Whats happening here?

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

My new camera arrived this morning so I've been playing, as you do, and something wierd has cropped up. In the enclosed image of the view from my office window the bright parts and dark parts appear to smear up the image. Is this what's called blooming, or something else?

Secondly is this a problem and what can be done if that's the case.

TIA

Captain Chaos

[Andrew*]

No idea CC. What kind of camera is it? I immediately thought it could be a smear of somethign on a lens. I would just bring it right back and get a replacement.

Andrew

[FLO]

It doesn't look at all good to me!

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

No idea CC. What kind of camera is it? I immediately thought it could be a smear of somethign on a lens. I would just bring it right back and get a replacement.

Andrew

Atik 16HR CCD imager thingy. I've stuck a 58mm camera lens on it for playing purposes.

Captain Chaos

[Caz]

Did you take this pic inside or out CC, if inside, dirty window perhaps?...

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

Could be. The window is filthy now that I come to look at it. I'll have a word when she gets home from work.

Captain Chaos

[CELESCOPE]

CC the chip is protected by a glass plate , is that misted up , it is a prob with these camera,s no problem of course to overcome that , normally if that was to happen at night imaging , the misted patch would give a dark area on the frame , so just wondered, wipe the glass with a tissue then try it, but best tried at night to be sure,

[geppetto]

Any joy about the camera mate?

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

I think it was overexposing. I tried with a filter to see if the filters would rotate and the image went a lot darker with an OIII in there. After I upped the exposure (had been on 1/1000th S i.e. the minimum) the image was OK. Upping the exposure length didn't do the same with the filter and going back to no filter didn't either. It was darker outside when I went back to plain no filters so it could be that, but as yet I'm not sure.

BTW anybody want any nice pictures of a barn, some grass or a tree?

Guess where all the clouds are tonight.

Captain Chaos

[geppetto]

Fingers crossed then...

Sod off clouds! CC wants to play

[GordonCopestake]

BTW anybody want any nice pictures of a barn, some grass or a tree?

Only if it's in colour hehe

Looking forward to seeing your images CC (once the clouds have buggered off of course!)

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

Only if it's in colour hehe

Give us a chance guys! Its bad enough getting black and white you know.

Captain Chaos