Exposure Duration and DarkMaster

[dts350z]

Pulling this thread out of the RC04 thread as it's not really specific to RC04 or even BYEOS.

 

This is about having EXIF data showing 481 seconds for files BYEOS is labeling as 480 seconds.

 

I used the linked (in the RC04 thread) EXIFtoolGUI to change the exposure time in the EXIF data from 481 to 480 and confirmed in Picasa, however darkmaster is still saying 481. I do see another parameter, "bulb duration", which is still 481 but couldn't figure out how to edit it in EXIFtoolGUI.

 

However, I did find that there is a duration tolerance setting in DarkMaster, and when set to 2 seconds, solves my problem (1 second didn't work). So FYI.

 

 

 

[admin]

Pulling this thread out of the RC04 thread as it's not really specific to RC04 or even BYEOS.

 

This is about having EXIF data showing 481 seconds for files BYEOS is labeling as 480 seconds.

 

I used the linked (in the RC04 thread) EXIFtoolGUI to change the exposure time in the EXIF data from 481 to 480 and confirmed in Picasa, however darkmaster is still saying 481. I do see another parameter, "bulb duration", which is still 481 but couldn't figure out how to edit it in EXIFtoolGUI.

 

However, I did find that there is a duration tolerance setting in DarkMaster, and when set to 2 seconds, solves my problem (1 second didn't work). So FYI.

 

 

 

Not that I know of.  Try without "BulbDuration" without the space when you set it.

 

Regards,

[dts350z]

Well I was working in ExifToolGui and don't really know what I'm doing. I managed to change the exposure time as mentioned, but then under the "Maker" button (vs. the "Exif" button) there is "BulbDuration" and It doesn't seem to be changeable in that GUI.

 

However, as I said in the top post I found a work around in DarkMaster, which is to set the 

 

Tools-->Options-->Exposure time tolerance to 2 seconds

 

So I'm all set. I just posted to let others know of the DarkMaster Option to get around this issue.

 

I guess DarkMaster is just for people using DeepSkyStacker, so some other fix may or may not be needed for other workflows, but I'm good for now.

 

Thanks