ASIAir Plus - DSLR Workflow
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- Опубліковано 2 сер 2024
- If you've got a Nikon or Canon camera, then you can use your ASIAir to control the entire workflow at night. (Unfortunately Sony cameras are still not supported)
The main reason you'd want to use this workflow is for the Sky Atlas feature. Assuming you have a Go-To Mount, you can quickly find any nebula or galaxy in the night sky. Plus, you'll see the composition before ever taking a photo! This will really speed things up.
Another benefit of this workflow is that you can monitor the images in real-time. If you notice some blurry stars, you can head outside and fix the problem. Without the ASIAir, you have no idea what's going on with the camera until you stop the interval and inspect the photos on the back LCD screen.
For more information, including links to all the products I mentioned, visit my howtube channel:
www.howtube.com/channels/Pete...
00:00 - Intro
01:34 - Initial Setup & Cables
02:43 - Auto-Guider Configuration
05:27 - Get DSLR Ready
07:11 - Connect to ASIAir App
08:37 - Main Camera Settings
09:05 - Take First Photo & Plate Solve
10:15 - Polar Alignment
12:28 - Find Object with Sky Atlas
14:45 - Focus Lens
16:25 - Begin Guiding & Dither Settings
18:36 - Shooting Schedule
21:40 - Take First Image
22:18 - Stop and Refocus
23:54 - Outro
I used my Air+ for the first time the other night following this tutorial and I had great success. Thanks for making this video.
Thank you so much for your contributions, Peter.
This is the best how to use Asiair video I've seen yet. I wished I watched it properly before heading out for the first time last night.
This was such a great video Peter! Thank You so much, just what I was looking for!
Nice video! When it comes to attaching guiding gear, I’ve seen other using a longer dovetail, and mounting the guide-cam and scope at the front of the dovetail on the bottom end. Works quite well.
Great video there. Thanks very much for making it 😊
Hi Pete, nice to see you posting this. Be careful about placing the Asiair on the side of AM5. ZWO has issued a warning not to do that due to possible cable snags and antenna bending for AA+. They have updated AM5 user manual yo reflect this as well.
Thank you for this. I'm a Nikon user with a 500mm (800mm coming soon) looking to get further into astro imaging with the ASI ecosystem. I had no idea how the ASIAir would work with a camera like a Z6. Now I do!
Very interesting information
I have had no end of trouble with USB cables. It's really weird a cable that works when connecting to a Laptop doesn't when connected to an ASIAir . Cables that work on an Eagle don't work with anything else, others only work when connected via a mini hub. Bottom line, always have an assortment of USB cables to hand!. This is a great tutorial, I've just bought the ASIAir Mini for controlling my Canon 600D (Rebel Ti3?) With a Samyang/Rokinon 135 f2 and Skywatcher S.A. GTi mount with the same guiding set up as yourself so this has been very helpful. Thank you. Currently I have rigged up a remotely operated focuser but it is not compatible with the mini ( or any other control software ) but it does prevent shake when focusing.
Great video Peter! This is exactly how I am planning to advance in DSO astro. I already own basic MW setup with Canon 70D and planning to buy AM5 and Asiair.. Good to know that 70D is also compatible!!
Good job showing your workflow. I would love to see a video on the alternate polar alignment routine.
Thanks for your detailed instructions here Peter! I live in Sequim, wish our winters weren't so overcast 😭😭 Luckily this weekend was fairly clear for shooting C/2022 E3, while shooting it early Sunday, I actually decided to bite the bullet and order the AM5 and upgrade from my Star-Adventurer
I'm waffling on going from SW SA GTI to AM5. Hmmm?
You can use a slightly longer dovetail bar and attach the guide scope underneath at the front of the bar. This would fix some of the balance issues and would be a simpler attachment option.
Yup, this is what I did too.
That is what I ended up doing
Same, I ended up doing this. I kept my L bracket in the end anyway in case I needed to balance the weight on the Dec axis.
That's how I mount my asiair mini. I'd like to mount the guidescope as well, but until a better solution presents itself, I'll mount it to the half cage as Peter does.
Really appreciate all you've unknowingly done to help me image since getting the ASIAIR Plus for Christmas. You mentioned the amount of vignetting you got after your first image being a concern, but you didn't go back and talk about it after talking about dithering taking place after that first image. Is there anything you can do about that? Sounds like you really like the AM5 mount. I use a Redcat 51 with my Nikon Z6ii but have an old Celestron go-to mount. Really thinking about the AM5.
For those curious the Z7ii Nikon works great. It shows untested but I alternate it with my 2600mc pro for full frame and it’s good to go
My Z7 and ASIRAIR plus can't go above iso 400. Have you run into this issue?
Very nice video man! Thank you!
Do you stop the star tracker too when you pause to refocus?
And at what point do you turn on star tracker? right after you finish polar alignment or when you start autoguiding?
Hi Peter. Do you have a video explaining how to decide the optimum exposure time for your lights? I heard that it you go too long, then some of the star colors get washed out (to white) and you have a higher potential of bloating your stars. And, conversely, if you go too short, then of course you risk clipping the blacks. I also understand it really depends on the amount of light pollution, and I imagine a whole host of other variables, like your aperture setting (DLSR), etc. By the way, speaking of aperture, I've noticed on my Tamron 150-600mm that if I shoot 600mm at f6.3, I get coma (egg-shaped stars) and I need to go to f9 to get pin-point sharp stars. That means I have to shoot much longer, but I prefer sharp stars. Soon I'll upgrade to a dedicated ZWO astro-camera and a real telescope (as opposed to the Tamron 150-600mm).
Peter, is there a reason you do not fasten your guide scope the top plate of the AM5? There are two drilled holes that I think would take a clamp. You seem to have them filled with two hex top screws.
Agena Astro has a triple finderscope mounting bracket. Mounts where the Air Plus mounts and provides three dovetail clamps. #: OFIN-AG-TRIBRACKET works great and is inexpensive. I have a Sony, so no joy. Mounted two finderscopes and the Air Plus.
I was surprised you did not simply use the tools and let the system tell you the star size instead of being qualitative. Clear Skies.
Hi Peter
I have recently bought a Aisair plus, I'm using a DSLR with a Sky watcher F5 200p Newtonian on a skywatcher Heq5 goto mount. I have watched your videos and I'm still a little confused as to when to sync the mount.
Great videos by the way.
Regards
Keith Thompson
England
The best tutorial
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Thank you very much for this video! One quick question: in your opinion, does the automatic recording of flat frames work? (auto exposure time)
Hi Peter, do you know whether the new iOptron Sky Hunter works with the ASIair plus (with a dslr)?
Peter: How did you get from 60 deg from the NP to while adjusting the Alt/Az screws to the NP after achieving PA in the video (approx 12:20 in the video)? Did you use a hand controller to return to the "home" position?
Can you not mount it to the camera flash point?
Is there not a way to connect the guider to the camera's hotshoe mount on the top of the camera - that would be perfectly centred?
Hi Peter, great instructions as always... I just got out to do my first imaging session last night. I am using an Asiair plus with my DSLR (not mod) and a Skywatcher GTI mount. Wow what a learning curve. I was able to capture 70 light frames of the North America Nebula. I also got my darks done. This morning I tried to capture the Bias and Flats. The Bias were easy but not so much for the Flats. When I try to capture the flats using the Asiair, I get an error telling me I need to adjust the gain/ISO or decrease the level of my light source. Have you had any experience with this? Thanks Mark
Won’t a dew heater do for counteracting the effect of cold on the focusing?
Hola Peter
Where can I find that mount that is so better from the StarAdventure,I want to invest in a tracking kit and a mount but I think the most difficult thing will be how to set it up Thank you for your videos I really learned a lot
ZWO AM5, which should be better than the Star Adventure considering it's about 6x the price :)
just to say that the live view on Nikon does not work when USB connected
Is a guide camera required when using this setup? I want to use the same setup but without a guide camera
Which camera port are you plugging the cord into? Remote Control Terminal? Mic? AV and USB? HDMI?
So..once you have selected Lights and Calibration images in Autorun, and start the whole process, does the ASI Air give you time to put on the lens cap after all lights have been done (assuming you have scheduled your darks to run after light frames)? How about flats? In other words, does the ASI Air have a pause between the different types of calibration frames so one can adjust things?
Nice one! Have you ever experienced that the preview isn't updated on autorun? I have a huge problem with that in my workflow.
Just last night when doing calibration frames, I saw that the light frames (Andromeda) stayed on the screen! I know I had the dust cap on etc.? Never happened with m8 OTA.
@@mikehardy8247 Yeah, just use the USB2 port and you’ll be fine :) learned it the hard way
@@GediAstro c
Confused, I have the asiair USB 2 (mini) plugged into the DSLR. Not the shutter cable.
I never have this with asi 533MC pro and asiair +
Regarding the cable length issues - wouldn´t it be easier to mount the ASIAIR onto the rotating part of the setup? To the telescope/camera or the rotating part of the mount? Then only the power cable for the ASIAIR needs to be long enough.
couldn't you just attach the guide scope to the DLSR horse shoe with an adapter usually used to screw on mics, led lights etc ?
Hello Peter, thank you very much for your very informative video and your good tips. I have a Nikon D750 and I can't connect it to the ASIAir Plus.
The AA+ has a DSLR input (2mm jack 3Pol) and I use a corresponding cable on the accessory input of the camera. But it does not appear in the main camera setting of the AA+.
Can you help me? Thank you Helmut
If it is like my D800 there is a usb 3.0 cable from the Nikon to the asiair usb 3,0 port. That cable came with my camera. The other port on the camera you mentioned isn't used.
@@RobertKarlBerta Thank´s a lot. It is running ;-)
why is it that my ASIair PLus does not recognize my guide camera ASI120mm with the two attached. Tried multiple cables to no avail.
With the ASIAir using the USB port on the Nikon, does it also power the Nikon?
I have a Nikon D600 and the mini-USB cable that allows the ASIAir to control the camera does NOT also power it. Instead, I have one of those "dummy" batteries with a USB cable on it, and I attach that to 1 of the 4 available 12V power outputs on the side of the ASIAir to power my camera throughout the night.
@@sailingfromswitzerland Thank you! Just what I needed to know!
The ASIAIR gives me issues with my Z7 even though they state it is tested. I cannot change the ISO other than 400 and it really sucks that such an expensive device limits my camera this much.
I followed your workflow (although I have a Sony A7IV) and I keep getting "Exposure Failure" when trying to take an image. Ive tried different USB cables, different USB ports on the ASIAIR...any other tips?
Hi Peter ... I have a Nikon D7500 .. I have attached ASI AIR through a Shutter release cable N3 ... But ASI AIR app is not showing this model... Am I doing anything wrong ? or need any different type cable for ASIRAIR to Camera ?
Did u try connecting the dslr to asir by the usb cable for camera that came with dslr
@@anuranjan0101 with asiair no usb cable come... Though I ultimately connect it through microusb cable
I was talking about computer cable that came with camera
Hi! That is really awesome! I am trying the same settings on my asiair mini and nikon d3300 in bulb mode but I am limited on 30s subs, do you know how could I take 120s subs? I am clearly missig something
How does your dslr take more then 30" Shutter speed ?? 🤔
I have the same question! But my dslr takes more then 30s subs in bulb mode, but on asiair app I am limited to 30s subs, and I don't know why
Thanks for sharing, I had great use of this video!!
I drew and 3D printed a camera holder and wanted to share it on your channel as inspiration to others thinking how to solve this issue. Please note that I had a picture prepared with some info but I could not figure out a way to publish it here, so I published it on my own dismal channel :) I had no intention to get traffic, I just could not find a way to publish it here... (sorry).
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Again, thanks.