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Autofocus with DSLR and Lens
Here is one setup similar to the one Chris describes that I have been thinking of making:http://www.cloudynights.com/topic/523647-slr-lens-qsi-setup-first-light/A timing belt, stepper motor, a pulley,...
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@Dean I'm not talking about using the camera's autofocus but having SGP send commands to use the focus motors already built into the lens. I think mads0100 is right that BackyardEOS allows manual...
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Nikon D750 live view doing something weird
entilza: I don't believe live view on the Nikons work at least on the 2 NIkon's I've used: D5200 and D5300. Hm, seems to be working ok here with my D5100 (previously I had thought the USB port was...
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Autofocus with DSLR and Lens
coranda: I was just wondering whether SGP had this capability but it sounds like the answer is no. The answer is currently No. Unfortunately you can only focus the lens (on a Canon) when in live view....
View ArticlePempro Polar Align Wizard and SGP Issue
Hi Ray.I was watching the PEMPro screen throughout and did not notice any problems until the warning messages and fatal crash at the end.Adrian
View ArticleAutofocus with DSLR and Lens
As @mads0100 says you could write an ASCOM focuser driver. There's quite a lot of support for the ASCOM side of this and an experienced software developer shouldn't have a problem. Once you have an...
View ArticleMeridian Flip Fails
Not the very latest, the one just before, which used to work before. I have nothing against updating it and I even thought about it but usually when I am troubleshooting I like to eliminate one issue...
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Pempro Polar Align Wizard and SGP Issue
HI Jared, Jared: Looks like it's doing something with a PaLightFrame.fit and a SGProImage.fit. I see both of these getting created and deleted but the graph doesn't move. Usually PEMPro will delete...
View ArticleNikon D750 live view doing something weird
Jared if you get a chance try it with some stars please, it does strange things in the dark even with autostretch off. Or even in a dark room it may show the red artifact issue. It totally overpowers...
View ArticlePempro Polar Align Wizard and SGP Issue
I was just mentioning that as it seems that PEMPro would have to know the path to delete the image. I also see where PEMPro is asking for the location and SGP is returning the path with with a good...
View ArticlePempro Polar Align Wizard and SGP Issue
Jared, in Joel's initial post, what seemed to be happening is SGPro was returning a camera status of "Capturing" long after the image should have been completed. Is there anything else (e.g....
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Pempro Polar Align Wizard and SGP Issue
Hi Adrian, adrian: Hi Ray.I was watching the PEMPro screen throughout and did not notice any problems until the warning messages and fatal crash at the end.Adrian Which application crashed? PEMPro or...
View ArticleGemini 2 SGP Plate Solve to Build Model
Thank you Jared. It seems way to easy peazy...I'll give it whirl the next time the sky lets me. ThanksScott
View ArticlePempro Polar Align Wizard and SGP Issue
Hi RayI ran PEMPro quite a few times. In most cases (after a while) I got the warning message 'Camera busy,' the only option is to click ok and all the PEMPro trace information disappears off the...
View ArticleTested Beta 2.5.2.1 last night
I just wanted to bring this up again with the issue of the Alnitak light box not turning off after the sequence finishes. Maybe I don't have something configured correctly but for whatever reason,...
View ArticleDoes not react
Hi Glad its all working now Bit Late now but I did a prep vid for SGP http://www.harrysastroshed.com/SGP%20main/sgpvideo.html Regards Harry
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Pempro Polar Align Wizard and SGP Issue
rgralak: Jared, in Joel's initial post, what seemed to be happening is SGPro was returning a camera status of "Capturing" long after the image should have been completed. Is there anything else (e.g....
View ArticlePempro Polar Align Wizard and SGP Issue
Hi Jared, It takes about 5-6 images before you will start to see anything on the graph. During that time PEMPro is building a linear best fit line and/or making sure there the star is stabilized....
View ArticleAutofocus with DSLR and Lens
Shoot, I'd be happy just being able to manually do it from 'frame and focus' using live view. Give me an HFR read out, a zoom option, and a 'in' and 'out' on the screen. That's exactly how...
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