximDL's color convert command. I also wanted to see how the original QHY software captures images, as it has a very simple menu system. Once you have the RAW's, you can then use MaximDL or what ever to process the images, as i did. I used MaximDL and then Photoshop to process the final image.
