Introduction
FireCapture is a free JAVA-based software package primarily intended for planetary and lunar image capture.
It supports (or will) different kind of cameras and comes with a set of filters for pre-processing incomming frames.
!! PLEASE READ THE HELP CONTENTS AND LICENSE AGREEMENT CAREFULLY !!
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Requirements
To run the program you need a JAVA Runtime Environment (JRE) installed. The program will check for a valid JRE-Installation
on startup. I strongly recommend a fast PC (Core2Duo or similar) ! The program has been tested on Windows XP only.
Features
supported Formats: AVI, SER, BMP, FIT, TIF
pre-filter incomming frames (bright objects, quality...)
real-time calculation of ephemerides, effective focal-length and resolution
run automated capture sequences
review all capture details of your sessions and create presentation-images
full Format7 support (region of interest)
profiles, filters, histogram, auto-aligning, night mode...
Supported cameras
| Vendor | Interface | Driver |
| Basler | Firewire / GigE | pylon SDK 2.2 / 32bit |
| Point Grey Research | Firewire / USB | FlyCapture SDK v2.0 / 32bit |
| The Imaging Source | Firewire / USB | IC WDM USB / Firewire |
| WebCam | - | Windows DirectShow |
Thanks to
Dr. Michael Schröder (for extensive testing)
Anthony Wesley (for extensive Flea3 support)
Heiko Wilkens (allowing usage of his SER format)
Maciej Libert (for lending me a DMK)
Oliver Pettenpaul (see his: Capture-Tool)
...and all the unnamed testers helping with comments and feedback
Donation
If you find this program useful think about making a donation to: Kindernothilfe
or any other Charity organization of your choice
Contact
I'm very interested in improving this program. Your suggestions, questions or feedback are always welcome.
For bugs & error reports please attach the log.txt from the FireCapture root-directory.
Feel free to contact me at:
http://firecapture.wonderplanets.de
License agreement
