Re: Camera saturation - image compression level

2009-12-03 Thread Sean DALY
I had heard of dcraw (http://www.guillermoluijk.com/tutorial/dcraw/index_en.htm) but never used it except once (not on XO), called from imagemagick as a delegate like this: $ convert dcraw8:image.crw image.png Sean On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Benjamin M. Schwartz wrote: > Bastien wrote:

Re: Camera saturation - image compression level

2009-12-03 Thread Benjamin M. Schwartz
Bastien wrote: > - shots of the moon are often saturated: how to reduce the gain > of the camera? Ideally one would like to do this manually... I never figured out how to control the gain from software. > - is there a way to take pictures with a higher resolution? the > default compression

Re: Camera saturation - image compression level

2009-12-03 Thread Ed McNierney
Bastien - Moon photos are a problem for just about any kind of astrophotography. In addition to anything else you might try in software, the best bet is to add some kind of neutral-density filter over the scope. You might try some scrap anti-static wrap (the gray, translucent kind). It might

Re: Camera saturation - image compression level

2009-12-03 Thread Sascha Silbe
On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 11:32:37AM +0100, Bastien wrote: some people in France (from La main à la pâte) designed a telescope for the XO. It's a cheap ad hoc device they stick close to the camera, and it can zoom by 10x -- useful for observing, say, the moon. Nice! - is there a way to take p

Camera saturation - image compression level

2009-12-03 Thread Bastien
Hi, some people in France (from La main à la pâte) designed a telescope for the XO. It's a cheap ad hoc device they stick close to the camera, and it can zoom by 10x -- useful for observing, say, the moon. At this stage of the project, they have two problems: - shots of the moon are often satur