MAY 4 2026: APP 2.0.0-beta44 has been released !
New improved internal memory controls should now work on all computers
May 1 2026: APP 2.0.0-beta43 has been released !
Improved internal memory controls (much more stable and faster on big datasets), fixed CPU image viewer, fixed Narrowband extraction demosaic algortihms.
Apr 29 2026 APP 2.0.0-beta42 has been released !
New improved Normalization engine, Fixed random crashes in integration, fixed RGB Combine & Calibrate Star Colors, fixed Narrowband extraction algorithms, new development platform with performance gains, bug fixes in the tools, etc...
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Update on the 2.0.0 release & the full manual
We are getting close to the 2.0.0 stable release and the full manual. The manual will soon become available on the website and also in PDF format. Both versions will be identical and once released, will start to follow the APP release cycle and thus will stay up-to-date to the latest APP version.
Once 2.0.0 is released, the price for APP will increase. Owner's license holders will not need to pay an upgrade fee to use 2.0.0, neither do Renter's license holders.
Hi,
I recently bought Fujifilm x-t10 for astrophotography. Didn't have a good weather to test with stars, so I took 3x5minutes test dark frames. I was a bit afraid when I saw this result. Strange pattern overlaps with some autofocus point features (x-t10 has the same sensor and autofocus as x-t1). I wonder whether I could somehow fix it.
Thanks,
Piotr
One additional note, it does strongly react on temperature - I took another exposure in a fridge (about 5 degrees Celsius) and it is barely visible. The masterdark above was taken in about 23 degrees, but I suspect that sensor might had more than 30 degrees. Below is a single dark taken in a fridge.
That's very interesting, let me pass this on to Mabula.. I think a dark might fix this, not 100% sure though.
Ok, got word from Mabula. It's unfortunately not easy to solve, nor can it be solved at the moment with a dark. 🙁 Mabula does want to investigate if this could be addressed somehow, but that won't be something very soon.
Ok, I tried and dark can fix it in a huge degree but it would be much better to do not have it. It can wait however. Should I apply some dark frames for future investigation? It is connected with demosaic algorithm? Thanks.
Okay, I read this article https://petapixel.com/2017/02/23/fuji-cameras-produce-strange-purple-flaregrid-artifact/
correct me if I am wrong, but it seems that phase detection pixels are automatically multiplyed by 2 to compensate less light getting to them. In normal conditions it works well, but while taking dark frames they shouldn't do it like that, because they behave normally when there is't any light, but they values are still doubled, therefore I get such strange green grid in the phase detection pixels area.
Am I right? I do not want to correct it immadietally, I just want to understand how it works.
I have no experience myself with X-trans systems, but yes it would be nice if that could be switched off. Maybe something to ask the company as well? APP will try to correct these regions in the future, but it's not something we can support very soon.
