Focusing with Backyard EOS

[gcfboulder]

Did my first imaging of the moon last night - using live view - practicing for the upcoming eclipse. I'm using a Canon 1000d. Under Frame and Focus module, I can use Live View to help me focus, but the only focus mechanism I know of is using the telescope focuser. Here's my question:

Is Backyard EOS supposed to be able to aid in focusing the camera itself? I seem to remember from reading past posts on Cloudy Nights that some software does that, but I'm not sure if Backyard EOS is one of them.

Thanks in advance for your help.

[admin]

Did my first imaging of the moon last night - using live view - practicing for the upcoming eclipse. I'm using a Canon 1000d. Under Frame and Focus module, I can use Live View to help me focus, but the only focus mechanism I know of is using the telescope focuser. Here's my question:

Is Backyard EOS supposed to be able to aid in focusing the camera itself? I seem to remember from reading past posts on Cloudy Nights that some software does that, but I'm not sure if Backyard EOS is one of them.

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

If you have a camera lens it might work.  Driving a lens via software is both CAMERA and LENS dependent.  They both need to support it in order to work.  Also, most lens need to be in auto focus mode... which is a bit counter intuitive for what we are doing but that is how Canon has implemented it.  Sad but true <_>

 

Guylain