BackyardEOS versions

Controls capturing features of Canon DSLR
3.2
Sep 7, 2020
3.1
Aug 30, 2014
Review
3.0
Sep 9, 2013
Review
2.0
Nov 7, 2011
Review
1.2
Jul 9, 2011
1.1
Apr 28, 2011
Review

What's new

v3.1 [Aug 30, 2014]
- Change: Trial keys now require internet access to validate. Purchase keys do not.
- Change: Delay and Pause value increased to up to 99999 seconds in capture plan.
- Change: Dithering icon changed due to MetaGuide support.
- Change: Shorter application name in Windows Task bar.
- Change: Image time stamp is now based on start of capture.
- Change: The ' i ' icon for the about/license screen has changes to a padlock icon.
- New Feature: MetaGuide dithering support (BETA). Please report any issues immediately.
- New Feature: Ability to rotate image 180 degrees in image capture.
- New Feature: Chinese Traditional Taiwanese translation, thank you Tsung-Chi Wu!
- New Feature: Ability to delete cache from the application. See advance settings.
- Bug Fix: TEMPerHUM erractic sensor reading.
- Bug Fix: Live view 5x bug fix on some camera models.
- Bug Fix: Live view freeze on some T1i/500D models.
- Bug Fix: Image size error in F&F snap images on some computers.
- Bug Fix: Live view resume will not set maximum brightness.
- Bug Fix: Preview image time stamp fix.
- Bug Fix: L histogram in image capture was introducing horizontal banding.

v3.0 [Sep 9, 2013]
- 70D support;
- Ability to record planetary session in JPG only, no AVI created. See Advance settings.
- ASCOM Focuser controls were sluggish when connected to a Moonlite focuser.
- Folder issue when windows drive no longer available between BYE restart.

v2.0 [Nov 7, 2011]
Canon 1Dx support.
Bug fix Camera busy/hanging during image download.
This bug is associated to all camera models but seems to manifest itself more often on the 1000D, 1100D, and 650D/T4i.
Testing Regression testing

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