by admin | Oct 7, 2019 | Instructions and Howto
Many astro photographers use field-flatteners or reducer-flatteners to make stars appear more rounded at the edges of the field of view. Reducers and field flatteners have an optimum spacing between the camera sensor, and the rear of the unit. The optimum spacing...
by admin | Oct 1, 2019 | Instructions and Howto
Hypercam PRO TEC Cooled cameras have different sensor spacing to fan-cooled cameras. The LED Status indicators show the following information: PWR: ON when camera is powered by external 12V DC power supply. SYS: ON when camera is started in software. TEC: ON...
by admin | Sep 25, 2019 | Instructions and Howto
A: Unlike other cameras, the Hypercam TEC sensor chamber is sealed and assembled in a protective atmosphere. The silver side-screw provides access to the hermetically sealed sensor chamber. The desiccant cartridge provides a fallback solution in case moisture is...
by admin | Aug 12, 2019 | Instructions and Howto
What is noise in an image? Noise is a variation in brightness or colour in an image which is not really present in the object being imaged but is an artefact of the camera sensor and electronics. Noise appears as small coloured dots appearing in a colour image, or...
by admin | Aug 12, 2019 | Instructions and Howto
The Batch Record Menu in Options > Preferences > Batch Record is designed to help you make video sequences easily and automatically. Here’s a quick tutorial to show you how the following video sequence was made. The sun was filmed with a Hydrogen Alpha filter,...
by admin | Aug 2, 2019 | Instructions and Howto
Section 1: Capturing .AVI videos: Plug in the camera to a USB2.0 or USB3.0 port and the red light on the back should indicate a USB connection. Click on the camera name (e.g. AA183CPROTEC) to activate video preview on the righthand screen to activate the camera. Video...