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HOW TO OPERATE THE PC CAMERA Select "Options" from the menu and choose the "Video Capture Settings." The Properties screen displays. This screen allows you to choose camera settings.
Note: Click on the Default button the first time you use the camera to set the camera for nighttime astronomical imaging. Click on Daytime if you are using during the daytime. See Fig 13.
Select a Camera Setting
Choose one of these settings before taking a photo. See Fig. X.
•Choose Daytime to capture an image of a daytime object.
•Choose Nighttime to capture an image of a star or fainter object. This is the default setting.
•Choose Moon/Planet to capture an image of the Moon or a planet.
Fig. 13: Camera Settings and the Default button.
Select Snapshot or Video
•Select Snapshot to capture a still photo. Hold the shutter release cable until the image is steady on your PC screen, then press the shutter button. A snapshot of the image displays on your PC screen.
Go to the file menu and choose "Save As..." to save the snapshot.
Fig. 14: Plug the shutter release cable into the PC Camera.
Hold the shutter release cable until the image is steady on your PC screen, then press the shutter button. See Fig. 14. A snapshot of the image displays on your PC screen.
Tip
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Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving.