Guest kyleworthington Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 does anyone have any ideas on how to operate a pla-c2 inova camera on this because i do not understand how to? and how do i sell on the sales tab because i cant start a new topic on the screen? any help on these two topics is welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glider Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 If the camera isn't specifically listed in PHD then does it have ASCOM drivers? I think you need10 posts to be able to access the Sales Forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kheldar Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 To answer Noels question, it does have an ASCOM driver which is the only way to drive it from PHD from what I can see. What sort of help do you need with PHD, a how-to of using it, or something specific relating the the camera/driver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glider Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 OK, in that case you should be in with a chance. Is it ASCOM 5? Have a look at my 3 part guiding tutorial on the forum. It covers pretty much everything for setting up and using PHD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kyleworthington Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Er well I'm only 16 so I haven't quite grasped this yet but yeah I have installed ascom and everything, really sorry but I thought phd was for taking pics and so I need to use plx capture, right? and for some reason I use it once and when I close the window it's all good but when I go to reopen the application it doesn't do anything so I have to reinstall it, is there an easier way please ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Hi Kyle, I think the answer is that astrophotography is anything but easy I am new to astro imaging myself (not that new to astronomy but still consider myself very much a newb) and am quite content at present just using a Phillips SPC900NC webcamera and pointing my scope at planets and using a program called sharpcap to make the camera capture vidoe footage of the planet and then taking that video file an putting it into a program called Registax and using Registax to break the video down into single frames and stacking those frames on top of each other to create a final image. It is easiest to start webcam imaging by trying to image big targets like the moon. Below are some really useful video tutorials to get you started in webcam imaging. Like I said I have only just started webcam imaging and all I did was follow the instructions in these videos. They are great for getting you started, I have posts my recent results of imaging Jupiter on the forum in the planetary imaging section if you want to see what kind of results you can get from webcam imaging. Once you have the basics down it is a quick, easy and most importantly fun way of getting some results to keep your enthusiasm up. A for long exposure deep sky object imaging-there's a reason they call it the dark side and for now I am staying well away from it Sharocap Tutorial http://youtu.be/4UC0KmPkuy4 Registax Tutorial http://youtu.be/Qb5m44TaxzQ Step by step guide to webcam imaging th moon http://youtu.be/5LLPg24hh1M Registax 5 Planetary Tutorial http://youtu.be/daXevwCNi4k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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