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MaxIm DL : Feature Comparison Matrix
MaxIm DL Version 5, our flagship product available in five options, is the premiere package for astronomical CCD imaging and image processing. Compare, using the matrix below, to determine which product fits your needs the best.
Additional details are available in the User Manual, including a list of support for specific camera models (scroll to bottom).
MaxIm DL Product Line-up
| Major Feature | Basic | IP | DSLR | Pro | Pro Suite |
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| Download Price ($ U.S.) | 199 | 299 | 399 | 499 | 599 |
| Boxed Price ($ U.S.) | 265 | 365 | 465 | 565 | 665 |
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| Com/ActiveX Scripting | |
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| Supports FocusMax, ACP, etc. | |
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| Built-in Planetarium | |
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| Scientific-Grade CCD Control (Apogee, FLI, QSI, Roper, SBIG, Starlight Xpress, etc.) | |
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| DSLR Control (Canon, Nikon, Olympus) | |
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| Webcam/DSI Control (Lumenera, Meade DSI, StarShoot, etc.) | |
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| Filter Wheel Control | |
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| Autoguider Control | |
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| AO Control | |
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| Dome Control | |
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| Focuser Control | |
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| Telescope Control | |
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| Built-in Catalogs | |
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Instrumentation Control Features | |
| Multiple Exposure Presets | |
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| Autosave Sequences | |
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| Visual Focus Tools | |
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| Autofocus | |
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| Scheduled Exposures (eclipse) | |
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| Capture Mosaic | |
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| Dithering | |
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| Tracking Error Graph | |
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| Tracking Log | |
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| Tracking Alarms | |
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| Move (via autoguider pulse) | |
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| Automatic Star Chart Overlay | |
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| New/Open/Revert/Save/Close | |
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| Read/Write AVI Files | |
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| Reads DSLR RAW Files | |
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| Batch Save/Convert | |
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| Load/Save Configurations | |
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Edit Menu |
| Annotate Images | |
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| All Other Edit Features | |
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View Menu |
| Pan/Zoom | |
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| View Full Screen | |
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| Screen Stretch Window | |
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| Information Window | |
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| Pan Window | |
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| Zoom Window | |
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| FITS Header Window | |
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| Graphs Window | |
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| Log Window | |
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| Batch Process Window | |
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| Virtual Keypad | |
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| Night Vision Mode | |
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| Animate/Blink | |
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| Equalize Screen Stretch | |
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Analyze Menu |
| PinPoint Astrometry | |
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| Photometry | |
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Process Menu | |
| Intelligent Image Calibration | |
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| Align Images | |
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| Stack Images | |
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| Remove Bad Pixels | |
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| Add Noise | |
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| Remove Bloom | |
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| Remove Pedestal | |
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| Resize/Double Size/Half Size | |
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| Make Pixels Square | |
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| Stretch (linear/log/gamma) | |
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| Histogram Specification | |
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| Curves | |
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| Levels | |
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| Threshold | |
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| Pixel Math | |
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Filter Menu |
| Kernel Filter | |
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| FFT Filter | |
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| Unsharp Mask Filter | |
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| Digital Development | |
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| Range-Restricted Filters | |
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| Rank Filter | |
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| Local Adaptive Filter | |
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| Rotational Gradient Filter | |
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| Wavelet Filter | |
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| Deconvolve | |
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| Flatten/Remove Gradient | |
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Color Menu |
| Combine Color (RGB, LRGB) | |
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| Color Stack | |
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| Split Tricolor | |
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| Convert to Mono | |
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| Pseudo Color | |
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| Convert Color (de-bayer) | |
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| Realign Planes | |
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| Adjust Saturation | |
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| Remove Background Color | |
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| Color Smoothing | |
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| Color Adjust (graphical) | |
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| Supernova Search Tool | |
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