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General Help Q&A / Advanced Menu in 2.3 on 500D? Where is "Silent Pic Hi-Res"?
August 08, 2012, 08:21:50 PM
OK, I am just not seeing that I expect to see in the 2.3 menu options on my 500D.  I think part of the problem is that the menu structure has changed, and the old posts are just confusing me :(

I wanted to try 'Silent Pic Hi-Res', but my only 'Silent Picture' options seem to be 'Simple' and 'Burst'.  So then I was wondering if I needed to activate what has been called the 'Advanced Menu' option to see it, and the instructions are to press the 'Menu' key to get that.  However, on my 500D, the 'Menu' key doesn't do that -- it is for toggling between showing/hiding menu options (!).

Help, my hair is falling out!
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General Help Q&A / ML for Astronomy: Features?
July 26, 2012, 12:16:41 AM
[first post, 2nd attempt...]

After my intervalometer died, I decided to install ML onto my 500D.  Works great!

Astronomy is my primary interest, and ML would appear to provide quite a bit of functionality to make it easier.  I would appreciate it if other astronomers could verify/correct/add to my humble observations for using ML for this purpose :)

1) Intervalometer:
- good for typical timelapse and image-stacking purposes i.e. taking a lot of pictures automatically
- for both bright (Sun/Moon/Planet) objects and dim (wide field and DSO)
- replaces need for external intervalometer or tethered USB control (e.g. Gphoto2)
- highest resolution photos possible (JPG and Raw)
- bad in that causes wear and tear on camera shutter

2) Intervalometer + Silent Picture:
- good for cropped images of bright (Sun/Moon/Planet) objects
- provides 5x and 10x zoom of areas of interest in the frame
- good is that there is no wear to the shutter
- good for image stacking
- seems to be alternative to USB-tethered PC solution i.e. EOS-MOVREC
- bad in that resolution is far less than 'real' photos are, so not appropriate for high resolution timelapses

3) Movie + FPS Override:
- similar benefits to #2
- no 5x and 10x zoom feature
- good for highest resolution timelapses
- bad in that maximum interval around 1 image every 5 seconds or so
- probably a great mode for daytime cloud timelapses

Comments?

P.S. I would dearly love to use #2 tor replace EOS-MOVREC.  No need to drag a netbook/laptop around!  However, the DSLR screen is (of course) much smaller, so focus is not as easy :)
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