Video Capturing Mode
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| Feature |
K3CCDTools 1 |
K3CCDTools 2 |
K3CCDTools 3 |
| Supported capture device
standards |
| Video for Windows
(VFW) |
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| Windows
Driver Model (WDM) |
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| TWAIN |
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| DSI,
DSI Pro, DSI II, DSI II Pro |
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| Lumenera |
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| Supported video capture
hardware |
| web-cams
(parallel port or USB) |
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video
cameras / video recorders
using video VFW capture cards |
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video
cameras / video recorders
using video WDM capture cards |
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| Digital
8 and DV cameras |
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(+ camera control
interface)
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(+ camera control
interface) |
| DV
cameras |
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| Other FireWire
(IEEE 1394) devices |
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| SC
modified webcams (long exposure) |
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| SC
modified webcams (long exposure) controlled via
USB (Shoestring LXUSB adapter) |
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| JG
modified webcams (long exposure) |
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SACIV-B,SACIV-C,SACIV-D,
SAC7, SAC7b
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SAC8,
SAC8-II
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Perseu
ATIK - ATK-1C, ATK-2C,
ATK-1HS, ATK-1HS II, ATK-2HS
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| Meade
LPI with full exposure control |
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| Meade
DSI, DSI Pro, DSI II, DSI II Pro |
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| Lumenera |
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Artemis
and ATIK 16-bit cameras
(e.g. ART429, ART429C, ART285, ART285C, ATK-16,
ATK-16C, ATK-16HR, ATK-16HRC, ATK-16IC) |
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| VFW Video capture modes |
| standard
(fast) video sequence capturing |
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| enhanced
modes for standard (fast) video sequence
capturing |
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(3 enhanced modes -
segment AVI capturing, breaking 2GB AVI size
barrier) |
single
frame capturing
with adjustable period and repeat count |
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(+ high precision
timing) |
(+ high precision
timing) |
| timed
video sequence capturing |
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| SC long
exposure mode (parallel & serial
interface) |
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| SC long
exposure batch capturing |
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| WDM Video capture modes |
| standard
(fast) video sequence capturing |
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| timed
video sequence capturing |
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| SC long
exposure mode (parallel & serial
interface) |
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| SC long
exposure batch capturing |
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| TWAIN Video capture modes |
| single
frame capturing |
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| JG long
exposure mode (e.g. SAC8) |
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| JG long
exposure batch capturing |
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| Brighthness Level Meter |
| number
of working modes (all combinations) |
4 |
36
(+ low pass filter) |
36
(+ low pass filter) |
| separate
RGB channels |
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| histogram |
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| live
view during video sequence capturing |
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(in WDM mode) |
(in WDM mode) |
| Focusing Aid |
| Focusing
Aid tool |
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| LX200
focuser commands |
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| Live Histogram |
| Live
Histogram tool |
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| Illuminated reticle |
| number
of patterns |
1 |
4 |
4 |
| reticle
during video sequence capturing |
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(in WDM mode) |
(in WDM mode) |
| Other features |
| Night
Vision mode |
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| Big
Display (showing details about capturing) |
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(enhanced - user
defined size and colors) |
| Port
Commander (for camera port control) |
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| disabling
screen saver during capturing |
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video
capturing alarm
(after achieving a selected number of
frames) |
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| cooperation
with Martin Burri's WcCtrl program |
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| number
of Zoom mode sizes |
5 |
5 |
10 |
Digital Camera (DSLR) Shutter Control
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| Feature |
K3CCDTools 1 |
K3CCDTools 2 |
K3CCDTools 3 |
| Features |
| control
via parallel port |
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| control
via serial port |
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| control
via USB port (Shoestring DSUSB interface) |
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| autofocus
pin control |
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Autoguiding / Periodic Error and Drift
Measurement
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| Feature |
K3CCDTools 1 |
K3CCDTools 2 |
K3CCDTools 3 |
| Autoguiding interface
support |
LX200 compatible mount
(if you have not LX200 compatible
mount,
you can use LX200
Guiding Emulator) |
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LX200 pulse guide
(LX200 GPS mounts) |
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ST4 guiding interface
(enables guiding with a lot of mounts,
including Celestron NexStar 8/9.25/11 GPS,
NexStar 5i/8i/8i Special Edition,
CGE and AS-GT scopes) |
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ST4 guiding interface via
USB
(Shoestring GPUSB Interface - allows
to guide ST-4 devices without need of parallel
port) |
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| Astromeccanica DA-1 |
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PISCO interface
(including modified GEM1 mount) |
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| modified TAL controller |
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ASCOM platform support
(supports a lot of mount interfaces) |
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| KITSRUS 108 |
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| file interface |
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| Other features |
| guiding with webcams |
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| guiding with SC long
exposure modified cameras |
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| guiding with JG long
exposure modified cameras (incl. SAC8) |
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| guiding with Meade DSI,
DSI Pro, DSI II, DSI II Pro cameras |
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| guiding with Lumenera
cameras |
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| camera angle correction |
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selectable corrections in
DEC direction:
DEC+, DEC- and DEC+/- |
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resizable drift/periodic
error graph
(enables to change horizontal and
verical scale) |
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| graph displays drift/periodic
error in arcseconds |
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realtime statistics
(actual error, trend, maximum error,
standard deviation) |
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| RA/DEC Backlash
compensation |
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| LX200 moving speed
selection buttons |
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| autoguiding + WDM sequence
capturing with a single camera (enables
to keep the planet in center of field of view
during capturing) |
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Sequence Processing
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| Feature |
K3CCDTools 1 |
K3CCDTools 2 |
K3CCDTools 3 |
| Input formats |
| AVI (24-bit
TrueColor and 8-bit Grayscale) |
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| AVI (Type-1 DV
from some DV capture programs) |
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| multiple AVI files
processed as one sequence |
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| AVI file barrier |
1GB for
WDM,
2GB for VFW |
1GB for
WDM,
2GB for VFW |
no barrier |
| BMP (24-bit
TrueColor and 8-bit grayscale) |
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| PNG (24-bit
TrueColor and 8-bit grayscale) |
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| PNG (48-bit
color and 16-bit grayscale) |
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| JPG (24-bit
TrueColor and 8-bit grayscale) |
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| TIFF (24-bit
TrueColor and 8-bit grayscale) |
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| TIFF (48-bit
color and 16-bit grayscale) |
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| FIT (16-bit
and 32-bit) |
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| maximum number of
processed frames |
5000-10000
(higher
number is loaded very slowly or cannot be loaded
at all) |
5000-10000
(higher
number is loaded very slowly or cannot be loaded
at all) |
virtually
no limit |
| Output formats |
| AVI (24-bit
TrueColor and 8-bit grayscale) |
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| BMP (24-bit
TrueColor and 8-bit grayscale) |
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| PNG (24-bit
TrueColor and 8-bit grayscale) |
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| JPG (24-bit
TrueColor and 8-bit grayscale) |
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| TIFF (24-bit
TrueColor and 8-bit grayscale) |
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| TIFF (48-bit
color and 16-bit grayscale) |
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| FIT (16-bit
and 32-bit) |
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| FIT color planes (3x16-bit
and 3x32-bit) |
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| Animated GIF |
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| Dark Frame and Flat Field
formats |
| 24-bit TrueColor and 8-bit
grayscale formats |
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| 48-bit color and 16-bit
grayscale formats |
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| 48-bit color dark frames
for 24-bit color sequence |
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| 16-bit dark frames for 8-bit
grayscale sequence |
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| 48-bit color flat fields
for 24-bit color sequence |
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| 16-bit flat fields for 8-bit
grayscale sequence |
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| Color RAW processing |
| Debayer filter |
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| number of debayer
algorithms for RAW webcams |
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2 |
2 |
| Debayer filter for Meade
DSI RAW frames |
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| Additional tools |
extract L/R/G/B components
from group of pictures or AVI sequence |
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expand frames
(expands group of pictures to the same
size) |
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| Other features |
input filters support
(R, G, B, L, Y, U, V, Debayer fast, Debayer HQ) |
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output filters support
(Text Output) |
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| stacking algorithms |
Sum
If Lighter |
Sum
If Lighter
If Darker |
Sum
If Lighter
If Darker |
| sequence quality and
difference graph |
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Planetary Wizard
(Easy and fast processing of planetary
sequences) |
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(enhanced version) |
(enhanced version) |
| blinking comparison of
arbitrary two frames |
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| thumbnail view style |
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| Zoom Tool |
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| Live Histogram |
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