Hi Debbie, No, Photoshop isn't necessary; SBIG gives a free program with the purchase of a camera. I use MaxIm DL, however. It's one I bought and downloaded, if I remember correctly. I belong to an SBIG users group and some of the photos posted there are stunning. Of course, many of these guys have telescopes that cost as much as a car. -- Joe ________________________________ From: Debbie <astrodeb@beyondbb.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, December 5, 2011 4:17 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Astro camera I just found this nice image on the William Optics yahoo group. This Pac Man nebula was taken with the SBIG mono 8300 camera http://www.pbase.com/tom_arrington/image/140005133 I may go with a nice lightly used 8300 color then buy a reducer and photoshop software. Photoshop is a necessity with astrophotography right? Debbie On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:
Just a reminder that SLAS has an SBIG ST-6 available for loan to current SLAS members.
patrick
On 05 Dec 2011, at 12:43, Joe Bauman wrote:
If I ever scrape the cash together I'm going for the SBIG monochrome 8300, plus filters and filter wheel. It's pricy for me and I have no idea when I'll be able to afford it. -- Joe
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