Feature comparison summary for
MaxIm DL, MaxDSLR, and MicroCCD products.
Feature

MaxIm DL/CCD
w/DSLR Plug-In

MaxIm DL/CCD

MaxIm DL

MaxDSLR

MicroCCD
Camera Control

*

*

 

*

*
Cooled CCD Control

*

*

 

 

*
Webcam Capture

*

*

 

*

*
AVI Movie Capture

*

*

*

*
DSLR Camera Capture

*

 

 

*

*
Default File Format

FITS

FITS

 

FITS

TIFF
Filter Wheel Control

*

*

 

 

*
Adaptive Optics Control

*

*

 

 

 
Autoguiding

*

*

 

*

 
    Graphical Track Log

*

*

 

 

 
    Offset Tracking

*

*

 

 

 
    ASCOM Output

*

*

 

 

 
Sequencing

*

*

 

*

*
    Dither

*

*

 

 

 
    Astrometric Resync

*

*

 

 

 
    Capture Mosaic

*

*

 

 

 
    Select Filters

*

*

 

 

*
    Adjust DSLR ISO

*

 

 

*

*
Focusing Tools

*

*

 

*

*
Auto Connect

 

 

 

 

*
Fast Auto Calibration

 

 

 

 

*
Auto Color Balance

 

 

 

 

*
Auto Tricolor

 

 

 

 

*
Auto Exposure Time

 

 

 

 

*
Instant Subframe

 

 

 

 

*
 

 

 

 

 

 
Telescope Control

*

*

 

 

 
    Auto Center

*

*

 

 

 
    Auto FITS Position

*

*

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 
Focuser Control

*

*

 

*

 
    Autofocus

*

*

 

*

 
 

 

 

 

 

 
Scripting

*

*

*

 

*
Starry Night Integration

*

*

 

 

 
Plug-Ins

*

*

*

 

*
 

 

 

 

 

 
Image Analysis

 

 

 

 

 
PinPoint LE Astrometry

*

*

*

 

 
Photometry

*

*

*

 

 
Information Window

*

*

*

*

*
    Aperture Mode

*

*

*

*

*
    Area Mode

*

*

*

*

*
    Astrometric Mode

*

*

*

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 
Image Processing

 

 

 

 

 
Memory Manager

*

*

*

*

*
Image Alignment

*

*

*

*

*
    Auto Star Alignment

*

*

*

*

 
    Astrometric Align

*

*

*

 

 
    Planetary Alignment

*

*

*

*

 
    Correlation Alignment

*

*

*

*

*
    Manual Alignment

*

*

*

*

*
    Overlay Alignment

*

*

*

*

*
Image Stacking

*

*

*

*

*
    Average / Sum / Median

*

*

*

*

*
    Sigma Clip / SD Mask

*

*

*

 

*
AVI Processing

*

*

*

*

*
Edit Pixels

*

*

*

*

*
Clone Tool

*

*

*

*

*
Annotate

*

*

*

 

*
Mosaic

*

*

*

 

*
Pan and Zoom

*

*

*

*

*
Screen Stretch

*

*

*

*

*
Zoom Window

*

*

*

*

*
Header View/Edit

*

*

*

*

*
Command Sequence

*

*

*

*

*
Night Vision Mode

*

*

*

*

 
Blink/Animate

*

*

*

*

*
Image Calibration Groups

*

*

*

*

*
Remove Bad Pixels

*

*

*

*

*
Resize

*

*

*

*

*
Optimized Double Size

*

*

*

*

*
Software Bin

*

*

*

*

*
Add Noise

*

*

*

 

*
Remove Bloom

*

*

*

 

*
Stretch

*

*

*

*

*
Histogram Specification

*

*

*

 

*
Curves

*

*

*

*

*
Threshold

*

*

*

 

*
Pixel Math

*

*

*

*

*
Kernel Filters

*

*

*

*

*
FFT Filters

*

*

*

 

*
Unsharp Mask

*

*

*

*

*
Digital Development

*

*

*

*

*
Rank Filter

*

*

*

 

*
Local Adaptive Filter

*

*

*

 

*
Rotational Gradient

*

*

*

 

*
Deconvolution

*

*

*

 

*
Flatten Background

*

*

*

*

*
Range-Restricted FiltersTM

*

*

*

*

*
Combine Color

*

*

*

*

*
Color Stack

*

*

*

 

*
Split Tricolor

*

*

*

*

*
Convert to Mono

*

*

*

*

*
Pseudo Color

*

*

*

 

*
Realign Planes

*

*

*

 

*
Color Balance

*

*

*

*

*
White Balance

*

*

*

*

*
Adjust Saturation

*

*

*

*

*
Color Smoothing

*

*

*

 

*
Color Adjust

*

*

*

*

*
Convert CMY

*

*

*

*

*
Convert RGB

*

*

*

*

*
 

 

 

 

 

 
Supported File Formats

 

 

 

 

 
FITS

*

*

*

*

 
TIFF, JPEG, PNG, BMP

*

*

*

*

*
Raw binary

*

*

*

*

 
SBIG, PC-Lynxx

*

*

*

 

 
DSLR "RAW"

*

 

 

*

*

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