Orion #52099 manual

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    Or ion ® StarShoot ™ HD Video/ W eb Broad casting Camera #52 09 9 INSTRUCTION MANUAL Pro vi di ng Excep tion al Con sum er O ptic al Produc ts Si nc e 19 75 IN 5 14 Rev . A 04 /1 4 Customer Suppor t: www .OrionT elescopes.com/contactus Cor porate Offices : 89 Hangar W ay , W atsonville CA 95076 - USA Copyright © 2014 Orion T elescopes & Bin[...]

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    2 3 Con gratul atio ns on your p urc hase of t he Or ion S tar Sho ot HD Vid eo / Web Bro ad - casting Came ra ( SSHD ). The SSHD is a hig h reso lut ion c olo r vid eo c amer a des ign ed for Rea l- Tim e Live obs er vatio n of sol ar system o bjec ts ( M oo n, Planet s and Su n with s olar fi lter an d limit ed brigh t deep spa ce objects). The [...]

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    4 5 The HD MI ou tput c an b e used o n a co mpu ter mon itor wi th Di git al in put ( DV I ) by usin g a sta ndar d HD MI to DVI adapter (not i nc lud ed ). V iewing on TV User s have the opt ion to v iew in HD or SD or BOTH at the same time. The SSHD use s a one c ab le so luti on in or der to pr ovid e power , c omp uter c ontro l (RS -23 2) an [...]

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    6 7 NTSC/P AL TV System Selection • For NTSC, turn on t he power wh ile pr ess ing th e [ UP] but to n. • For P AL, tur n on th e power wh ile pre ss ing th e [ RIGHT ] b ut ton. Enabling or Disabling SD and HD V ideo Output HD / SD ( enable /disable) : • For HD ena ble or d isa ble, tur n on th e power wh ile pre ssi ng th e [ LEF T[...]

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    8 9 • If no CO M por t exist on com puter ( su ch as t he c ase in most l apto ps) t hen u se inc lu ded USB to RS -232 ad apter an d dri vers. Se e the US B to Seri al device manua l for details . • Run HD Ca mera c ontr ol sof twa re. • Sele ct C OM PO RT (num ber w ill var y acc or ding to you r com puter see be low) an d sel ec t[...]

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    10 11 Pr esets ( F i g u r e 13 ) Quick Button Shortcuts Five prese t but ton i co ns are availa ble a s shor tcuts to set t ing mu lti ple par ameter s at the same time. Pressi ng th e ico n but to n will s et mult ipl e param eters to e nab le qui ck s etup ti mes and helps t ailor came ra settings to best ma tch user’ s telescope configuratio[...]

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    12 13 For brig ht so lar system o bje cts s uc h as th e Moo n and p lane ts sen se up s houl d be set at a mi nimum o r of f and th e fixed sh ut ter spe ed s houl d be set to t he faste st spe ed po ss ible to p revent blurr ing d ue to atm osp heri c co nd iti ons. Low ligh t obje ct s req uire a hi gh valu e sens e up set ti ng su ch a s 8 sec[...]

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    14 15 Color Suppress Level Adju st sli der to su ppr ess u nwanted co lor Color Gain Level Adju st sli der to in cre ase or d ec rease t he c olor g ain Color T one (R-Y , B-Y Color Space) – ADV ANCED SETTING Adju st sli der s R- Y and B - Y to tune i mage UV Matrix (YUV/RGB Conversion) – ADV ANCED SETTING U – Adju st R, G an d B sli der s to[...]

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    16 17 2 . Setup SSHD and viewing de vice as e xplained in viewing on TV or Computer section. 3 . Remov e the eyepiece and insert the SSHD (with 1.25" nosepiece) into the 1.25" ey epiece holder on your telescope . 4 . If the image is white on the screen, it’ s ov erexposed. Adjust luminance submenu settings (ALC , Shutter speeds, Gain) a[...]

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    18 19 Addi tio nally , t he ind ivi dua l imag es may be ver y sof t si nce i f you’re imaging at hig h power , wi th or wit hou t the us e of a Barl ow . S tac kin g will im prove the p oten - tial s har pnes s whe n pro ces sin g in Reg iSt a x. St ack ing severa l hund red or m ore imag es is s omet imes a ppr opr iate to get t he mo st po ssi[...]

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    20 21 sele ct t he be st fram es to c omb ine for b est re sult s and c an als o reje ct t he po or- est fra mes. Use th e dig ita l zoom feature to a id in fo cus ing. First zo om in o n the t arget , foc us, th en zoom b ack o ut. Refocus o f ten throughout your ima g ing session. This ensures a t least some o f your imag es wil l have an excelle[...]

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    22 23 SSHD Manual Menu Lum in an c e Me nu1/4 ALC O f f/On / FLC AL C(A u to l igh t in g co n tr ol ) le ve l co n tr ol , wi t h F LC( fli ck er l es s) fun c ti on AES O f f/On A ES (A ut o ex po su re s hu t t er ) l ev el c on t ro l FIXED SHUTT ER Of f/On 1/ 30 (1/ 2 5 ), 1/ 5 0(1/ 6 0),1/10 0,1/120 , 1/ 180 , 1/ 35 0 , 1/ 5 00 . 1/ 75 0 , 1[...]

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    24 One-Y ear Limited W arranty This Orion product is warranted against def ects in mater ials or workmanship for a period of one year from the date of purchase. This warr anty is for the benefit of the original retail purchaser only . During this warr anty per iod Orion T elescopes & Binoculars will repair or replace, at Orion’ s option, any[...]