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Video Cameras, Integrating Video CCD's and Image Intensifiers do not have the high resolution of high end CCD cameras or DSLR's but you can still achieve fantastic results aligning, stacking and processing video frames.
How about we start an image gallery to show what the video camera can do!
Look forward to seeing your images!
Clear Skies
To get the gallery going :-
M42 - Orion Nebula (&M43)
40 Minutes LRGB
Takahashi Epsilon 160
GSTAR-EX Integrating CCD Video Camera
Videostudio 7, Videodub, Registax, Photoshop Elements.
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Tak Epsilon 160 / 16 Inch Custom Truss Dob
WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO
EQ6 Pro / Canon Rebel XTi / QHY5 / GSTAR-EX
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And another image!
B33 - Horsehead Nebula
40 Minutes
False HA Filter Applied
Takahashi Epsilon 160
GSTAR-EX Integrating CCD Video Camera
Videostudio 7, Videodub, Registax, Photoshop Elements.
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Tak Epsilon 160 / 16 Inch Custom Truss Dob
WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO
EQ6 Pro / Canon Rebel XTi / QHY5 / GSTAR-EX
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smokin oakum
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Great idea. Also just like the other forums, it would be nice to explain the way you processed the image!
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And another one for luck!
NGC 1973 - Running Man Nebula
30 Minutes
Takahashi Epsilon 160
GSTAR-EX Integrating CCD Video Camera
Videostudio 7, Videodub, Registax, Photoshop Elements.
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WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO
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And another!
M13 - Hercules Cluster
30 Minutes
Takahashi Epsilon 160
GSTAR-EX Integrating CCD Video Camera
Videostudio 7, Videodub, Registax, Photoshop Elements.
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WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO
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Great shots, Paul! I realy like the running man!!!
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Paul, I don't know how to start a gallery. Do you? Starting a thread is not a gallery, however, and it will be hard for people to search pictures/titles/etc. if it is in thread form. Perhaps a moderator or you may know how to start a gallery for posters. I know there are individual galleries, but I don't know how to establish a group one. Once done, then a moderator (I presume) can put a thread with a sticky that tells where it is, etc. This make sense? Roland
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Roland
My term gallery was just to create a thread where Video images can be uploaded and viewed. There is nowhere to do this on CN accept upload images into the CCD Imaging & Processing thread. However because Video images do not match the quality of high end CCD's the video images can be frowned upon even though a great deal of effort goes into producing them. If there is a way to have an official Video gallery that would be great, if not at least there is a thread where we can now upload images showing what can be achieved using our video hardware.
Paul M..
Here is another!
M82 - Cigar Galaxy
60 Minutes
Takahashi Epsilon 160
GSTAR-EX Integrating CCD Video Camera
Videostudio 7, Videodub, Registax, Photoshop Elements.
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Tak Epsilon 160 / 16 Inch Custom Truss Dob
WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO
EQ6 Pro / Canon Rebel XTi / QHY5 / GSTAR-EX
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You might ask...they may can start a category-gallery where people can put individual galleries. On the sketching forum, if someone has a nice sketch, that becomes an individual thread, which works well. A thread with several hundred posts of a picture or sketch, however, can get really cumbersome. Roland
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Sky Captain
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Quote:
How about we start an image gallery to show what the video camera can do!
Great idea Paul! I haven't prosessed any yet but I have screen photo's of my images. Is that ok here?
Here is an example:
M13
10" SCT
2.1 sec.
f6.3 FR
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Kerry
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Paul Milligan
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Kerry
Screen captures are more than welcome and yours looks real nice. Real tight detail in your M13, great job!
Paul M..
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I'd say if Randy or the other moderators deem it to be a good topic, it would just be a sticky that we would leave to this forum. Lets face it, while you can get impressive photos with these systems, we should not compare them with actual long exposer photos. If we kept it here, we could not only share what can be done with these cameras, but share which targets we can add to the huge list of targets that can be seen with them!
Clear skies
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Quote:
Kerry
Screen captures are more than welcome and yours looks real nice. Real tight detail in your M13, great job!
Paul M..
Thanks Paul...and for starting this thread. 
Here is a "bad" Ring nebula screen shot.
10" SCT
2.1 sec.
f6.3 FR
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Paul, can you annotate some of your shots whether they are processed (look like they are) or if they are single frames of unprocessed video, etc? And, of course, the integration times or camera settings are helpful so people can duplicate or try the settings. Of course, if it is heavily post processed they will not be able to duplicate the view in live video at the scope. Roland
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Paul Milligan
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All my images have had the video exposure times specified collecting integrating frames of 2.6 seconds (max available on the GSTAR-EX). The frames have then been streamed from an MP4 recorder to a laptop using Videostudio to create a raw AVI file. I then use Videodub to strip out the audio and decimate the AVI file to the correct fps rate. I then align and stack the frames using Registax and save to bmp. I then import the bmp file into Photoshop Elements to stretch the midrange, tighten the image and clear out the noise.
Here is another image
M81 - Bodes Galaxy
60 Minutes
Takahashi Epsilon 160
GSTAR-EX Integrating CCD Video Camera
Videostudio 7, Videodub, Registax, Photoshop Elements.
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Tak Epsilon 160 / 16 Inch Custom Truss Dob
WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO
EQ6 Pro / Canon Rebel XTi / QHY5 / GSTAR-EX
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rolandlinda3
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thanks for the info. i recommend including that information on your images because the majority of posters do live video astro...you images are not what they can expect without postprocessing. thanks.
Roland
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MikeML
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Here's an Orion Nebula from last February. Watec 120N, William Optics 66mm SD. Aquired in Astroart. Processed in Registar and Photoshop CS
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CGE 1100
TV 85
FLT-110
Maxscope 40
Megrez 80, etc., etc.
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MikeML
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M27 Taken in June. Forgot to mention the Baader color filters. Same setup as M42
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Mike, that is really nice!!!
What Camera did you use???
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Thanks, A Watec 120N. It was given to me as a gift so I kinda' feel obligated to bring back some pictures to the folks back home.
Here's my M31, didn't use any filters. The images don't compare to the ones taken with my CCD, but when you consider they're only about 8-1/2 seconds exposure, pretty amazing none the less.
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Paul Milligan
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Mike
A real nice M31 - you've captured the nebulosity and 3D spiral perfectly. Thats one to be proud of!
Keep the images coming
Paul M..
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Paul Milligan
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Here are few more :-
M1 - Crab Nebula
90 Minutes LRGB
William Optics FLT110 [TEC]
GSTAR-EX Integrating CCD Video Camera
Videostudio 7, Videodub, Registax, Photoshop Elements.
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Tak Epsilon 160 / 16 Inch Custom Truss Dob
WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO
EQ6 Pro / Canon Rebel XTi / QHY5 / GSTAR-EX
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Paul Milligan
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Another
M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy
40 Minutes
Takahashi Epsilon 160
GSTAR-EX Integrating CCD Video Camera
Videostudio 7, Videodub, Registax, Photoshop Elements.
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Tak Epsilon 160 / 16 Inch Custom Truss Dob
WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO
EQ6 Pro / Canon Rebel XTi / QHY5 / GSTAR-EX
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Paul Milligan
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Another
M64 - Blackeye Galaxy
40 Minutes
Williams Optics FLT110 [TEC]
GSTAR-EX Integrating CCD Video Camera
Videostudio 7, Videodub, Registax, Photoshop Elements.
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Tak Epsilon 160 / 16 Inch Custom Truss Dob
WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO
EQ6 Pro / Canon Rebel XTi / QHY5 / GSTAR-EX
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MikeML
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Thanks Paul,
I'll have to capture some more shots with the video cam. BTW, checked out the images on your website. Great stuff.
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Here are some images I've acquired over the years with my MallinCam. Certainly not as good as what has already been posted here! But they are with much less capture time, and almost as good as the live images:
This was my very first image ever, taken on the first night I got the camera. In Toronto on an average night with an Orion Apex 102 (4" mak-cass). This was 15 x 2sec each. This was not as good as the live view on the monitor looked, a pretty common thing in video astro. I find it takes stacking quite a few images and some light processing to equal the "live" view.
Now roll a little while forward in time and under slightly better conditions with an 8" f5 newt, and this is the same target:
I still hadn't figured out the whole stacking and processing thing yet at this point... this image might have been a minute of 2sec images.
And finally, a year or two later still with my 10" newt this time. This was about 30 2sec images stacked. Pretty close to what I see live realtime:
Maybe one day I'll figure out image processing a bit better and be able to produce a pretty image. Enjoy, and I hope this helps illustrate how things look with various different scope setups.
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Gord
A nice set of images of M82. Its very interesting to see what a difference aperture and sky conditions make to the final image.
Great job!
Paul M..
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These are really great, I made it a sticky so it stays on top of the forum. But please lets just post images to this thread.
Thank you!
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b1gred
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And remember this forum is for Assisted Visual Observing. NOT photo/electronic imaging. There are other forums for that. It your Assisted Observing device does integration of multiple framse that's fine, but images that are captured and post-processed belong in the imaging fora.
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This is the best I can do at my poor viewing location of the Dumbell Nebula. I'm hoping to get a better screen picture at a darker location.
10" SCT
2.1 Sec
F6.3 FR
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BradH
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Here is a shot of the Moon 9-2-07 MCHP color TOA 150 single frame no processing.
Brad
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Nice shot! that's a lot of contrast for no processing.
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Thanks Neal
The images was captured using S-video to laptop and video card.
I change the gamma setting sometimes, which really helps.
Here is a M42 showing the two gamma settings. Single frame no processing captured with the video card. First with with the gamma setting at .45 second using 1.0
Brad
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skyguy88
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Brad,
Really nice look at the core region. Are they 2 second exposures? When I try to capture the full extent of M42 the core just gets overwhelmed. So for looking at what is going on, I settle for separate images. You can do neat tricks to combine short and long exposures, but I would rather not spend the time.
Here is a 12 second single frame unprocessed image of the lagoon nebulae. This is one that I always stare at for a while. C8, .3 fr, avermedia TV cardbus.
The live display always looks better than the simgle frame captures.
Bill McDonald
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Hi Randy,
Restricting post processing makes sense to me with some limitation. The Mallincam has two outputs, composite and Svideo. I use the composite signal to drive an old TV that is my primary observing screen. I run the svid signal into a laptop which then drives a led monitor. When I get an image that I like on the tv I capture it on the laptop but there are color and brightness adjustments on the camera, the TV, the laptop and the monitor. Often an image that looks great on the TV is either too light or too dark or the color balance is off when its captured. For example, em nebulae may look brown in the raw image despite the fact that the color looked fine on the TV. For demonstrating what the camera can do live it would be reasonable to make simple adjustments like brightness/color balance/contrast before posting an image. In other words, I suggest allowing adjustments that could have been made before the image was collected.
Thanks,
Bill McDonald
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And we agree, but there's a specific forum for 'imaging'. The images that are captured from video screens used for "Assisted Visual Astronomy" are fine, but we want to avoid significantly post-processed images in this forum... So far everyone's been pretty good about it...
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M1 - Crab Nebula
Raw screen shot of a 2.6 second integration.
Takahashi Epsilon 160
GSTAR-EX Integrating CCD Video Camera.
Clear skies..
Paul M..
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Tak Epsilon 160 / 16 Inch Custom Truss Dob
WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO
EQ6 Pro / Canon Rebel XTi / QHY5 / GSTAR-EX
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M33 - Triangulum Galaxy
Raw screen shot of a 2.6 second integration.
Takahashi Epsilon 160
GSTAR-EX Integrating CCD Video Camera.
Clear skies..
Paul M..
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Tak Epsilon 160 / 16 Inch Custom Truss Dob
WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO
EQ6 Pro / Canon Rebel XTi / QHY5 / GSTAR-EX
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Paul Milligan
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NGC 6960 - Veil Nebula
Raw screen shot of a 2.6 second integration.
Takahashi Epsilon 160
GSTAR-EX Integrating CCD Video Camera.
Clear skies..
Paul M..
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Tak Epsilon 160 / 16 Inch Custom Truss Dob
WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO
EQ6 Pro / Canon Rebel XTi / QHY5 / GSTAR-EX
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M27 - Dumbell Nebula
Raw screen shot of a 2.6 second integration.
Takahashi Epsilon 160
GSTAR-EX Integrating CCD Video Camera.
Clear skies..
Paul M..
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Tak Epsilon 160 / 16 Inch Custom Truss Dob
WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO
EQ6 Pro / Canon Rebel XTi / QHY5 / GSTAR-EX
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NGC 7023 - Iris Nebula
Raw screen shot of a 2.6 second integration.
Takahashi Epsilon 160
GSTAR-EX Integrating CCD Video Camera.
Clear skies..
Paul M..
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Tak Epsilon 160 / 16 Inch Custom Truss Dob
WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO
EQ6 Pro / Canon Rebel XTi / QHY5 / GSTAR-EX
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NGC 2024 - Flame Nebula
Raw screen shot of a 2.6 second integration.
Takahashi Epsilon 160
GSTAR-EX Integrating CCD Video Camera.
Clear skies..
Paul M..
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Tak Epsilon 160 / 16 Inch Custom Truss Dob
WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO
EQ6 Pro / Canon Rebel XTi / QHY5 / GSTAR-EX
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M106
Raw screen shot of a 2.6 second integration.
Takahashi Epsilon 160
GSTAR-EX Integrating CCD Video Camera.
Clear skies..
Paul M..
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Tak Epsilon 160 / 16 Inch Custom Truss Dob
WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO
EQ6 Pro / Canon Rebel XTi / QHY5 / GSTAR-EX
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M77
Raw screen shot of a 2.6 second integration.
Takahashi Epsilon 160
GSTAR-EX Integrating CCD Video Camera.
Clear skies..
Paul M..
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WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO
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M31 - Andromeda Galaxy
Raw screen shot of a 2.6 second integration.
Takahashi Epsilon 160
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Clear skies..
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Hi All,
Here is a curiosity from last night. Its a 3 satellite pass through Orion during a 12 second exposure (might have been 6 sec). During the same run I captured another satillite (single) and I saw another pass somewhat to the right visually. For several years I'v been seeing these events this time of year in Orion. Later in the season they become much less frequent. But now you can expect at least one every five or ten minutes. I've never seen one anywhere but in Orion.
C8, Mallincam HC, .3fr, AverTV cardbus. As usual, the live view was better. The image is totally untouched.
Bill
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NGC 6888 - Crescent Nebula
Raw screen shot of a 2.6 second integration.
Takahashi Epsilon 160
GSTAR-EX Integrating CCD Video Camera.
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WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO
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Bill,
Here is a single, unprocessed 28 second frame of the Orion and Running Man Nebulae taken with an Orion ED80 set on an Orion AstroView EQ mount. There are 3 of the geosynchronous satellites visible in between the two nebulae. Using a focal reducer I was able to achieve a 1.1 degree field of view.
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Nice shot, Jack, and it reminds me to look forward to my 102ED when I get to see those nice wide views. Roland
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Here is a digital camera shot of my 50" plasma TV in my living room with a single 14 second integration of the Dumbell.
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Trifid nebula from last summer. No processing. C8, MCH, 0.3fr. Color could stand a little tweaking. Imaging was in parallel with observing set up on TV in which color was much better. I usually concentrate on visual observing and don't worry as much about capture details which I can adjust later.
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Really nice look at the core region. Are they 2 second exposures? When I try to capture the full extent of M42 the core just gets overwhelmed. So for looking at what is going on, I settle for separate images. You can do neat tricks to combine short and long exposures, but I would rather not spend the time.
Here is a 12 second single frame unprocessed image of the lagoon nebulae. This is one that I always stare at for a while. C8, .3 fr, avermedia TV cardbus.
The live display always looks better than the simgle frame captures.
Bill McDonald
Bill
I used the AP 140 with the Mallincam and FR. 14sec. I adjust the camera setting (AGC) and change the gamma some, to keep the core from blooming.
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We've seen an assortment of bright objects. Here is a less prominent, but really neat object, NGC 891.
C8, MHC, .3 fr, single frame, no processing, captured with aver TV cardbus.
Bill
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And Ngc 253. This usually shows up with a faint reddish hue.
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skyguy88
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And NGC 4088
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And NGC 4038/39. There seems to be an endless supply of these exoctic objects.
Bill
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skyguy88
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Oops.
The four preceeding images are single frame untouched 12 sec exposures.
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Meade Starfinder 8N in on pedestal
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Meade DSI, Piggyback mount
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Very nice Bill.
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Here's a few shots taken with a 30" F/4.5 and a MallinCam Color Hyper with MFR-3 Focal reducer and 15mm spacer. They all looked better on the monitor than what I captured on my laptop with a TV card. I realy need to figure out a better way to capture images. This is all pretty new to me.
Greg
M-57 14 sec.
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Gravity is like a magnet to Humans...4 yr Old Marcus Gregory Allen W.
Not tonight honey I have a Telescope... Greg W.
16" F/3 Reflector GEM SiTech Servo Goto
4.5" F/4 Reflector Piggy Backed on The 16"
Meade 10" F/4 on CGE
6" F/5 Refractor
Celestron 102mm F/5
26mm T5 Nagler
13mm ETHOS
MallinCam Color Hyper Plus
9" Speco High Res. Color CRT Monitor
10' Home Dome
MallinCam Deep Space Observatory
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Edited by greg (12/19/07 08:55 PM)
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Here M-27 I think this one was 7 sec. ( need to keep better track of my settings )
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Gravity is like a magnet to Humans...4 yr Old Marcus Gregory Allen W.
Not tonight honey I have a Telescope... Greg W.
16" F/3 Reflector GEM SiTech Servo Goto
4.5" F/4 Reflector Piggy Backed on The 16"
Meade 10" F/4 on CGE
6" F/5 Refractor
Celestron 102mm F/5
26mm T5 Nagler
13mm ETHOS
MallinCam Color Hyper Plus
9" Speco High Res. Color CRT Monitor
10' Home Dome
MallinCam Deep Space Observatory
Light polluted Backyard
Great Darksite 1.5 Hrs. Away
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M-76
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Gravity is like a magnet to Humans...4 yr Old Marcus Gregory Allen W.
Not tonight honey I have a Telescope... Greg W.
16" F/3 Reflector GEM SiTech Servo Goto
4.5" F/4 Reflector Piggy Backed on The 16"
Meade 10" F/4 on CGE
6" F/5 Refractor
Celestron 102mm F/5
26mm T5 Nagler
13mm ETHOS
MallinCam Color Hyper Plus
9" Speco High Res. Color CRT Monitor
10' Home Dome
MallinCam Deep Space Observatory
Light polluted Backyard
Great Darksite 1.5 Hrs. Away
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NGC 891
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Gravity is like a magnet to Humans...4 yr Old Marcus Gregory Allen W.
Not tonight honey I have a Telescope... Greg W.
16" F/3 Reflector GEM SiTech Servo Goto
4.5" F/4 Reflector Piggy Backed on The 16"
Meade 10" F/4 on CGE
6" F/5 Refractor
Celestron 102mm F/5
26mm T5 Nagler
13mm ETHOS
MallinCam Color Hyper Plus
9" Speco High Res. Color CRT Monitor
10' Home Dome
MallinCam Deep Space Observatory
Light polluted Backyard
Great Darksite 1.5 Hrs. Away
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M-17
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Gravity is like a magnet to Humans...4 yr Old Marcus Gregory Allen W.
Not tonight honey I have a Telescope... Greg W.
16" F/3 Reflector GEM SiTech Servo Goto
4.5" F/4 Reflector Piggy Backed on The 16"
Meade 10" F/4 on CGE
6" F/5 Refractor
Celestron 102mm F/5
26mm T5 Nagler
13mm ETHOS
MallinCam Color Hyper Plus
9" Speco High Res. Color CRT Monitor
10' Home Dome
MallinCam Deep Space Observatory
Light polluted Backyard
Great Darksite 1.5 Hrs. Away
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M-20
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Gravity is like a magnet to Humans...4 yr Old Marcus Gregory Allen W.
Not tonight honey I have a Telescope... Greg W.
16" F/3 Reflector GEM SiTech Servo Goto
4.5" F/4 Reflector Piggy Backed on The 16"
Meade 10" F/4 on CGE
6" F/5 Refractor
Celestron 102mm F/5
26mm T5 Nagler
13mm ETHOS
MallinCam Color Hyper Plus
9" Speco High Res. Color CRT Monitor
10' Home Dome
MallinCam Deep Space Observatory
Light polluted Backyard
Great Darksite 1.5 Hrs. Away
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One More M-16 From my light polluted back yard
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Gravity is like a magnet to Humans...4 yr Old Marcus Gregory Allen W.
Not tonight honey I have a Telescope... Greg W.
16" F/3 Reflector GEM SiTech Servo Goto
4.5" F/4 Reflector Piggy Backed on The 16"
Meade 10" F/4 on CGE
6" F/5 Refractor
Celestron 102mm F/5
26mm T5 Nagler
13mm ETHOS
MallinCam Color Hyper Plus
9" Speco High Res. Color CRT Monitor
10' Home Dome
MallinCam Deep Space Observatory
Light polluted Backyard
Great Darksite 1.5 Hrs. Away
Edited by greg (12/19/07 09:17 PM)
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Greg,
Wonderful detail. I've never seen the central star stand out so well. Do you know whether the blue core is O3 as in the case of m27.
I share your frustration with the captured image being of lower quality than the monitor view. I wonder if the information stored when you capture the image is still there to display if you have the right display device.
My live crt image is always better than any reproduced image. It would be interesting to find some way to use the captured image to regenerate a video image that could be displayed on the original monitor to see how much has been lost.
I wonder (I wonder a lot) what your equivalent aperture is.
Bill
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Thanks Bill,
I always tweak the image on the screen before I capture it, I just try to make it look good to my eye so my images don't represent the true colors of the objects captured. I'm not sure if the Little Dumbbell is an OIII object or not, but with an eyepiece and an OIII filter I see more of it...:O)
I have wondered if hooking up a CRT monitor to my laptop might result in capturing a better image????
The image always looks better on the smaller monitors, I'm trying all different kinds of small monitors, I just ordered a 9" 500 line HighRes color monitor with 5 separate adjustments for the image on the screen. I think it will have a nice image ...I Hope, I Hope, I Hope,(I have got to STOP spending Money)
Greg
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Gravity is like a magnet to Humans...4 yr Old Marcus Gregory Allen W.
Not tonight honey I have a Telescope... Greg W.
16" F/3 Reflector GEM SiTech Servo Goto
4.5" F/4 Reflector Piggy Backed on The 16"
Meade 10" F/4 on CGE
6" F/5 Refractor
Celestron 102mm F/5
26mm T5 Nagler
13mm ETHOS
MallinCam Color Hyper Plus
9" Speco High Res. Color CRT Monitor
10' Home Dome
MallinCam Deep Space Observatory
Light polluted Backyard
Great Darksite 1.5 Hrs. Away
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Image from a Stellacam EX and R200SS telescope.
Tom H.
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Greg,
After seeing the rest of your images I have three reactions:
1.Shock and awe. Stunning!!!
2.You qualify as the first astroimpressionist.
3.I'll be right over.
Just wonderful!
Bill
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C8 on ASGT mount
Meade Starfinder 8N in on pedestal
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Image with MallinCam Hyper B/W, 10" SCT F/6.3, 2.1 seconds
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Image of M 2 in Color with MallinCam Hyper PLUS Color, 14" ARC F/8. 2 Seconds integration.
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skyguy88
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Wow! exquisit detail. That is amazing...2 seconds?
That is M 82 isn't it?
Bill
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Image with MallinCam Hyper B/W, 10" SCT F/6.3, 2.1 seconds
Very nice shot, whats the object?
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Bill,
Sorry, yes it is M 82.
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PLEASE don't enter "post-processed" or stacked images in this forum. There is a specific imaging forum and a gallery for that purpose.
We want to keep images in this forum to JUST what one sees when using their AVA devices.
Thanks!
RandyR - Moderator.
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Greg,
Let me know how that Speco monitor works out. I have been eyeing it for several months due to its smaller size than the 14" Sanyo that I have been using. It weighs a lot less and its power consumption is considerably lower making it more appealing to those who use batteries and inverters.
Jack
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Here is a digital camera shot of the monitor showing M101. I was using a 12 second MallinCam B&W HYPER on my 17.5" TeleKit with COulter mirror.
Jack
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Astro-Tech 102EDF
Coulter CT-100
Celestron 6" f/8 Refractor
8" Newtonian/Cassegrain on Byers 812 Mount
Classic C-8
Celestron 11" CPC 100 with HyperStar
17.5" AstroSystems TeleKit
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Here is one of M16 using the same setup.
Jack
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Coulter CT-100
Celestron 6" f/8 Refractor
8" Newtonian/Cassegrain on Byers 812 Mount
Classic C-8
Celestron 11" CPC 100 with HyperStar
17.5" AstroSystems TeleKit
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Waning Moon II Observatory
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Here is M51 - again a digital camera image of the monitor as seem with a 12 second exposure on a 17.5".
Jack
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Astro-Tech 102EDF
Coulter CT-100
Celestron 6" f/8 Refractor
8" Newtonian/Cassegrain on Byers 812 Mount
Classic C-8
Celestron 11" CPC 100 with HyperStar
17.5" AstroSystems TeleKit
Life Member and ALCOR - PAS New Orleans
Waning Moon II Observatory
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Jack-this only makes it harder to wait.
Great shots!
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Jack,
Great shots, can we assume that the live views are in general a little "smoother"? I figure that the camera is capturing the scan lines on the monitor which aren't likely to be visible to the naked eye.
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I found this shot of M51 I took 5-22-07 with the TOA150 single image no processing.
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Quote:
Greg,
After seeing the rest of your images I have three reactions:
1.Shock and awe. Stunning!!!
2.You qualify as the first astroimpressionist.
3.I'll be right over.
Just wonderful!
Bill
Thanks Bill,
I'm still fairly new at this so I'm working on Focusing, a secondary light shroud for my truss tubes to keep out all stray light, more flocking, and some separate light blocking pannels that can be moved for use in my backyard and my driveway. Also I'm sticking pretty close to the Basic camera setting that came with the camera, and only really playing with the monitor settings.
I had Very good results the very first time I used the MallinCam...I'm good at tweaking my scopes but was unsure about getting into using a camera ... it was very easy to use. The first time out with the MallinCam M16 and the Pillars of Creation in COLOR, 
I'll post some of my first views on my monitor, taken with a hand held digital camera, keep in mind these monitor images are of my first few times using the MallinCam, or any camera for that matter... So these images are not (of course) the best that the MallinCam can do, and there was alot of light pollution, but these are what a person can expect the first time out with no imaging experience.
Some may say, Yea but you are using a 30" scope...that's true, But I'm beginning to look for a smaller scope to use in my light polluted site because my big scope also picks up all the light pollution. I believe a 10" to 14" scope with good tracking, flocking, and a nice long flocked dew shield (even on a reflector) may produce better results from a light polluted site,(Not a Dark Site). Scattered light that the camera can pickup is what really hurts the Image. Something like a Meade LXD 75 10"SN  I wonder if anyone is using one of those with a MallinCam??? A question for another tread maybe.
Greg
Edited by greg (12/20/07 03:57 PM)
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And M-104
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Gravity is like a magnet to Humans...4 yr Old Marcus Gregory Allen W.
Not tonight honey I have a Telescope... Greg W.
16" F/3 Reflector GEM SiTech Servo Goto
4.5" F/4 Reflector Piggy Backed on The 16"
Meade 10" F/4 on CGE
6" F/5 Refractor
Celestron 102mm F/5
26mm T5 Nagler
13mm ETHOS
MallinCam Color Hyper Plus
9" Speco High Res. Color CRT Monitor
10' Home Dome
MallinCam Deep Space Observatory
Light polluted Backyard
Great Darksite 1.5 Hrs. Away
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And M-51
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Gravity is like a magnet to Humans...4 yr Old Marcus Gregory Allen W.
Not tonight honey I have a Telescope... Greg W.
16" F/3 Reflector GEM SiTech Servo Goto
4.5" F/4 Reflector Piggy Backed on The 16"
Meade 10" F/4 on CGE
6" F/5 Refractor
Celestron 102mm F/5
26mm T5 Nagler
13mm ETHOS
MallinCam Color Hyper Plus
9" Speco High Res. Color CRT Monitor
10' Home Dome
MallinCam Deep Space Observatory
Light polluted Backyard
Great Darksite 1.5 Hrs. Away
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And M-64 Blackeye
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Gravity is like a magnet to Humans...4 yr Old Marcus Gregory Allen W.
Not tonight honey I have a Telescope... Greg W.
16" F/3 Reflector GEM SiTech Servo Goto
4.5" F/4 Reflector Piggy Backed on The 16"
Meade 10" F/4 on CGE
6" F/5 Refractor
Celestron 102mm F/5
26mm T5 Nagler
13mm ETHOS
MallinCam Color Hyper Plus
9" Speco High Res. Color CRT Monitor
10' Home Dome
MallinCam Deep Space Observatory
Light polluted Backyard
Great Darksite 1.5 Hrs. Away
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And M-57
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Gravity is like a magnet to Humans...4 yr Old Marcus Gregory Allen W.
Not tonight honey I have a Telescope... Greg W.
16" F/3 Reflector GEM SiTech Servo Goto
4.5" F/4 Reflector Piggy Backed on The 16"
Meade 10" F/4 on CGE
6" F/5 Refractor
Celestron 102mm F/5
26mm T5 Nagler
13mm ETHOS
MallinCam Color Hyper Plus
9" Speco High Res. Color CRT Monitor
10' Home Dome
MallinCam Deep Space Observatory
Light polluted Backyard
Great Darksite 1.5 Hrs. Away
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And I'm Not sure Which Galaxy this is...M-81 Maybe or M-65 or M-66... I'm not sure... When I'm using this camera I'm still too excited to take notes... 
Greg
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Not tonight honey I have a Telescope... Greg W.
16" F/3 Reflector GEM SiTech Servo Goto
4.5" F/4 Reflector Piggy Backed on The 16"
Meade 10" F/4 on CGE
6" F/5 Refractor
Celestron 102mm F/5
26mm T5 Nagler
13mm ETHOS
MallinCam Color Hyper Plus
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Greg,
Let me know how that Speco monitor works out. I have been eyeing it for several months due to its smaller size than the 14" Sanyo that I have been using. It weighs a lot less and its power consumption is considerably lower making it more appealing to those who use batteries and inverters.
Jack
OK Jack I'll let you know how it goes. I just contacted the company I ordered it from because they have not provided me with a tracking #. The gal said it was shipping out today....I said " Why so late on the shipping, I ordered it on Monday? (This now being Thursday) And She said " ahh I Ahhh well ahhh oh yeah it was back ordered... Yeah that's it, it was back ordered. I said OK.... When Can I Have My Tracking #??? Sometime Tomorrow she said... So I said  Thank you very much for your help!
I spent hours searching on line for a HighRes Monitors. Most say HighRes but only have 300-350 lines of resolution.
Thanks for telling me about this one Jack.
I found one with 600 lines but it cost twice as much as the one I ordered with 500 lines.
Greg
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Gravity is like a magnet to Humans...4 yr Old Marcus Gregory Allen W.
Not tonight honey I have a Telescope... Greg W.
16" F/3 Reflector GEM SiTech Servo Goto
4.5" F/4 Reflector Piggy Backed on The 16"
Meade 10" F/4 on CGE
6" F/5 Refractor
Celestron 102mm F/5
26mm T5 Nagler
13mm ETHOS
MallinCam Color Hyper Plus
9" Speco High Res. Color CRT Monitor
10' Home Dome
MallinCam Deep Space Observatory
Light polluted Backyard
Great Darksite 1.5 Hrs. Away
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Mark,
You are correct. It is hard to take a digital camera picture of a monitor and not get the lines. The live image is much smoother.
Jack
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Celestron 6" f/8 Refractor
8" Newtonian/Cassegrain on Byers 812 Mount
Classic C-8
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17.5" AstroSystems TeleKit
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Greg,
That's M66.
Jack
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Celestron 6" f/8 Refractor
8" Newtonian/Cassegrain on Byers 812 Mount
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Celestron 11" CPC 100 with HyperStar
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greg
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Greg,
That's M66.
Jack
I thought it was one of the two (65 or 66) I have not gotten back two that one with the MallinCam yet. It looks like I was getting some color out of the spiral arms, but that was the first CRT monitor I tried and I couldn't adjust the image on the screen very well, so the back ground was not dark and I didn't get as much detail as I can now. I can't wait to try it again and this time from a dark site, with a little more experience, and with the new 9" monitor.
Greg
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Gravity is like a magnet to Humans...4 yr Old Marcus Gregory Allen W.
Not tonight honey I have a Telescope... Greg W.
16" F/3 Reflector GEM SiTech Servo Goto
4.5" F/4 Reflector Piggy Backed on The 16"
Meade 10" F/4 on CGE
6" F/5 Refractor
Celestron 102mm F/5
26mm T5 Nagler
13mm ETHOS
MallinCam Color Hyper Plus
9" Speco High Res. Color CRT Monitor
10' Home Dome
MallinCam Deep Space Observatory
Light polluted Backyard
Great Darksite 1.5 Hrs. Away
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Here are a few single frame grabs from DVDs recorded at Chiefland Astronomy Village in May of 2007. I used an AverTV Cardbus PC card in my HP laptop to capture the frames. The 720X480 snapshots were resized in Paint Shop Pro to 640X480. I was using my 17.5" with ServoCAT drive and the camera was in the 56 second mode.
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Orion ED80
Astro-Tech 102EDF
Coulter CT-100
Celestron 6" f/8 Refractor
8" Newtonian/Cassegrain on Byers 812 Mount
Classic C-8
Celestron 11" CPC 100 with HyperStar
17.5" AstroSystems TeleKit
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greg
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Very nice Jack,
It looks like your ServoCat was tracking quite well for 56 seconds. I sometimes run into trouble over 28 seconds and only a few times have I been able to make 56 seconds work. I think it depends on what part of the sky I'm pointed at.
Greg
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Gravity is like a magnet to Humans...4 yr Old Marcus Gregory Allen W.
Not tonight honey I have a Telescope... Greg W.
16" F/3 Reflector GEM SiTech Servo Goto
4.5" F/4 Reflector Piggy Backed on The 16"
Meade 10" F/4 on CGE
6" F/5 Refractor
Celestron 102mm F/5
26mm T5 Nagler
13mm ETHOS
MallinCam Color Hyper Plus
9" Speco High Res. Color CRT Monitor
10' Home Dome
MallinCam Deep Space Observatory
Light polluted Backyard
Great Darksite 1.5 Hrs. Away
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Greg,
You are quite right about tracking and the place in the sky you are looking at. We all noticed that at Chiefland. In certain parts of the sky, tracking at 56 seconds would work and at others trailing was obvious. The closer to the zenith, the more noticeable the field rotation. I can play back some of my observations near the zenith in fast forward mode and watch the sky rotate.
Jack
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Orion ED80
Astro-Tech 102EDF
Coulter CT-100
Celestron 6" f/8 Refractor
8" Newtonian/Cassegrain on Byers 812 Mount
Classic C-8
Celestron 11" CPC 100 with HyperStar
17.5" AstroSystems TeleKit
Life Member and ALCOR - PAS New Orleans
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...can we assume that the live views are in general a little "smoother"? I figure that the camera is capturing the scan lines on the monitor which aren't likely to be visible to the naked eye.
YES!
Some time ago I suggested NOT posting any images from the monitors because they just don't do justice to what we're actually seeing!
If I wasn't already a Mallincam user and the only concept I had of its' performance was gleaned from most of the images on these threads, I would be disappointed.
I have yet to see even one posted image that comes close to matching the 'real-time' views!
Mike Harvey
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But that is true with anything visual, is it not? Taking photos of the screen, while not doing the true visual justice, it gives us an idea, much like those who sketch.
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Personally, I find the images taken from the monitors to look much more natural than the ones captured via a cards. - j
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Greg
What a great shot of M16.
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Thanks Brad,
That was one of my first objects, The MallinCam is so easy to use.
Greg
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Gravity is like a magnet to Humans...4 yr Old Marcus Gregory Allen W.
Not tonight honey I have a Telescope... Greg W.
16" F/3 Reflector GEM SiTech Servo Goto
4.5" F/4 Reflector Piggy Backed on The 16"
Meade 10" F/4 on CGE
6" F/5 Refractor
Celestron 102mm F/5
26mm T5 Nagler
13mm ETHOS
MallinCam Color Hyper Plus
9" Speco High Res. Color CRT Monitor
10' Home Dome
MallinCam Deep Space Observatory
Light polluted Backyard
Great Darksite 1.5 Hrs. Away
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Here is my very first shot with my Mallincam on my Meade SN8. M42.
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Very nice M-42... To get results like that on your first shot shows how easy it is to use the MallinCam. Do you have any Galaxy shots? I'm thinking of getting either a Meade 8" or 10" SN for use at my house with the MallinCam, so I'd like to see some images from an 8" or 10" SN.
Greg
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Gravity is like a magnet to Humans...4 yr Old Marcus Gregory Allen W.
Not tonight honey I have a Telescope... Greg W.
16" F/3 Reflector GEM SiTech Servo Goto
4.5" F/4 Reflector Piggy Backed on The 16"
Meade 10" F/4 on CGE
6" F/5 Refractor
Celestron 102mm F/5
26mm T5 Nagler
13mm ETHOS
MallinCam Color Hyper Plus
9" Speco High Res. Color CRT Monitor
10' Home Dome
MallinCam Deep Space Observatory
Light polluted Backyard
Great Darksite 1.5 Hrs. Away
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Very nice M-42... To get results like that on your first shot shows how easy it is to use the MallinCam. Do you have any Galaxy shots? I'm thinking of getting either a Meade 8" or 10" SN for use at my house with the MallinCam, so I'd like to see some images from an 8" or 10" SN.
Greg
Here is the one galaxy shot I have, it's a faint galaxy and I spent no time processing the image, this is a single frame captured right from the monitor. It's NGC 2683.
I should also mention that my shots are taken 10 minutes from Center City Philadelphia in very light polluted skies.
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greg
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Thanks Brian,
That too is a very good image to show what the 8" Meade SN can do at a light polluted site, with a very faint galaxy, using a MallinCam single Image. Nice dark back ground too.
Greg
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Gravity is like a magnet to Humans...4 yr Old Marcus Gregory Allen W.
Not tonight honey I have a Telescope... Greg W.
16" F/3 Reflector GEM SiTech Servo Goto
4.5" F/4 Reflector Piggy Backed on The 16"
Meade 10" F/4 on CGE
6" F/5 Refractor
Celestron 102mm F/5
26mm T5 Nagler
13mm ETHOS
MallinCam Color Hyper Plus
9" Speco High Res. Color CRT Monitor
10' Home Dome
MallinCam Deep Space Observatory
Light polluted Backyard
Great Darksite 1.5 Hrs. Away
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Here is a curiosity from last night. Its a 3 satellite pass through Orion during a 12 second exposure (might have been 6 sec).
They're probably geostationary satellites and dependant on your latitude - in northern hemisphere they're located a few degrees south of the celestial equator like your shot - nice  here's a selection from awhile back before astrovideo with the scope drive 'off' eg static cam
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I get those streaks too sometimes, pretty sure they are sats.
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We've seen an assortment of bright objects. Here is a less prominent, but really neat object, NGC 891.Bill
Hi Bill - v nice shot but can you confirm identity of this DSO
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I just came back and took another look at this image of M51... This is a Very Nice Image, and with 150mm scope. A little color, Nice detail, and a dark back ground... There's alot going on in this image.
Thanks for posting it Brad
Greg
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Gravity is like a magnet to Humans...4 yr Old Marcus Gregory Allen W.
Not tonight honey I have a Telescope... Greg W.
16" F/3 Reflector GEM SiTech Servo Goto
4.5" F/4 Reflector Piggy Backed on The 16"
Meade 10" F/4 on CGE
6" F/5 Refractor
Celestron 102mm F/5
26mm T5 Nagler
13mm ETHOS
MallinCam Color Hyper Plus
9" Speco High Res. Color CRT Monitor
10' Home Dome
MallinCam Deep Space Observatory
Light polluted Backyard
Great Darksite 1.5 Hrs. Away
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For a more detailed look at ngc 891 check out Greg's version (#2062289). I wish that I could get enough photons from objects like this to do without the .3 fr. Greg's 30 inch bucket collects 14 times more photons than my 8in and the lighted parking lot across the street from my site limits the gain that I can use.
Bill
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Comet 17P Holmes
2.6 second integration
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M101 - Pinwheel Galaxy
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WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO
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Tonight Comet 8P/Tuttle passed near M33. I used my MallinCam Color HYPER PLUS and a Quantary 70 to 210 zoom lens to grab this image of the pair - plus a passing airplane. This is a single 56 second exposure grabbed using an AverTV Cardbus PC Card. The lens was set to 210mm at f/5.6.
Jack Huerkamp
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Coulter CT-100
Celestron 6" f/8 Refractor
8" Newtonian/Cassegrain on Byers 812 Mount
Classic C-8
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17.5" AstroSystems TeleKit
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Latest from WSO.
MCHP on Vixen ED100Sf with MRF3 (5 and 10 spacers) at approx f6. Single integration 56 seconds. M33 on 19" Proton monitor.
1/15 second on Nikon DSLR Shutter priority, handheld.
Usual caveat: picture is way better on monitors than photographed!
clear enough skies
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Visual: XT10i RTP
TV: 31T5,22T4,17T4,12T4,13Ethos,8Ethos;2x Powermate,Paracorr, 1.6X Antares, Hyperion8-24Zoom
Cameras: Mallincam Color Hyper Plus, QHY8
Guider: SBIG STV eFinder
Key Add-ons: Gerbings Heated clothes, WilderSkiesObservatory(BYO#90), Speco 9"Monitor
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Next up: my first M42. 7 second integration. Same setup. This transmited very nicely via wireless into the house on the 42" HDTV....
This view is distorted because I didn't have a straight on shot of the monitor using the camera.
A very nice way to end 2007, which saw the construction of WSO, the acquisition of MCHP and 31T5, 22T4, and Ethos, and most importantly, more viewing in the last 5 months, than in my LIFE beforehand!
clear enough skies
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Dave
Imaging: MI-250+ADM/SBS/Optec Libra: C11Hyperstar,TMB80SS
Visual: XT10i RTP
TV: 31T5,22T4,17T4,12T4,13Ethos,8Ethos;2x Powermate,Paracorr, 1.6X Antares, Hyperion8-24Zoom
Cameras: Mallincam Color Hyper Plus, QHY8
Guider: SBIG STV eFinder
Key Add-ons: Gerbings Heated clothes, WilderSkiesObservatory(BYO#90), Speco 9"Monitor
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Last night I finally go a chance to try out the HyperStar on my CPC 1100. This is a single 7 second frame MallinCam Color HYPER PLUS image grabbed to my laptop. The Running Man Nebula was just rising in the southeast and only about 25 degrees up when I observed it. As others have related, the live, on-screen view on the Watec-35 was far superior to that shown in the laptop snapshot.
Jack Huerkamp
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Astro-Tech 102EDF
Coulter CT-100
Celestron 6" f/8 Refractor
8" Newtonian/Cassegrain on Byers 812 Mount
Classic C-8
Celestron 11" CPC 100 with HyperStar
17.5" AstroSystems TeleKit
Life Member and ALCOR - PAS New Orleans
Waning Moon II Observatory
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This is a single 7 second frame MallinCam Color HYPER PLUS image grabbed to my laptop of NGC 891. As others have related, the live, on-screen view on the Watec-35 was far superior to that shown in the laptop snapshot.
Jack Huerkamp
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Orion ED80
Astro-Tech 102EDF
Coulter CT-100
Celestron 6" f/8 Refractor
8" Newtonian/Cassegrain on Byers 812 Mount
Classic C-8
Celestron 11" CPC 100 with HyperStar
17.5" AstroSystems TeleKit
Life Member and ALCOR - PAS New Orleans
Waning Moon II Observatory
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Jack, that is SWEET...
looks like "gumby" himself just a standing there! 
I really love the ease/flexibility of this camera...
of course your 11" (280mm) trumps my 100mm any day of the week...
can you say - "EQ mounted serious aperture lust/envy"
Sure, I knew you could!
clear enough skies to y'all
notwithstanding my CSC which IS clear dark blue tonight... it is 4F and 20Mph winds - not even WSO walls can protect me from THAT! 
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Visual: XT10i RTP
TV: 31T5,22T4,17T4,12T4,13Ethos,8Ethos;2x Powermate,Paracorr, 1.6X Antares, Hyperion8-24Zoom
Cameras: Mallincam Color Hyper Plus, QHY8
Guider: SBIG STV eFinder
Key Add-ons: Gerbings Heated clothes, WilderSkiesObservatory(BYO#90), Speco 9"Monitor
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This is a single 7 second frame MallinCam Color HYPER PLUS image grabbed to my laptop of M1. As others have related, the live, on-screen view on the Watec-35 was far superior to that shown in the laptop snapshot.
Jack Huerkamp
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Orion ED80
Astro-Tech 102EDF
Coulter CT-100
Celestron 6" f/8 Refractor
8" Newtonian/Cassegrain on Byers 812 Mount
Classic C-8
Celestron 11" CPC 100 with HyperStar
17.5" AstroSystems TeleKit
Life Member and ALCOR - PAS New Orleans
Waning Moon II Observatory
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Jack Huerkamp
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But the CPC is an Alt-Az monted scope. The only time I say field rotation issues was when I first looked at M33 when it was DIRECTLY at the zenith. There I could see live on the monitor the circular star trails in only 7 seconds. So I waited 2 hours and tried M33 again. Here is what I saw in 7 seconds. If the sky was not so washed out with humidity and Christmas lights, I could have tried longer exposures. I can't wait to get to Chiefland in a month:
Jack Huerkamp
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Orion ED80
Astro-Tech 102EDF
Coulter CT-100
Celestron 6" f/8 Refractor
8" Newtonian/Cassegrain on Byers 812 Mount
Classic C-8
Celestron 11" CPC 100 with HyperStar
17.5" AstroSystems TeleKit
Life Member and ALCOR - PAS New Orleans
Waning Moon II Observatory
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Jack Huerkamp
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Here is a 7 second M42 with the HyperStar:
Jack Huerkamp
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Orion ED80
Astro-Tech 102EDF
Coulter CT-100
Celestron 6" f/8 Refractor
8" Newtonian/Cassegrain on Byers 812 Mount
Classic C-8
Celestron 11" CPC 100 with HyperStar
17.5" AstroSystems TeleKit
Life Member and ALCOR - PAS New Orleans
Waning Moon II Observatory
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Here is a 7 second Horsehead and Flame:
Jack Huerkamp
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Astro-Tech 102EDF
Coulter CT-100
Celestron 6" f/8 Refractor
8" Newtonian/Cassegrain on Byers 812 Mount
Classic C-8
Celestron 11" CPC 100 with HyperStar
17.5" AstroSystems TeleKit
Life Member and ALCOR - PAS New Orleans
Waning Moon II Observatory
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greg
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That Flame and Horsehead are really good for 7 sec. Jack what F/Ratio was that image taken at?
Very Nice
Greg
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Gravity is like a magnet to Humans...4 yr Old Marcus Gregory Allen W.
Not tonight honey I have a Telescope... Greg W.
16" F/3 Reflector GEM SiTech Servo Goto
4.5" F/4 Reflector Piggy Backed on The 16"
Meade 10" F/4 on CGE
6" F/5 Refractor
Celestron 102mm F/5
26mm T5 Nagler
13mm ETHOS
MallinCam Color Hyper Plus
9" Speco High Res. Color CRT Monitor
10' Home Dome
MallinCam Deep Space Observatory
Light polluted Backyard
Great Darksite 1.5 Hrs. Away
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But the CPC is an Alt-Az monted scope. The only time I say field rotation issues was when I first looked at M33 when it was DIRECTLY at the zenith. There I could see live on the monitor the circular star trails in only 7 seconds. So I waited 2 hours and tried M33 again. Here is what I saw in 7 seconds. If the sky was not so washed out with humidity and Christmas lights, I could have tried longer exposures. I can't wait to get to Chiefland in a month:
Jack Huerkamp
Jack, that is sweet! This captures exactly what M33 looks like (to me) on my monitor using my ED100Sf... at 56 seconds...
It looks exactly like this!!! amazing
none of my pictures of the monitor show this...
your combo of aperture and speed, have me lusting after same... I can only imaging how great it really looks "live" on the monitor (from which you separately did this capture!)...
clear enough skies
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Dave
Imaging: MI-250+ADM/SBS/Optec Libra: C11Hyperstar,TMB80SS
Visual: XT10i RTP
TV: 31T5,22T4,17T4,12T4,13Ethos,8Ethos;2x Powermate,Paracorr, 1.6X Antares, Hyperion8-24Zoom
Cameras: Mallincam Color Hyper Plus, QHY8
Guider: SBIG STV eFinder
Key Add-ons: Gerbings Heated clothes, WilderSkiesObservatory(BYO#90), Speco 9"Monitor
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Jack Huerkamp
Vendor - Waning Moon
Reged: 10/13/05
Posts: 652
Loc: Louisiana
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The HyperStar is f/1.8 and provides about a 3/4 degree diagonal FOV on the 11".
Jack
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Orion ED80
Astro-Tech 102EDF
Coulter CT-100
Celestron 6" f/8 Refractor
8" Newtonian/Cassegrain on Byers 812 Mount
Classic C-8
Celestron 11" CPC 100 with HyperStar
17.5" AstroSystems TeleKit
Life Member and ALCOR - PAS New Orleans
Waning Moon II Observatory
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smokin oakum
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 09/24/07
Posts: 1497
Loc: Wilmington, NC
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Jack, I'm drooling. How's Rock doing with the build? I'm dying, seeing all this fun you guy's are having.
Nice shots!!!
Neil
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Broadcasting live views of the night sky @
Sparkcast
C11 CGE / Hyperstar
MallinCam Hyper Plus Color
Orion 12" XTi f/4.9
MoonLite Focuser
Round Table Platform
12" Parralax rings
Cape Fear Astronomy Club
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Pat G.
sage
Reged: 04/24/03
Posts: 382
Loc: Sunny Southern Ontario
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So Jack, HyperStar on front of the 11", MallinCam into the HyperStar. No other focal reducers?
I can see this is going to cost me 
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Patrick G
Celestron NS11 GPS
Tele Vue 102
Miyauchi 20x77 binos
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Jack Huerkamp
Vendor - Waning Moon
Reged: 10/13/05
Posts: 652
Loc: Louisiana
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Patrick,
Yep. Remove the secondary from the CPC 1100 and store it in the supplied case. Screw the MallinCam Color HYPER PLUS onto the T to C adapter and screw the adapter onto the HyperStar transfer lens. Screw the assembly onto the corrector plate adapter. Attach power and video cables. Install the dewcap. Focus and observe.
Due to the 3/4 degree field of view provided by the f/1.8 system with MallinCam, every GoTo placed the target on the chip - usually in the center 1/3rd of the FOV.
Jack
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Orion ED80
Astro-Tech 102EDF
Coulter CT-100
Celestron 6" f/8 Refractor
8" Newtonian/Cassegrain on Byers 812 Mount
Classic C-8
Celestron 11" CPC 100 with HyperStar
17.5" AstroSystems TeleKit
Life Member and ALCOR - PAS New Orleans
Waning Moon II Observatory
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Mike Harvey
professor emeritus
Reged: 03/01/04
Posts: 695
Loc: Orlando, FL.
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OK...you guys are makin' me crazy!
I'm still not convinced any of us have found a truly successful method of capturing and displaying images.
As we note with every posting "this image does not show the sharpness, clarity, detail etc. of the actual on-screen image...etc." - AND IT'S TRUE! We need a breakthrough of some sort that will 'grab' EXACTLY what we are seeing on the screen.
I am now going to commit a heresy that will probably get me yelled at, BUT....I've found an image of Stephan's Qunitet that looks PRECISELY how it appears in my 28" with a 14" interation in the Mallincam Hyper Color....the only thing missing is that last little thingee - COLOR. So, I guess you |
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