Specifications

SBIG STF-8300 Manual

Appendix D – STF-8300CM Color Camera Supplement

The raw single-shot color image:

The first thing you notice about the raw images from your single-shot color

camera is that they are not in color! This is normal - the color data is being

displayed as greyscale values in a raw single-shot color image You might

also notice a grid or “screen door” pattern covering the raw image as well.

This effect is also normal, and is caused by the RGB color mask that is

covering the CCD.

Single-Shot Color (SSC) cameras like the STF-8300C produce raw images

that CCDOps displays as monochrome until they are color processed. The

Color Process command in the Single Shot Color menu of the Utility menu

convents these raw images into color as shown in the dialog box shown

below.

Note: Note that any adjustments made using the

controls in the “Contrast” dialog box ONLY

affect how image data is being displayed on

screen – you are not making any permanent

changes to your raw images.

You can perform the CCDOPS Dark Subtract,

Flat Field, Flip, Rotate and Crop functions on

single-shot color images, but do not use any of

the other Utility menu functions. These can make changes to the raw image

that will affect the final color balance. If you are using any other CCD