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QHY5L-II and SharpCap - adjusting frame rates?

Started by SpoutwoodObservatory, 10/19/2013 08:36PM
Posted 10/19/2013 08:36PM Opening Post
Thanks for reading,

I was lucky enough to get a response from Roland Christen himself on my last post, so, as they say, we'll go to the well until its dry...

Getting some crash issues with EZPlanetary, and decided to give SharpCap a go. I feel like SharpCap is easier and more intuitive, however I cannot find a way to make the frame rates approach anything close to the 107 fps (@ 640x480) I can get using EZP.

I have tried reducing exposure, gamma, etc with no results. I believe I am using version 2.0 for SharpCap, on WIN7 machine, with the latest camera drivers.

Am I missing something simple here? Or am I right in assuming that the QHY folks are still working with SharpCap to develop a finalized driver?

Thanks again in advance,
Chris Carpenter
Spoutwood Farm Observatory
-76W, 39N
8" D&G refractor, AP 1200 Black Quartz Metric (yes, the original!)