[BAA Comets] Camera time stamps for astrometry

[Graham Relf]

On 24/05/2013 17:02, Roger Dymock wrote:
> On Canon DSLRs with Live View the correct time can be set using the Remote Live View
> Shooting facility (at least it can for my EOS550D). To do so;
> - open EOS Utility
> - select Camera settings/Remote shooting
> - in the EOS550D window select Set-up menu (tools icon)
> - select Date/Time
> - in the Date/Time Setting window select Always match computer time, From PC and OK
>
> Regards
>
> Roger Dymock
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Also, APT (AstroPhotography Tool) which I use for controlling sequence 
acquisition via USB sets the camera's clock. The thing to watch out for 
though is that it uses the local time zone. Here in the UK now that's 
BST, not UT. An option has been added to APT at my request for switching 
off this time-setting if it is not required.

I find APT to be very good. It does very much more than Canon's free 
remote capture program(EOS Utility) and it displays in red on black for 
observatory use. It's only about 12 euros from 
http://www.ideiki.com/astro/ and the developer has been very responsive 
to some suggestions I made.

Graham