Sharpcap Focusing tools

[Bruce D]

Sharpcap has a half dozen or so focusing tools has anyone tried them? Is one of them better than the rest? Or are they a waste of time?

[Pete]

Forget about focusing masks and all that. I've been using the SharpCap FWHM focus tool for several weeks now and it is absolutely positively dead nuts precision. Even when a star appears to be focused, there's a huge range of fine-focus that was never detectable without this tool.

[menardre]

Bruce

I cannot help you with SharpCap focusing....I use SGP which has an autofocus tool.

I tried SharpCap for the first time last night to do polar alignment. I have to say that I am impressed with SharpCap polar alignment tool.

Roger

[TimW]

I've never tried the SharpCap focusing aids. I use a Bahtinov mask.

[Pete]

I've used the Bahtinov mask and found the SharpCap FWHM focusing far more precise Tim. BUT I seem to recall that SharpCap has a Bahtinov mask focusing routine too. That I've not tried.

[Bruce D]

Thanks guys, Pete good to know, i was going to experiment with some homemade masks but not for lack of better things to doso now I don't have to bother.
Roger i agree, after a couple false starts (camera settings, and not being close enough to Polaris) i was able to get within a few arc seconds in short order.
Tim where have you been man?

[TimW]

Tim where have you been man?

Work, sleep, repeat.