Comparing MxImDL vs Star_Mx5 Image Capture

Hi all,
May be this has already been discussed before.
I had a chance to take some sample images using Starlight Xpress Mx516 camera using both MxImDL 4 (demo) and the usual Star_Mx5 old world executable. To my surprise the time of image download by Star_mx5.exe is little but noticeably faster and the image look to have a better contrast! After trying to compare both on MxImDL the Histogram / screen stretch window the curb looks similar but not exactly the same; may be because of extra fraction if image download time! Also in the same experiment noticed the higher contrast of the image taken by Star_Mx5.

Is there any special settings that needs to be made in order to achieve the same result from MxImDL?

Thank you in advance,
Ansuman.

the Star MX5 is a simple execution program - I would expect it to be much faster. As far as image quality - neither program should have a huge impact on the digital DATA, but certainly your settings in either program would. DL is a far more complex program, and is also far more customizable.

As an additional comparison, I thought Astroart's control program was much easier then either.

Ansuman,

You are welcome to ask here, but you might get more responses among the Solar System or Deep Sky imaging forums. I'm not sure the Beginner's Forum will be able to help much.

Alex