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Bill.Richards
I normally use a Bahtinov mask for focusing. Before purchasing BYE, I did that by taking a long exposure, downloading the image to my tablet, reviewing the pattern alignment, making a tiny adjustment, rinse and repeat until satisfied. I was excited to use the Bahtinov option in BYE's "Frame and Focus" feature in the hopes that it would speed this up - the videos I've seen of this feature looked awesome. The FWHM tuning gets pretty close, but there'e really no substitute for a good Bahtinov alignment.
Unfortunately, I usually cannot see the Bahtinov spikes in the Live View display; the stars are just too dim. Depending on conditions and the selected star, they may be visible if I crank up the ISO temporarily for this purpose, but there doesn't seem to be a way to dynamically control ISO or aperture from within BYE (other executing a sequence in the Capture Plan Center). I really don't like touching my camera once I get it polar aligned and positioned so being able to do this through the software is important.
Last night, I had to keep toggling between BYE and the Canon EOS Utility to change my ISO and aperture during the focusing process. I sure would be nice if BYE added those controls to the UI. If they are already there an I've overlooked it, please point me in the right direction.
Thanks in advance for any help and advice.
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I am not sure what you are seeing, but there are exposure controls on the Frame & Focus screen that should affect the brightness of the LiveView images. The Shutter, Aperture, and ISO controls sho
Bill.Richards
Duh - never mind. I found those settings. I don't know how I missed them last night. Thanks!
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