Thanks Doug...it is the CCD fogging...had some bad images at our annual Astrofest outing. I use a heater strap around the extension tube from...
Thanks for your speedy reply Tim! Yes, the o-ring was removed prior to baking. I do image in a very humid climate and my efforts so far have not...
I am having dewing problems with this camera and my attempts at baking the dessicant have not fully solved the problem. Would it be possible to...
Camera has been sent to Bill
Here is a screen grab of the camera info. I have never had a problem with blooming but would you buy a camera that was supposed to be ABG and...
Thanks for the reply! When starting the camera it reports in 'camera info' as having a gain at 31. I then go to advanced menu and reset the gain...
Details as to the fault have been updated in original post!
Hi SBIG! The gain setting on my camera has reverted from 39 to 31. After resetting to 38 in EEPROM the camera keeps reverting to a gain of 31 when...
Thanks for your speedy reply Jan! I tried the camera on my home computer and it worked ok! So, I reloaded Windows on my laptop, downloaded CCD Ops...
My camera is about 2 years old and has always downloaded images in about 1 second. Last Saturday night, it suddenly began taking about 30 seconds...
Thanks for the replies - makes my head spin! I now understand that the dessicant plug supplied with the camera is used when baking the dessicant -...
Thanks for the speedy reply Tim!
Probably due to the almost daily rain events here in Queensland Australia, my STF8300c has begun frosting over and now again requires baking of...
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