Stacking Fuji XT1 raw?

[DaveS]

I was just casually thinking of using my old Fuji XT1 for some tracked milky way shots while the main rig was ding the serious stuff. I could use my Canon 550D, but noticed that the Fuji had an intervalometer setting in the menu.

The hitch in this is that the Fuji X-Trans sensor doesn't use a Bayer pattern, so I think AstroArt won't want to know.

Has anyone had any success with other software, DSS for instance? Not used DSS for a good few years now since getting AA5 back in 2014.

[The Admiral]

1 hour ago, DaveS said:

so I think AstroArt won't want to know

Likewise, an X-T1, the output of which I've been very pleased with, nice and sharp and a good red response. The built-in intervalometer is most useful. But, on the contrary, I have AA v6 and it works fine with the RAFs. I'm not totally convinced that it calibrates and aligns 'properly'. That is, with de-bayer appropriately applied, as it doesn't have the standard bayer pattern. It uses DCRaw to interrogate the RAW files, so I think you need the latest version of that, but it's a bit vague in my mind now. May be that was DSS, which still didn't work with RAFs. But AA seems to work. Previously I did as Kev did and converted to DNG using the free Adobe DNG converter.

Astropixel Processor v1.082 has just be released which includes support for the Fuji X-Trans sensor.

Ian

Edited July 14, 2020 by The Admiral

[DaveS]

Thanks Kev and Ian. I currently have AA 7 so will give it a go. I have some ideas for tracked MW shots with moderate FL, so the next clear night I'll run some experiments.

[thomasv]

I think DSS now supports fuji raw, worked for me.

"The list of the DSLRs supported by the latest version is available on the libraw web site."

 

Edited July 14, 2020 by thomasv
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[DaveS]

Thanks. As I already have AA7 I think I'll give that a go first, before looking at DNG or DSS.

[The Admiral]

9 hours ago, DaveS said:

Thanks. As I already have AA7 I think I'll give that a go first, before looking at DNG or DSS.

I do de-bayer on import, as I don't see any other way of doing it.

Ian