Is more frames always better?Posted By Gianluca Valentini |
Hello guys,
I believe the question is pretty clear from the subject: is it always better to stack more frames? Is there a trade off between quantity and quality and where should it be placed. I have manually selected the stack for some of my images and I must admit that the difference in the outcome hardly justified the effort of the manual selection. Is it a problem with my images or is it like this even for you guys?
I always thought that a few hundred frames were more than enough, but I hear that somebody captures several thousands and stacks thousands of frames to get a better S/N ratio. But doesn't the image quality degrade if some of the images stacked are of poor quality? I'd love to hear what you guys have to say about this, if anything.
Ciao
Luca 8)
I believe the question is pretty clear from the subject: is it always better to stack more frames? Is there a trade off between quantity and quality and where should it be placed. I have manually selected the stack for some of my images and I must admit that the difference in the outcome hardly justified the effort of the manual selection. Is it a problem with my images or is it like this even for you guys?
I always thought that a few hundred frames were more than enough, but I hear that somebody captures several thousands and stacks thousands of frames to get a better S/N ratio. But doesn't the image quality degrade if some of the images stacked are of poor quality? I'd love to hear what you guys have to say about this, if anything.
Ciao
Luca 8)
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