It appears that I have a speck of dust or something on the inside of the CCD chamber window of my new camera. See sample flat frames below. The...
I am re-posting the images with the "amp glow", or whatever it is. The black border makes the defect show up a lot better. I just re-checked...
Thanks Adam, I appreciate your help. I can send you the original FITS files of the images I posted above if you need them. The surrounding...
Here is another exemplar of the defect. This was a red filtered image. The second image was taken immediately after and shows no evidence of the...
Hi All, I'm trying to track down the cause of a defect that intermittently appears in the upper left corner of my new [2 months old] STT-8300. I...
Understood. The addition of the progress bar feature in the driver checker utility was a good idea. There was no doubt when watching it that...
Kai, it is done through the SBIG Driver Checker utility. Adam has a point about if "it isn't broke, then don't fix it". In my case, the camera...
I just updated the firmware on a STT-8300 using the most recent version of the Driver Checker utility - I think it was modified in late November...
Great customer support from SBIG. I got a lot of help trying to figure out why the shutter is binding when the filter wheel is attached. The...
Thanks Tim for helping me troubleshoot. I left you a voice mail message regarding additional observations that may have a bearing on the shutter...
Status update at 6:55 a.m. Pacific time... Measured the output of the power adapter - 12.27 volts. Took a careful look at the camera shutter...
OK, I took the FW8G-STT off the camera and the shutter can now spin freely. It seems as if either something in the machining of the mating...
Status update. Uploaded sttga.bf2 version 2.61 firmware to the camera. Connected the camera to CCDOps. The green status light on the side of...
Received a new STT-8300 camera today with the self guiding filter wheel. Installed the filter wheel & filters. Plugged it in to set it up and...
Ahhh... thanks. There it is in Appendix C. Good, if I "can get a good chunk" of that maximum USB 2 speed, then I really only need to consider...
I am awaiting delivery of a new STT-8300M with self-guiding filter wheel - my first new camera in many years. I am still using an ST-10XME that I...
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