- #Registax 6 crosshatch pattern after using pipp full#
- #Registax 6 crosshatch pattern after using pipp trial#
- #Registax 6 crosshatch pattern after using pipp iso#
- #Registax 6 crosshatch pattern after using pipp series#
Because the stacking results in a 16-bit image file, the brightness can easily be adjusted in post processing. I have gone down as low as 50% histogram. I shoot for ~3/4 to the right of the histogram. I also have a tendency to save a little bit of headroom on the right side of the histogram because sometimes the sharpening steps may end up clipping highlights. One thing I try to avoid is clipping the bright areas of the moon. With this stacking process it can deal with image movement left/right/diagonal, but not with rotation.įor exposure, getting the perfect exposure isn't critical. I would advise against repositioning the camera if it drifts out of the FOV because it may introduce image rotation into the mix. Then try to take as many images as you can before the moon passes out of the FOV. If you have a tripod, try to orient the camera that allows the moon to move longest within the camera FOV.
#Registax 6 crosshatch pattern after using pipp series#
Most of the time, I have my camera hooked up to a laptop and use the EOS utility to schedule a series of shots without having to touch the camera.BUT I have actually triggered the shutter by hand and gotten good results.įraming of the moon is not really that important. To minimize camera shake, An intervalometer helps, setting a shutter delay will help also if possible.
#Registax 6 crosshatch pattern after using pipp iso#
Increasing the ISO can help you to get shorter exposures at the cost of higher noise, but that increased noise will be offset by the stacking process. If no tracking is available then a sturdy tripod should be enough as long as you can get pretty short exposures (1/500s or shorter). To get the most detail it would be optimal to have a long focal length lens, tracking on the moon, good focus and short exposure length to minimize any jitters and smearing.
#Registax 6 crosshatch pattern after using pipp trial#
Also if you want a little bit longer for the 3.0 PS trial send me a private message. The 3.0 version can be had in stand alone version for $2. Also I only use Windows 7.Ģ) Autostakkert2 (free) I use the 2.3.0.8 alpha without any problems so I suggest that.Ĥ) AstraImage I use the 3.0 PS Photoshop (32-bit) plugin on CS5 (see the bottom of the page) that I really only use for the lucy/richardson deconvolution (sharpening). I also use photoshop CS5 to do final processing, but you can use your image processing program of choice and some of the steps may be different. 3 of them are free, 1 is payware, but has a trial period to use. Details that get "lost in the noise" will be more easily visible, and the higher s/n ratio will allow you to push things more aggressively in post processing.īefore I start here is a list of programs that I use in this workflow. Stacking 16 images of the target will give you a signal/noise ratio 4x higher than that of a single image. In fact, the signal to noise ratio increases by the square root of the number of images stacked. Because most of the noise in a single image is random, if you stack a bunch of them, the signal stays the same, while the noise gets averaged out. Over the past several years, I have been using a processing workflow that involves stacking a bunch of individual images and then using a liberal use of sharpening. The bright parts of the image may look fine, but getting towards the moon's terminator background noise may take over making things look a bit crummy.
#Registax 6 crosshatch pattern after using pipp full#
It is also a high dynamic range target outside of a full moon. It can be tough to get the right focus, if the wind is up and the atmosphere isn't steady one side of the moon may be in focus and the other out of focus. A lot of you have tried to image the moon, and may be disappointed.