From: "Tim" <tjp314@pacbell.net>

Date: October 25, 2005 11:54:56 AM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: Color Filters :(

Duane:

My first guess would be that the filters don't block the IR, and that's affecting your green 

and blue images (the blue, in particular, shows more surface features than it seems like it 

ought to).  Can you put your IR blocker in front of the filter wheel?  Or on the adapter in 

front of the camera?  That way, it'll be in place for all your color settings.

-Tim.

--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, "Duane" <macastronomer@m...> wrote:

OK, I tried the new B&W Firewire camera this morning. First light (yay)

I need some more time using it. This morning was pretty quick and dirty.

However, my question today is, why are my colors not turning out right? I did RGB 

through 

the Apogee filter wheel and the image comes out like this:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Astro_IIDC/files/Planetary/Mars1.jpg

All the images were shot one after the other, the only change being the flip of the wheel. 

In a new photoshop image I placed each one in their corresponding channel. Not until 

after doing this did I sharpen.

What's up with this color?

Also, is it normal that each of these colors have a little different focus? This particular 

image I didn't adjust anything (just took the shots). But I noticed on subsequent images 

that the filters had a different focus.

A big peeve I have of this filter wheel is the threading. It does not match the standard 

filter 

thread. I have an IR filter I wanted to put in the fourth slot and it won't go. I looked at 

the 

threads on the included filters and compared to my IR filter and they are not the same. I 

didn't use IR on any of these.

Any ideas on what I'd doing wrong? I took several shots and even have a very sick 

looking 

Saturn to do with my ill Mars.

Thanks for the help.

Duane