Thanks Franco and Eric, your comments are appreciated.
I think my frustration stems from the need for perfection - though never attained but, encouraged by my late father. Secondly, I know that my setup can do so much better. On a really good day, the image on the capture screen is crisp and sharp with an even grey-scale. Hardly any post-processing is required at all and, every image could be a keeper. Now, perhaps only one in twelve captures have potential and, still require full post-processing.
As for AVI streams, I usually capture 300 frames and retain only 10 - 15% in AutoStakkert!2. My preference is to use a fast exposure but, override the fps in SharpCap such that the total sampling time is extended eg: at 100 fps, the sampling time is 300/100= 3 seconds vs: at 30 fps where sampling time is 300/30=10 seconds. The notion is that with a longer sampling time, one is more likely to capture some good frames. There have been times when the scintillation was so bad that one could not focus an image on the screen yet, 10 minutes later the image simply jumps out at you. It becomes a matter of being in the right place at the right time.
Often, I'll check out NOAA's website for the Caribbean satellite view of Water Vapour. Here's today's - tons of Dry Air as shown by the orange. I'd have thought that dry air would be the best - not so sure now.
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Many thanks for your thughts.
Bill
if I could just see the Sun!
