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I’m going to call 2.8 a preview release for a couple of days – just in case there are a few bugs lurking. As always with a new version, test in daylight before risking valuable clear skies time! What’s new in 2.8? Notification Bar – replaces many message boxes and the capture sequence wait dialog. […]

SharpCap 2.7 adds a number of new features, particularly to the live stacking feature that was already in 2.6. Improvements to Live Stacking include: Alignment and derotation added – note: must be able to at least 3 stars in each frame for this to work FWHM measurement and filtering on FWHM score Flexible levels adjustment […]

I’m delighted to announce that SharpCap is now supports the new GP (Guiding and Planetary) cameras from Altair Astro – that is the GPCAM MT9M034M and the GPCAM AR0130C. A big thanks to Altair for providing me with samples of the cameras to get SharpCap up and running with them. Full support is in SharpCap […]

Here’s a bit of a write up of the new features in SharpCap 2.5. You can find the latest beta builds on the downloads page. Settings Dialog I’ve moved a lot of the random menu options that controlled various parts of the program out of the menus and grouped them together in a new settings […]

Well, it’s finally happened – SharpCap 2.0 is finished, or at least finished enough 🙂 One of the big features I have added is an auto-update facility, so it’s going to be much easier to make sure that everyone gets new versions with features and bug fixes in future. In no particular order, the new […]

Getting SharpCap 2.0 out of the door is taking longer than I’d hoped. Right now there are only a couple of things left that I want to fix before release – these are QHY camera support – it’s working for a lot of cameras now, but needs some tweaking either in SharpCap or the QHY […]

Sharpcap 2 beta (build 1.99.710) is now available. Lots of improvements in this build Many small bugs fixed from crash reports received (thanks to all those who submit their crash reports!) Improved ASI camera support (you should be able to use the WDM drivers if you want now, as long as you choose the WDM […]

I have been meaning to get round to this for ages, but been a bit busy recently… Anyway, there is a beta build of what will become SharpCap 2 available to download that should support the QHY5LII and other QHY cameras. Sharpcap 1.99.623 In theory this build may support the following cameras : IMG : […]

I’ve just uploaded a new beta build for SharpCap 2.0 Improvements include A circular reticule is now available as well as the cross hairs The focus score calculation is improved – should give useful indication of focus now, just try to get it as high as possible Fix for Basler cameras not working in recent […]