SkyRaider DS10CTEC User Manual
March 17, 2019
SkyRaider DS10CTEC User Manual
Page 113
Gain
This control allows you to adjust the gain.
Gain
will brighten up the image (but it
can also brighten up the artifacts). The higher the
Gain
value; the shorter the
exposure that you will require. All you need to do is find the highest
Gain
value
that provides you with the image you are satisfied with.
The
Gain Control Bar
has an indicator to provide you with the current Gain
setting on the camera. Gain ranges from a low of 1 to a high of 50.
You can modify the
Gain
in two different ways:
➢
By
Left-Click-Hold and Drag
the marker bar to the required value.
➢
If you
Left-Click
on the
Slider Bar
(which selects it), you can use the
Left
and
Right Arrow Keys
of your keyboard to move the slider (this gives you
more control).
For
Deep Sky Objects
, start the Gain at about
50
. For
Planetary Objects
, start the
Gain at about
5
.
Exposures
The Mallincam
SkyRaider DS10CTEC
camera provides two different types of
exposures. Video Mode, where exposures up to 5 seconds are taken, and Trigger
Mode were exposures from 25
u
s to 16 minutes and 40 seconds can be taken.
Video Mode
This control allows the
SkyRaider DS10CTEC
to have an exposure up to 5 seconds
(5000ms), this mode is ideal for focusing the telescope and imaging planetary
objects. You can have MallincamSky automatically choose the exposure by
checking Auto Exposure check box, or you can set an exposure time yourself.
Video Mode
is activated by
Left-Clicking
the
Video Mode Radial Button
.
Hint
